Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Return To The Valley Of The Dolls


At last, something I can call a FO! Here's the finished Dolly, from Jess Hutch's Unusual Toys For You To Knit And Enjoy. I love this little gal. She's knit up with Cascade 220 (which is less fuzzy than the recommended Lamb's Pride -- though that can be quite nice too) on US 8 needles (though, she is a little loose -- but I wanted her to be a decent size). I have a big box of Cascade in about eight colours that I always use for making these toys -- it's like a little box of paint that I can use whenever the fancy strikes me.


Here's Dolly with the other Jess Hutch creations that we still have kicking around at home: Squarey and Kate. I must say, I really love this doll, other than my all-time fave, Spherey, I think she's my favourite. I really like her basic body -- I have visions of making more of them in the style of Russian stacking dolls and just skipping the arms and legs. I do love the dress too -- I hope that the baby that this is intended for has a lot of fun with her as she grows older.

Speaking of favourites though, Ruby has already claimed Dolly as her own -- I'll have to hide it while she's sleeping and hope she forgets about it. The toys I make for her she couldn't care less about, but the gifts are so enticing even if she doesn't know it's not for her. Speaking of which, I'll have FO photos of the Fair Isle Cardigan once I can actually get the thing on the kid. Because it's for her, she's refusing to wear it. Nice.

6 comments:

Elinor said...

Those are so adorable!!!!! I just found your blog from your knittybloggybumpers post - it's great!!! I love all of your dolls!

mama k said...

Love the softies!
(I found you on knittybloggybumpers too.

Anonymous said...

They're brilliant! And they look like they'd be tons of fun to make.

Kaitie Tee said...
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Kaitie Tee said...

Great dolly! I have Jess' booklet but I still haven't knit anything from it yet. Can you believe that? I really should get going on something, huh? :-)

Elaine said...

I would love to get a copy of this book but they're out of print and Jess won't be printing any more. If anyone knows where I can get a copy or if anyone is willing to sell a copy, please let me know.