New fun

I have a couple more friends who are expecting tiny bundles this year.

Last year I gave my two closest birth-giving friends blankets.

I knitted one and quilted the other.

I have to say that I wasn't perfectly happy with either project.

My quilting skills are not the best, and the knitted blanket was made of squares and it didn't come out as even as I might have liked.

I thought for these babes I would try dolls.

I bought a pattern for a Waldorf Baby Doll from Wonderment about 6 months ago, just to try it, some friends of mine from the Yarnery took a Waldorf Doll-Making class and they really liked it.

I have a primal fear of sewing on knits, even the Sew U book did not help my phobia, but this pattern came right together.

I am not sure if I am completely happy with the button joints, they seem a little too floppy to me, but I will give it the benefit of the doubt.

I did get the doll assembled yesterday but the Elder Hug-a-Bug appropriated it for bedtime so I didn't get a photo.

A trip to the Yarn store for some hair is the next item on my agenda.

Please keep the victims of the Hugo, MN tornado in your thoughts.

Jess