Baby Layette
This layette set of cap, sweater and booties were made for Marilyn Huset by her mother, Marcelle Huset. The pattern came from the Jack Frost Baby Book Volume 47 published in 1946 with the price of 25¢ printed on the cover. The pattern number is 4701 and Marcelle’s faint handwriting can be seen in the margin.
Huset, Marcelle
ca. 1951
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Doll coat and booties knit by Heather Hernandez, Berkeley, California, USA
<p>Knit from Venus Dodge's "Matinee coat" and "booties" patterns in her book, Doll's Dressmaker, using 2mm needles for the coat and 2.75mm needles for the booties, both with Schachenmayr nomotta Regia 4 faedig 4-ply, color 5033 Partie, fingering weight wool/synthetic blend yarn, for my Vogue Ginny baby doll.</p>
Hernandez, Heather
2005-2006
Coat is 4"/ca. 10cm from collar to hem, and the booties 2.5"/ca. 6cm toe to heel
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Knitted Baby Layette in Two Sizes
<p>The green set is made in a newborn to 6-month size and the pink set is larger, perhaps 9-month to 1 year. Both are knitted in baby or sport weight yarn in a feather and fan pattern. They were made for Marilyn Huset by her maternal grandmother, Lulu Billig Royston.</p>
Lulu Billig Royston
1950
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