Knitted Dolls my mum makes

[sarah32]

My mum loves knitting and shes been making a mixture of dolls of recently.

I thought id let you all see as I think some would be good for childminders to use in story sacks.

In the picture there is a topsy turvy dooll which one side is little red riding hood and then the other side is granny.

Shes also made mrs claus, princess, ballerina and the 3 little ones in the front are also topsy turvy dolls and all different colours underneath.

If anybody is interested they vary in price, was thinking of basic dolls at £3.50, next size £5.00 and the big topsy turvy doll £7.50.

The amount of work my mum puts into them I thnk thats a fair price and postage would be worked out and advised when weighed.

If anyones interested let me know.

[singlewiththree]

My mum loves knitting and shes been making a mixture of dolls of recently.

I thought id let you all see as I think some would be good for childminders to use in story sacks..

Do you have any photos you can upload?

[fiona]

i've pm'd you.

[sarah32]

ooppps, would help if i attached pictures.:laughing:

[sarah707]

I have moved you to the 'for sale' section.

I am sure you will get more responses here :D

[Pauline]

In the picture there is a topsy turvy dooll which one side is little red riding hood and then the other side is granny.

I knitted one of those once, the children loved it so much it got very thread bare! :)

[Annie_T]

my nan used to knit me dolls .. i remember having the snowman (saw the film and wanted the snowman..so she knit one hehe) i had him for years ..til he got lost in a move :(

id love another mr snowman (hinty hint)

they good idea for story sacks,

there is lady who knits dolls/people/animals somewhere near me and donates to the hospital and charity shops as a raffle prize

[charleyfarley]

I used to make these years ago and have all the patterns for them, never thought about doing them for story sacks :idea:

Think I shall be getting my needles out again soon, well after xmas:D

Carol xx

[sarah32]

I did think little red riding hood and grandma would be good for story stacks. There is also cinderalla in rags and then in a pretty dress.

Ill see if my mum has a pattern for a snowman anne t and let you know.

Shes in the process of knitting her next batch which will be policeman, nurse, life boat man, sailor, fireman, girlk guide, brownie etc which I thought would appeal to childminders.

You've all made her very happy with the interest, she loves knitting and loves the fact they will be loved and played with.:)

If anybody else interested in a particular one let me know.

[Hebs]

OMG they are FAB

can she do ethnic ones?? i need some more multicultural toys :thumbsup:

[sarah32]

I cant see why she cant knit different skin tones.

A challenge for her

[mummyof3]

I'd love some of the police/firemen ones. Could you give me pics when finished. Thanks.

[sarah32]

Ive put you on the list mummyof3. Will come back to you when knitted.:)

[Alibali]

I,ve pm'd you about a topsy turvy red riding hood:)

[Minstrel]

they are lovely! how long do you think she will be selling them for. I am not reg'd yet but may be interested in some when I am up and running.

[Heaven Scent]

They are indeed fab - if I get any mindees in the new year I will def be interested.

[sarah32]

minstrel and super stars.

She is always knitting so whenever your ready pm me and Ill see what she has knitted at the time or she can knit what you want.

Shes going to be very busy for now.:laughing:

[Annie_T]

I did think little red riding hood and grandma would be good for story stacks. There is also cinderalla in rags and then in a pretty dress.

Ill see if my mum has a pattern for a snowman anne t and let you know.

Shes in the process of knitting her next batch which will be policeman, nurse, life boat man, sailor, fireman, girlk guide, brownie etc which I thought would appeal to childminders.

You've all made her very happy with the interest, she loves knitting and loves the fact they will be loved and played with.:)

If anybody else interested in a particular one let me know.

thanks hun,

bless your mum, she gonna be busy busy busy now with our orders hehe x

[angeldelight]

minstrel and super stars.

She is always knitting so whenever your ready pm me and Ill see what she has knitted at the time or she can knit what you want.

Shes going to be very busy for now.:laughing:

Looks like your mom is going to be really busy Sarah

Angel xx

[sarah32]

On my way round to mums now with list of orders.

Thanks you guys.

Will keep her busy and give her some pocket money.:)

[helenlc]

Dont have the money right now (Xmas and hubby been laid off) but am VERY ineterested and will defnitely order some in the New Year.

They look lovely by the way!!

[sarah32]

Hi guys

Managed to take some picturs of my mums patterns.

this is not all of them but ones I think childminders might be interested in.

Anne T - Spoke to my mum about a snowman and she has one already knitted, just got to put it together, so when shes finished will send you a picture.

Angel and Sue, ive sent you both mails with more pictures for you to look at and pic.

Hebs - theres only one multicultural doll which is the two little baby dolls, one has darker skin tone. But like I said earlier she can change the skin tone of any of them.

Anyone else Ive forgotten please see pictures attached and pm if there are any your interested in.

[sarah32]

More pics....

[sarah32]

more pics

Please bare with me as takes awhile

[sarah32]

more pics guys

[sarah32]

more pics again

That will do for now:)

My head hurts now with all this uploading

[PixiePetal]

I am def interested. Can I wait till after new year as it looks like your mum will be very busy for now. There are 3 or 4 which I would like!!

Police, fireman, topsy turvy red riding hood and maybe some with different skin tones? small or medium size.

Maybe when your mum has knitted some of the orders from here you could pm me to arrange ? thanks a million, love them!

[sarah32]

Shes has got a few to knit for now so january would be great. When your ready let me know.

thanks

[Pedagog]

I'd be interested in a Sailor and a Fireman, no rush.

Thanks

[sarah32]

Ill add them to the list Newbie and come back to you when made. Thanks

[mummyof3]

I'll come back to you in Jan with a list, your poor mum is going to end up exhausted!

[Pedagog]

Thank you, I may want some others as well.

[Buzz Lightyear]

Oooh I would love some of these but have a feeling your poor Mum will be exhausted by the time for the first orders are done. Please do PM me when you're going to make a new list as I'd love a few. No rush though as I'm not even minding yet!

Very clever Mum indeed, well done :thumbsup:

[cherry pink]

oh they are gorgeous i want oops sorry need them all lo iam so envious of anyone who can knit, when i tried it looked like a rather holey misshapen tbag..
please let me know the new list in the new year as am soooooo interested

[Buzz Lightyear]

:) I'll second that, I'll hopefully have all my christmas pennies to blow

[Spangles]

I don't suppose there's a soldier one is there? I guess the clothing might be a bit tricky.

They are very, very lovely.

[Monkey1]

They are lovely! I might have to order the police man and the fireman.....and i need to look through my story sacks and see what i need x

[sarah32]

I have the originals up for sale again as person who wanted them has not returned any messages recently and have no idea if she wants them anymore.

If your interested in any please pm.

[DCMS]

I've PM'd you re order if your mum doesn't have too much on. Thanks, Denise

[Hebs]

how's your mum doing for orders, as i'm interested but don't want her over run :laughing:


any chance of a noah to go with our noah's ark activity? not doing it until summer so asking in plenty of time :thumbsup:
and the policeman, nurse, fireman and sailor :thumbsup:

[sarah32]

I dont think shes got a pattern for a noah. Ill have a look at her patterns next time i go round.

Ill add the policeman, nurse, fireman and sailor to the list

thanks

[Hebs]

:clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

thanks hunni

[Mollymop]

Well done to your mum! I would love to purchase some of them, I love story sacks

[sarah32]

If anyone want to add to the list please let me know.

Shes doing well, shes nearly completed first and second order. and I will admit she does have quite a few orders.

But people are adding all the time so if anyone wants any please let me know.

[Angela234]

Hi Sarah hows your Mum doing

Any chance of "little red riding hood/granny"

A little "girl doll" with blond hair that i could also use as goldilocks

Also a ethnic "boy doll"

How much would these cost roughly ?

Angela

[sarah32]

angela

Do you want to look on page 2 and see of there's any dolls you like on there, for a blond goldilocks she could just change the hair colouring.

Im not sure which one you want for ethic doll, again have a look at the pictures I posted on page 2.

The price is £3.50 for small dolls like police man and fireman etc

£4.50 for slightly larger dolls

£7.50 for topsy turvey doll like little red riding hood/granny

Let me know angela if theres any you fancy, if not i'll have a look at her books tomorrow and see if theres any others

[Angela234]

Sarah pic number 1787 i think its the girl guide maybe different colour dress and not a hat then she would look like goldilocks

Pic number 1790 ethnic boy simular i don't mind what colour clothes if the 2 children dolls could be simular size if not don't worry i don't know how big they two dolls are

I would like the red riding hood one
Have i made sense?

Angela

[sarah32]

Angela

1787 - the one in the blue sailor like dress and hat?? if thats the one my mum could just leave off the hat. I think looks like goldilocks

1790 are 2 small dolls. They are smaller than all the rest, its hard to tell from the picture.

My mum is bringing round the books tomorrow. Ill find out what the size of them are and let you know for you to decide if they are too small.

[littlethistle]

omg they are fantastic

i`d love to order some too:thumbsup:

[sarah32]

Let me know littlethistle and ill add to the list.:)

[kingdom]

Hi i would love a few multi cultural dolls, is your mum able to do that, they are lovely thanks

[sarah32]

hi kingdom

She can do different skin tones.

hope that helps

[sarah32]

Ive managed to get my mum books and found some lovely animals that I thought would be great for story sacksm also found some nursery rhyme characters

Ive already put in an order:laughing:

The sizes vary on some of these dolls so let me know which ones you like and i'll let you know the sizes.

[sarah32]

some more.

please bear with me

[sarah32]

more to come

[sarah32]

more more more

[angeldelight]

They are all lovely Sarah

Cant wait to get mine

your mom is going to be really busy hope she is enjoyng all these orders

Angel xx

[sarah32]

oh my god, what have I started:laughing:

[sarah32]

lots of maid marions here which are nice

[sarah32]

more to come

[sarah32]

some lovely rabbits

[sarah32]

more to come.

[sarah32]

Ive got some animals and story sack characters, will do a little bit later and making my brain hurt:laughing:

Thanks angel. Ill being my order in now Ive found some characters for my story sacks. They will be free of course :laughing: :laughing:

[sarah32]

more pics coming

[sarah32]

some more pic guys

[sarah32]

scottish collection

[sarah32]

hebs.

You was asking about a noah, theres a pic on here that I think might pass for a noah, the nativity set

[sarah32]

more pictures guys

[sarah32]

i think these will be good for story sacks, goldilocks and 3 bears and lots of small animals

[sarah32]

nearly there and Im never uploading a photo again:laughing:

[sarah32]

more for story sacks.

Well thats it, Ive put on every photo of the dolls.

If anyone recently made an order and wants to change or add, let me know.

[Stanfield]

These are just brilliant!!!
I have Pm 'd you about some of the ones I would like but forgot to ask about the jelly babies ... what size / price are these?

Thanks

[Hebs]

:clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

they are FAB

yes a guy from the nativity set will do for Noah :clapping: any colours

and can i add a red jelly baby to the list too :thumbsup:

[sarah32]

added hebs:)

[sarah32]

mrs bradley

ive got to work out the prices so may take a little bit of time as all different sizes.

The jelly babies are 7ins each and there are 5 so for 5 I'll let you know

[miss mopple]

have pm'd you sarah :)

[sarah32]

Quite a few people have asked for a lady policeman or man nurse, unfortuntely shes not able to change the sexes of the dolls as she follows the pattern and most come in tradtional clothes which again shes not able to change without a pattern to follow.

Different coloured hair, clothes and skin tones arent a problem.

Sorry about that guys.

[cherry pink]

hi sarah i know this is a bit of a long shot but anychance your mum has a pattern for a dragon????
thanx

[sarah32]

Ill have a look cherry pink, havent seen one. will let you know

[angeldelight]

Sarahs mom made me some lovely dolls I received them yesterday

I will post a pic over the weekend so you can all see

I am def having some more and the kids love them

Angel xx

[huggableshelly]

oh wow

I wonder if I could manage to knit a doll too, if not I'll be back to place an order. I'm going to go looking for a pattern the jellybabies one looks very plain and simple (I hope lol) now I just need to learn how to knit and get some wool too.

[misst104]

What a clever (and very busy lady by the sounds of things!!) lady your mum is Sarah. These are all great. I will definately be interested in putting in an order. Hows your mum doing with the order list? When do you think she will be ready for a few more? :D

Just wondered if you could let me know the heights of the various sizes please :thumbsup:

x

[sarah32]

Thanks Angel. Glad you like then.


Misst104 - she has got a few orders but people are adding all the time so if there is any in particular you wanted let me know, I can find out the sizes for you.

Cherry Pink - Sorry, cant find a pattern for a dragon, the lady (Jean Greenhowes) that did the patterns no longer does them, which is a shame.

Anyone else pm as sometimes I dont see these posts.

[Hebs]

how are the orders coming along?

[sarah32]

bumping up to remind people you can add to orders all the time.:)

Please let me know if anyone wants prices

Hopefully people that have had their orders can add comments on here to show they are happy.:)

[angeldelight]

Thanks Sarah I will be in touch

Angel xx

[Annie_T]

got mine this morning

thank you so much xx

[rickysmiths]

Thanks for reminding us I will be in touch. My SIL knitted a few of these when the children were small. Seeing the Jelly Babies reminded me, I see a hunt in the loft coming on!!

[mummy2to2]

Hi Sarah

I have just registered on here and think these dolls are fantastic. Is it still possible to place an order as I will be interested once I have registered with Ofsted. (I'm sending my forms off tomorrow, very nervous!!)

Also I saw a thread right at the beginning with prices. Are these still current or have they gone up.

Thanks


Sam :)

[saintsue]

Hi Everyone
i got some of these off sarah a few months ago
and i can say they are great my kids love them
luv sue xxxxx

[sarah32]

Glad you liked it Annie:)

Thanks Sue:)

Mummy2to2 - pm me with what you want and I can give you a price

[Hebs]

how are the orders going??

[sarah32]

hi hebs

your next on the list, i'll be honest shes had a bit of a break over the summer holidays but shes back to knitting again.

Sorry for the delay.

sarah

[gigglinggoblin]

alan dart has a dragon pattern you can download from his website, its pretty big but fantastic! I made one for ds and he loves it :)

[Baildon bears]

I have made these dolls in past and know how long they take, 7.50 for a topsey tervy doll is so cheap, I made a fabric cindella vertion for a friend as knitted dolls take to long to make and charged £30.00, but if your mums happy to make and gets lots of orders, I have althoughs knitting patterns and are lovely. Hannah

[Hebs]

hi hebs

your next on the list, i'll be honest shes had a bit of a break over the summer holidays but shes back to knitting again.

Sorry for the delay.

sarah

bless her, she did have alot of orders :laughing: