Knitting Knitting Circle V9

And I'm very happy to have it. It's adorable!

 

@JennyM Beautifully done! I love the fine gauge, the great stitch-work and the color choice for yarn!
Could I ask what yarn/thread you used? I am especially fond of heathers!

 

Love the cardigan and her complete outfit.

 

@JennyM You posted on Ravelry? Fantastic! What do I search on Ravelry to find your post? (I tried a couple things but couldn't find it.)

 

@JennyM Ah! There you are! I hope other interested knitters will take a look at your bjd pattern(s) on Ravelry! There are extra photos and information on size there.

 

I just posted a SUPER easy Tutorial for knitted/crocheted/sewn elf boots for 10"/25cm tall BJDs.



HAPPY NEW YEAR, fellow knitters!

 

Once I get the answer to a pressing question I have, I'm going to try my hand at the dreaded Shrinking A Knit Pattern For Humans. I have another whole week before work starts up again, so that's plenty of time for me to figure out things like the new gauge and which of my tiny needles to use.

The question: Size conversions
Please reply to that thread, so we don't clutter this one up too much.

ETA: Thank you, Past Me, for buying bamboo crochet thread! I'd forgotten I had this.

 

Hello! I have been having a great time knitting things for my msd girl, I picked up some laceweight (shibui knits cima) and knit her this stunning long sweater/sweaterdress. I've gotten addicted to looking up laceweight now to make smaller scale things, I can already feel I'm going to need to source more <2mm needles...

 

It's totally addictive. Doll knitting is lighter, more portable, and so much cheaper than knitting for people - it's totally reset what I expect knitting projects to cost
That sweater is lovely! Well done!

 

Ahaha now that's the truth! Laceweight sweater for me? Going to take how long to make and how much money? No thank you!!!
She, however, will probably end up with seven of them

Thank you!

 

A little something for knitting beginners:
The all-doll cape Brianna style. (Instructions in the blog post)
It's super easy to make, fits all sizes and can easily be adapted to human size in case you want a Brianna style cape (the one from the outlander series). It's a cape on the small dolls and a capelet on SD size.

 

That shawl is gorgeous!

 

This is WAY out of season but Realpuki Aki couldn't wait to show you her new stuffed toy!
With a free Ravelry pattern: Cloudy the Bat by Esmerelda P. Jones, I used Ginnie Thompson flower thread and U.S. #0000 (1.25mm) knitting needles. I swapped the head for the body and simplified the wings. The connected feet make a great handle.
I hope to post Aki's dress pattern soon in the DoA Workshop.
In the meantime, Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

 

@JennyM Beautiful work. If you hadn't said it's knit, I would have guessed crocheted.

 

Knitting a cardigan for an MSD. On top there will be some embroidery but of course not nearly done. First I have to finish the right front, then i 'll embroider what I have done so far. It goes step by step as this side needs to have the embroidery mirrored.

 

Now that the cardi in 3 shades of blue plus white is ready, both girls (Resinsoul Xun and Souldoll KID Yeon-soo are fully dressed.

Cotton yarn and needles 1.5mm

 

@Lelycat
Both are works of art! Really lovely

 

Both lovely cardigans, Lelycat! I especially like the front shaping of the red one.

 

Thank you @tinyseams

 

Thanks, @El BJD

 

Oh the shawl is beautiful!, I wish I could knit something like that, i couldn’t figure out how to translate human pattern to a smaller size, especially with lace pattern such as the shawl. Well done!

 

Such tiny work! Well done

 

I just posted this Realpuki knitting pattern in the Workshop. This one took awhile! Glad it's done!

 

Thanks, Answer42!!

 

It was easy to adjust this dress pattern for 4.4" Pukipuki. This pattern is now posted, too!

 

@JennyM Your sentence is perfect! That picot hem is very easy to do, if you don't mind the extra step of sewing a hem.

Your tutorial is WONDERFUL! What a great addition to the Workshop! I especially appreciate your explanation of grid paper for knits since knit stitches are rectangular. I'm also glad you included a "sleeve to sleeve" tutorial. It's nice to knit BJD sweaters with vertical stripes for a change.
Great work!

 

Tomorrow I'm posting this off to a friend for their chilly wee MSD, a lovely small laceweight sweater in some gold merino-silk blend. It was tough finding buttons I liked and that worked for scale, but 6mm seemed to be the winning size!

eggecardi02

 

That is a pretty sweater @grimdarkfandango . Also love the colour.

 

Knitting and Doll people my two favorite hobbies. Everyones work is so amazing, you are all so talented! So far I have only knitted a few hats and blankets for my dollies, having been too intimidated to attempt to create my own patterns. But as a blanket hoarder it makes perfect sense for my dolls to hoard some as well

 

Thank you so much! It was lovely to knit with, but gosh silk wants to hold ladders from the dpns afterwards!!

Thank you!

 

you can get around that by knitting the first stitch off the next needle onto the one before it. Basically, your needles are going to be spiraling around your project, so you really need to use stitch markers, but no visible dpn ladders on the finished knit

 

I have used tiny little wooden beads as buttons on yosd size cardis before fwiw. This one is a lovely colour and your knitting is fab too.

Jo in the UK

 

That's so smart, thank you for the tip!! I will definitely have to try that next time!

 

I made these mittens using a pattern from the pattern generator. I used short 2mm double pointed needles and Svarta Fåret's Merilla yarn. They are made for Doll Family-H 1/4 jointed hands. Not as neat and even as @JennyM makes them, but considering I'm not a very experienced knitter, I'm quite pleased with how they turned out.


You think jointed hands are tricky to pose? Try to do it through a pair of mittens.

 

Almost every knitter experiences laddering when first knitting in the round, either on DPNs or using magic loop on a circular needle, and I was one of them. My next step was to overcompensate and pull those stitches so tight that I ended up with a hard ridge in place of the ladder. The answer, for me, was to hold the last stitch on the previous needle close to the first stitch on the current needle and use a reasonable amount of extra tension when working the stitch. Finding that reasonable amount of tension is a matter of experience, also known as trial and error.

 

To minimize laddering when working on DPN's or magic loop, I was taught to pull the SECOND stitch on the new needle tighter, not the first.

 

I do this as well. It works for me as long as I remember to pay attention.

 

Perhaps join after the ribbing.

 

My Realpukis are ready for Spring in their new cotton sweaters! Just the thing to shrug off cool breezes while viewing April flowers! One RP was willing to wear his sweater backwards to show you that side.
I just posted the pattern in the Workshop: Patterns: Knitting section. It took about 6 sweaters to get the sleeves right. At this scale, I'm knitting with a single strand of embroidery floss and very fine needles. I hope someone will give this pattern a try.
Happy Spring, Fellow Knitters!

 

These are so cute!! Thank you so much for taking the time to write up the pattern to share.

 

Hello all! I love seeing everyone's creations! Here is a romper I made last month for my merrydollround mousse, with hand-dyed merino on 2.5mm needles.

 

@Jextia That's adorable! The color reminds me of melted ice cream with sprinkles

 

I just posted this Pukipuki sweater pattern in Workshop: Knitting. It's almost identical to the Realpuki sweater pattern; it's just a bit bigger.
The skirt is a silk daffodil! Hooray for Spring Flowers!

 

I posted a new knitting pattern in the Workshop, this time for SD-size BJDs.
The asymmetrical neckline allows a choice in how the front looks.

 

Here's my craziest hat (so far) for Fairyland's Realfee. (Realfee has a 6" head circumference.)

The original pattern is in Cathy Carron's "Hattitude", a book with 40 knitted hat patterns for humans. The human gauge was 5 stitches/inch. I used 12 stitches/inch with #00 needles and size 8 pearl cotton for the Realfee hat (plus a little math to shrink the size). I added leaf shapes to the ends of the I-cords instead of the original knots and added a fuzzy trim to gather all those I-cords. If I did this again, (which I won't!), I'd reduce the number of I-cords from 16 to 12.

Just FYI, size 8 pearl cotton is a great choice for knitting for 7.5" tall Realfees and taller bjds: there's a huge range of colors, the twist is more yarn-like and drape-able than crochet thread, many people can knit it without magnifiers and the scale of the knitting looks correct for Realfee's size.
Happy BJD Knitting!