My granddaughter, who is just two years old, received a small and very nondescript stuffed baby doll when she was maybe one, and she loves it still. What I love about this particular stuffed baby is its simplicity and size. I have so much fun watching what she loves and what works when it comes to imaginative play for a child her age.
My intention with this design was to create an adorable handknit baby doll with lots of personality and charm, and at the same time keep it about the same size and feel as my granddaughter’s original doll. If I may, I think I hit it out of the ballpark with this one. My granddaughter loves these new hand-knit babies. The First Baby is about as perfect as you can get for little hearts and hands, plus it fits right in a coat pocket or backpack as an easy take-along.
There is a lot of room for making First Baby your own with color and style choices. Why not make a bunch of them, all different. Add the hair buns, or leave them completely off for short hair. If you’re worried about the face embroidery being pulled out by really little ones, leave it off and add it on later as the child grows.
Enjoy making and gifting your own First Babies. You’ll be the hit of any baby shower with this one. And, more importantly, this baby doll would be perfect for any age person, not just toddlers. I am planning on making more clothes for the First Baby in the future so stay tuned for that.
The pattern includes photo tutorials and 7 exclusive video tutorial links all by me! It’s very thorough and instructional.
Home Worsted Colorways used in samples:
Baby 1:
Skin tone - Bear (brown)
Hair - Peppercorn (charcoal black)
Bloomers - Snowy Pine (icy mint green)
Shirt - Wood Violet (purple) and Snowy Pine
Baby 2:
Skin Tone - James (light peach)
Hair - Marmalade (pumpkin orange)
Bloomers - Grassland (green)
Shirt - Scout (teal blue) and Grassland
Baby 3:
Skin Tone - Acorn (beige)
Hair - Bear (brown)
Bloomers - Wood Violet (purple)
Shirt - Red Flannel (red) and Wood Violet
Baby 4:
Skin Tone - Picket Fence (creamy white)
Hair - Humble Gold (golden yellow)
Bloomers - Priscilla (light pink)
Shirt - Bluff (medium blue) and Priscilla
Approximate Amounts Used in Grams:
Baby: about 30 grams
Hair cap with two buns: about 10 grams
Bloomers: about 10 grams
Shirt: about 10 grams
The First Baby Kits include:
* These kits are discounted by 25% because they do include our recent yarn shipment that has a slightly uneven twist. The samples were knit using this same yarn so you can see what you think as you look at the photos. I personally can’t tell the difference when it’s worked up. All First Baby Kit sales are final! The discount is automatically taken at checkout, no code is needed.
* You get enough of our Home Worsted to make one baby, one shirt, and one pair of bloomers in your color of choice. Select one of our original four babies and keep it as is with no change, but you can change the hair or skin tone color if you like. Make it your own! All of the colorways and choices are written out with color descriptions on the kit page for you.
* Black crochet cotton for the face embroidery.
* The pattern is included with the kit for FREE! The pattern comes in the form of a Ravelry download code printed on a card found inside your kit bag.
* It all comes packed in a printed canvas project bag with an illustrated tag by Susan.
Have fun! Enjoy the super discounts we are running right now.