I have a successful foot! Hurray! There were some gaps behind the stitches, where the stuffing would show through, so I just packed some scraps of brown yarn there, in front of the polyfill, and that seemed to cover it. I also tried embroidering a “duplicate stitch” over the color change.

[Later]

Okay, I’ve started over, because I wanted a black shoe. I’m following the Lily doll pattern just for the shoe, so the first 6 rounds:

Ch 5.

1st rnd: 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 1 sc in each of next 2 ch. 3 sc in last ch. do not turn. Working in rem loops of foundation ch, 1 sc in each of next 2 ch. 2 sc in last ch. Join with sl st to 1rst sc. 10 sc.

2nd rnd: Ch1. 2scin 1rst sc. 1sc in each of next 2sc. 2sc in each of next 3sc. 1sc in each of next 2sc.2 sc in each of last 2sc. Join with sl st to 1rst sc. 16 sc.

3rd rnd: Ch1.2sc in 1rst sc. 1 sc in each of next 4sc. 2 sc in each of next 4sc. 1 sc in each of next 4 sc. 2 sc in each of next 3 sc. Join with sl st to 1rst sc. 24 sc.

4th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each sc around. Join with sl st to 1rst sc. 24 sc.

5th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each of next 7 sc. (Sc2tog) 3 times. 1 sc in each sc to end of rnd. Join with sl st to 1rst sc. Place marker at end of rnd. 21 sts.

6th rnd: Ch 1. Working in back loops only, 1 sc in each of next 6 sc. (Sc2tog) 3 times. 1 sc in each sc to last 2 sc. Sc2tog. Join with sl st to 1rst sc. 17 sts.

Then two rounds of fur tone (not skin tone), then join blue yarn for jeans.

This is making a leg 16-17 stitches around, which is okay for a bear but prob’ly too big for a doll.

I should’ve done one or more rounds of the Lily pattern to keep decreasing stitches down to 14.

So, this foot would look great hanging next to my other test feet and legs and heads… Do I cut the yarn and chalk this up to a learning experience or will Xiomara’s first incarnation be a bear?

Well, I’ll finish the leg, anyway and then decide whether the second leg will match this one or be a second draft…

We tried watching an episode of TransParent tonight. Forgot how tedious (painfully bad) it really is. Maybe it gets better in the third season?