I’ve broken my own three project rule.
I cast on Gail (aka Nightsongs).
I had this sudden realisation that Christmas is less than two months away. That normally wouldn’t bother me too much. I rarely knit for Christmas, and besides that, I can knit two garments in two months!
Well, I used to be able to. Since starting TAFE, I can’t even finish a pair of socks in a month. So I started to panic and cast on Gail for my Mum for Christmas. Natasha (my sister), if you’re reading along, keep your mouth shut! 😉
Mum admired my Aeolian, particularly the colour, so I bought this Yarn Daze watercolours with her in mind. Now I just need to actually knit it!
Some more sewing managed recently – a Miss Buttons kit that I purchased at Purls Palace in Daylesford last year when Meaghan and I went to Bendigo.
Poor Miss Buttons. I cut her out as soon as I got home from Bendigo in July 2008, and there she sat, waiting. And waiting. And.. well, you get the picture.
And it was just stupid, because she was ridiculously easy, and super cute!
All the bits go together beautifully!
Add some legs.
Sew her up around the edges.
Turn her out, ready for stuffing. Stuff her up a little, sew her closed, and ta-da!
She’s done! Easy-peasy. I can’t believe she sat there for over a year!
swwweeet doll and love the colour you have picked for your xmas knitting.
It is hard when life gets in the way of knitting time. Hope Tafe is going well only a few weeks left til the end of the year and then more knitting time
I like projects like your doll. I like them because after all the waiting and setting aside, they are such wondrous and amazing things when you actually finish them!!!
Those Miss Buttons dolls are so cute!!
I saw your Gail on Rav and I must admit, I thought to myself – Oh Donna’s breaking her 3 project rule!! I think it’s a pretty good excuse though! (and also I love to encourage others to have many many wips!!)
Good luck with the Christmas knitting.
Yep, very cute! 🙂 Annette still loves playing with hers after all this time.
Very cute doll!
Good luck with your holiday knitting – I’m sure you will finish in time – you are so fast!
Cute doll. Oh, the holiday knitting. I think I am just going to stick with the mittens for my niece and a vest for my mother (she understands if she gets it in February).
Miss Buttons is so cute! Why does she not have any arms? How is she supposed to hug you?
that has to be one of the cutest,sweetest dolls i’ve seen in a very long time!
I started Gail too & it has been sitting in at the bottom of my basket for the past few months. Somehow I am not connecting with the pattern. Hope you have better luck with your Gail.
Question?
I really like the Entrelac Socks, do you sell the pattern?
you stinker. i just had to order the pattern for the doll.