She's A Doll of Clay

This is what happens when you forget to make sure the oven is on the right temperature. I had spent the prior day baking different pieces of my polymer clay bjd.  That night, my husband cooked dinner.  He had turned the oven temperature up to 500 degrees to finish a steak he had cooked for our son.  The following morning, I decided to bake the top to a mold I had made of a thigh piece.  I also had another thigh I had worked on that needed to be baked too.  I put the pieces into the oven without thinking about the oven temperature.  About 15 minutes later, I had horrible fumes coming out of my oven and these blackened pieces of clay stuck permanently to the tile I use to bake my polymer clay pieces.  Whoops!!!! Lesson learned the hard way!

Last week I received a Basaak Blythe clone in the mail.  I bought it from a man who was selling a couple of dolls that he had inherited from a friend who customized Blythe dolls.  He didn't give any more information except to say he priced it according to the other dolls for sale on that site, and that he did not know anything about dolls.  Well, she was $25, and I know about dolls.   I bought her immediately.  I was well aware that she would be broken when she arrived.  Her legs were not attached, and she was missing a green eye chip.  This didn't matter to me, because I knew I could fix her. After spending hours online learning about Blythe dolls and Blythe clones, I knew I could buy replacement parts.  The seller stated that he believed the missing eye chip was inside the head, because he could hear it rattling.  He didn't, however, explain the actual problem with the legs.  He only posted a picture.  I took a chance, and bought her anyway. I assume the man who cus

In this post, I am going to give you the instructions to knit your own doll dress.  My doll is a hand sculpted, polymer clay doll. She is approximately 12 inches tall.  Her chest is 5 inches around.  Her waist is 3 1/2 inches around and her hips are 5 inches around. The yarn I used for this project is 100% cotton.  It is a medium weight yarn, and a number 4 needle is suggested on the packaging.  The yarn is called Crafter's Secret Cotton.  I found it at my local craft store. To begin, I used circular needles in a size 2.  I cast on 70 stitches, and knitted the next row. For the third row, I made a ribbing pattern.  I knitted 2 stitches, and then purled 2 stitches. I followed this pattern to the end of the row.  I did not join the two ends to form a circle.  Instead, I treated the needles as if I was knitting on straight needles.  You can certainly use straight needles for this project.  I just like to knit using circular needles. In the picture below, lo