For the first time in forever, I wanted to build a doll; you know, knitting is an open door. Okay, that was cheesy, I'll Let it Go ... no really, I'm done this time.
The two things I like most about Frozen, are the soundtrack and the relationship between Anna and Elsa. Growing up in the 90's-2000's version of Disney, stories with sisters were rare to find, and ones with positive relationships were completely missing. So when Frozen, finally broke their mold, I was really quite pleased. It is nice to see Disney go in such a direction (now they need to work on the orphan thing).
This doll is one half of the sister duo I'm planning to cook up right now. I ended up making Anna first because I lucked into the yarn I had been searching for forever and got overly excited.
My absolute favorite part of this doll would have to be her hair. I used DMC floss, and what a difference it makes. It is so much lighter and more hair-like to use than yarn and I love the shade of red I ended up going with (not too red, not too brown). I was most pleased with the fact that it took me less than 1 hour to do, which now thinking about it, sounds like a long time, but trust me, I was originally guessing it would be at least a 4-6 hour ordeal, so I am happy.
The mouth is still up for debate. I really didn't like any of my results, so I think I am going to leave her without one (which sounds horrible and mean). While her mind and heart are strong enough, I don't think her jaw line is able to support a mouth.
I am hoping (as with all my misguided made-up-as-I-went patterns) to write this chick up so others can also enjoy ... so that means I will inevitably have to make a second doll (if not for working out the instructions I didn't write down, but also the special step photos). Maybe I can make a stronger jaw that could support a good looking mouth on the next go around?
As always, thanks for stopping by.
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