Knitting Knitting Circle V8

She looks too cute! And yes, a pair of shoes would be nice too.

 

My Impldoll Young Moon miiiiight be a bit bigger than patterns for slim MSD allow for ^^"
Second one is much cozier ^^"

 

But the blue one shows her curves very nicely. I think each sweater will fin its occasions to be worn.

 

Very nice dress, Elgyfu. Why can't I ever find nice purple yarn???

Love both sweaters, samseramsamsam! I should challenge myself more with tiny knitting and give cables a try at this size.

 

New sweater for SD

 

With fil fleurs embroidery yarn I knitted this rabbit sweater for pukifee Bethany

 

Very cute!

 

i was wondering why this thread was so inactive lately, apparently i missed the new thread start having fun catching up though, and seeing all the great work done since i was last here.

 

My Elena (Iplehouse Pamela) with one of my miniature shawls

 

Biggy, that is gorgeous!

 

that really is gorgeous biggy! is it a fullsize shawl pattern just knit on smaller needles?

 

Thank you, yes it is, I get a shawl pattern from knitting delights abo every month and I do not wear shawls very often but I love to knit lace. So doing them for the dolls seemed to be a good idea. They take less yarn and space as well......they do take longer to knit. Here is another one:

 

Thank you. I only wish I was a better photographer and had more space for my dolls. Dragging everything from boxes all over the house is not so funny and so time consuming.

 

Biggy, both sjawls are very pretty!

 

First time knitting a corset type top as part of this lacy dress.
Hope it is ok to also post the complete dress pics
It is for my new girl who hasn't even had her faceup or bodyblushing yet but I felt like knitting
with some black thin yarn and use my lace for the dress and the short under dress

 

very pretty lelycat

i tried knitting sweaters for my realfee and crocheting matching hats. i got carried away with the striping and was apalled at the number of ends i have to weave in! (at least the hats only have 1each since i crocheted all the other ones in as i went along,too bad i dont know a way to do that for knits!)
What was I thinking? by onebluestocking, on Flickr

 

Haha,they look great though, Auntbear. For my knits when using several colours I make a knot with the threads close to eachother you know the ones that meet when you change colour and then with a matching crochethook I weave in a bit and cut the threads. Allways works and you don't have to put the threads in sewing needle all the time and sew in which I hate. For the small dolls say 9 cm's I put a tiny bit of fabrick glue (applied with end of toothpick after weaving in threads but skip knotting (too bulky fot that size)

 

yeah crocheting i can usually manage to end up with only 1 end, unless it's really lacy. knitting doesn't work that way unfortunately. and i usually have to do the ends at the end, because i usually do my knitting out of the house and always lose the needle if i carry it with me these are knit mostly in the round, but with a full back opening, just for ease of dressing.

i got the ends sewn in
The finished piles by onebluestocking, on Flickr
now i just need to add snaps and make some pants so my realfees can show them off without indecent exposure

edited to fix broken link

 

Snuggly Sweater by Cathryn Guthrie, on Flickr

I usually just lurk here, but I made a new tiny thing! Downsized from a human pattern by gauge.

 

Auntbear: I applaud your patience! Nice and colourful. Your girls will be very happy.

Lady_Chance: Very nice indeed!

 

@chrystal @Elgyfu Thank you for your kind words!

 

I got a question about using patterns that are originally for humans. I found a site explaining how to make it into 1/3 doll size by tripling the gauge (so instead of 5 stitches/inch you get 15/inch for example) and than just following the pattern. But now I was wondering: would knitting for example a sweater by this method cost the same amount of yarn? Or would knitting this way for a 1/3 doll cost a lot less yarn? Maybe it sounds really stupid, but it's kinda keeping me from trying to knit something this way. I have loads of yarn, but mostly 1 skein of a colour since I mostly knit/crochet plushies and human size sweaters tend to take alot of yarn.

 

Theoretically, it should require about the same yardage of yarn, but in personal experience it tends take less. An SD sweater I did used about 800yds of laceweight, but the human sized equivalent was 1000-1600.

 

While I've used this method to resize some human patterns for my dolls, keep in mind that human proportions and doll proportions don't always match up. You might need to do a little modifying.
As to the yarn question, I've never had a doll sweater take a whole skein of yarn. Keep in mind the difference in yardage of a skein of worsted weight vs a skein of laceweight (for example)

 

Thanks for the quick answers! Makes some things clearer for me! And yes I will take in consideration the weight of the yarn, luckily I have different weights laying around here so maybe I should just try some things out and see where it goes from there.

 

that is lovely!

i need to make some pants this week so they aren't indecent, and sew the snaps on the back, then i'll post finished pics

if you aren't sure whether you have enough yarn of a specific color, a top down raglan pattern works well. you can make it as long as you have enough yarn for. 3/4 sleeves work well for a girl if you run out of yarn

 

So cute, though! For next time, try using ONE continuous strand of each color, rather than lots of little ones, and just leave them on the wrong side until you pick them back up for the next stripe in that color!

 

Your Realfees appreciate all your work, I'm sure!

I managed to finish a few old projects this last week, plus made a few more tiny tops and cardigans, as well as a crocheted shawl with a beaded edge. I'm going to try hard to weave in all these ends by the end of the week!

 

i did that on all of the two row stripes. unfortunately i decided some of it would look better with single row stripes and no matter how many yarn balls i used i couldn't get the rows to workout evenly so i didn't have to break the thread

it doesn't look like i'm going to get the sewing done this week unfortunately, too many appointments and now my son may have torn something in his knee so we are off to the doctors tomorrow to try and get it checked. (he doesn't do well at drs, so it may be interesting!)

 

@auntbear Wow! SO MANY ENDS!! I applaud your diligence. They are awesome! Good luck at the doctor's!

@lady_chance that is SO impressive. I stand in awe.

@El BJD love your tiny creations!

 

Beautiful work, Bagirka! What sculpt is your gorgeous girl?

 

What nice work! I love the fox! And the outfit is wonderful!

 

lovely colorwork @Bagirka! is the fox knit in or duplicate stitch?

 

El BJD - This girl Studio Milim -Tanik, height 13 cm
nancy_schroeder_ca Thank you. Sweater knitting to order, asked a fox
auntbear fox knitting

a few of my works , which are made to order

 

Daphne got a dress for summer wear!



I used WovenFlame's wonderful LittleFee Raglan Tunic pattern, and just went with smaller yarn and smaller needles. I haven't put the snap on yet, because my hands are tired. I could have gone down a needle size yet and had a better result as well, but I don't have smaller the US 000/1.5 mm yet. ^^;

 

@Osaka Cute! The 000 needles do make it even better at that scale, though. I've learned that from my experience with some OT dolls.

 

it looks cute, and with the socks very snuggly what size needles did you use? 1.75mm?

 

Just out of curiosity, do you also amass ridiculous amounts of knitwear for your dolls...?
For me it has gotten to the point that I am really thinking about giving the ones that won't sell on ebay (once I get around actually using ebay etc.) away... >_< I mean, I really like how my gals look in the things, but as knitting is my relaxing, I have made many, many just plain sweaters that are just taking up space.
How do you handle this multiplying of knitwear? Give away/sell/throw things out? Or just get bigger boxes to store the stuff in...?

 

Thank you!

I used 1.5 mm DPNs. I keep dropping hints for my loved ones that I want some smaller needles for birthdays and holidays, but alas, no luck yet.

 

Wow, everyone's knitting looks amazing! I wish my skills were more advanced. I've only knitted a few things for dolls so far, but I'd love to be able to make sweaters. I can't even do human sized sweaters.

Here is the little outfit I made for Deyleria. I love it, but I wish I could do more.

 

Tasya by Hanimeyka, on Flickr

Fairyland Pukifee + needles 0.5mm + thread for embroidery = good mood

 

She should be happy with such a lovely dress!

 

What's your Etsy link? Maybe have a sale? Or a trade? I still don't have huge amounts of knitwear but I do have a lot of kiddles to knit for.

 

My brother and son benefit a LOT from my extra doll knitting. XD But I still end up with tons of things, even with such a large doll family. I may have to get my mother into dolls, just to have someone else to benefit from all the extras. ^^;

 

i sell off some duplicates on etsy, but anything that doesn't sell in a reasonable amount of time i give to charity. every fall i go through my extras box and pick up inexpensive dolls that will fit the clothes, then make up gift boxes of dolls and wardrobes for operation christmas child.

 

Look, mommy knitted me a yellow ocre cardigan with embroidered daisies! You like?

 

That's really cute! I love the little halter.

And don't be too scared of sweaters--there are patterns out there to help you! Either make 2 rectangles for the body, 2 for the sleeves, and sew everything together at the end, or look up a raglan sweater pattern.

This one is @Wovenflame's LTF-sized sweater, which I've had great success with. She has other sweater sizes on her Ravelry, too. (The site itself has a whopping 289 search results for "doll top-down raglan," and 94 of them are free of charge. I'm not sure what size your doll is from the photo, but something has to fit from all that!)

 

Thank you. I wish I would have written down what I did when I made the halter. That way I could have more in different colors and post the pattern for other people. I just made it up as I went, so I don't know if I could ever do it again.

Also, thank you for the link. I'll definitely look into that. My doll is a slim MSD so I should be able to find something.

 

As a slim MSD Minifee sized patterns should fit really well

 

So cute and delicate! Love the whole outfit

 

You are probably all sick of this question, but I can't find anything on google (I'm probably wording it wrong,) I want to try and knit a cowl/shawl for my MSD but the pattern is human sized, how would I go about reducing it? Should I try lighter weight yarn and smaller needles?

 

Harpy, you could look up the amount of stitching in the pattern when they cast on. Then try say knitting needles 1,5 and matching yarn and cast on stitches until you think it is wide enough for your doll. Knit a few rows and If you like how it looks like you could calculate the ratio with the full size pattern.

 

Thank you! I'll try that.

 

it is very pretty and goes nicely with her skirt

that is lovely bagirka, i love your fine stitching!

so do ellowyne wilde

if you are doing something that is unfitted like a shawl the standard reduction is 1/4 so if the pattern calls for 4mm needles you can reduce to 1mm with appropriate yarn. (you want to get the the same number of stitches per inch that the pattern calls for over 4". if you would rather reduce the number of stitches you can use the same size needle and cut the number of stitches by 4.