Cathleen the Irish dancer

 

Pattern: Bridget and Paddy Knitted Friends by Carol A. Anderson of Cottage Creations 

Finished: February 6, 2008

Made for: Síle aka Me

Needle size: 4.5mm/ US 7

Notes: I don’t remember what yarns I used, except for the Briggs & Little Heritage I used for her hair and Bernat Satin in "camel" for her skin. 

I adapted the original pattern of little girl in skirt and sweater to little girl in Irish dancer’s dress complete with curly hair. This is the 8th of the dancer dolls I’ve made. 
Below Cathleen’s picture is the class photo of all of “us”. (originally added to R@velry on September 10, 2009)

Additional notes:

September 29, 2015: added 2 photos: one showing all of Cathleen’s dress and embroidery, the other showing the inside where the lining is worked down and the kickpants are are also picked up and worked down. Other than the headbands and collars (in David’s case, the vest), the entirety of each doll is worked in piece using dpns

Additional photos:

Our class photo

Back left to right: Cathleen, David, Elsa, & Monique

Front left to right: Nat, Siobhan C, Brighid, & Siobhan F

Cathleen showing off her whole dress

Construction Highlight: the skirt of the dress was worked down according to the instructions, then I went back and picked up the stitches with the lining color and worked it to match the length of the dress. After the embroidery was finished and the bottom edges of skirt and lining were joined, then I returned to pickup stitches for the kick pants; this I did according to the instructions for underwear in the pattern but worked them slightly longer on the leg than written. I used this same method on the seven girl dolls, and a similar method on David with his pant legs and socks