Blog Giveaway for those who Knit this Doll Dress

I've written out the pattern for the Dress on the Cindy Doll by Fibre Craft. As I mentioned in my last post, I have placed the pattern of my website with the other free knitting patterns.

I'm giving away five Row Keeper Bracelets for Knitting, as seen here, to the first five people who make the dress and email me a photo of it.




I would really like to use these dressed dolls as a charity project. I'm not sure how I would distribute them If anyone knows of an organization that would like them and can distribute them to young girls between the ages of 3-7 years old, please let me know. These dresses take less than 2 hours to complete and are quite inexpensive. I think it's a great project for charity knitting.

Hope to see photos soon and look forward to hearing from you.

Meantime, I'm making a few more as I have five of these dolls in my supplies.

Knitting a Dress for 6 3/4 inch Cindy Doll

This photo is the Cindy Doll by Fibre Craft. They are available at craft stores and online at Annie's Attic and Create for Less. They are inexpensive and make a nice gift for a little girl. About eight years ago, I designed this little dress for the doll. I finally sat down and wrote out the pattern and will be putting it on my website as a free pattern.

This dress uses a very small amount of yarn and is great for leftover yarn. The one on the left is from Sugar n Cream cotton in a solid. I show the back so you can see that it's a wrap dress. Basically no finishing. Just a ribbon tie with a bow at the waist. The center dress is also Sugar n Cream but I used a print for the skirt and a solid for the bodice. The one on the right is from leftover yarn from a blanket. This is a wool/acrylic blend. I can't remember what brand that is. It was just a small amount in my stash.

I'll post as soon as I've added the pattern to my website. At that time, I'm also going to give away 5 Row Keeper Bracelets for Knitting in a clear and blue bead combination. The bracelets will go to the first five knitter's who send me a photo of the Dress completed. If you use a different doll that's okay. I have no connection to these dolls other than that I think they're cute and just the right size for small hands to carry and play with.

Have a great day!

Knitting Socks & Dishcloths

This has been a terrific knitting week. I've been going to a local park on my lunch hour, enjoying the weather, and spending some time knitting on my socks. I finally finished this blue shaded sock. I went to my LYS and bought the great grape colored yarn for the toes and finished the first sock in no time. I'm well on my way with the matching sock. I did these socks in a 3 by 1 rib and this is the first time I carried the rib down the top of the foot. It makes for a terrific fit. I bought enough of the grape yarn to knit another pair of socks.

Then I found the Sock Innovation book. If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend that you see these socks. They are truly amazing. This is not late night knitting but the kind of knitting that will need your full attention. the patterns are all charted but worth the effort. I will be making a pair from this book using the grape colored yarn and another pair using a nice brown that has been in my stash for quite a while.


While I was in the yarn shop, trying to match yarn for the toes of the blue socks, this incredible teal and brown yarn jumped out at me. It looks just like Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. I cast on this pair of socks as soon as I got home. I absolutely love the color of this yarn. It's making a color change every other round. Really fun to work with. The yarn is by J. Knits, Superwash wool and nylon.

And finally, I couldn't resist this Sugar n Cream strip yarn in greens and aquas. So now I'm off to relax with my beautiful Signature Arts Size 7 Needles and make a plain diagonal dishcloth so I can enjoy these great colors. Happy Fourth of July!

Coming Soon-New Knit Dress dishcloth

I'm really pleased to let you know that I've designed another dress dishcloth call Prom Date Dress and it will be included in a 2010 Knitting Calendar titled "Gifts from the Heart-Back to Basics". If you'd like to get a glimpse of this new knitted dress dishcloth, along with some of the other great knitting projects, visit 2010 knitting calendar.blogspot.com. There's two different versions of this knit dress, one using seed stitch and one using garter stitch. I'm in the process of designing several more in what is becoming a series.

The photo to the right is the original knitted dress dishcloth. The pattern is on my website. The one on the right is made using a solid color only. The one on the left is made with Sugar n Cream Twists and a coordinating solid. This dishcloth is titled "Going Dancing".

Meantime, It's that wonderful time of year for me when I have plenty of time to work on projects. Vacation days are plenty at this time of year and I spend a lot of time in my studio. I'll be posting some photos of several new projects that I'm sewing along with progress on my knitting. this week I started the placemats from Creative Knitting. They're really coming along nicely. The first one is almost done. Hope to make four but I need at least two to put on the kitchen table Also picked up a pair of socks that's been on the needles way too long. I went and bought a new color for the toes and now I have the motivation to finish them.

Cotton Shawl for Summer

Here is my latest finished project, just off the needles and with the ends weaved in! This is one of my favorite shawls ever made. The pattern was in one that my LYS made out of a mohair yarn but I decided to make it using cotton for the summer. I used Rowan Purelife Organic DK cotton. This yarn is wonderful. It is so soft and I chose the palest of greens Shade 992. The pattern called for the ties to be finished square but I decided to round them by decreasing at the beginning of the row for the last 2 inches. I also added a buttonhole so I can slip one of the tie through the other tie. I find this is really comfortable especially when I'm working.

I am sure this shawl is going to be used often. It just proves that project can be finished in a timely manner. I purchased the yarn on April 24, 2009 and finished today. Of course, I spent time working on other projects during the same time period. I find it impossible to work on one project at a time.

Now back to my Pleated neck top. Maybe I can finish it in time to wear this season. I'm also working on a pair of socks that I started quite awhile ago. And the Beaded scarf, i posted several weeks ago.

So many projects, not enough knitting time.

Off to watch Army Wives, one of the only shows I really enjoy. Gives me the idea to do some volunteer knitting for those mom's raising their children while their husbands are in the service.

Knitting Experiments

This has been a week of experimental knitting in addition to the projects that I'm working on. I discovered the stitch pattern that's pictured above and had to try it out. So I grabbed some sugar n creme cotton and my size 7 needles and cast on 34 stitches. doing one pattern repeat. I absolutely adore this stitch pattern! I'm not sure if I'm going to use it for a tote bag, an afghan , or a table runner but I'm definitely going to use it. It's only an 8 row repeat so it's fun without being to complicated.
Then I finally decided to make time to join the Monthly Dishcloth Group Knit a Long. It is really fun. I truly enjoy coming home from work and finding 11 rows of knitting waiting for me. It's just enough knitting to keep me occupied while dinner is cooking. I had fun not knowing what I was knitting. This photo is the end of Day 3. Can you Figure out what it is?
And yesterday, I made a visit to one of my favorite stores. I just found out there's an Anthropologie Store in the area. When I went there, this great frame was in the 50% off area. The picture barely does it justice. It's my favorite Turqouise, green, yellow and white color combination. All I need is to pick out an inspirational photo for the frame. I like to frame photos of my favorite yarns or something knitting related. I may try framing the photo of the sewing machines that I saw at Ellis Island. Those sewing machines really impressed me.

I worked on my green shawl this week and it's almost done. Hopefully my next post will have finished photos.