Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake wearing her original pants with the hat I recently knit for the Tanya doll; seems they both have 6" heads!

The little sweater is my newest pattern; much modified from my Blythe sweater pattern to fit Strawberry.

I made the first one to slip on over the hips, but doesn't work for her. I added a back opening and will add only one top snap. It would close completely, but I like the bit of flare.

Once I was happy with the pattern, I tested it out on about 10 different yarns! Why, you may ask? Well, they're so tiny and a bit like popcorn... make one, and you want to do another!

After I get all the yarn ends woven in and the snaps attached I will begin listing them on my etsy. It will be interesting to see how much interest there is in Strawberry!

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Strawberry Shortcake

I rescued a 2002 Strawberry Shortcake doll from the abyss of my granddaughter's room; she cleaned up nicely, so will be drafting patterns for her soon!

Tanya's Knitted Cloche

Tanya is the newest addition to my growing collection of dolls. She is from the Signature Collection from Barbara Lee. Measuring 8" high, she has a 6" head circumference.

This hat fits "What's Her Face" and will likely fit some of the other dolls with slightly bigger heads than Barbie.

My other hat patterns were either too small (Skipper, Licca, Momoko, etc) or too big (Blythe, Pullip, American Girl, etc).

So, this sweet little porcelain doll gets her own hat pattern.
Needles: size 1 DP
Yarn: sock weight yarn, shown: German Regia self-striping yarn, and turquoise Wildfoote from Brown Sheep Co. Both knit up at approximately 9 st per inch.


Cast on 54 stitches; join, be sure stitches are not twisted. (18-18-18)
Knit stockinette stitch for 1.75"( about 20 rows). then:

Decrease for Crown:

Rnd 1: "K4, K2 tog" across to 45 st. (15-15-15)
Rnd 2: Knit around
Rnd 3: "K3, K2 tog" across to 36 st. (12-12-12)
Rnd 4: Knit around (note: this is final round of knit only)
Rnd 5: "K2, K2 tog" across to 27 st. (9-9-9)
Rnd 6: "K1, K2 tog" across to 18 st. (6-6-6)
Rnd 7: "K2 tog" across to 9 st. (3-3-3)
Rnd 8: "K2 tog, K1" across to 6 st. (2-2-2)
Rnd 9: "K2 tog" across to 3 st. (1-1-1)

ICORD Topknot:
Knit the final three stitches onto one needle. Knit ICORD for 18 rows (54 st, if counting). End. Thread yarn thru a tapestry needle and weave into the center of the cord then trim; tie topknot. Weave in tail remaining at the beginning of the cap.


And, this is Tanya... she has glass eyes and real lashes. I don't show a full body photo... when I found her in an antique shop she was dressed in her original outfit which is bulky and cumbersome... Later, after making a new outfit for her she will appear again.

Note: Pattern is copyrighted and available for personal use only.