Feverishly working on Christmas presents, night and day! Right now my list is so big that every little mistake I make seems to make my list bigger : ( I am taking it in stride because in the end they will love and remember whatever I made them and my need for perfection will be for not.
I have been working on anothe gift which is part of the Knit along over at Frontier Dreams but I am having such a hard time with my terrible knitting skills that I could not bear to take a picture : ( To see what it should look like visit the most amazing Nicole.
Please allow me to apologize for my pictures today. Truth is I forgot to take the pictures during the day and the lighting in my house is terrible (did I ever tell you to never take pictures at night, they come out sucky).
On my list for Ronnie and Livie are a pair of new Waldorf babies and I thought I would make some matching crocheted dresses for Livie and her new baby (in all the spare time I have right?). I really like the way it is coming out though I writing and rewriting the pattern which means ripping and ripping out my stitches but in the end I will have hopefully a pair of dresses that my babies love and a pattern to make more in the future. I am thinking it would be cuter to make the top of the pinafore crocheted and then add fabric as the body of the dress starting under the arm pits, what do you think?
Yarning along with Ginny again this week. I am reading Little House Christmas, which is one of our favorite reads during advent and Christmas.
I am sneaking in one last picture down here because the lighting is so supermarketish in the pic but it does show the top of the dress better, so sorry!
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oh so cute you clever girl! yes! do the fabric for the bottom added to your lovely crocheted top. i love it. you are so right, whatever you have done, and however it's made (its beautiful) will be recieved in much joy and love!xox
Your idea of a crocheted yoke and fabric skirt is lovely, I've never come across that before, but I can see that it would really work well.
Oh too great! Lovely present idea!
Sweet crochet, and the Little House books will always be favorites in our home!Blessings, Debbie
Lovely dolls! The acessórios look great, also. I
Lovely! New outfits for the kids' Waldorf dolls are on my list of things to make for Christmas. Gotta get moving!
Your life sounds idyllic Tricia……and I think that the little imperfections in hand made things are what makes them even more beautiful than manufactured things made by machines. Every little lumpy bit has been made with love…Deb
So sweet! Love it!
I need to be fervishly working on Christmas gifts!The doll clothes are going to be adorable.
Tricia, I think your crocheted pinafore tops are super cute, and I agree that a fabric body would look adorable. I made a dress once where I knit the top and sewed on a fabric bottom, and I really like how it turned out. If you want to see an example, you can look through my Ravelry projects. It's somewhere in there as an Easter dress a couple of years ago. Take care, Angela
Well done for even attempting a hand made list, hmm, I must be in denial!!The crochet looks lovely, must check out Nicole too.Happy CraftingSan
Okay, I know I already left a comment, but the yarn in the toilet story merited a second visit today. Thanks much for the giggle! It gets easier, I promise. 🙂
Love the little collar! Homemade doll clothes are the best 🙂 (Your pictures are just fine, by the way!)
I love the idea of the crochetted top with a fabric bottom/skirting 🙂 Beautiful and inspired:)
The crochet/fabric pinafore is an outstanding idea. Please take pictures! I think everyone's suffering from the lack of light these days. Going to work in the dark and getting home in the dark doesn't make for the best blog photos, but yours seem to be holding up just fine!
I didn't know there was a little house christmas! i will have to try and find it. I love the little house books!
Oh I do think fabric would look beautiful paired with the crocheted yoke.The Little House books are so wonderful – what a great collection.
Cute pinafore! I really need to get that book! I end up searching through the Little House books for their Christmas stories during the holiday season. 🙂
Oh my I do love The Little House books. I didn't know the book you are reading existed. I just skip around from book to book hunting Christmas stories.Lovely pinafores-simply lovely! When do you do all of this? The thought of even writing a pattern sends me into a swoon. You are super talented!xo
So cute! I think fabric would look good and save sanity 🙂
Love the idea for the dresses. Dolls are super cute too, so talented. Hehe at supermarketish, explains the quality of a lot of my photo's!xx
Love the idea of the pinafore starting with crochet and having the body in fabric – sounds super cute 🙂
I think it will look absolutly beautiful!And you are so right it is all about intent :)They will cherish what you make, simply because you made it 🙂
hee hee – "supermarketish" – the best new adjective I've read in AGES! I can forsee many instances of things being supermarketish ;0)
I think the combination of crochet and fabric would look good. It may also help your sanity. My list is also long, but I think I may actually be able to do it. Of course, I am jsut referring to the knitting. I am not so sure about the sewing.
Oh good work! I think fabric would look nice and save you some time…you know for more projects. 😉 My list is long, too. I'm starting to chill on it though and take the many knitting distractions in stride.Happy Crafting!
I think adding fabric would look lovely- and mean less work for you;) The yoke you are making is lovely!