Sasha Doll Style

27 September 2010

I have been knitting a lot of socks recently... in the evenings, I have been relaxing in front of the tv or an anime dvd, knitting socks for myself...  very enjoyable...

However, the outfits for the new collection were also at the stage of needing their socks... so now I am knitting lots of pairs of Sasha sized socks to match the outfits...

Tiny socks are so incredibly cute to work on... when I finish the next 3 pairs I will be moving onto hats...

16 September 2010

This collection is still very much at the in-progress stage... but is coming along pretty well...

Isn't this the cutest Gregor?  He is so handsome... bought him on ebay a few months ago... I need to restring him but haven't had the time yet.  He has beautiful eyes and dates from 1968...

I haven't decided upon the socks or accessories to go with these outfits yet but I definitely know the yarns I am using and have thoughts and rough ideas sketched out in my notebook...

I love the colours I have used in these outfits.  I adore using textural patterns.  The hand dyed wool used for the scarf and hat is truly beautiful and very soft...

15 September 2010

I have taken quite a lot of the photographs for the baby's bedroom...  Although I still need to take some additional shots hopefully at the weekend when there may be the opportunity of having similar light conditions... I hope...

I have loads of ideas for the story and even know what the title will be... for a change...

14 September 2010

The new Amethyst Dreams Collection is coming along nicely...

I am at the stage of knitting little socks... hats... bags...  I love the hand dyed Lorna's Laces Shepherd sock wool that I used for the earflap hat... it complements the wool used for the sweater so perfectly...

In the case of others... sewing trousers and choosing footwear...

For some of the outfits I have finished the jumper and am deciding on the best choice of contrasting yarns to create the accessories to go with the outfit...

Need to start sewing the dresses soon as I have completed the smocking...  I have loved working with these colours they are a dream to work on... hence the name...

5 September 2010

It never ceases to amaze me how ideas seem to keep arriving...  I start off collecting images within a colour family for my inspiration noticeboard...  a photograph of the noticeboard is in my samples sketchbook on the page above...

Then the fun starts as I start going through my huge collection of wools, yarns and fabrics... choosing colours that work within my chosen colour theme...

At which point I am ready to start sampling... I am thinking all the time about different weights of fabric and yarn... different textures... how the colourway will work together as a collection...

In my notebook I think about the different shapes and styles that I want to create in the collection... how they will look on the different Sasha dolls... which Sasha dolls I want to use for modelling each of the outfits...

and suddenly the collection is taking shape not just in my imagination... or on the page of my notebook... but on the Sasha dolls lined up on my shelf wearing beautiful outfits at different stages of development... and in my minds eye I can visualise what the new collection will look like when it is finished...

4 September 2010

I have finished my sampling for the next collection of Sasha outfits... 

But my mind is an absolute blank at the moment for a name.  Technically the colour scheme is analogous colours using the purple/blue/magenta colour families but I think I want to have something nicer for the name like Starry Nights... or... Purple Daze... or...

I always find that seeing the colours and samples together with images that inspired me really help to focus my mind on the final look I am visualising.

This is a two page spread of some of the samples...  I am still deciding on the accessories for some of the outfits such as styles of hat, scarf, bags, mittens, socks... etc...  But which I choose is dependent upon whether the outfit is for a Gregor or a Sasha.

A closeup image of my thoughts for the hat/sock combination to go with the boys sweater that co-ordinates with the White Horses in Starlight outfit...  I try to choose colours that will enhance the colours that are in the trekking maxima wool that I chose for the sweater...  At the moment for this outfit I think that the light blue used for the main colour works beautifully...