It sort of starts with a sheep...

Dolores is a creation of Franklin Habit.  I have enjoyed his cartoons featuring her (and his other writings) for many years.  And then...this happened.  I was truly tickled!  My very own stuffie Dolores!  So, I got the kit.  Woohoo!

But then they started coming out with different outfits for Dolores... uh oh.  At first it was just one.  No big deal!

Darlings.  There are twenty-six numbered kits (I am currently eagerly awaiting the most recent release #26).  I have eleven and the original stuffie kit.  And the umbrella. And a couple of drawstring bags.  I still lament not being able to get the Hamptons holiday kit.

It's not just me.  She does have her own FaceBook page.

I finally put together a binder for the patterns:

The bags are filled with yarn.  And little roller skates.  And a mini rolling pin.  As well as Dolores' umbrella and glasses for her Suffragette outfit.  I have grand plans for staging her at various places in the house.

The only thing I have actually knit from the collection, I gave as a gift.  (I may have yarn stashed to make another.) 

My family rolls their eyes and snort almost in unison when I mention a new Dolores pattern, with loud variations on "What is the outfit this time?"  I then giggle slightly maniacally and show them (of course).

Does this slow me down? Of course not!  If I am smitten with the winter holiday outfit that comes out will I try and get my (slightly) obsessed hands on it? Yes!

One of my personal knitting goals is to try and knit one kit a month in 2021 (assuming more are not produced that make me hit Add to Cart in less than a blink of an eye), because even better than Dolores-in-potentia is Dolores modelling her glorious outfits for the neighbors in our front window. :-D