4/7/17: Completed the body. Wow! This is another amazingly complete and clear pattern from Wilschut. I’ve much enjoyed knitting it. Now, on to the knitted I-cord hair.

4/9/2017: After some marathon knitting in the last 2 days, the hair is done. The technique the designer teaches is wonderfully well-planned. I knit as many as ten I-cords at a time, with no yarn to weave in to the cranium.

4/9/2017: Beginning the overalls, while I wait for supplies to stiffen the neck. I’m going to try some twisty rollers. The twisty roller worked well. I wrapped it with some polyester fiber fill and packed fill around it. You can feel it but it’s not awful and it’s holding the neck firm.

The doll, from head to foot is 19 inches.

4/12/2017: The directions on the overalls are excellent, but I was worried about the gauge. I used a size 5 for the worsted weight skin and the same size 5 for the
sport weight overalls. The yarn is the same sport weight, and I knitted it with a size 3.

The only problem I had with the pattern was understanding the directions for picking up stitches on the overalls for the straps. But I winged it and it came out fine. For details on the overall straps/pockets and hair, see my second knit of this doll