6 April 2010 - Finished head and ears. In her book, Itty Bitty Toys, Susan B. Anderson recommends putting together the toys as you go, which I think is a great idea.

Stitch together as you go is my mantra while making toys… . By sewing the parts together as you finish them, you won’t be overwhelmed at the end by having to sew the entire toy together. … When you knit your last part and attach it, your toy will be pretty much finished.

29 Mar 2010 - The body is finished and so was the head until this morning when I frogged and unstuffed it. The head/body proportions were wrong and I’m going to reknit the head so that it doesn’t look out of place with the body. While looking through the projects for this pattern, I decided I’m going to forego knitting the thumbs. I think my baby doll will be just fine without them :-)

I’m having a lot of fun with this project. I work on it between other ones, so I don’t know when it will be finished, but the components work up quickly. The yarn is dreamy.