{"id":784,"date":"2013-07-27T21:08:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T01:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/?p=784"},"modified":"2013-07-27T21:47:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T01:47:14","slug":"introducing-pickles-b-t-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/introducing-pickles-b-t-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Pickles B.T.L."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mina has discovered the joy of dressing and undressing her dolls and no longer needs a lot of help from her Mom. Trina asked if I could make some clothes for her buddies. I do enjoy making doll clothes, but I really want to have a model when I do it. I want to know the finished item will fit properly.<\/p>\n<p>As well, today there was a birthday party for my great-nieces, and I needed to get a gift. Because Mina loves her Lalaloopsie buddies so much I thought maybe the twins would also like them.<\/p>\n<p>The Target store just opened across the expressway from my house so I went over at opening, 8:00 o&#8217;clock this morning. They had a few Lalaloopsies, but nothing I really liked. I decided to bite the bullet and go to Fairway Road to ToysRUs. They weren&#8217;t open that early. But Walmart was. As a practice I avoid Walmart (dislike of some of their business practices) but today I went. I found what I was looking for:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-789\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1849.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"789\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/introducing-pickles-b-t-l\/img_1849\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1849.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1374916775&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0357142857143&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pickles B.T.L.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;My buddie: Pickles B.T.L.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pickles B.T.L.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1849.jpg?fit=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-789\" alt=\"Pickles B.T.L.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1849.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1849.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1849.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1849.jpg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1849.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pickles B.T.L.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Why <a href=\"http:\/\/lalaloopsyland.wikia.com\/wiki\/Pickles_B.L.T.\">Pickles B.T.L.<\/a>? Because she has rollerskates, just like my favourite little girl:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-793\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rollerskates1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"793\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/introducing-pickles-b-t-l\/rollerskates-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rollerskates1.jpg?fit=720%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rollerskates\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mina&amp;#8217;s rollerskates&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mina&amp;#8217;s rollerskates&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rollerskates1.jpg?fit=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-793\" alt=\"Mina's rollerskates\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rollerskates1.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rollerskates1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rollerskates1.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rollerskates1.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mina&#8217;s rollerskates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And for Maya and Makayla I found soft dolls (I can&#8217;t quite understand the love of these hard plastic, heavy-headed dolls myself) Ember Flicker Flame and Mittens Fluff&#8217;nStuff.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-791\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1848.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"791\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/introducing-pickles-b-t-l\/img_1848\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1848.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1374914323&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00833333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dolls for the twins\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;dolls for the twins: Ember Flicker Flame &amp;#038; Mittens Fluff&amp;#8217;nStuff&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;dolls for the twins&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1848.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-791\" alt=\"dolls for the twins\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1848.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1848.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1848.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1848.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1848.jpg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1848.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">dolls for the twins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-796\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1912.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"796\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/introducing-pickles-b-t-l\/img_1912\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1912.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1374932588&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0588235294118&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Maya &amp;#038; Makayla\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Maya &amp;#038; Makayla&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Maya &amp;#038; Makayla &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1912.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-796\" alt=\"Maya &amp; Makayla\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1912.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1912.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1912.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1912.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1912.jpg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1912.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maya &amp; Makayla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So now I can begin making doll clothes. I have crocheted a shrug and shoes which will be mailed to California on Monday. I am working on a dress. So more posts will be coming.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-790\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1850.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"790\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/introducing-pickles-b-t-l\/img_1850\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1850.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1374921659&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"new clothes\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;new shrug and shoes for a buddie&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;new clothes&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1850.jpg?fit=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-790\" alt=\"new clothes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1850.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1850.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1850.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1850.jpg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1850.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">new clothes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mina has discovered the joy of dressing and undressing her dolls and no longer needs a lot of help from her Mom. Trina asked if I could make some clothes for her buddies. I do enjoy making doll clothes, but I really want to have a model when I do it. I want to know &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/introducing-pickles-b-t-l\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Introducing: Pickles B.T.L.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,19,37],"tags":[79,20,6,84],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gifts","category-toys","category-update","tag-crochet","tag-doll","tag-mina","tag-toys"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}