Crochet and Knit Clothes For Dolls

I haven't been in the mood to write any blog posts for a long time but I have been busy with my dolls. I've made new dioramas and lots of new doll clothes. I've even gotten a few new dolls. I'll put up posts about them at some point.  

My latest obsession is crocheting and knitting doll clothes. If you know how to crochet and/or knit it's lots of fun and much easier and quicker than making clothes for adults or children. I've made plenty of stuff for myself but making clothes for my dolls is fast and economical. 

Here are some photos. Hope you enjoy them. 

Chelsea and Courtney look so cute in their new dresses. It's a shame Mattel doesn't make any decent clothes for these dolls. 

Lauryce. That sweater was supposed to be for a Barbie or LIV doll but as you can see it came out way too big. I knitted it. 

Ashlynn and Gru are in love. Stuart the Minion approves. 

This dress and matching bag were also knitted. The dress was originally for a Bratz doll but fits Ever After High dolls as well. The pattern can be found here: http://www.stickatillbarbie.se/. Lots of knit patterns for dolls can be found on this website. 

Liv dolls. The blue sweater is knitted from a pattern for mini Christmas ornament sweaters that I found on the net. The other sweater can be found at the link above. I didn't use a pattern for the hat. 

This dress came out a little too big for Sasha so I'm going to put it on another doll. 

This sweater is supposed to be for a Bratz boy doll but I like it better on Nikki. 

I haven't made much for the Monster High dolls. They can wear most of the hats I made. 

The sweaters on Barbie and Raquelle I made by adjusting the Christmas ornament sweater pattern. The short sweater on the My Scene doll in the back

is from a pattern on http://www.stickatillbarbie.se/.

Tristan and Arizona are wearing a dress and matching top from a pattern I found on 

http://www.ravelry.com/. They were originally for Barbies but they came out too big so now the Moxie Teenz can wear them. 

This is J-Doll Piazza Cavalli. She's wearing a pair of shorts I crocheted. I didn't use a pattern because I couldn't find one on the internet. 

Tinkerbell and Periwinkle are my favorite new dolls. I didn't have patterns to work from for these dresses. 

China Girl desperately needed a new dress. I hate the dress she came with. It's plain and ugly and the material is terrible. I look forward to making more clothes for her. 

Hope you enjoyed my photos. Have a great summer. 

Robotica

So In Style Grace and Courtney

So In Style Hair Fun Grace and Courtney were also on clearance at Target. I thought this was an excellent deal. They are sisters. 

Their only accessories are  two clip in, colored hair extensions, barrettes and a brush. I don't have any use for these. Neither of them have earrings. 

The back of their box. 

Grace's outfit is very interesting and unusual. The green belt around her waist is plastic and clips on. It doesn't go all away around. 

I don't think her shoes are anything special. Typical Barbie shoes. She isn't wearing any jewelry. I think she would've looked better with a pair of pants or capris. 

Her hair is stick straight. No texture at all. 

Here she is without her clip-on belt. 

She's wearing a stretchy, short jumpsuit. There isn't any opening in the back. She's articulated just like the Barbie fashionistas. 

This is little Courtney. She is super cute. Her eyes are hazel. Her outfit is adorable but I don't like the boots. I would've preferred a different type of shoes. Maybe sneakers. Her clothes and shoes are easy to remove. 

She has the same hair that Grace does. Someday I'll give these girls more texture in their hair. Or maybe some curls. 

Courtney and Chelsea. 

Here is an old Barbie Fashionista body with a Liv doll and Grace, who has the new body. As you can see, the old body is much better. Her torso can bend. 

There's much more movement in the first two dolls. The Liv doll can wear flat or high heel shoes unlike Barbie dolls who are always on tippy toes. Liv's knee caps give them more flexibility in their legs.

Barbie Fashionista Nikki and Grace. Both dolls are very beautiful. For some reason, Nikki's head is much bigger than Grace's head. Grace's eyes are green. 

Robotica 

Barbie Fashionista Nikki and Easter Chelsea

There's a clearance sale going on right now at Target so I finally got Nikki. I've wanted this doll for awhile. 

Here's the back of the box. Apparently, there are four Fashionista dolls made by Mattel. Barbie, of course, and two others. I don't know their names. 

She's stunning and pretty. Her accessories are stylish and unique. I do like this doll's hair a lot. It's very soft and better quality than some dolls. 

She didn't come with a stand. Her only accessory was her purse. I'm not too crazy about the long, plastic, purple earrings. 

Her gold armband and bracelet look like works of art to me. These are going to look nice on all of my dolls, too. 

Not nearly as much thought and effort seems to go into the design of these shoes as Monster High and Ever After High, which are often the same price. Barbies feet are much smaller than those dolls so they can't share shoes, which is a shame. 

The articulation isn't as good as Liv dolls bit it's better than nothing. 

Her mobility is very good. Her head bends up and down and turns from side to side. Elbows and wrists bend easily. She doesn't turn or bend at the waist. Knees bend easily. Very sturdy. Not as delicate as Pullips. Good, sturdy play dolls. 

Also made by Mattel is Easter Chelsea. I found her at a thrift store. She is Barbie's little sister. These dolls are so adorable and cute. Excellent quality hair and pretty brown eyes. There isn't much mobility with these dolls. They will make excellent little sisters for my dolls. 

She's 5 1/2 inches tall. Her shoes and clothes are easily removable. I think her headband is supposed to be a rabbit or a sheep. The same animal is on her basket. 

Here are some of my smaller dolls. LPS Blythe, Chelsea, a Lil' One, Courtney, AG Isabelle happy meal toys, mini Lalaloospies. 

Hope you enjoyed my reviews and photos of my growing doll collection.

Robotica

Found at the Thrift Store

What I found at the thrift store. 

I got 4 Liv dolls for $1.69 each. Here are 2 of them. Three of them had wigs. One was broken so I ripped her head off. 

I like to get cheap, spare Liv dolls to either use their bodies or heads on other dolls because Liv doll bodies are the best. And they're cheap. 

I really dig the blue, fringed outfit on the left. She didn't come with that outfit on. It was on some generic doll that I got rid of. But I had to have that getup. 

Two Littlest Pet Shop Blythes. Now I have 7. I wish I had all of them. They're so cute. 

Broken Barbie bike I'm going to fix and miscellaneous doll purses. I also got some Barbie shoes that don't fit any of my dolls. I don't own any Barbies. 

Disney Animators' Collection Rapunzel. She was naked, filthy and her hair was atrocious. I cleaned her up, untangled the mess of hair. Then I had to cut off about 4 inches. It was a frizzy mess. 

She's back to her original Disney cuteness, almost. I'll have to make her some clothes and get her some shoes. 

Can you believe Mattel made both of these dolls? The one on the left is the one I got from the thrift store. I think it's a My Scene doll. All I know is it's absolutely hideous. But it only cost $1.99 and my dolls needed another boyfriend. I got rid of the velvet jacket he was wearing. It was gross and tacky. 

The one on the right is Ever After High Hunter Huntsman. He's wearing Cody Simpson dolls pants and shoes. I made the sweater. 

Hunter is a vast improvement. 

Only the clothes, shoes, purse and jewelry came from the thrift store. 

$1.99 for the Barbie scooter and the Liv wig. 

Tea set for my dolls. 

Disney princess doll dress that looks great on my Liv doll. They needed at least one gown.

Barbie Volkswagen. I cleaned it up and painted it black. Now they're very happy they have a car to go shopping. 

Robotica