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.

Twice as Nice

This lovely duo belong to Dawn Larcombe of Deloraine.

Dawn choose to dress Dorothea in an Anlaby pattern called Dorothea.

This pattern uses 4 hanks of beads with  

2 balls of perle 8 cotton.

Beads are no.454-7 and the cotton is D.M.C. no.783.

Dorothea Pattern 

 Dawn knitted the skirt below,which was made using her scrap beads and cotton.

The skirt was made using the pattern Florence from Lynette Hendriks.
Dawn did not put the bustle onto the back of the dress,as she didn't have enough beads,but the skirt still came out to be a very pretty adaptation of the pattern.

Dawn used beads no.466  with 

D.M.C. cotton no.995

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.

Half Doll Dorothea

Dorothea is dressed by Jillian Robertson of Morphettivale in South Australia.

Jillian started bead knitting only a couple of years ago,and has made this lovely skirt,using the pattern Dorothea from Anlaby Designs.

Dorothea was placed onto a large stand,to show the beauty of this pattern which give's her the look of Scarlett from"Gone with the Wind"

Jillian added a few extra rows to the pattern at the top of the skirt,just under the ribbon waist band(see tutorials)to add her own stamp to the design.

Pattern uses 4 x hanks of beads and 2 x balls of cotton.

 Beads used 354-T and D.M.C. cotton 754

 Links

Dorothea pattern.Anlaby Designs
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