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G is for Girl

Got the Girl ready to go!

here she is!

You can find her on Ravelry and in my Etsy shop. Early Adopters, I suggest Ravelry since it is easier to get updates to you. It’s a 12 page pattern. There are bound to be updates.

If anybody decides to design additional clothes for this little lady and decides to share the patterns, please please let me know! I’ll add links and credits and praise to the pattern listings.

Mindful Fiber Winners will be announced later today!

PS I know the site looks rather awkward. The theme is undergoing an update (it’s possible that’s how the spammers were exploiting Yarn Miracle) and some things have gone wacky. Like centering, captions and footnotes. It’s a process.

Sweet Merciful Heavens

I finished dress two.

picot trim

It’s actually cuter in the picture.

I’m really not happy. Also, explaining what I did to the top is just unreasonable.

So I’m going back to the garter stitch trim and bodice, but seams on the sides (seams really make a difference). I’ve got my fingers crossed that I can pick out the seams, unravel the hem and bodice to change them and not have to spend any more hours on the skirt.

If I can’t unravel, I will NEVER FINISH. *despairs*

New Mindful Fiber next week!
I’ve got just what you need for summer knitting.

Doll Clothes (and Winners)

I contacted the winners. I’ve even mailed the yarn and sent the patterns! I just forgot to tell everyone that I did all that. It’s because of this doll dress. This dratted doll dress.

blocking

The wretched little things have to block just like people clothes.

That’s the first draft and I’m not crazy about it. It’s fine. I’ll probably go with it – I’ve already made pattern notes about how to fancy it up and make it unique. For the sake of argument, I’ve started another dress with a picot hem. Which means that a garter bodice won’t work but I’ve got three more inches of skirt before I have to figure that out. I’m also questioning the ‘in the round’ thing for the dress. I think it might need side seams since the gauge is so loose to give it a more realistic drape.

It’s possible that I am over thinking this.

Congratulations to our Mindful Fiber winners for May: #7 Becky, #19 Christy and #22 Cathy! May your needles be swift and your pattern easy to follow.

Edited to Add: I totally started over on dress #2. I’m working it flat with a picot edge. Working it flat also solves my problem of what to do differently about the bodice. So that’s a nice bonus.