Arne & Carlos knitted dolls

When I saw these dolls

I knew I wanted to make them, so cute.

They are from the book

Knitted dolls from the 

Norwegian knit designers Arne &Carlos.

Hier een link naar de Nederlandse versie

In the book the patterns for the dolls

and a wardrobe to.

I never knitted with 4 needles

but hey, if you can knit with two 

four must be possible too and not that difficult.

So I thought.

picture Arne&Carlos

I needed some help from my sewing teacher

(she is a star in all crafts)

but looking at her demonstrate 

it looked like a magic skill.

A skill I would probably never learn.

picture Arne&Carlos

My thoughts went to all the yarn I already bought

so I tried mastering this skill

and tried and tried.

After 2 hours I was able to knit with 4 needles

but still had some holes that should not supposed to be there.

At home I thought I would try 

to knit a Christmas ball first

from their book 55 Christmas balls to knit.

Hier een link naar de Nederlandse versie.

And succeeded

the key thing was to follow their instructions exactly.

No holes, yeah,  and already a knitted ball for Christmas.

Just need to embroider and fill it

I hope I will get that done before Christmas.

Have a nice weekend.