American Girl Doll Knits

So this was our fifth year in a row taking a girls week trip to Kalahari in Sandusky OH for the UWG (Unschoolers Waterpark Gathering.) Marley was excited to see her friends again for an American Girl Doll gathering. Both Tess and Julie came sporting their new stylish winter attire. Pattern found here: http://www.abc-knitting-patterns.com/1143.html. The pattern is for the red riding hood cape shown on Tess. I tweeked the pattern for the cape/hat set on Julie. Marley wanted a cape to match, but I knew I couldn't get it done in time. Maybe next year...

Reindeer Hat

This hat was knitted, not crochet. I made it for a little 10mo old boy whose parents saw a crappy looking (IMO) reindeer hat at a store and wanted it. But it was way more than they wanted to spend. I said I could make a much better deer hat than that (store bought knitted hats have nothing on the real homemade thing. And so I did. This one was a lot of fun to hand over.

Fish and things

Way back when , Bree Rex convinced me to purchase this book at Half Price Books called KnitWit. She adored this squid and it was a must have. Now Bree's knitting skills are good, but she complains on how long knitting takes. She is young and not quiet at the knitting-is-a-relaxing-thing-I-do-when-I-Am-Avoiding-What-I-Should-Be-Doing stage like me yet. She wants immediate gratification.

Anywho she worked on it, put it away for a few months, came back to it, put it away.

I had told her that once she finishes the squid I will crochet a coral reef bed for the little guy.

And then I knitted him a friend...

 

The coral bed actually taught me to make the curls that I taught Bret to make for her Pinkie Pie Hat. So yay for experimenting.