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The New Assignment

M's Dad can be a very creative person.  He shows this creativity in many ways like cooking and baking, his parenting skills and in giving me ideas about what should be knit for his daughter.  Just after Cornelius, Mr. Chicken Waffle was delivered, Dad asked if I could knit M an M doll.  It would have to be 25 inches long or about 63.5 cm.  Of course there is no pattern so an example to follow is necessary.  This is the photo we decided I should use for that purpose.  (Photo removed)

 I should be able to determine the proportions from this photo to knit a doll like the one I did of Queen Elizabeth only much larger.  I have located the yarn in my stash and intend to then knit a number of outfits for the doll.  The sunglasses can probably be knit with velcro attached so they can be removed.  I do believe this is doable and look forward to getting started.  Here's some other outfits I think need to be made.

So M has become the motivation for a lot of my future knitting.  I want to make her and her Dad a Xmas stocking, some of the food knitting needs to take place this year, there's the alphabet and now an M doll.  Lucky for me there's little need to think about what to knit next.

Finally, because I can, here's a photo of Dad and M visiting the Minneapolis Institute of Art, an outing that all three of us enjoyed.  M amazed me with her interest in looking at the exhibits, one could see her looking up and down to take everything in.  This photo just illustrates how much fun we were having.  (Photo removed)


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