Just in case your barbies were cold...
This is from 1963 and all outfits are styled by Hilde! I wonder where Hilde is today, or if she is still alive.
It would be neat to have had a profitable career creating doll clothes knitting books in the 60's... I wonder if she did it part time while looking after kids or if she had an office full of wool...
That would be a good job. about 10 years ago my husband bought a box full of barbies and japanese (ideal toy corp.) barbies from the 60's and tons and tons of homemade clothes. I recognize some of the knitted things from your pics. the dolls have been in a suitcase ever since and my daughter and I just discoved them in a remodel. She was thrilled and hand washed every piece of clothing.
Posted by: spring | April 13, 2005 at 02:03 PM
Have mercy! Those are some old school barbie knits!
Posted by: Lu | April 13, 2005 at 03:16 PM
why are those two barbies at the bottom fighting over who gets to take that sweet little dear home? cant they share???
Posted by: hannah | April 13, 2005 at 10:26 PM
ha, i meant deer...
Posted by: hannah | April 13, 2005 at 10:27 PM
snazzy! when i was little i bought a barbie dress pattern but had to have my mom sew it up--i guess this sort of thing is more for grown-ups and their collectibles...
Posted by: susanne | April 14, 2005 at 02:54 AM
:)
hee hee.
Posted by: tania | April 14, 2005 at 10:47 AM
hey! my mom made these for me when i was
a kid.(41 now,no gasping please)
what fun to see them. thanks.
Posted by: mel | April 14, 2005 at 02:30 PM
Those are so cute! I love finding things like that, I especially like the last one with the little deer in it. :)
Posted by: Aimee Roo | April 15, 2005 at 12:19 AM
My Mom made me those Barbie knits in '63 too. Barbie was on the best dressed list. I hated dolls and didn't care.
Posted by: kitkatknit | December 05, 2005 at 07:15 PM