Opal Revisited!

Those of you who follow my blog might know who Opal is. For a refresher, click here to see the original post after I made her.

Well since I've done all the other bears, something about Opal just didn't sit well with me.. I'm not sure exactly what, but today I decided she needed a bit of a make over.

And what girl wouldn't love that?

I decided to make her a dress and matching hat which I designed both myself. I think they turned out really cute!

I did the bodice and sleeves part in rows, then put it on her like a tank top, did a slip stitch, and then the skirt was crocheted while she was wearing it. That made it a little difficult, and of course I can't take it off of her without cutting it off, but I was able to crochet it without any seams from that point.

This was the first time I've ever crocheted a wearable, so I'm pretty excited with how they turned out!


Here's a look from the back so you can see more of the hat. The brim of the hat and the skirt were worked in the same way and then finished with a round of reverse single crochet. I'm kind of debating on doing a little set of panties for her, as the skirt rides up pretty high -- poor girl's showing her naughty bits!




And a shot of the back of her dress. At the top I just tied it with a small bow.













And one final view of her:













And just because I'm visual and can't resist,
here's a before and after: