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Ruth to the rescue!

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Dear Diary, A dam :  As you all know by now, I've misplaced all my shoes.  This is a tragedy beyond description.  It's times like this when you know who your friends are.   A long time ago, Ruth in England started sewing clothes for me.  She is a very expert seamstress and I have an incredible wardrobe.  Along with the clothes, she also made shoes and boots for me.  So, to whom else would I turn in a time like this?  Why, to Ruth, of course!  She remembered that my foot size is a bit smaller than the usual Sasha doll foot and she made a special pattern for me.  I order shoes from her to jump-start my collect and she certainly came through for me.  Look at the wonderful leather shoes I just received from England!  I am so excited because now I can chose the shoes to go with the outfit.  Wonderful! "I can hardly wait to slip my feet into all this lovely English leather!" Ruth limits her work to making clothes and shoes for Sasha dolls.  A link to her site

Knitting in Wedgwood Blue

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Dear Diary, Adam : Here is my latest attempt at knitting something for myself.  I still don't have a pattern so I'm really winging it here. I took some measurements and did some calculations, cast-on and just started knitting. There was some 5 ply knitting wool around the house so I used that.  The stitch size is too large for my taste but it doesn't matter since this is just a trial and error project. "I think it's a good fit." I am reasonably satisfied with the finished garment, especially the colour.  I learned a few things, not the least that I can't knit continental and purl back English; it leaves slight ridges. "The photo is a little blurry but you get the point." I'm not giving up.  I will find a pattern for a proper fitting garment!

Footloose and shoe-free

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"If clothes make the boy and shoes make the outfit, whatever will become of me?" Dear Diary, Angelo :  Oh dear - we've had a terrible thing happen at our house. With the exception of the shoes on my feet and my pair of JJ biker boots, all of my footwear - all 30 pairs - have disappeared into thin air.   They were all neatly stored in plastic divider boxes and now we can't find them anywhere.  We've searched the house over and over again, even going into the attic multiple times (we don't have a basement).  It wasn't that many months ago we had them when we moved my clothes into a different storage container.  I had a fantastic collection of footwear: original Trendon factory shoes, vintage shoes, custom-made shoes from Jean Jenson and Ruth Hartley, sandals, boots, my vintage wooden snow skies and all kinds of different shoes.  My Jean Jensen shoes are irreplaceable!  "Ouch!" I've sent an emergency SOS to Ruth in Great Britai