Notes for “Naked Ned” doll

Yarn: warm brown

I’m not sure if I have the right color identified. It’s lighter and warmer than caffe latte, that’s all I can say for sure.

I’m just finishing the first foot. I just love how it looks like a hoof. I’m weird that way. I had the same reaction with june’s boy/girl doll.

I’m surprised that there aren’t more forum posts about this pattern--compared to the weebee baby doll--but maybe because it’s newer? Maybe there will be more posts about it after this MCAL.

Oh, so after finishing the foot (round 9) it looks to me like my stitch marker moves over one. that is, I was marking the last stitch of the round and now it looks like I’m marking the first stitch of the round. how did that happen?

She says to make the dolls bald for the MCAL, but I’m not clear if we have to (i.e. if there’s a hat or hair treatment as part of the MCAL patterns.

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I made a second foot this morning, cut the soles for the feet, then compared the two feet. Then undid the first foot a couple of times.

Now I’m ready to go forward, come what may. I think I might stuff the feet with the weighted stuffing (have to go see if I have a stocking I can sacrifice to the amigurumi gods!

Okay, well making the little nylon bag for the weighted stuffing was a messier undertaking than I anticipated. I’m now up the legs and worked the first color change for the underwear. (decided to go with gray, for a nice boy shorts look).

FYI: after studying both the first weebee tutorial and the video on color changes, it looks like the slip stitch round does NOT count as a round, and the subsequent round is supposed to be in blo.

I didn’t do blo for the round of sc, with the result that the gray area is noticeably thicker than the fleshtone round, but that’s okay, because underwear are thicker than just your clothes, right? yeah, that’s what I thought.

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Okay I’ve just joined the legs together. Round 23 The stitch count (7 stitches leg one, join to first stitch of second leg, 13 stitches to leg two, finish with 7 stitches on leg one) didn’t quite work out because my stitch counter for both legs was on the center back. So I did 12 stitches before joining the second leg, worked all 14 of second leg stitches and then only two stitches left to leg one.

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OMG, I just looked at the other clothing patterns available for Nelly/Ned. As if the pirate costumes aren’t fabulous enough, there’s mermaid tails! And if I get the graduation outfit, that has a white t-shirt, so with Ned + tshirt+ mermaid tail I have a Sirenito! OMG I am so coveting the patterns right now! Now I wish I hadn’t spent my money on the Valentines MCAL so I could buy the others instead. The Pirates were last summers MCAL and they are so fabulous! Someone has Purple Hair on their Pirate! OMG PRINCE!!!!