Here's the pattern for a doll outfit I designed, knitted, and sold years ago. The article appeared on Associated Content; in case anyone has a "Barbie's Little Sister" doll and wants to knit a new dress for it, this pattern works.
This dress was inspired by another costume shown on the cover of Lois Gladys Leppard's "Mandie books," this time Mandie and the Dangerous Imposters. In real life, the dress would have been made of woven cotton, and the dark blue and white dots would be smaller than they come out when knitted in "worsted weight" yarn.
Supplies for Making Skipper Doll Dress
* A Skipper-type doll, shorter and thinner than Barbie
* Less than half a skein of Red Heart, Simply Soft, Vanna's Choice, or similar yarn in three colors: shades of blue, or light blue; dark blue; white
* Three knitting needles, the size that gives you a gauge of 4.5 stitches per inch. Gena Greene used #8. (The third needle can be one size larger or smaller. If it's smaller, slip stitches onto it while binding them off; if it's larger, use it to make the actual bind-off row.)
Method for Making Skipper Doll Dress
1. With white yarn cast on 40 stitches.
2. Work 4 rows garter stitch (knit all stitches on every row).
3. Work 2 rows stock stitch (knit one row, purl the next row).
4. Change to dark blue and work 2 rows garter stitch (g st).
5. Knit 1 row in dark blue.
6. Purl back *1 light blue, 1 dark blue* across the row.
7. Knit 1 row *1 light blue, 1 white.*
8. Purl back in light blue.
9. Knit 1 row *1 dark blue, 1 light blue.*
10. Purl back *1 white, 1 light blue.*
11. Knit 1 row in light blue.
12. Repeat steps 6-11 once.
13. Shape skirt: *purl 1 st light blue, purl 1 st dark blue, purl 2 sts tog in light blue, purl 1 st dark blue, purl 1 st light blue, purl 2 sts tog in dark blue* across row.
14. Knit 1 row *1 light blue, 1 white.*
15. Purl 1 row light blue.
16. Shape skirt: *knit 1 st dark blue, knit 2 sts tog in light blue* across row.
17. Purl back *1 white, 1 light blue.* Cut white yarn.
18. Knit 1 row in light blue.
19. Purl back *1 light blue, 1 dark blue.*
20. *Knit 2 together" across row in dark blue.
21. Knit back across the row (1 row garter stitch for waistline).
22. With dark blue, *purl 1 and knit 1 in the same stitch* across the row.
23. Knit back across the row.
24. With light blue, cast on 8 for sleeve. Knit these 8 sts. Knit 10 sts from the dress body. Cast on 8 more sts for the other sleeve.
25. Using light blue, but picking up dark blue yarn and carrying it on the wrong side when you come to it, knit 2 for cuff, purl 22, knit 2.
26. Turn work and knit 2 with light blue for cuff, then *knit 1 st dark blue, knit 1 st light blue* to last 2 sts, knit 2 with light blue.
27. Knit 2, attach white yarn and purl back *1 white, 1 light blue* to last 2 sts, knit 2 with light blue.
28. With light blue knit 2 for cuff, knit 10, slip 2 with yarn in back, knit to end.
29. With light blue knit 2 for cuff, *purl 1 light blue, purl 1 dark blue* for 9 sts, slip 4 with yarn in front, repeat pattern for 9 sts, knit 2 sts for cuff.
30. With light blue knit 10 sts, bind off 6 sts, knit 10 sts.
31. With light blue knit 2, purl 8, cast on 6, purl 8, knit 2.
32. Work 4 rows in pattern just as in steps 26-29. Cut dark blue and white.
33. Put top of dress together: holding right sides together, bind off 8 sts of sleeve together with the 8 sts cast on when you began the sleeve. Work across the row in light blue.
34. Again holding right sides together, bind off 8 sts of sleeve together with the 8 sts cast on when you began the sleeve. Knit across the row (g st) in light blue.
35. You still have 10 sts left from the back of the skirt. Slip stitches as needed so that the right sides of the waist and skirt are facing each other with the two pieces on two needles. Use the third needle to bind them off together. Tuck in any ends of yarn.
36. Turn the dress right side out and put it on the doll.
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