Half Doll Sylvia


 This beautiful and elegant doll is called Sylvia,standing at 12.5cm (5 inches) tall.
She is dressed by Margaret Grubb of Devonport(Tas)
The skirt pattern is called Stella and comes from Belle Bambole.
This skirt has a stunning train,which cascades down the back of the skirt.
Margaret chose beads no.498-RY 
and D.M.C. cotton no.310.
This pattern uses 3 x  hanks of Main coloured beads and 1 x Hank of contrast beads.
2 x balls of cotton.









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Tips
This skirt needs around 20 stitches decreased from the waist to fit this doll.
The amount of stitches needed to be decrease will depend on the tension at which you knit.
So use the gauge method described in the tutorials,to find the amount of stitches that you will need to decrease your waist band by,to fit  your doll.
Then follow the tutorial on making a fitted waist band,which can be found on the tutorial's page.
Because  of the weight in the beads,I also added a running stitch around the waist band close to the cast off edge,as in time the skirt will sag under the weight of the beads,and the running stitch will help to keep the skirt in place.
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