I had a lot of fun making my second Pixie doll, which I should call “Original Pixie”, since she is a blondie, for my tow-headed niece. I was more than a little obsessed with the hair for this doll. I started with the same Drops Lima that I used on my first Pixie, but in beige. However, I didn’t order enough, and I decided that I wanted to try a different yarn, something softer, but still with alpaca content. So I bought a different, alpaca/bamboo yarn at my local yarn store. It was much thinner, which I thought might be nice as well, to make the head less heavy, but it ended up looking too lacy. I tried doubling it, which worked pretty well, but then I realized I would have to buy more… yet again. I finally found this gorgeous yarn, Cascade Eco Highland Duo (70% Undyed Baby Alpaca / 30% Undyed Merino Wool) which is very soft and has a beautiful variegated undyed color to it. It’s also single-ply, which I’ve never worked with before, so that was a fun experience. I’m IN LOVE with it. It’s so incredibly soft, I just want to bury my face in it whenever I’m working with Pixie.

The dress is from Claire’s Bumper Pixie Clothes pattern set, and so is the playsuit (I made it with flannel for pajamas):

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bumper-pattern-pa...

and the shoes, cardigan, and pants are from her Pixie’s Day Clothes pattern set:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pixies-day-clothe...

The skirt I made from a 7” x 20” piece of fabric, seamed together, hemmed on the bottom and with an elastic casing on the top… all hand-sewn.