If you prefer to make the clothing your
dolls wear, and you are handy with two sticks and some yarn, you are
going to love the Sticka Till Barbie website. I found this website a
good while back and was using it's free patterns to help build my
doll wardrobe. You can find knitting patterns for clothing and
accessories for Barbie, Ken, Kelly/Shelly, Tommy, Bratz, and 20cm
Monchhichi dolls.
The site is in Swedish, but it also has
English written after the Swedish all throughout the site. The layout
is set up where there is a picture posted of the knitted item made,
and then there are links under the picture that when clicked on will
allow you to download the pattern. Each pattern is written out in
Swedish and English, but the patterns are also being translated into
Danish, Dutch, French, German, Norwegian and Spanish. It will say
under each pattern which language it has been translated into.
The
patterns are simple Word documents that come with the pattern and a
picture of the finished product, which I love to see with a pattern.
If you don't have Word, you can open the document with Open Office or
amother free office software. Each pattern is free for use, and the
website owner is fine with you knitting up the items and selling them
for profit. However, they have been getting emails asking if people
can sell her actual patterns. Ok people, let's get serious here. The
patterns are generously offered for free and someone seriously wants
to take them and sell them as their own? I can't believe people
actually were brave enough to even ask about that. Here's how I feel.
If you didn't create the pattern yourself, and the pattern isn't
public domain, then you can't claim it as your own and sell it. And
no, just because it's online does not make it public domain. Publicdomain are items that are a certain amount of years old that have
lost their copyright. There is tons of stuff out there that you can
legally snatch up as your own and sell. Look into it. So yeah, that's
my little PSA for the day.
Now
when it comes to knit items I am very particular about items I will
accept as clothing. Only items I would actually wear myself are
acceptable for my dolls. I love everything on the Sticka Till Barbie
website, and I love how much they represent items made from other
fabrics, but in the end there are just some things I can't accept in
knit form, unless it's a tight machine knit. For example, I am not an
overly big fan of knit pants and shorts. It just doesn't look like it
would work in the real world to me. I like knit sweaters, and even
dresses because it makes me think of sweater dresses. Some
accessories aren't acceptable to me in knit either, but I love how
the site owner created them with knitting. I am also not a big fan of
complete outfits being made out of all knitted items, but I do love
the look of the completed outfits on the website. It just wouldn't
fit the look I am going for with my dolls. I know of others who feel
the same as I do, but let me know how you feel. Do you like anything
knit or do you prefer certain pieces? Is an all knit fashion ok to
you? Let me know in the comments section.
Be
sure to give Sticka Till Barbie a visit and have a look around.
Knitting really isn't that hard as long as you take your time, and I
find working on these projects is a great way to learn. They are
small so you get quicker gratification from whipping them up. If you
don't know how to knit, Youtube is your friend and can teach you the
basic stitches need to complete these outfits, so give them a try.
Adding
to her "to-knit" list,
Michelle
Michelle
Image From Sticka Till Barbie
