Bev's Half Doll

Bev Barker of Launceston chose the elegant doll Dorothea,

dressing her in a pattern by

Beryl Minter called Bridget in Blue.

Dorothea

Bev chose bead no.587T for the main colour with 

Presencia cotton no.4059.

 Bead no.691 for the contrast teamed

 with D.M.C. cotton 818.

This pattern takes 2 hanks beads

 for the main colour

and 2 1/2 hanks beads for the contrast.

4 Balls of cotton(2 for each colour bead)

Pattern by Beryl Minter called Bridget in Blue.

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Pattern by Beryl Minter called Bridget in Blue.

Charlotte

This beautiful half doll is called Charlotte,

she stands at 12cm (4 3/4 inches) high.

Coral Howe of Tarleton choose to dress her is a lovely skirt pattern

 from Anlaby called Sylvia.
Coral used beads no 469 for main colour,
Bead no.444 for contrast,
Cotton D.M.C. no 796.
This pattern takes 3 hanks of beads

  with 2 x balls of cotton,for the main colour.

1 hank of beads,1 x ball of cotton

 for contrasting beads.

Lace 4.5 cm((1 3/4 inch) wide by 50cm (20 inches)

The lace can be optional.

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Sylvia Pattern
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Justine with her companion Fifi

This half doll is called Justine.

Dressed by Dawn Larcombe of  Deloraine,

Dawn has used a lovely bead colour no.674 and teamed it with a D.M.C. no 3325,which has made the bead look deeper than what it really is.

Called Fifi with Lizzie this pattern comes from Anlaby Designs,

and uses 5 hanks with 2 balls of Perle 8 cotton.

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Fifi with Lizzie Pattern

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Tip

This pattern when finished has around 80 stitches on the needle.

If you left this many in the waist band and placed it onto the doll,the waist would be very puckered with the excess amount of stitches.

40 stitches were decreased from the needle,for a fitted waist band for this doll.

 To finish the skirt with a fitted waist please follow the tutorials for making a fitted waist band on the tutorials page.

For a different take on this skirt,as it has a lovely beaded pattern knitted into the skirt,think about using  a different colour cotton than the bead colour,which would really show up the pattern.

Faerie Queen

 This pattern is called Faerie Queen. 

Designed by Robyn from

Little People is Porcelain

Dressed by Coral in beads no.612

D.M.C. cotton no.973

This pattern uses 

5 x hanks of beads.

2 x balls of Perle 8 cotton.

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Little People in Porcelain

Lady Caroline's Beaded Skirt

Half Doll Lady Coraline is dressed by Dot Wells of Devonport.

Dot has done a wonderful job,as this skirt is a very heavy skirt to knit up due to the amount of beads needed.

The pattern is call Monica from Anlaby Designs.

Dot has used bead no.588-RB and teamed it with  D.M.C. cotton no.783.

This pattern uses 5 x hanks of beads.

2 x balls of Perle 8 Cotton.

Tip

 When knitting a skirt with a large amount of hanks,use a stable table,or even a tray or a large book on your knee to support the weight of the skirt,while you knit.
I like the stable table as the padding beneath the stable table brings the knitting up closer to me.
Or sit at a table and rest the

skirt on table as you knit.
This will take the weight of the skirt off your wrist's and hands.
Also helping to keep your needles from bending due to the weight of the skirt.

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Monica Pattern 
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Half Doll's Dorothea and Wendy

Dorothea and Wendy were dressed
 by Margaret Grubb of Devonport (Tas)
 Dorothea's lovely dress gives the air of romantic bygone days.
Margaret has used bead no 737-AB with D.M.C.cotton no.356.

Pattern used is called Fifi and Lizzi
by Anlaby Designs.
This pattern uses 5 x hanks of Beads and 2 x balls of Perle 8 cotton.

Dorothea

Margaret has used beads no.492-DY with D.M.C.no. B5200,to dress this sweet doll Wendy.
Pattern is called Madeline 2006
 by Anlaby Designs.
This pattern uses 1 x hank of beads
1 x Perle 8 cotton.

Wendy

Links

Fifi and Lizzie Pattern

Madeline Pattern
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Tip

Fif and Lizzi Pattern has a very large waist and needed 20 stitches removed.

The decrease over 4 rows method was used.

Dorothea's skirt was then finished with a ribbon waist band.

Instructions for this waist band and the decrease over 4 rows method can be found in the tutorials.

Wendy's knitted waist band can also be 

found on the tutorials page.