Monday, February 11, 2013

Knitting for Strong Start

The Strong Start preschool program had a naked baby doll and the program leader said she had not been able to find clothing to fit it. She had one shirt that would not do up, and a pair of pants that could not completely cover the doll's bottom. I had to do something about it!

I borrowed the chubby little thing for the weekend and she/he went back with this outfit.

assorted knitwear

My daughter made the adorable earred hat.

Bonnet with ears.

I made the bib,

doll bib

a pair of panties,

knitted doll panties

and a little knitted sleeper.

sleeper for baby doll

I custom fit the sleeper and panties by using the numbers for the width of the largest size but knitting only to the length of the smallest size.

sleeper back

I also altered the pattern to include buttonholes rather than separate, crocheted, button loops.

knitted sleeper
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3 comments:

  1. icicleFebruary 11, 2013 10:18 am

    Aw, that's so lovely! I'm sure the baby and teacher are so pleased. Kids too, but sometimes they don't mind naked babies as much as we do ;)

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 11:01 am

    I can't wait to hear the reaction from the kids and the staff!! You and your daughter did an amazing job on a sweet outfit!!

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  3. MarleneFebruary 11, 2013 12:24 pm

    I'm sure that's the case icicle, the kids were not complaining about the naked baby.

    This is a bit of a late post bearpicnic. We did the knitting on a weekend and returned the baby a week ago Monday. The new clothing items were very well received by the staff and parents. I never actually saw the reaction of the various children. I did notice the hat was off and laying in the "housekeeping" centre later in the day. I looked around and could not see the baby anywhere. I haven't been back yet to see if the mysteriously disappearing baby ever reappeared.

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