I wanted to share my version of a really
cute knitted doll. It ends up being about 7.5" tall, if made with DK or
sport weight yarn.
In ss, you knit two long rectangles, flat, for the legs. Make them about 2"
wide, and a total of 2 1/2" long. Start with the shoe color, then change
to a sock color after an inch or so, and
change again to a skin color after another half inch. Do not cast off at top
of legs, but keep live stitches on needles.
Put the legs side by side on one needle, and change to a white (or underpants
color) and knit across the tops of both leg pieces.
Knit straight for about 1 1/4" for the panties, then change to a sweater
color, (or stripes) and keep knitting for another 1 1/4".
Next row, to shape sholders, mentally divide the width of your knitted body
inquarters. K2tog, twice at the one-quarter point, and again at the 3/4 point,
then continue to the end of the row. (Those K2togs make the little shoulder
bumps.)
Then you change to skin color again and keep knitting straight.
After the first row you (k2,
k2 in the next st), across. Knit straight for about 1 1/4" and do k2 tog
decreases for the next tworows. Then gather the sts and tie off, for crown of
head. Stuff
and sew edges tog up the back. Gather a running stitch, in skin colored yarn,
around the neck- just above sweater- and tie off for neck definition. Draw the
tail ends inside and hide them, using a yarn needle. Knit two little tube arms
(like the legs- with hand color, followed by sleeve color) and stuff and sew
on.
Last, you need to knit up some little pants, overalls, or a skirt, and tie on
at the waist. You can do hair and an embroidered
face. Or a hat, and some pigtails or just bangs sticking out. Sew hat on.
By varying the facial features, skin color, hair color and style, andclothing,
you could make quite a crowd of these "little people".
All I ask is that you make at least one of these for charity,sometime, if you
use the pattern for personal use. No commercial use allowed, please. Bonnie
Evans 2003