Lejays17 Doll-A-Week 2020

[neon_jellyfish]

YESSSS!!!

I'd like to get something like that for my Poppy. I have a spacecrapton of unfinished projects I need to finish first, but I actually bought a book on knitting and crocheting and saved some youtube tutorial channels. But I want to focus on sewing this year, so I might save this particular challenge for later.

[davidd]

Well, that was a brilliantly clever solution to the armored shawl conundrum!

[Alliecat]

Clever and cute! I'm impressed by sewing & crocheting on such a small scale.
If you want to crochet some pets for your gang, you might like these:
https://totallythebomb.com/crochet-miniature-dragons

[werepuppy]

Oh that is a really nice shawl!

[Lejays17]

Thanks all - it was a couple of hours work on a Saturday night while watching TV - the yarn I used has a bit of a shine to it, so it looks like metal in some lights.

Tiny knitting is fun, but fiddly, depedning on what I'm making. I can't crochet - my brain doesn't cooperate whenever I've tried - but I really wanted to learn so I can make the cute toys!
The tiny knitting makes a change from the larger things I usually make, and gives that sense of "I finished something!" quickly.

[Lejays17]

And I totally forgot to post a photo last week - we did a bunch for the Scavenger Hunt last weekend, and I didn't post one of the out-takes as my weekly.

So there's 2 shots this week! 


Becky with the two sizes of knitting needles - in one of my boxes of stash.



And this week - Bethan shows off her shoes to some interested people.  Jo-Meg & Lottie are coveting them, Shala doesn't understand the fuss as she rarely wears shoes at all.

[Elfy]

They are pretty nice boots. Bethan needs to be careful, though, because what Lottie wants, Lottie usually gets.

[neon_jellyfish]

The footwear discussion is adorable!

[werepuppy]

That is an adorable pic of them all

[davidd]

Cute old-fashioned boots! Does Bethan have a button-hook with which to do them up?

[Alliecat]

Cute. I'm not much of a shoe person either
The doll-size knitting needle is cute too -- can you actually knit with them?

[Lejays17]

The boot shot was a bit of a fluke as Bethan had tipped over, and when I picked her up again & put her on the stool, her foot was sticking out like she was showing off her boot.  Sometimes the "non-planned" shots are the best.

Alliecat - I haven't knitted with that particular tiny needle as it's more a display piece & is quite rough so would snag the wool if I did.
But the smallest needle i have knitted with is 4" long (10cms) and 2mm around.  That made a jumper for one of the dolls.  The 10cm needles are too short for me to knit with comfortably so I generally knit with 15-20cm length.  Between 2mm & 2.5mm around are usually for socks, but jumpers / tops are usually with 4mm - 5mm around.

And I forgot to post last week too!  My brain is turning to mush at the moment I think 

Luna Lovegood admires a pair of socks I finished last week.  For those interested - the cuff, heel & toe are one colour, and then the main sock are two different colours - a plain blue & pastel rainbow.  The checker effect is done by slipping & knitting stitches as I knit around the sock.



And this week's photo - Elfy & went out to lunch today for the first time since mid-March.
So Superhero Rochelle & Superhero Draculaura came along & made sure we used the hand-sanitizer.

[neon_jellyfish]

Those are fantastic socks, and they look comfy, too!

Oh yeah, hand sanitizers were impossible to get here for quite a while, luckilly, I bought a new bottle just before the whole kerfuffle started. Minis are so cute!

[werepuppy]

Ooh fantastic looking socks!

Hand sanitizers seem to be slowly re-appearing in stores.

[Alliecat]

What lovely socks! The checker pattern is really cool.
I don't know if you can get hand sanitizers here or not. I know the grocery store's had zero Lysol spray for, like, 2 months. I mean, if people aren't hoarding it anymore, where is the new inventory from the supplier??