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BY GAIL BAUM
About a year ago, I stopped by the Studio and had a discussion about how to make a particular sweater for my granddaughter in a worsted weight #4 yarn and a matching sweater for her 18" doll in #2 weight yarn. The pattern came from Creative Knitting Magazine , Sept. 2009.
The hardest part was finding the same color yarn in both weights. The young man (note from Patty: that was our Studio manager, Will) I was working with suggested that I use only #2 weight yarn, but double it to make a #4 weight. And this is what I did. From a different pattern, I also made shoulder bags for each. I loved making these sweaters and I even took the project on the road with me–or rather on-board a ship that cruised the Black Sea from Kiev to Odessa in the Ukraine. I was so pleased with the finished results I wanted to share it with you.
Enclosed is a picture of the finished objects & a picture of my granddaughter and her doll wearing their sweaters.
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Just adorable. Gail, I’m sure your granddaughter will always cherish this lovely gift.
Very cute, my sister is constantly looking for little girl and doll patterns, this is cute.
Really nice! Your granddaughter’s look says it all!
looks like you did a very good job on the outfits. i also have an 8 year old grandaughter with an 18 inch doll.
This is absolutely beautiful! It looks perfect, like something I would buy in a store! Amazing job. Thank you for sharing and inspiring.
Gail, what adorable sweaters – I love the color! Wish I could knit (I only know how to crochet).
Great work.
Enchanting! I hope your granddaughter (and her dolly) know how fortunate they are!
This is so cool! What a great idea to work w/2 strands to get heavier weight! Your granddaughter looks like she LOVES it! Nice!
Gail…great job!!!
She will remember this gift. My grandmother made me a knit sweater that I wore, two other children wore and my sister wore. She was very hard on clothes and did it in or the youngest sister would also inherited that sweater that I remember the colors and patterns to this day. Grandma used to sew doll clothes for my Betsy-Wetsy doll. I rember best a gold corduroy set. I miss her. She’d be 101 if she was still with us and probably still knitting and sewing if she could, cooking too.
Hi Gail! I absolutely LOVE the matching grandaughter/doll sweaters! The bags are just too adorable! You have inspired me to keep going on a daunting crochet project for my baby (due in August). Thanks so much for the cute photo. Happy Making !