Shannon's New Dress

Yesterday I spent a few enjoyable hours sewing a new dress for Shannon.



She wore it today for an outdoor photoshoot.




And while she was out there she attracted a curious onlooker.

 

 Luckily for Shannon, Shelby didn't try to sniff her butt.

Lariat Minifee Sweater

You'd think from the lack of updates here that perhaps I hadn't been doing much. But on the contrary, life got busy and I inadvertently neglected my blog.

The last you heard from me I was working on a new sweater pattern, this time for the Minifee sized dolls. Well, it's finished and available for sale at Ravelry for $6.95 U.S.

Here it is, the Lariat Minifee Sweater. This one, in KnitPicks Shadow laceweight in the "Oregon Coast Heather" colourway was done as part of an exchange of services.



Candace was a little sad to see it go!



But luckily for her I had to knit a second one to test the pattern I was getting ready for sale.



The second one is knit in my own handspun, hand dyed, camel/silk laceweight.



I made a few adjustments to the pattern as I went. I changed the way the waist shaping was done so that the line of increases and decreases was less noticeable but it still retained the original's curvy silhouette.



As I had hoped, it also fits Delilah Noir. And as the two dolls are very similar in size, I think it will also fit Ellowyne Wilde. I'll be doing a test fit on Ellowyne later today.

 

Nearly There

I've been working lately on getting another knitting pattern for dolls ready for sale.



This will be my first pattern for 1/4 scale dolls.



It was fitted on a Fairyland Minifee doll, but it will likely fit vinyl Delilah Noir and Ellowyne Wilde as well.



I'll be test fitting it on those two in the next couple of days.



A bit of final editing to do and then the pattern will be on sale through Ravelry as an automatic PDF download.

Shelf Sitters

If Peanut, Pumpkin, and Serenity decide they like it, they might end up sitting here, on a shelf of the computer desk's hutch.

If I do make those sort of changes I'll have room on the other cabinet, where they had been located, to eventually have two new Minifees. That way Shannon and Candace could both have their own bodies and maybe one of them could have a boyfriend. Hmmm......and where do I find the money for these additional dolls? Perhaps some of the really tiny ones might have to go "travelling". My Pukipuki, is ready and willing, but the RealPukies, Mr Magoo and Ms Muffet might be harder to convince.

Thrift Store Score

The dollar store chairs that I use for the LittleFees are a bit too small for the bigger girls so I've really been wanting a chair (or two) for the Minifees. I scrounged around all day in every local thrift store I could think of and actually found what I was looking for! Shannon's 75 cent chair!
And while I was looking for chairs I also found this shelf for the tiniest dolls and some of their stuff.

Ahhhhhh!

 Shannon is taking a night school course on RealPuki massage (like elf massage but with a more delicate touch), and Mr Magoo is enjoying her homework sessions.

Shannon Luka

Cousin Gunhilda

While looking through the Minifee clothing box for a skirt that would work for Candace, my Minifee Mirwen, I found this outfit.



It was originally intended for an entirely different doll, but when the doll arrived the outfit did not fit.. It had been so much work that I displayed it on a little dress dummie instead of getting rid of it.



It's quite obviously not in character for Candace, as she's supposed to be a business professional, so I did the only thing I could do......I invented an alternate character for the same doll.



Meet Gunhilda Nerheim, .... um .... Candace's distant cousin on her mother's side?



Hopefully she won't demand a wardrobe of her own and an equal time with the body. I've already got two heads sharing the body!

A Box (of Heads) Opening

Gathered around for the box opening party, humming a few popular tunes while they wait.

Oh look everyone, the box we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived!

Maybe Candace should go first. She’s been waiting all this time not only headless, but handless and footless as well.

Look, here are her feet…..both sets!

Here Sis, let me give you a hand.

Thanks. Why don’t you go next and find your head.

Hey, it feels great to finally have a head on my shoulders. You next Candace.

Look guys, now that I have my head on right I’ve been thinking….Did you know that Wovenflame was charged taxes on the full insured value of our box of heads, wigs, eyes and such, even though she already paid the relevant taxes when she first bought them? That’s just SO wrong!

I’m not going to stand for it! I’m going to ask my team of lawyers what can be done about it. I’ll see you two later.

Do you really have to go right this minute?

Wovenflame is counting on me. She can’t afford this kind of double tax grab!

I’m determined to do what I can to rectify the situation.

And I’m angry!

Shannon! How was work? Our heads are back! Yours is right here….

Wow! You look FABulous!

Look, you must be the “C.F.P.” (customizer’s favourite project) she sent these awesome designer shoes for you.

Ohhh, I LOVE them! Thanks So much Ban!

They fit perfectly.

Oh, it’s such a relief to get out of those high heels! Let me slip into something more comfortable.

Much better. Did I hear you say you’d play your guitar for us?

I could listen to you play all night.

Maybe he has other plans Shannon.

Really?

Yeah, really.

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