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I love to knit toys and I especially like knitting these ballerina dolls (I call them Valerina's because my name is Valerie!) They are knitted from a Jean Greenhowe pattern book called Mascot Dolls. http://www.jeangreenhowe.com/mascot.html at http://www.jeangreenhowe.com/index.html They are stuffed with fibre fill and knitted on 3 mm needles. Red Heart Yarn http://www.coatsandclark.com/ and various Lion Brand Yarns http://cache.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/yarnInfo.cgi?yarnPageIndex=1 are great for knitting the dollies. I hope you like them!
These don't take long to knit - a couple of evenings after dinner, watching t.v. I made all these by myself and used a Jean Greenhowe pattern from her knitting booklet "Mascot Dolls", http://www.jeangreenhowe.com/mascot.html The ballerina is just one of the designs in the book. They are very easy to make, as Ms. Greenhowe's patterns are nearly all either garter stitch or stockinette stitch and her instructions are so easy to follow. Yes, I have been knitting since five years old, when I was sick in bed at Christmas. I don't mind you asking... Since I am now 64, you can do the math for me, as my brain hurts! These dolls are the only ones that I have ever sold - all the ones pictured went to good homes in the Peekskill area, via a little shop they have up there called The Coop!