Lottie Doll Beret and Poncho

Spring Celebration Ballet Lottie

My daughter got a Lottie Doll for Christmas. She got the "Spring Ballet Lottie" which comes with a leotard, and tights, but Lottie looked a bit cold.

So I wanted to make Lottie some winter outer wear. Something simple and quick, and using some remnants of sparkly purple wool I had from another project. There are many Barbie clothing items online, but Lottie is a bit shorter than Barbie. So I modified a poncho pattern I found on Ravelry, and also made a beret to match with the same wool (also slightly modified from a barbie pattern online).








Here's the details:

Beret 

(based on "Barbie Basics" beret by Lynne Sears)

Lottie in her beret and poncho.

Cast on 24 st
Row 1-2 K1, P2 rib for 2 rows
Row 3-4 st st for 2 rows
Row 5 Inc in each st across
Row 6 (and all even rows) P across
Row 7 as 5 (or if tighter fit desired knit across)
Row 9, 11, 13 - K2 tog across
Cut thread
Pass thread through loops, draw and finish.

Poncho

(based on Poncho Barbie, by Silvana Catallo - modifications are making it shorter, and to knit in the round)

Cast on 88 sts, place marker

Row 1 (and all odd rows until Row 17) K around

Row 2 K10, 3x(s2kpo,K19),sk2po,K9 (80 sts)

Row 4 K9, 3x(s2kpo,K17),sk2po,K8 (72 sts)

Row 6 K8, 3x(s2kpo,K15),sk2po,K7 (64 sts)

Row 8 K7, 3x(s2kpo,K13),sk2po,K6 (56 sts)

Row 10 K6, 3x(s2kpo,K11),sk2po,K5 (48 sts)

Row 12 K5, 3x(s2kpo,K9),sk2po,K4 (40 sts)

Row 14 K4, 3x(s2kpo,K7),sk2po,K3 (32 sts)

Row 16 K3, 3x(s2kpo,K5),sk2po,K2 (24 sts)

Rows 18-24 K1, P1 ribbing (6 rows, 24 sts)

Cast off. 

(Patterns provided free for use, but with no warranty. This is my first attempt at writing down the modifications to a pattern). 

Pirate Ship Cake

It's early spring, which means birthday time in our house. The kids get to pick what I try to make.

The first choice for our son (4) was a pirate ship cake.

I based it on these instructions, and partially also this design.

As usual for a novelty cake I bought a cake mix, and also pre-made chocolate frosting.

I baked the mix in a baking tray, and cut into four pieces.

Shaped the pieces like a ship.

Sandwiched with some of the frosting, and cocktail sticks to help. 

That's all the layers on. This went into the fridge for a while before frosting (with frosting at room temperature). 

Covered in frosting, with portholes (rolos) and railings on the deck (rolos+flakes). Back into the fridge to set like this.

And here's the finished result. I'm pretty pleased with this one.