Dolls Get Cold Too You Know

I made these blankets for the twins' American Girl dolls from scraps left over from their own quilts I made posted here and here.  Seriously- from scraps!I didn't even have enough fabric to back them so I had to use fabric from my stash.Each blanket is 17 inches square and took just a few minutes to make (OK maybe more than a few).   No batting or quilting involved.  Really they are just like an empty pillow case sewn shut.  But the twins live in Georgia where it doesn't get that cold so the dolls really should be fine.  Diana 

Monkey Model

I made another hat and scarf for an American Girl doll. I don't have one myself but my grand children suggested I use my sock monkey as a model. It is very close in size to the doll and putting clothes on the monkey makes me happy......I know, wierd but true. These were knitted in a few hours. I used 10.5 needles which made the hat and scarf a breeze. A little girl at church just got her first American Girl doll for Christmas so I am giving these to her on Sunday. Diana

Big Hat Little Hat

What to do when it is snowing and chilly and all you want to do is watch an old black and white movie? Knit! But I need a simple, no brainer pattern that won't be a distraction from the movie. I found this great rolled brim hat pattern at http://knitting.about.com/od/hatpatterns/p/roll-brim-hat.htm and went to work. I even had enough yarn left over to make an American Girl doll hat and scarf. Dolls get cold too! To make the hat I chained 40 and then followed the big girls' hat pattern. Of course I only made it tall enough for the doll. The scarf is chained 100 and then knit 2 perl 2 till it is about 2 1/2 to 3 inches wide. I did add a bit of fringe. All this from one ball of varigated yarn from Walmart. Diana