Two new dresses for Barbie

All of a sudden Susie really needed some more clothes for her Barbie dolls. I guess I wasn't really hard to persuade to knit her some... :) We had a look at THIS great web site for something to knit, and Susie picked out quite a few things she wanted....

I started by knitting the dress on the right in the pic (this is pattern no 10 on the web site). I'm not sure about the green "fur", but that was the only furry yarn I could find in my stash. I know I have some other colours somewhere, but I didn't want to spend the entire day looking for it. And Susie really wanted the green trim anyway.... I have knitted the dress in the round, even though the pattern said to knit back and forth... I couldn't be bothered with sewing it together after knitting... The dress is really snug and it fits perfectly!

It was quite a quick knit, so I decided to cast on for a second dress. The one on the left is no 1005 on the web site (wich is Swedish by the way).... I have knitted this one in the round as well, AND I've altered the back by knitting some shaped ribbing for a snugger fit on the doll.

I finished the second dress after Susie went to bed, so I'm quite excited about what she has to say tomorrow morning when she sees it....



Made in 2010!

After looking through my blogposts for the last year, it looks like all the crafty stuff I've done is making cards... but that's not the case... I guess I've just forgotten to blog about all the other things I've made. Most of my cards are made for some challenge or other, and have to be blogged right away... other things have to wait... but not anymore. Here are some of the things I made in 2010:

Some new outfits for my girls' Barbie dolls. I have made a few more skirts and blouses, but I don't have a photo of them. I found all the patterns HERE somewhere.

Back in March, I knitted some mittens for my mum and for Maja. I also made some for Susie, but they were never shown... but here they are. Susie picked the colours herself, and she has used them a lot.

I've had this white yarn in my stash for ages. I inherited three full balls and two used ones of this when my grandmother died 16 years ago. This yarn must be quite old. It's called Annie, and is made by L/L Hovland Ullvarefabrikk. The factory was dismantled in 1989, so my "guess" is that this yarn is 22 years old... probably older....

After being in my stash for that long, I thought it was about time I used it for something. I decided to knit myself a Dream Shrug. I used this quite a lot over my strappy tops last summer. I have also made one of these for Maja/Susie (they had to share one), but again, no picture.

I'm not sure these frames are worth showing, but here they are anyway. They are made of a piece of cardboard, old newspapers, glue and some acrylic paints.... Quite fun to make actually!

My cheap laundry basket from IKEA was falling apart last summer, so instead of buying a new one I decided to rip off the old plastic basket, keep the frame and sew a new fabric "basket". I love it! (before on the left, after on the right...)

I have also been digging into my stash of beads. I have mostly made knitting markers, but I sold or gave them all away before I managed to take some pictures... silly me! I managed to take some really bad photos of a couple of earrings I made though... I gave these to my hubby to use as a gift in his work's advent calendar.

I started knitting this scarf back in April, but never finished it until November... Scarves are sooo boring to knit! Love the pattern and the colours of this though. I found the pattern for this at Ravelry.

This is a project that took even longer to finish.... I'm not quite sure exactly when I started knitting it, but I know I still lived with my parents... I moved out back in 95.... so it has taken a few... ehm... years to finish. I must say to my defense that it was stuffed away in a basement with all our other stuff in Norway the 8,5 years we lived in Scotland.... but still....

I have also made a reusable, reversible Swiffer cover. I was tired of buying new ones all the time, and this is more environment friendly as well. It's made from acrylic yarn as that tends to create static that makes dust and hair cling. It was fun and easy to crochet, and it works really well. I'm definately going to make more of these! This is also a Ravelry pattern.

The last thing I'm showing is a new dishcloth for my kitchen... Nice and bright colours, 100% cotton. Pattern is HERE.

I think I've already blogged the baby blanket I made for my new niece... didn't I? *opening a new window to check*... Yes I did. (I have made another one of these blankets for a friend at work, but I'll show that later... guess I've shared enough today....).

Well.... that's all folks... as they say in the cartoons... lol...

Barbie has got new clothes as well....

I've been looking for sewing patterns for Barbie doll clothes for ages, but couldn't find any... Knitting and crocheting patterns, no problem... but I wanted to sew something. Then my blog friend Eileen found out, and was really kind and sent me lots of sewing patterns for Barbie... old patterns. They were so much fun to look at... She sent patterns for dresses, skirts, blouses, trousers, swim suit and lots more. It was really hard to choose which one to make first. But my choice was this long dress...

The fabric I used is a bit shiny... and I sewed some flower sequins along the top edge and at the waist...My next choice was this cute dress...

...and I found the perfect fabric for it in my stash... it's the same pattern on the fabric I used as the picture on the sewing pattern... fun! And Maja had the perfect shoes for this dress in her box of Barbie things... I also hand sewed a "pearl" necklace on the dress. I figured it was better to sew it onto the dress, that way it won't get lost (or eaten by certain small people in my family...)

Maja fell in love with the indian dress... so, of course, I had to make that one too. Complete with a paper feather that Maja coloured in...

This was sooooo much fun, and there are plenty of more patterns on the sheets I got, so I'll definately make more clothes for Barbie!!

New clothes for the dolls

I've been thinking about sewing doll's clothes for ages... so when I had a piece of a fleece blanket left over from a previous project, I thought that would make some nice clothing for Maja's dolls. I liked the edge on the blanket and wanted to use it for something... It was perfect for the bottom of a doll's coat....

I saw a nice doll's coat in a book and wanted to make something similar, but the pattern for that particular coat was too small for any of the dolls we have. So I altered a pattern for a doll's shirt that I found in another book, and made this coat. It even has a wee collar...

I didn't have any Velcro for closing the coat, so until I get some, I've just used some pins....

After making the coat, I still had some fleece left, so I made a little outfit for another doll as well...

This little suit has a zipper and a hood... I found the pattern for this outfit in "Sy dukkeklær" by Anne Grethe Gaaserud.

Maja was very pleased with her dolls' new clothes.