I need to make a doll's suitcase

[RubyToogood]

I dont like Elijah for some reason. There are some good elephant patterns though, but my nephew is 5 and I suspect small cuddly things are becoming less interesting per se. The thing about Poppy is all the accessories because they give her more play value. I couldn't find anything equivalent.

 

[beeboo]

That is fantastic Ruby!

 

[Biddlybee]

The thing about Poppy is all the accessories because they give her more play value. I couldn't find anything equivalent.

Ah that's true... there is lots of dressing to do

(I like the elephant )

 

[RubyToogood]

Finally got round to the nightdress:



Added some bedsocks as niece found it weird she has to go to bed with her shoes on:



Then felt there was something missing, so added it:

 

[moose]

Pleeeeeease be my auntie

Nice work on the nightie

 

[izz]

Very beautiful !

 

[oryx]

They are all gorgeous. Makes me wish a) my niece & goddaughter were younger and b) I could knit well.

The spotted suitcases remind me of a doll's suitcase I had as a child (which really belonged to my toy rabbit) which I used when I did the classic kid thing of running away from home and getting as far as the end of the street.

 

[spanglechick]

ruby - this thread has made me all teary. what a lovely auntie you are.

my mum made me a ragdoll with a whole heap of clothes for christmas one year when i was small. it was my fave thing for years - had to be mended several times. but it wasn't til i got older that i realised all the love and care that went into making that gift. It's the most precious thing. Your niece is lucky indeed.

 

[wayward bob]

aw she's gorgeous, and the teddy's inspired

do you crochet? there's loads of fun patterns if you can, personally i recommend this one

 

[RubyToogood]

ruby - this thread has made me all teary. what a lovely auntie you are.

my mum made me a ragdoll with a whole heap of clothes for christmas one year when i was small. it was my fave thing for years - had to be mended several times. but it wasn't til i got older that i realised all the love and care that went into making that gift. It's the most precious thing. Your niece is lucky indeed.

It's an insurance policy, spangles. Someone's going to have to wipe my arse when I'm old, and I'm not going to have my own kids

Anyway, I'm quite tempted by this crab for the nephew: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer09/PATTcrab.php
But crochet might be the way to go, I'll have to look into that. If he was a bit older I could have done the knitted dalek and tardis.

 

[fogbat]

aw she's gorgeous, and the teddy's inspired

do you crochet? there's loads of fun patterns if you can, personally i recommend this one

Good lord, that is awesome!

 

[Biddlybee]

Pleeeeeease be my auntie

Mine too

do you crochet? there's loads of fun patterns if you can, personally i recommend this one

That's ace - I will learn to crochet one day!

Anyway, I'm quite tempted by this crab for the nephew: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer09/PATTcrab.php
But crochet might be the way to go, I'll have to look into that. If he was a bit older I could have done the knitted dalek and tardis.

oooh, I like him, was going to make Sheldon for my niece for christmas, but just realised there's some corchet in it

 

[RubyToogood]

Oh yes, Sheldon is cool - why didn't I think of him? I only realised recently that his shell comes off.

 

[Biddlybee]

You can make different shells too

Is crochet hard? I really want to make him for her.

 

[RubyToogood]

No. You'll only need to master single crochet anyway, which is just one stitch. You'll find it a piece of cake, and if you don't I can show you.

 

[Biddlybee]

Cheers. Doesn't seem to have taken people that long to knit him. So I reckon I'll keep him on the list - won't start for a few months yet

 

[Biddlybee]

I've found a knitted bender

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Very Cool Doll.

This is the first soft toy I ever made (ten years ago now). It's an old white T-Shirt Stuffed with foam from my pillow.








Not quite in the same league.

 

[citygirl]

Ohhhhh if only I could knit

 

[oryx]

Very Cool Doll.

This is the first soft toy I ever made (ten years ago now). It's an old white T-Shirt Stuffed with foam from my pillow.








Not quite in the same league.

Still very cool though. I like it, though I can't work out what it is. It looks like a cat crossed with a rabbit with a carthorse's feet.

 

[wayward bob]

Is crochet hard? I really want to make him for her.

crochet is so much easier than knitting - if you can knit toys (which i'm pretty sure i couldn't) you can definitely learn to crochet. and amigurumi is just loadsa round bits stuck together, very very simple.

have you got a link for the knitted bender, i'd love to see

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Still very cool though. I like it, though I can't work out what it is. It looks like a cat crossed with a rabbit with a carthorse's feet.

It's a cat of course. C'mon, it was my first go and I didn't draw out a pattern.

There should be a thread for U75 home made soft toys. I have plenty more.






Rock and rollllll

 

[moose]

i love that t-shirt cat! more please!!

 

[wayward bob]

the cat is fantastic and lightyears ahead of my first sewn toy

 

[wayward bob]

i did a cat next, that's a bit better, although something went terribly wrong with his ears

i gave up on sewing softies after that

 

[Biddlybee]

It's a cat of course. C'mon, it was my first go and I didn't draw out a pattern.

There should be a thread for U75 home made soft toys. I have plenty more.






Rock and rollllll

I like his legs, and the way he is a bit wonky

crochet is so much easier than knitting - if you can knit toys (which i'm pretty sure i couldn't) you can definitely learn to crochet. and amigurumi is just loadsa round bits stuck together, very very simple.

have you got a link for the knitted bender, i'd love to see

I've told myself not to start on amigurumi (now I know what it is)... otherwise won't stop. I'll just learn a bit of crochet for this one piece.
Can't link to the knitted bender because it's on another site where you'd have to be logged in... but he looks like this:

 

[wayward bob]

lololol is he actually a toilet roll cover?

 

[Biddlybee]

yes

 

[wayward bob]

how tf do you knit those fingers though? they're a bugger to crochet but i can't even begin to imagine trying to knit them, ditto his thingy.

 

[Biddlybee]

Small needles. Do you mean his attena? That's an icord I think.