Squishy Dolly and Catching Up

I'’ve been pondering what to make my niece for her first birthday. I was in the bookstore the other day looking for a new knitting book, when I came across a book that had a lot of cute baby items in it. Unfortunately, I don'’t remember the name of the book, but I made a quick sketch of this little doll, improvised, and sewed it up this morning. I think she turned out pretty cute. She'’s about 6 inches tall.

I've been horrible about blogging lately. It started off with not posting about the Christmas gifts I was making because I didn't want the recipients to see them before they received them, and then it turned into a bit (or lets be honest, a huge) slump. So, I've got a bunch of finished objects and a wonderful swap I received to post on that I'm going to try real hard at getting up this week.