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Wednesday, March 2, 2011




Now THIS was fun! I was foolin' around with sock yarn and a doll in front of me... A pretty new Italian sock yarn to work with that shades from greenss to browns. Shown on Clair in the redwood forest out my kitchen door. I love how the colors blend into the forest!
I hate weaving in yarn ends and even more so to sew up seams once the knitting of a piece is finished, so I am forever experimenting with my patterns to eliminate seams and minimize ends to weave in.
This set is a versatile one.
The hat is shown worn 2 ways: tied under the chin, and tied under the hair in back.
The sweater is shown worn 4 ways: frontwards, backwards, and upside down both frontwards and backwards!
Awesome super big cowl neck "happens" when the sweater is upside down; and it fits as a middie, or tummy baring top.
I only put 2 buttons/snaps on it because I didn't want to interfere with the drape of the collar when worn upside down. The waist is shaped by eliminating some stitches for 4 rows, then adding them back.

The head wrap/scarflette is shaped by means of short rows so that it hugs the head no matter how it is tied.
I initially designed this hat for Momoko dolls; much, much, much smaller of course.


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