I Googled Pcoket Palls and saw these little dolls on one of the websites.
I have had a pattern for these on piece-knitted dolls for a long time.
Here is the pattern. You can change the colours and get different outfits or change the hair and the face colour. They are very easy to knit and also lots of fun for beginner knitters.
Enjoy
The first doll I ever made came form a Dutch or German knitting magazine. Obvious this is a universal idea :-)
Any left over bits of yarn will do for these little ones.
Needle size: adjust to the thickness of the yarn you are going to use.
Start with the feet, any colour of your liking. Cast on 32 stitches in the feet colour. Knit one row purl one row (I left all ends just hanging and stuffed these into the body when the back seam was closed.)
Start the pants, change colour Now you can do two things, you can use two colours for the pants or just one main colour. I knitted the pants in garter stitch (plain knitting) Whatever you do it will be fine. For the pants knit 24 rows
Next row start the hands as follows: knit 9 stitches for the pants; knit 3 stitches in hand colour (could be any flesh colour: pink, beige, black, or what ever) knit 8 stitches for the pants, knit 3 stitches for the second hand, knit 8 stitches for the pants
Next row: knit 8 for the pants, purl 4 for the hand, knit 8 stitches for the pants, purl 4 stitches for the second hand knit 8 stitches for the pants.
Next row: (again you have some choices here if the pants was done in two colours this is the time to do the pullover in one or visa versa .You can purl the pullover or do plain knitting, or stripes, be creative) knit 8 stitches for the pullover; knit 4 stitches for the hand; knit 8 stitches for the pullover and knit 4 stitches for the hand knit 8 stitches for the pullover
Next row: purl 8 stitches for the pullover purl 4 stitches for the hand; purl 8 stitches for the pullover and purl 4 stitches for the hand purl 8 stitches for the pullover Now the hands are done
Next row: continue on with the pullover for 14 rows
Change colour to the flesh colour same as you used for the hands.
8 rows in stockinette stitch (knit one row, purl the next row) next row: decrease 5 stitches evenly across row, leaving 27 stitches on your needle next row: purl across next row: decrease. 5 stitches evenly across row, leaving 22 stitches on your needle next row: purl across next row: decrease. 5 stitches evenly across row, leaving 17 stitches on your needle next row: purl across next row: knit one knit two together 8 times. draw yarn through stitches left on the needle and pull tight
Finish: Sew the two sides together to form center back seam Stuff head with some fleece weave a single strand of matching yarn through first head row. Draw in tight to form neck and tie tightly together, knot the threads securly and with a large darning needle pull yarn inside head, snop off ends.
Stuff the rest of the body with fleece close the feet with same colour yarn. With matching yarn define arms by sewing back stitches through all layers from waist to 3 rows below neck line.
Define legs in the same manner from bottom edge to just below waistline.
For hair cut 10 cm lengths of yarn (pick something that you like, e.g. it could be locks of nice fleece, or fancy yarn) I used crazy coloured bits of fleece so there is one with purple hair and one with vlue etc.
Attach hair to head as follows: with two strands together, fold in half to form a loop. Insert a crochet hook into stitch on head, pull hair loop through stitch then pull yarn ends through loop.
Fluff out hair and trim as desired. With 3 strands of embroidery floss embroider eyes and mouth on face.
I have knitted scarves to tie around the neck and also have knitted little caps and suspenders. The sky is the limit
I will try to put my dolls on my website so stand by and you can see my ladies as soon as I get them there.
We are more than a hour later and here is the next page on my websiter
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Sorry that there are so many pictures of my tool collection, but in the end I gave up doing the editing. I still have to learn a lot, and right now my help with this is moving house, so I do not dare call her and ask for help......LOL would I be in the doghouse with her.
Els