Sasha Beauty

My beautiful blue eyed brunette girl has arrived home. Lisa did such a wonderful job on the full head reroot. She is stunning. I took Kendal's thoughtful suggestion and have a little bit of the same hair stored incase I decide on the fine fringe but the more I look at her, the more I love the look of her hair just as it is.




I just adore the texture of her hair. It brushes beautifully. Then if I give her a little shake, it has a great tousled look.
This lovely girl was once a blonde gregor from the early 70's. He had a nasty hair cut when he arrived with me and spent a long time wearing various different wigs. Such beautiful big grey blue eyes.



I had often thought that this doll deserved to have a new head of hair as she was so pretty. Then after the arrival of my lovely rerooted side part girl, I decided to take the plunge and she went to Lisa for a makeover.
Her hair is stunning. But not too much of it. I sometimes feel that some of my 80's trendon dolls have a little too much hair and curl. Having said that, this look is exactly what my two nieces love about their Sasha dolls.
This dolls hair reminds me more of the lovely hair on the Gotz Sasha dolls from the 90's.


She is wearing an outfit that I made a while ago, but had never finished. Inspired by the arrival of my beautiful girl, I knit her had and scarf while relaxing infront of the tv. The outfit is knit using a lovely fluffy sock yarn and two strongly contrasting colours of 4 ply wool. Her shoes are the dark red dollfie shoes that look a bit like the Clark's startrite shoes that my sister and I used to wear when we were children.



Thank you Lisa for all your hard work turning my waif into a stunning one of a kind Sasha.
Now I need to choose a name that suits her.





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Yamka's Moccasins

I have always felt that Yamka was missing something with only her bare feet which I suspected were probably cold.

Thanks to a wonderful gift from Jackie, she now has the most gorgeous pair of hand made pink moccasins that look wonderful with her dress and picks up the colours in her bead necklace.

She is so proud of her lovely new shoes.

Thank you Jackie.



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Sasha Doll Pattern - Hat and Mitten-Scarf Knitting Pattern


For a while I have intended to put a knitting pattern for Sasha onto the Sasha Doll Style Blogspot.

This pattern is one that I created several years ago for Sasha.

It is not a "polished" pattern like I used to produce for selling but taken from my Sasha Knitting Pattern Notebooks. But I thought people who like knitting for Sasha might enjoy knitting it.

I shall add a new knitting pattern from time to time.


















Hat Pattern

3 mm needles
3 mm 12" circular needle or set of 3 mm double pointed (dp) needles
4 ply wool in Main Colour (MC)
4 ply wool in Contrast Colour (CC)

This pattern also works beautifully using the self patterning sock yarn in which case you don't need to work the striped pattern but can use one yarn. The hat can be worked flat in which case the seam at the end should be at centre back. When worked in circular manner there is no seam.

Cast on 66 sts in MC, join into a round, being careful not to twist the sts.

Round 1: k1, p1 rib using MC
Round 2 & 3: k1, p1 rib using CC
Round 4 & 5: k1, p1 rib using MC
Repeat rounds 2, 3 and 4.

Working in stocking stitch (using dp/circular needle this is all knit sts) continuing in MC work until work measures 3 1/2" from the start of work.

Turn hat wrong side out. Divide sts onto 2 dp needles and cast off using 3 needle cast off or the seam can be joined using kitchener stitch on the right side.

Darn in any loose ends and turn hat right side out.

Knit 2 lengths of 3 stitch I-cord, 60 rows long. Sew onto outside corners of the hat in 3 loops.

Mitten-Scarf Pattern

Using 3 mm needles and 4 ply wool in MC and CC or a self patterning sock yarn.

Cast on 15 sts in MC

Row 1: p1, k1 rib using MC
Row 2: k1, p1 rib using CC
Row 3: p1, k1 rib using CC
Row 4: k1, p1 rib using MC
Rep rows 1-4

Keeping continuity in rib continue using MC until scarf measures 25" in length finishing with a k1, p1 rib row.

Rep Row 3
Rep Row 2
Rep Row 1
Rep Row 4
Rep Row 3
Rep Row 2
Rep Row 1

Next: cast off using MC.

Turn up ends so that the stripes are fully showing and making sure that enough of the scarf ends has been turned up to allow the sasha hands to fit in and to be covered. Sew the side seams and darn in loose ends so that they will be hidden inside the "mittens".
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Introducing Robbie

For a long time now, Pip has complained that she needed a brother.

Finally, a couple of weeks ago, I won this beautiful 1968 brunette gregor (on ebay) who we have named Robert, Robbie for short.

He has lovely brown hair cut in the 60's style, short above his ears with longer bits in front of his ears. His eyes are really beautiful and very similar to Pip's with the fine darker outline around the iris. His lips are a little faded and rubbed but he is a wonderful played with Gregor who has an exciting past as a much loved child's friend.




Pip is really excited at Robbie's arrival and couldn't wait to show him her panda. We spent ages looking for a panda that was the right size for her as she is quite fussy about the type of toys she likes and the panda was on her wish list for a long time.
Pip is a cute 1968 side part girl with beautiful eyes and lovely natural looking wavy hair. Her hair is falling so we take care of it by not washing or brushing it so she always has a slightly tousled look about her.


Pip is wearing a long belted cardigan that was part of the Winter Frost Collection. The rest of the outfit was sold but the Sasha who was buying the outfit didn't want the cardigan as she liked the dress without it. So Pip was very quick to tell me that she wanted the cardigan and that she thought it looked very cute with her jeans. She is wearing later Gotz blue shoes with her jeans.
Robbie has a cable sweater that I made a long time ago and a new pair of needlecord trousers with pockets. This is teamed with a pair of black laced leather shoes.

They look so cute together and make a gorgeous brother and sister. Their hair is just the same shade of rich brown.









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Fondness for Gregors

There is something about the Gregor dolls that fascinates me.

They are quirky and fun with very strong personalities.

From the arrival of my first gregor (the brunette gregor wearing the school uniform and holding the giraffe glove puppet) I have loved photographing them doing things.


The boys are personable. They play board games, kick footballs, ride bicycles and leave their bedroom untidy. My gregors always look like they are about to do something active, catch up with their friends and be mischievous boys creating a hideout.
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To Fringe or Not to Fringe


I am having a beautiful blue puddle eyed doll rerooted by Lisa Hartley at the moment. When I first sent her off I "knew" that I wanted her to have a single row fine fringe. Then Lisa sent me a photograph of her at the point now that I need to decide if she should have a fringe or be left without one. I thought it would be an easy decision but it is not. I love the single row fringes on the early dolls. But this doll also looks beautiful at this point without any fringe. It is such a difficult decision. Hasn't Lisa done the most amazing job. She is so very tallented. The doll in question was originally a lovely early 70's gregor who arrived with a nasty haircut and has been part of my "waif" collection for a number of years.
Photo taken by Lisa Hartley http://www.sashahospital.org.uk


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