Tatty’s Skirt
Gauge Swatch
The daughter of the family is a genius knitter! She is responsible for the Dalahäst Sleeping Bags which appeared in this house two years ago. (Click Here to see that post). Now she is embarking on a knitting project for the youngest human in the family. The Hittys were the lucky recipients of the gauge swatch using glorious red and white wool…
Unpicked
The Quimper Hitty human is not a genius knitter, but fortunately capable of the minor adjustments needed to make this into an article of Hitty clothing…first unpicking the yarn down to just below the garter stitch row.
Straightened
Then dampening the yarn and allowing it to dry wound round a glass, to straighten the kinks.
Drawstring
And finally knitting it back up as follows: knit one round; (knit one, knit two together) repeat for one round; (knit one, make one, knit one) repeat for one round; bind off tightly. The remaining tail of yarn was cut off and twisted into a drawstring, and this threaded through the holes made by the middle two rows of knitting.
Tatty’s Finery
Tatty likes to wear red just as much as Carline does. Here she is modelling the instant knitted skirt…she has also absconded with Tansy’s red flannelette vest, and feels dressed to the nines!
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Quimper Hittys 
That turned out so well!!!
I love it!
Tatty looks very pleased with herself.
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Thank you! Tatty is wildly enthusiastic about practically everything, and especially likes how warm this outfit is!
Dressed to the nines, indeed! This is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing this vibrating, done-over loveliness!
She is dressed to the nines, even though her garments are all cast-offs (knitting joke, ha ha) and under wear!
Brilliant!
(I just wish I could understand what all those words mean… I guess I’ll stick to carving!)
The tricky bit was unpicking – there was something mysterious going on after each round, which the genius knitter in the family might be able to explain. Knit-speak is a bit of a secret language…I only know the very basics! The cuteness quotient in the doll-world will be reduced if you ever stop carving (and posting doll-tales)!
Tatty is very clever – as is her human. Red is a very cheerful colour in our grey, rainy winter.
That was some rain last night – eh? We do seem to be tending towards red at the moment – and are finding it very cheering!
Utterly delightful!!!
It is delightful! Tatty cheers the whole room up with her smile!
How very clever of you! Tatty looks immensely pleased with her new clothing.
Well, the gauge swatch spent a short time as a “to-go-mug cosy” until the Hittys spotted it and started clamouring! Tatty loves her skirt!
This wonderful, very clever use of a beautiful swatch of knitting. She looks very pleased with it.
Are you a knitter? There seems to be lots of Hitty potential in a gauge swatch!
Oh Tatty! We could all benefit from Tattys’ approach to life!! Grin and abscond with the red underwear!! Love the new skirt and love how pleased she is with it. And I did chuckle about the Knit Speak. Personally I am not conversant but I did appreciate the “cast off” joke!!
I am glad you caught the joke – I do amuse myself sometimes! I would like some cosy red flannelette clothes too!
It’s perfect!
Compliments from the knitting genius are very much appreciated! Thank you for making Tatty’s new skirt possible!!