Hmmm, depending on how you look at it, the trip to the craft store was a success. I successfully avoided making an expensive grommet gun purchase that I might later have regretted, and I picked up some fun stuff.

There are some little snaps in there, some big snaps, some embroidery floss, a magnetized pin holder, a backup retractable tape measure (because the one I already own is a hot item with the girls, and frequently goes missing), and some excellent little seed beads that may or may not look cool as highlights in doll eyes. I also got a big $5 coupon for a future visit! Ooh, ahhh.

So I talked with a couple nice ladies in the fabric store, and they said that they would definitely go with the felted yarnovers over the grommets. Humphh.

Does anyone out there have an opinion as to how big these yarnovers should be? I am trying to decide between double, triple, and quadruple yarnovers. Should the holes be just barely big enough for the i-cord to pass through, or huge to give it room to move around freely? (Oops, I just realized that I haven’t told you what I’m wanting to do yet. I am putting a drawstring around the top of the backpack, a few inches down from the top, to draw the sides in when the flap is down. Make sense?)

Moving on…… The doll, (who really needs a name. I’m thinking about Meredith), is now only half naked. I knit her a sweater yesterday.

I intend to work up some cute, striped pants today, and I’m thinking about doing some embroidery on her sweater. What do you think? Does the sweater need some embellishment?