Another Tonner Doll

I thought it was about time I added a Sindy doll to my collection, and I was going to keep this as a surprise until she arrived. However, it's been over a week (almost two) since I last posted here and I am so excited I had to tell you, that thanks to Sally, I am bringing her home with Kitty.

I would have liked to find a genuine Pedigree Sindy, but alas I could find none who looked so elegant.

This beautiful Tonner eleven inch Sindy Bridal Bliss, wears a gorgeous glitter tulle dress over a white petticoat and undergarment pantyhose with attached panties. Rhinestone earrings and tiara with attached veil, faux flower bouquet and white elastic shoes complete her bridal ensemble.

TONNER STOCK PHOTO

Sindy has blue hand-painted side glancing eyes with applied eyelashes, brown rooted Saran hair and her skin tone head and body are made of fine quality vinyl and hard plastic.

I doubt very much if I will re-dress this doll, as she is so beautiful just as she is, and there's not a bride doll anywhere else among my collection. Now isn't that a sad state of affairs? I wonder if that means I should look for another. 😁

LINK: Current Sindy Website It doesn't appear to have any updates since May 2022.

LINK: Identifying Sindy A helpful site with photos and info about Sindy from 1963-1988.

NOTE: I have also contacted Pedigree themselves, to see if these dolls are still being manufactured and if so, where they can be purchased.

Tonner Tiny Kitty Collier

Introducing my latest purchase. A 2004 Tiny Kitty Collier Basic Red Haired fashion doll. Made of hard plastic with a vinyl head, she is highly poseable, using her bending knees, swivel waist and rotational hip joint.

Tiny Kitty is 10 inches tall and comes wearing a sheer pink lingerie ensemble, comprising a bikini top and bottom, a short cover-up and a pair of co-ordinating sandals.

Her long flip hairdo is tied at the back with a pink ribbon. Her eyes are green and eyebrows match her hair colour. The 2004 Basic dolls have an updated face painted with beautiful full red lips and more sultry looking eyes. She also has painted fingernails and toenails which did not appear on the previous version.

I also purchased this beautiful outfit for her to wear. Now I have a long wait, as she is shipping from my friend Sally in Pennsylvania. However, since I have already waited years for the opportunity to acquire a Tonner Kitty, I am prepared to wait a little longer than normal for her arrival.

NOTES: The eagerly awaited Tiny Kitty Collier line was first introduced at Toy Fair in February 2003. The debut collection was comprised of three basic dolls (a brunette, a blonde and a redhead), each clad in lingerie, which retailed for US$40 each; four costumed dolls, which cost US$70-80; the “Bridal Bliss” hatbox set, which sold for US$140; six costumes, priced at US$35 each; and a wardrobe trunk, tagged at US$40. The basic Tiny Kitty dolls were annual editions; all other items were limited to editions of 2,000.

Project: Knitting Continued

After checking the pattern I wrote and posted a few days ago, and prior to my computer chucking the claw in, I realised had made a mistake when typing it ~ where it read Row 14-28, it should read Row 17-28, so you can either change your copy or download the new one which I have edited.

Thankfully, I noticed it when I began knitting it again, this time as a jumper (sweater) which buttons at the back. If you would like to do this, make additional button holes at the end of R15, 27 and 39.

We also have new models to show how they fit my  Corolle Les Cheries and Wellie Wishers dolls.

I'm sorry about the quality of the photos, but my photo editing program went west along with a few other bits and pieces which I had forgotten to save to my hard drive. Unfortunately neither I, nor my tech guys were able to retrieve them.

Willa is wearing the second pink cardi where I added the three extra button holes so she could wear it as a jumper (sweater). As you can see, I also made her a matching skirt using a combination of the Naturally Loyal Baby Print at the bottom and a matching plain pink 4ply from the hip up to the waist.

I use slightly larger needles when I made the skirt, but I think next time I will increase the stitches slightly and revert back to the 2.25mm needles, as the finished garments look much nicer and the stitches more even. Once I have done that, I'll share the pattern.

Well that's it for today my lovelies, I hope you are all having a lovely weekend, I'll be back again later in the week.