I fancy knitting a sort of Waldorf’y style knotted doll for baby and wondered if anybody has a pattern/knows where i can find one? A doll shaped a bit like this http://www.misi.co.uk/uploadedimages/2581433dsc01646.jpg if you don’t know what I’m talking about!

How about this doll? Not quite waldorf-y, but close?
here

Another plainish dolly here

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knitted-doll-baby  Expensive pattern, but pretty lovely. 

I’ve gone through my collection of knitted doll patterns and bookmarks and can’t find one for a knotty style doll.

You could use one of the already mentioned patterns for the head - or this one below for a basic body/head and then knit a square/rectangle for the rest of it. Reduce the stitches at the corners and knit a small band of a few stitches to create the knot. I think that’s the way I would do it.

http://weefolkart.com/content/basic-knit-doll-6-sizes

You could always do a cloth piece under the knitted head piece so that you can get the waldorf face shaping (plenty of instructions for these online and easy to do).

You’ve given me an idea now to do something similar for gifts for new babies

I have a load of free dolly knit, crochet and sewing patterns on my site Dolly Donations: Sending Love, 1 Dolly at a Time!

http://dollydonations.blogspot.com/search/label/Free Knit Dolly Patterns

http://dollydonations.blogspot.com/search/label/Free Crochet Dolly Patterns

http://dollydonations.blogspot.com/2010/01/dolly-donations-rag-dolly-tutorial-free.html  Sewing Pattern

Enjoy!!

Sarah