Hi Penny,
I am NOT into making dolls from scratch but I used to do my own designs for knitting various things for many folk.
With any wool I had over I used to buy an undressed doll and design a pattern to suit it.
I would then take them with me when we went to ballroom dances and put them in the raffle.
Both sets on the dolls below I designed myself and I had a magazine after me to design some dolls outfits for their pages.
I declined because I had enough to do with looking after my granddaughter at that time.
Now my fingers have started to seize up with old age and I cant hold the knitting needles for long without my fingers going into cramp spasms.