I enjoy doing miniature knitting. I've previously
designed a miniature sweater/cardigan and hat for my Heather Maciak dolls Jenny and Lexie and shared the patterns on Ravelry (
sweater and
hat).
Recently in a Sasha doll group on Facebook, my friend Janet challenged us to a competition to knit
Rosemary Shortell's Llama jacket for Sasha dolls. I commented in the group that I really wanted to scale down the pattern for my miniature dolls and didn't have the time to knit the Sasha version for the competition deadline as I was studying. During February half term in a short trip to Belgium with my family I was able knit in the car and channel tunnel journey as my cousin did the driving, so I got started on the Llama jacket (I had scaled down the pattern, using my previous spreadsheet chart for the Maciak doll sweater to get the sizing right). The jacket and hat is knitted with 2 ply yarn and 1.5mm needles.
With a short break in between courses in March, the big change to working at home and social distancing with the global pandemic raging (resulting in cancelled examinations for my younger daughter and some evenings which we have used for family movie nights), I have taken the opportunity to do some evening knitting.
Lexie looks pleased with the result (and Chloe the Kruseling has tried it on too, the sleeve cuffs need an extra row of rib for the Kruseling dolls).
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| Theo (wearing a Rosie Laird sweater), Louisa (wearing a Janet Myhill-Dabbs outfit) and Lexie wearing her Llama jacket and earflap hat |
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| Lexie wearing her Llama jacket and earflap hat |
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| Side view of Lexie in the Llama jacket and hat |
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| Theo, Louisa and the back view of the Llama jacket |
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| Theo, Louisa, Lexie joined by Sofia in the sweater I knitted for Lexie in 2016 |
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| Chloe the Kruseling in the Llama jacket and hat |
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| Chloe in the Llama jacket and hat |
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| Chloe and Sofia the Kruselings in my miniature knitting for Lexie |
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| Lexie in the Llama outfit |
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| Lexie in the Llama outfit |
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| Lexie in the Llama outfit |
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| Back view of the Llama jacket and hat, on Lexie |
The pattern is available on Ravelry at
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/llama-jacket-for-jenny--lexie
CC BY SA NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ DollMum http://dollmum.blogspot.co.uk/
This pattern may be used and adapted for non-commercial purposes only without contacting DollMum. If you wish to use it for commercial purposes (e.g. if
you wish to sell what you make from the pattern) you must contact DollMum at dollmum@yahoo.co.uk for permission and a fee may be charged
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