Blythe doll
It was like coming face-to-face with myself in doll form. Long dark hair, big brown eyes ... she's even wearing an over-sized bulky sweater. She looks an awful lot like Wednesday Addams, who was my second favorite character on The Addams Family. (It will be no surprise to you that I adored her mother Morticia above all other characters.)
See what I mean? Look at that resemblance. (Forgive the grainy photo-of-a-photo. I stole it from my mom's FB page.)
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(After I found the photo of the doll, I went hunting for more info on Blythe dolls. One article that I read said that Blythe dolls were originally thought to be too scary-looking for children. That would not have been the case with this girl when she was a child, I assure you.)
Even though I got distracted during my search for a sweater pattern, I eventually did find one that I could work with ... a bulky, basic, knit-in-the-round-from-the-top-down turtleneck. I improvised the seed stitch and cables to make it more interesting. The yarn came from a yummy soft wool sweater that I bought at Goodwill. (Original pattern is HERE.)
Here are instructions for unraveling a sweater to harvest the yarn.
Anyway ..... this post went completely off track ..... kind of like my original search for the elusive sweater pattern. I will leave it this way, though, because it totally represents who I am.
So, let me ask ... Do you stay on track when you hunt for something, or do you veer off course, too?
