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“Glorious Autumn”

The air is cool and crisp—trees are sparse with golden, bronze, and orange leaves—a smokiness fills the air. It could only be mid autumn!

Our slow and glorious autumn continues here in the midwest. There are still two red rosebuds on my rosebushes and the lobelias are still blooming in blue. The few light frosts we’ve had so far didn’t reach these.

I made four sample dresses while putting together my last knitting pattern for Amelia Thimble’s sweater dress. I wasn’t planning on embroidering these four dresses yet, but dear Amelia had other plans. “Pretty please, just one!”, she said. So yes, I gave in and completed one for her. I must say I am glad I did as her sweet face makes me happy.

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And, because it gave me a reason to get outside on this glorious fall day, even if only for a little bit.

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Our magnolia tree provided the most beautiful golden back drop of color.

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Amelia Thimble’s “Glorious Autumn” dress/headband ensemble will be available tonight (November 9, 2016) at 7:00 pm CST, cindyricedesigns.com.

New Knitting Pattern For Amelia Thimble

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Your Amelia Thimble, and her friend Izzy, can now have all the dresses their little hearts’ desire. My knitting pattern for their a-line and party dress is now available on my website. Even if you don’t have these dolls these dresses make the cutest ornaments, miniatures, room box decorations, or simply hang them on branches in a vase. Let your imagination go wild! But be forewarned, they are addictive! For inspiration, here is the link to Amelia Thimble’s album on Flickr.

You’ll only need small bits of lace weight yarn to make these teeny tiny dresses. You can embellish them with embroidery, lace, ribbons. Have fun! Once you get going on them you can probably get all of your hand made gifts made in no time.

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In case you missed my first knitting pattern, Classic Cardigan, for Dianna Effner’s Little Darling dolls go here to check that one out.

Pattern is available as a pdf digital pattern; you’ll need a pdf reader application installed on your computer. Go to my website and click on the “Shop Patterns” tab.

Once you complete your Paypal payment, I will send the pattern as an attachment to your email address. Please make sure I have your correct email for sending the pattern to. There are no shipping charges and the pattern can be sent anywhere as long as you have an email address.

This pattern can be purchased on Ravelry.

Ringing in November with “Trimming the Tree”

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My Kaye Wiggs MSD, Gracie, is here again with a new ensemble to show you. This time she has the tree trimming decorations unwrapped and is ready to begin this long awaited Christmas tradition.

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As usual, this ensemble started with me falling in love with the fabric. I could not resist all of the colorful ornaments on this Japanese fabric designed by Lecien—pink and blue for Christmas? Most definitely, yes! If you love a colorful Christmas, this ones for you!

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I decided to highlight the red with the secondary color being the green to keep this ensemble as festive as possible! Gracie’s wooly red sweater will keep her warm while she’s busy with the tree. I added embroidered branches which are already decorated with coordinating colors of seed and bugle beads at the neckline. The sweater closes with green glass bead buttons.

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Gracie’ striped stocking hat is knit with four different colored stripes in a slightly finer weight of wool yarn. Bright red, kelly green, blue, and yellow alternate with a wide fuzzy mohair/silk “Santa” brim. The hand made pom pom matches the yarn used for the brim.

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Additional red accents are Gracie’s chunky red ribbed cotton tights and a red hand dyed nylon lace (fine English Cluny) sash. Gracie’s tree trimming accessories are ornament miniatures which I added gold-toned jewelry rings and ribbon. A crocheted string of lights—also works as a fun scarf, and a length of gold-toned bead garland are ready for the tree. Her “made with love” heart has been turned into another ornament for the tree.

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