Doll clothes in particular are a wonderful way to use up leftover fancy yarn. This creates truly unique designs that you can’t buy anywhere.
Here are a few examples:


Both dresses were crocheted using the same pattern. For the red dress, leftover solid-color yarn (Catania) and red yarn with a glitter thread (Catania Glamour) were used. For the fur trim at the bottom of the little hat and dress, as well as at the neckline and for the fur cape, a leftover teddy yarn (here, Phil Douce) was crocheted in. The red dress can also be worn as a Christmas outfit. The pattern also includes instructions for a matching Santa hat.
Click here for the pattern for the striped dress with fur trim!

The off-the-shoulder, peacock-blue evening gown is especially striking because of its hem, into which peacock-eye motifs have been worked using fringe yarn. A peacock-eye motif like this also appears on the headpiece. To match, there is a fan whose edge is also worked with fringe yarn.
Click here for the crochet pattern for the “Peacock Princess” evening gown.

For this pretty ice-skating costume with earmuffs, I used leftover cotton yarn as well as sponge yarn, which creates a beautiful glitter effect here. With doll clothes, it doesn’t matter that the sponge yarn is a little scratchy.
Click here for the crochet pattern for the ice-skating costume.


Fancy yarn is also great for doll bathrobes. On the left, you can see a model crocheted from plush yarn; on the right, one made from thin chenille yarn. Both models were crocheted using the same pattern. The pattern for the matching slippers is also included, as well as a pattern for a bathrobe for a male dress-up doll.
Click here for the crochet pattern for the bathrobes.

And finally, another design made from fine fringe yarn. The jacket and hat are crocheted in the usual way. However, the fringe yarn makes them look like fur.
Click here for the crochet pattern for the fur jacket.