Hush-a-bye doll, with variations
I finished the Jean Greenhowe 'Hush-a-bye' knitted doll a few months ago, intended for my granddaughter's first birthday. One of my young friends kept looking at it, and when I offered to knit something for her birthday, she asked if I could make a few adjustments. She wanted a doll in white underwear which she could dress, and which she could make more garments for, rather than one with a fixed outfit. I said I was willing to try, so she helpfully wrote me a list of what she wanted: Detachable skirt No collar or belt Sleeves in the same colour as the skin Chest in white Skirt in beige Bonnet in blue Shoes in brown I sewed a bit of machine style elastic into the skirt so that it doesn't fall off, and when I made the arms, I simply kept knitting, missing out the sleeve cuffs, so that the hands were part of the same piece of knitting as the arms, rather than separate. I was a bit concerned that it wasn't going to look particularly attractive, but o