I think I have gone full circle and am in my second childhood!

First of all, Fern is a twin!  Who would have known?  On another trip to the Thrift store I found her sister, messy hair and all, thrown on the top shelf with a load of stuffed toys.

She was undressed, mucky and her hair was a tangled mess.  It is long though. She cost me 25 cents.

I bought her home, cleaned and sanitised her and spent a long time detangling her hair.  Her hair is actually very long and very thick and I named her Peggy as she too has wonky legs!

They are identical other than the length of their hair,

So far I have made them both a knitted jacket and a skirt for Peggy.  Fern did at least come with a skirt and top.  At least, they are now both presentable.

The little jackets were quite fiddly and took a fair bit of time each to knit.  I am now working on a third for our grand daughter.  I had nearly forgotten the purpose of getting the doll in the first place, hence the title of this post.

I have to admit though that I am enjoying making these clothes for the dolls.

The first jacket I made.  Was very thin yarn and US#1 very thin needles

Amended the pattern for thicker yarn and needles

Identical faces so must be twins!