“How she loves that doll!” cried Crow Shay. “She ought to have a nurse-maid to help her care for it.”

“Indeed she ought to,” declared the Yarn Baby. “I would like to tell the little Miss how to make a Dinah Doll.”

“Do tell her now,” said Fairly Flew.

So the Yarn Baby began:

How to Make a Colored Yarn Doll

Material: Black knitting worsted.[H] White knitting worsted. A strand of coarse red embroidery cotton. Two white beads for eyes. (See [page 122].)

Directions:

1. Cut about 50 strands of black worsted 12 inches long. Tie them together in the middle and fold.