Progress...

Well I finished the doll itself, quite quickly, but the outfit is taking me a while. I always struggle with the stuffing – this is an Audrey Hepburn doll, but her arms wouldn’t be out of place on the World’s Strongest Man Competition. I’m not too sure what I can do apart from rip her arms off, so I’ve left them for now. I have the pieces of the dress to cut out which I intend to do this weekend, but I’m putting it off slightly as the mouth fell to pieces when I tried to sew it onto the doll, so I’m worried what might happen to the dress. I’m also a bit confused about how the hair fits together (you knit two separate bits), then gets attached to the head. The pattern doesn’t give very good directions, in fact, it gives none whatsoever! If this is even a vague success then I’m going to try and make another one for some other poor unsuspecting family member…..

Out of Practice

I haven't been doing much knitting recently - hence the lack of posts. I ran in to problems with the baby cardigan....I couldn't understand the pattern and I didn't have enough wool. Quite significant problems if you are trying to knit something! My niece has been growing so much that I no longer think the cardigan will fit and I might have to give up on that and make her something else. Because I was stuck and due to other things needing my attention I've not had chance to even start another project.
I spoke to my gran the other night who has been trying to give me some help with the cardigan, and I now feel inspired to pick up my needles again. I've just started on a doll from the 'Knitted Icons' book I was given for my birthday, which I'm hoping to give to someone as a Christmas present. This project involves some sewing though and I'm a little out of practice there as well. I've also got a huge list of things that I want to make for Christmas so I ought to get cracking.....