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   Crafty_Manx | Jan 15, 2004 08:06pm | #1

   I think I do; my Grandma used to knit and crochet Barbie clothes for me as a kid.  I will ask her for information about the instruction pamphlets.

   ~Cat

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   Crafty_Manx | Jan 22, 2004 01:28am | #5

   Ok, my Grandma says that she has found her old Barbie clothes books, so I will pick them up later this week after class and get you the information.  Sorry it took so long!!

   ~Cat

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   Jean | Jan 26, 2004 05:34pm | #8

   Thanks to all of you for your suggestions. Looking forward to what Crafty Manx's Grandmother has saved! Another DF online is sending me some patterns too, so I hope to find my missing pattern(s), but any will do. Besides having a GD who is ga-ga over Barbie and her cronies, I hope to make some stuff for the school bazaar and use up some of my leftovers in my stash.

   Sorry I didn't get back here sooner. My Grandson built me a new computer after my last one crashed!  He managed to save everything I had on it too. He's my  hero--and he works for food!! 

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   JudyWilliment | Jan 19, 2004 02:31pm | #2

   Just today I was searching my local library catalogue for books of Barbie clothing patterns to sew, and one which came up in the search was published a couple of years ago, and was just knitting patterns.  I can't remember who wrote it, or what it was called, but if you go to your local library and do a search for doll - clothing - patterns, you might luck out.

   Judy

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   Jean | Jan 19, 2004 10:36pm | #3

   Thanks Judy, I have those, it's a neat book,  but the ones I'm looking for were ancient. There was one coat with a fake furry collar that I remember specifically. I recently ran into one of my DD's school friends who remembered me making a coat like that for her doll. She said she was so thrilled with it...b/c her Mom didn't knit at all. I was surprised and pleased to hear it.

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   rjf | Jan 21, 2004 05:12pm | #4

   "Housework won't kill you......"

   I love it and I expect to live a long time.       rjf

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   callie1 | Jan 24, 2004 04:46am | #7

        If you remember what the pattern looked like you should be able to create it.  When I was a kid I knitted tons of Barbie clothes without patterns.  They're so small it's pretty easy to see where to decrease, add, leave openings etc.  As for stitches, any comprehensive knitting book should have plenty to choose from. 

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   Helene | Jan 22, 2004 11:49pm | #6

   Hi, Check E-bay "knitting books" search. I look for certain knitting books that I collect and I see barbie patterns for auction often and ythey are quite inexpensive. Hope this will help  Helene

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   spregitzer | Feb 01, 2004 03:34pm | #9

   Jean-- I know exactly what you are talking about.  My mom is a master knitter, and I still have the marvelous tiny garments she made me for my Barbie. It must have been about 1962-6.  I have the coat with the 'fur' collar too!  She gave me all her old knitting patterns a while ago when on a cleaning spree.  I couldn't bear to part with them.  I will try to find time to dig them out today, and search for you.  Will get back to you if I can find them.  Thanks for the  trip down memory lane!

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   Jean | Feb 01, 2004 09:48pm | #10

   Thanks, Daisy. So glad to hear from you. Lots of nostalgia tied up in these patterns for me too. I'd love to have copies if you can find them.

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   spregitzer | Feb 03, 2004 02:18am | #11

   I looked for those patterns on Sunday, but I didn't find them.  My mom is coming to visit this weekend, and I will pick her brain about it.  Let you know--Sarah