Ivy Rose and Ginger Kate are flanking the favorite gift I ever received as a child...this sweet stuffed tiger. I was eight or nine, I think, when I found him in my stocking on Christmas morning. And nestled between them is the 2014 White House Ornament, a tradition my Mom and Dad began several years ago. Our Christmas tree is now heavy with them.
Ginger Kate has joined my sweet family of knit Waldorf dolls. We want to share her rompers pattern with you!
Ginger Kate's Rompers
I am going to call these dolls Cottage Flowers, as that is what they make me think of. Knitting a doll, and thinking of flowers, in the middle of Winter is a happy pasttime. I hope all of you are having a happy day :-)
Have a Happy New Year Beth! And I just love the new dolls and I like what you are going to call them!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Typs, for your great words. Have a Happy New Year filled with all good things, and especially dollmaking :-)
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Beth
I guess it was a good thing I was dressed :-)
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Beth
What a beautiful hand crafted Christmas you had! I love the hand made gifts you received and your dolls are always so wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Lois; it was a special day.
DeleteA blessed New Year to you, as you ply the seas with your husband and knit all manner of delightful things!
Warmly,
Beth
All good wishes for 2015! May we all enjoy your lovely dolls again next year. And most importent: good heatlth. Hartelijke groeten, Beerta.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Beerta! A blessed New Year to you :-)
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Beth
Hi Beth,
ReplyDeleteJust would like to know where you get your stockinnette from please as I have started the Cottage Flower Waldorf Doll.
Cheers Margaretha
Hi Typs!
DeleteHere are a couple of online sites that I buy Waldorf dollmaking supplies from:
http://www.weircrafts.com/waldorf-doll-making/waldorf-doll-making-supplies/waldorf-doll-making-supplies.html
http://www.achildsdream.com/doll-making/
Both sites carry everything you need to make a Waldorf doll, the stockinette, knit fabric, strong string, wool batting.
Hope this helps!
Warmly,
Beth
Hi Beth! Sorry to be a pain but I have a problem with the legs I put the legs on the two needles as in the instructions and have come to a complete stop as I cant work out how to knit them together as it doesn't seem to work out for me. I must be doing something wrong I hope that you understand what I am getting at! Also thank you for the info on where to get the stockinette I was able to order it on Ebay.
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Typs!
Hi Typs, no problem...
DeleteWhen you place the legs on two needles, you will want the two bound off stitches, which make the crotch, to be between needles. So, for each leg, on needle 1 you place eight stitches, on needle 2 you place eight stitches, then the two bound off stitches are between needle 2 and needle 1. On the first leg, your yarn tail will be hanging in the middle of needle 2.
You will need to move stitches on the needles to achieve this. Slip them purlwise until you get the stitches on the needles as described above.
On the second leg, your bound off stitches are at the end of the leg, Again, you will need to slip the stitches to achieve eight stitches on needle 1, eight stitches on needle 2, and the two bound off stitches in between. When I bind off the last two stitches on the second leg, I ended up with a stitch on the needle that needs to be moved over to the first needle.
I hope some of this makes sense. You just have to move your stitches around until, for both legs, you have eight stitches on needle 1, eight stitches on needle 2, and the bound off stitches between needle 2 and needle 1. They don't line up like this automatically, and it is necessary to move the stitches around to keep both feet pointing in the same direction!
You begin knitting the torso with the yarn that is still attached to the second leg.
I hope this is helpful. If not, let me know and we will have another go at it!
Warmly,
Beth
Hi Beth!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much it eventually worked our after having to fiddle around a bit.
Cheers,
Typs
Great! I'm glad you got it to work for you; can't wait to see your doll :-)
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Beth
Beth, I'd love to include your blog and talk about your patterns in an article I'm working on for junior collectors in Doll News. When you have a moment, could you email me? I wasn't sure how to find you on the Bleuette Sewing Club site now that Yahoo changed the format, so I hope this is a good way to get in touch with you! Thank you so much, Nicki Burley (nicki.burley814@gmail.com)
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