When I talk about my on-line friends that I met via the doll community, I usually refer to them as "my Barbie People". We trade stuff our dolls no longer need, ask for information (like what articulated body matches the noggin from an unarticulated body), and just generally support each other in our refusal to act our ages.
Remember the one who sent me Morrible when I couldn't find her in my neck of the woods? (Of course, Morrible showed up in my stores after that!) I was telling her how hard it is for me to get my dolls Christmas clothes. One reason is a combination of my own frugality and family rules about buying stuff for yourself between a certain date and Christmas. I wait for the after-holiday sales, but miss out on things because others beat me to em. Another is that the nearest Target (for example) is forty or fifty miles away and I hate driving. I'm also not a fan of ordering through the mail because I like to check things out in person before buying and because porch pirates exist.
I'm okay with "settling-for" what's easily available to me. But my friend took pity on my poor dolls and sent a package for them. The packaging said "Zubebe" so I'm assuming that's the maker. These are very nice sweaters and my dolls are stylin' in them.
They're great. The only problem I had dressing the dolls was the fingers snagging in the knitting, and that's easy to prevent if you're too impatient to just slow down a little. Just toss a bit of tape or fabric over the doll's hand! They slip right over the noggin and fit nicely.
These are the holiday clothes my dolls already had. Midna's Santa shirt was an ornament, the only one of the three I managed to de-glue enough for anyone to wear. Most of the others are wearing T-shirts meant for a knock-off "Elf on the Shelf". (Elf Mates?) Those work really well for most fashion dolls. Albus is wearing a home-and-badly-made Santa suit.
My big boy Hagrid can't wear any of that, but last year Santa brought him some "Snoop on the Stoop" wine bottle sweaters. He's not pictured here because he's wearing the one that's not Christmassy - it just says DOGG SUPPLY 20. Here you can see Severus and Sirius wearing Snoop Claus.
Iris (rainbow braids), Yule Ball Ron (end of top row), and Tommy (Creatable World beside Iris) are wearing Walmart sweater ornaments. I do not recommend these for dolls. The appliques are barely glued on. They aren't stretchy. I had to snip the neck holes to get em over the doll's heads and then the knitting tried to unravel.
But here's the crew in their Zubebe sweaters. These are as easy to put on as the Elf Mate(?) shirts. They fit well on a variety of body molds. The colors and designs are festive. Absolutely no complaints. Except it's hard to see, in the pictures, the snowflake on the light blue!
Once again, thank you to my Barbie Person. My dolls suffer so horribly living in the boonies with a penny-pincher who hates driving. I hope gifting these sweaters gave you as much pleasure as getting them has given us.
