CAROLINE ENKNYTS
Orphan, heiress and wife of Dwight Enknyts, Caroline wears a ribbon-trimmed dress and sparkly gold choker
CAROLINE LEGS (MAKE 2)
Cast on 12 sts using 3mm needles and James C Brett Baby Shimmer.
Rows 1 to 6 St st, starting with a knit row. [12 sts] Cut yarn. Change to Cream.
Rows 7 to 24 St st. [12 sts]
Cut yarn. Transfer knitting onto a stitch holder.
Repeat instructions for second Leg, above, but do not fasten off yarn.
Carefully slide both Legs onto the same needle, making sure no sts are dropped. The working yarn must be on the end of the needle, ready to start knitting the next row.
BODY
Continue using 3mm needles and Cream. Rows 25 to 36 St st. [24 sts]
Cut yarn. Change to Apricot.
Rows 37 to 48 St st. [24 sts]
Row 49 K2tog across row. [12 sts] Row 50 Purl. [12 sts]
HEAD
Row 51 Knit. [12 sts]
Row 52 Purl. [12 sts]
Row 53 Kfb across row. [24 sts]
Row 54 Purl. [24 sts]
Rows 55 to 62 St st. [24 sts]
Row 63 K2tog across row. [12 sts]
Row 64 Purl. [12 sts]
Cut yarn leaving 18cm tail.
Thread onto darning needle and pull through remaining sts to gather and fasten.
Stitch up Head and back of Body to the top of Legs from the inside, then turn the right way out.
DRESS BODICE
Cast on 12 sts using 4mm needles and James C Brett Baby Shimmer.
Row 1 (Kfb) twice, knit to last 2 sts (kfb) twice. [16 sts]
Row 2 (Pfb) twice, purl to last 2 sts, (pfb) twice. [20 sts]
Row 3 (Kfb) twice, knit to last 2 sts (kfb) twice. [24 sts]
Row 4 Purl. [24 sts]
Rows 5 to 12 St st. [24 sts]
Row 13 (K2tog, K1) to end of row. [16 sts] Cast off purlwise.
SKIRT
Cast on 12 sts using 4mm needles and James C Brett Baby Shimmer.
Row 1 Kfb across row. [24 sts]
Row 2 Purl. [24 sts]
Row 3 (K3, kfb) 6 times. [30 sts]
Row 4 Purl. [30 sts]
Row 5 (K2, kfb) 10 times. [40 sts]
Row 6 Purl. [40 sts]
Rows 7 to 30 St st. [40 sts]
Cast off.
ARMS (MAKE 2)
Cast on 6 sts using 3mm needles and Apricot. Rows 1 to 14 St st, starting with a knit row. [6 sts]
Cut yarn, leaving a length to sew up. Collect remaining st onto darning needle, gather, fasten, sew up the seam and stuff lightly.
SLEEVES (MAKE 2)
Cast on 10 sts using 4mm needles and James C Brett Baby Shimmer.
Rows 1 to 10 St st, starting with a knit row. [10 sts]
Cast off knitwise.
HAT CROWN
Cast on 16 sts using 4mm needles and Stone. Row 1 Kfb across row. [32 sts]
Rows 2 to 4 St st. [32 sts]
Cut yarn. Change to James C Brett Baby Shimmer.
Rows 5 to 6 St st. [32 sts]
Cut yarn. Change to Stone.
Rows 7 to 8 St st. [32 sts]
Row 9 K2tog across row. [16 sts]
Row 10 Purl. [16 sts]
Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Thread it onto a darning needle, pull through rem sts to gather. Fasten, then sew up the seam, leaving the base open.
BRIM
Cast on 16 sts using 4mm needles and Stone. Row 1 (K1, kfb) across row. [24 sts]
Row 2 Purl. [24 sts]
Row 3 (K1, kfb) across row. [36 sts]
Row 4 Purl. [36 sts]
Row 5 (K1, kfb) across row. [54 sts]
Row 6 Purl. [54 sts]
Cast off.
MAKING UP
1 Stuff Head firmly, then stuff Body, taking care not to overstuff.
2 Sew up the seams of both Legs and stuff carefully.
3 Stand Caroline upright onto pale blue felt and draw around each foot to create two felt circles. Sew these onto base of each foot with pale blue cotton thread.
4 Fasten Apricot at the back of her Head and weave needle in and out around neck, pulling and fastening at the back again. Do the same at her waistline.
5 Wrap Bodice around Body with cast-on edge at the neck. Sew the edges together with matching yarn at the front. Sew on two pale buttons.
Press Skirt gently (on iron’s lowest setting), then fit around Body with the cast-on edge at the waist. Pin into place around Body, with the seam at the back. Sew the Skirt up using mattress stitch. Sew the Bodice to the Skirt.
7 Wrap a Sleeve around an Arm, sew up the seam, ensuring Arm is fastened and won’t slide out.
8 Repeat for second Arm. Pin both Arms to side of Bodice and make sure they are level before sewing them in place with same colour yarn.
HAIR
1 Use Buttermilk and a darning needle. Place pins around the face where you would like to see the Hairline.
2 Sew a long loop to the side of her face. Make another loop, but this time pull it until it is a stitch beside the first loop – this way, when you snip the loop the Hair won’t pull out.
3 Repeat this pattern in a row down the side of her face, following the pin outline. Stop before you reach the bottom of her Head.
4 Following the line of stitches you have made, make a second row of loops and sts behind the first until the side of her face looks like the image. Snip the loops.
5 Do the same thing on the other side of her face. 6 Sew long straight sts on the back of her Head to cover the rest of the Apricot.
7 Separate one side of her Hair into 3, ready to plait.
8 Plait the Hair and pin it to the side of her Head. Repeat with the other side.
9 Fasten the plait ends together with same colour yarn then cut off the ends.
10 Add long extension loops by sewing them onto the base of her Hair and placing them over her shoulder.
11 Snip these extension loops and plait them. Trim the ends.
FACE
1 Using the picture as a guide, place pins on Caroline’s face as eyes until you are happy with their position. Do the same for her mouth.
2 Using Midnight, come up through the base of her Head at the back into the position of the first eye pin. Make a downwards stitch and push needle up into the second eye position. Do the same for this eye. Take care to keep the stitches level and not to tighten them.
3 Look at her face and make sure you are happy before sewing back to the starting point at the back of her Head to fasten.
4 Using double-thickness dark pink cotton thread, sew on a mouth.
HAT
Match the cast-on edge of Brim to the base of Hat and sew together. Place Hat at an angle on her Head and fasten. You could keep it unfastened if you’d like to change her look!
NECKLACE
Take a length of black yarn and thread a 4mm gold spacer bead onto it. Attach to the back of her neck with the bead at the front.