Winter Warmth Collection



This beautiful collection was started late in the Autumn and has been a pleasure to work on. I loved working with the lovely warm colours through the chill of the winter while it was icy and snowy outside.

There are a few new styles featured in this collection including the lovely alpaca sweater dress with the pocket on the front worn with leggings, the modern ear flap hats, my white lace weight gansey and I made the bolero cardigan with long sleeves for the colder weather and the cute shoulder bags.


The image of the witch hazel in its full autumn glory was so inspirational because there were such an amazing range of colours to choose from.
I shall be photographing the Winter Warmth Collection over the next few days so that I can put the new collection onto my website http://www.sashadollstyle.co.uk/

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Winter Warmth Collection - Part 1



The models are Kathleen (my beautiful green eyed early 70's girl), her green eyed baby sister (early baby girl with raised eyelids), Rowena (my lovely LE Kiltie) and Katie (my gorgeous Kilt girl from the late 60's).


Kathleen is wearing a fabulous outfit. Her bootleg trousers are a lovely dark green needlecord.

She has cute green socks made from the same sock yarn as used in the green fairisle stripes in the sweater.

Her shoes are laced black leather Boneka shoes.


Her hat and scarf are knit using the dark coloured sock yarn used in her sweater. The scarf is a lovely long length which is wound twice around her neck and allows for many different ways of wearing it.

Her sweater is knit using two contrasting sock yarns. This gives a beautiful colourful feel to the fairisle pattern.
A truly lovely outfit.

Rowena's beautiful striped sweater is knit in random stripes of a wide range of shades of red, from pinks, rusts, reds, purples and browns. Sumptuous.
Her moebius scarf, hat and bag are knit using the deep plum 4 ply wool used in the sweater.
Her bootleg trousers pick up the dark red in the sweater. Initially I visualised this outfit with the lighter coloured trousers but I changed my mind and decided the outfit looked more elegant with the darker colour.
Her socks are knit using the ginger colour used in her sweater. To complete the outfit she is wearing brown ankle boots.

Katie really suits the colours used in her outfit. Her polo neck sweater is knitted using a ginger coloured 4 ply wool and the lovely green toned sock wool used in Kathleens outfit.


Her socks are knit using the lace weight cream coloured shetland wool. Her shoes are pretty cream leather Bonika shoes with fine leather ties which tie behind her ankle.

Rather than making a skirt for this outfit, I decided to make a sleeveless dress which gives the option of being able to be worn in the summer as well as colder times of the year. Her pants match her dress.
Her hair ties are a lovely lime green which match the main colour of her beautiful floral dress.

I chose to use the lovely ginger and lime green wool for the baby outfit. Her hat is a cute little earflap one, gathered at the top with a ginger tie.

Her cardigan is knit using the same lovely contrasting 4 ply yarns with the ginger used as the main colour this time and the accent stripe in the lime.
It buttons at the front with six ginger coloured buttons.

Her sleeveless dress is made in a similar style to Katie's using the same beautiful floral cotton fabric. Her pants match her dress.
This outfit would also look lovely in the summer with just the dress and bootees.
Her bootees are knit in the same colour combination as her hat.
A very cute outfit for your baby Sasha.










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Winter Warmth Collection - Part 2



The models are Annett (Gotz Sasha), her sister Anna (also by Gotz) and Matthew (my early 1968 Frido Gregor with beautiful eyes).


Annett is wearing a fun dark red tweedy knit ear flap hat with plaited ties.






Her gorgeous richly coloured polo neck alpaca sweater dress with long sleeves and a pocket on the front. Beautiful shades of red, gold, gren and chocolate brown.

This modern dress teams perfectly with the chocolate brown leggings.
To complete the outfit she is wearing chocolate Ugg boots.


Beautiful russet needlecord duffle coat fully lined with russet lining fabric. The coat fastens with suede loops and wooden toggles.
This coat also looks beautiful with the other outfits in the collection

Stunning floral cotton dress with a golden ochre background with a pattern of deep red roses and olive green foliage.
Gathered skirt.

Dark red peter pan collar. Short puffed sleeves with dark red piping accent and cuffs.

Hand knit lace weight ankle socks which tone with the background colour of the dress. The same wool was used to make the hair tie. To complete the outfit she has lovely dark red Mary Jane shoes which match the roses beautifully.


The warm brown cashmere yarn used for Matthew's hat and scarf is wonderfully soft to the touch. I used the sweater yarn for the stripes.


The warm brown draws out the lovely brown colour of his eyes.



His sweater is knit using a lovely sock yarn in many shades of russet and warm brown drifting into each other. The needlecord trousers are straight leg with pockets at the front. His socks match his sweater. The outfit is completed with a pair of laced black leather Bonika shoes.









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Winter Warmth Collection - Part 3


The Sasha models in this section are Sasha (a blonde fringe girl from 1968), Pip (a pretty brunette "Party" side part girl from 1968) and Pippa (a pretty early 70's brunette girl who I rewigged).

Sasha is wearing a beautiful Kilt outfit. A warm woollen red tartan skirt. The gansey is hand knit using whie lace weight shetland wool. Her hat is knit using 4 ply red wool, the edge and scarf are knitted in seed stitch.



She has white knee socks and fun red shoes with cute little cat faces. An adorable ensemble to keep your Sasha warm and cosy.

Pip is wearing a beautiful smocked dress in rich colours. The smocked dress is made from richly coloured cotton fabric. The background is a pretty peach tone. The pattern is in rich reds, gold and green. The smocking picks out these shades and her pants match the dress.

Her bolero is hand knit using fine 4 ply dark red tweedy wool. I chose a pretty peach lace weight shetland wool for her ankle socks. It matches the background colour of her dress. I used this wool to knit her hair tie. Her boneka t-strap leather shoes finish the outfit beautifully.


Wonderful tunic sweater in the rich colours of a Noro sock wool. Autumnal colours of rusty orange, gold, gren and rich deep reds. The neck fastens with a pretty silver clasp.


She wears dark red bootleg needlecord trousers. Her socks are knitted using 4 ply dark gold wool. Her bag is made using the same gold wool. The flap has a modern style large rust coloured button on the front.


On her feet she wears black leather laced Bonika shoes which complete the look perfectly.







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Snow in January















The early part of January has been so beautiful here. I just wish I had been able to enjoy it better as I was suffering from an awful cold that just wouldn't lift! In the end I just had to stay in and stay warm.















We don't often get much snow or frost in the Winter and this year we had weeks of very cold frosty weather.










Treacherous under foot and truly stunning.
In these two photos Belfast is hidden beneath the freezing fog. I thought it was going to be very foggy on the hill but when I walked up beyond a certain level I was suddenly through the fog and looking down upon it.












The mist made the old Ballyaghagan Ring Fort look very eerie.












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