Many and Many a year ago, I crocheted a baby doll, simply because I thought the pattern was adorable.
I mean, look at those fingers! Those toes! That ear! The nose! The bellybutton!
He hung around, but the kids were all a little too old at that point, so he served mostly as decoration, and never went by anything but Baby. I never even got around to finding clothes for him.
Fast forward to this year, when I decided enough was enough and bought him two baby outfits. This process was slightly fraught, as, unlike a baby, he’s never going to grow into anything. But I got it right, and he’s even more adorable when dressed.
Then NKD asked if she could borrow him for her shift at the firehouse, since they have some new equipment for transporting infants and needed to practice buckling them in. He was a hit. The shift crew named him Walter, and treated him like an actual baby while they wrangled buckles. Mind you, he didn't wriggle like a baby, but at least they know how all the buckles and straps go now.
