Materials
needed:
16
peg mitten loom, or flower loom. The larger dolls to the left
are made using a mitten loom, but I have seen them made using a newborn loom.
flesh
colored yarn - 1/2 oz use 2 or 3 strands throughout
yarn for
the clothes or diaper - 1/2 oz use 2 or 3 strands
throughout
A bit of poly-fiberfill.
How to
make: (You don't have to do this exact number of rows-- just do
enough till it is the length you want)
Start at
the top of the dolly's head and *single
stitch 8 rows using 2 or 3 strands.
Change
colors
Knit 19
more rows. OR you can knit 22 rows in the flesh color then change
to white for a diaper and you can make that diaper 5 rows.
End off
using the gathering stitch.
After
removing from the loom, fill with polyester fiberfill. Take a
needle and the initial yarn tail that was wrapped around the peg to
start the head, and gather the top of the head.
HAT
Use same
yarn as the body, or choose a complimentary one, and make a hat.
Using the
same loom, knit 7 rows. Remove the hat from the loom. The
brim will roll and can be placed directly on the top of the head.
I used some yarn and wove a gathering stitch around the neck which I
tied in a double knot/bow.
Use black yarn to make a simple face.
FACE
I use black yarn usually and start at the top of the head, go down to
the eyes and make a _ _
Then I do the mouth the same.
Lastly I go back up to the top of the head and
out. Now, I carefully tie the 2 strands up there into a knot
without pulling tightly on the eyes or mouth sts. And I separate
the strands to make 'hair'. =)
* Single Stitch here is using 2
strands held together as one, and knitting those 2 strands over 2
strands.
