Lots to Love 10 Inch Baby Doll Romper with Tam

Some what unintentionally the Lots to Love 10 inch Baby Doll has jumped into the early lead in the clothing donation race. I've been working through pattern sets for this doll rather than completing an outfit and generally not getting back to finishing the outfits I use from the set as I've done in previous years.

This is part of Darski's free BBL set found here.

Notes:

I used Herrschners Worsted 4 for this project. Still one of my favorite yarns for the smaller dolls.

The romper calls for a size 7 hook I used an H and the fit was fine.

It could just be the year, certain projects work wonderful one year and confound me another but I ended up playing a good deal with the romper this year. I'm not going to document all the changes because I suspect coming back to it with fresh eyes would be helpful in either completing as written or documenting the accurate changes.

I used an f hook for the Tam hat. I added a note this year not to increase in rows 6-7 but to follow the pattern as established without the increases. DC in the dc and fp in the fp.

I included a set of booties with this outfit using the altered directions I decided from the previous outfit.

I used a D hook for the booties repeating row 5 once before completing them with rows 6-7. I found the additional row makes the booties stay on a bit better.

I'm using the blanket pattern from this set to finish the last Moses basket for the small dolls and then I will be done with all the Moses Baskets and the BBL set for the year!

16 Inch Baby Doll A-Line Dress

Having found a second copy of Margaret Funk's Baby Doll Fashion's to Crochet, I promised myself this year I was going to work at adapting more of the patterns to use with the donation. For my notes this is the A-Line Dress pattern found on page 16 designed for a 16 inch baby doll.

I used Herschnerrs Worsted 4 Yarn for this dress. I need a second dress for the second 16 inch baby doll so I'm planning to try the lighter baby yarn I have on hand. This worked but still feels heavier than I had hoped. For a previous outfit from this leaflet I used Lion Brand's Ice Cream Yarn, so I'm hoping a lighter sport weight baby yarn will work for the second outfit.

Notes:

I used a g hook for this outfit and needed to add rows as I like to cover the white leg section of the doll when I make outfits for it. I suspect the dress is designed to be slightly shorter.

I also chose to finish the arms with a sc round around the arms. I didn't like the look with the unfinished rows. I would continue this practice in further outfits.

The headband was a oops from a previous Lots to Love 10 inch Baby Doll project which came out larger than expected. It seemed a wise choice to repurpose for the larger doll.

The shoes are my go to pattern for the 16 inch baby doll and can be found in Darsk's free Peach Keen pattern here.

Lots to Love 8 Inch Cuddle Up Romper

After my oops that resulted in last week's Lots to Love 10 inch version of this pattern I decided not only to focus on making this work for the doll it was designed for but to document my path through it so I could repeat this for next year's doll.

This is an Amy Carrico pattern that she is not currently offering called Cuddle Up Romper. My first time through it this year it ended up rather large using the suggested D hook, thus it becoming an outfit for the larger baby doll.

Notes:

The yarn for this project was Baby Bernat Sport Yellow and Pink.

Shirt:

I used a C hook for the shirt for everything but the sleeves. I used a B hook for the sleeves to keep them from becoming too large.

I followed the rest of the directions as written.

Pants:

I used a B hook for the pants. Oddly with the smaller hook the legs joined easier than when the pants were larger. Not sure why. Amy's footed pj type pants are the rare occasion I don't make my pants top down regardless of the way a pattern is written. It really isn't practical to make these feeted pj type pants from the top down thus the need to join the legs.

Reminder to myself to follow all the waist directions including waist band to get to correct decreases for fit.

Headband:

I believe I used the D hook for the handband and it fit as suggested.