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If you are unable to locate a 1/12th or 1/24th scale pattern that suits your requirements please contact us. There is usually no extra charge for this service (unless the pattern is unlikely to be suitable for offering to other customers-see below), but time must be allowed for the design to be prepared, knitted up and photographed for the pattern.

Pattern requirements/constraints:

We only design patterns in 1/12th or 1/24th scale, if you require patterns in other sizes we are not able to help you.

All our patterns are for items, which would originally have been knitted or crocheted.

We aim to miniaturise real items and will only include items that look right in 1/12th or 1/24th scale.

We do not design 'dolls clothes' such as crocheted ball gowns, which would never have originally existed.

Please remember that some patterns will not adapt well to 1/12th or 1/24th scale and it may not be possible to design a pattern.

There are certain restrictions to designing patterns in 1:24th scale such as:

1. Only a small number of stitches can be used, which makes children’s and baby clothes extremely difficult to design effectively.

2. There are not many dolls available in this scale that can be easily dressed in miniature knitting or crochet. As the garments are so tiny there is very little room to manoeuvre arms and legs into the garments. Sewing garments up on the doll does not always work with knitting and crochet, as stitches often need to be picked up for neckbands, etc.

3. Some items do not adapt well to this small scale and the stitches look too large, this is particularly the case with crochet work, where gaps between stitches would be several inches/cms in real size.

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NOTES:

Please be prepared to wait for the pattern to be designed as each pattern requires many hours of work, including testing and writing the pattern, photographing, typing and proof reading before it can be presented as a finished pattern.

You may also have to wait in a queue for your pattern to be designed.

If a pattern is required that would not meet these criteria above, then a charge will be made for time taken to design the pattern. This will be considerably more than the cost of the pattern, as an hourly charge will be incurred. A deposit may also be required.