Long Lake Yarns

This is my face to the Ravelry world. She is my Ravatar. Whenever I post on Rav, this is who other knitters see. Some knitters show their arm tattooed with a wound ball of yarn. Some show a beautiful piece of lace work. A plate of cookies. Themselves astride their Harley. Or a cat. Some [...]

When my son was little, and his school had a fairly constant need for donations to fall festivals and “events” of one sort or another, I probably knitted about 30 sets of these guys to donate and as presents for teachers.  It is a Weir Doll pattern, from Susan Weir of Ann Arbor, Michigan.  An [...]

I believe this is an old, old McCall’s pattern.  In the original, she was rather Amish looking, decked out in shades of brown and black (though an Amish doll would not have had facial features).  I decided I wanted to spiff her up a bit.  She has hearts knitted into her bloomers.  Except for the [...]

This was a Classic Elite pattern from about twenty years ago that I knitted almost that long ago.  It might have been called “Ethnic Dolls.”   I adapted the pattern for the girl, somewhat, and ended up with sort of an ethnic version of Cher.  Her buddy, well, he’s truer to the pattern and looks [...]