After finishing my Keyhole Bow-tie Scarf, I cast-on for another bow-tie type scarf. With only 109 yards in the one skein of elann.com's Peruvian Alpaca, I needed something small. Problem: not happy. The yarn is just lovely, but not loving the curl which is intregal to the pattern. What now? Rip out? What else to make with such a small amount of yarn? The yardage got me thinking about different types of small projects, which in turn got me thinking about dolls. That's right: dolls.
Not loving the curl
Flipping through Ravelry's search engine, I found loads of cute patterns for 18" dolls (if you don't already know about Ravelry, get thee to the website post-haste 'cuz it is awesome!!). Perusing patterns always gets me looking through the stash. And I found a nice pattern to marry with some DK weight leftovers.
Top/dress in progress
The pattern is a little ensemble(Ravelry link), but I only made the top. The top length is perfect as a dress, especially as my doll has leggings and pink booties. Pattern is straight-forward, but I tweaked parts of it because of personal preference and because I couldn't get gauge.
Front view of dress
Back view
What do you think? Pretty? I love it, especially the bright colours. Also love that I used leftovers. And my doll finally gets a nice outfit. Think she needs a matching cardigan? Maybe in green? I'll keep you posted. ;)
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