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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

 Knitting for tiny ball jointed dolls is like eating popcorn! These little dresses, rompers and hats each takes less than 25 yards of sock weight yarn and about 45 minutes to knit.  My Romper pattern is an adaptation of a Strawberry Shortcake romper designed by Polly... RealPuki would swim in a SSC outfit!! The dress is a further adaptation. The hat is my own design.
Polly's pattern can be found on Ravelry, or on her website.

 RealPuki Soso from Fairyland.... a day at the beach.. she quickly got rid of her dress, but kept on her hat rather than risk sunburn on her bald head!
Happy Spring! Dress and Romper pinwheel!
 I have already listed some of these in my etsy shop... love the surprise of orange that shows up in this ball of yarn!

Thursday, January 9, 2014

PukiPuki.... Cupid
This tiny bjd reminds me of my sister; you knew she was in a high level of concentration because her tongue was sticking out!

Saturday, January 4, 2014

New doll in the house.. she's SoSo tiny!! (BJD from Fairyland.)

I found a romper pattern on Ravelry by Polly that nearly works for her. Thank you Polly! Several trials and changes later I am Lovin' it!!
The primary change was to knit circular rather than flat; I hate seaming in knitting, and I disliked the bulk created by the seams in this tiny garment. Also, I want to use the pattern for a bit of fair isle, which is easier for me knitting in the round.

I use the loop over the thumb method of adding stitches rather than the "Knit in the front and back (Kfb) because I think it causes less distortion of the knitting.

The original pattern uses sock yarn and (US size 0) 2.00 mm needles; the first try was too stiff for my liking, so I went to larger (US size 1) for the body. I'm working with Ty-DY Socks, by Knit One, Crochet too. It is 436 yards/100 grams. It has a softer feel and finer hand than most of the other sock yarns I started with. Reminder to self: Go to LYS to get another ball in another color range!

Note: I had posted my changes to Polly's pattern, but looking back at it made it confusing, even to me! So I have removed the changes and will later post my complete version of the romper pattern, rather than just the changes.


You can find Polly's pattern for sale on Ravelry.  Happy Knitting!