Bi-Little Pony, for Caty.
I wasn't a pony girl.
My childhood room was not edged with realistic horse replicas nor did My Little Pony (the first 80's round which was square aimed at girls my age) ping my interest.
Nor did the new wave of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic capture my attention. I've seen an episode, while obsessively brushing out tangled pony hair, at my friend's house in Madison...because her son is a fan...but I didn't go back to Japan and watch any more.
Then, at the end of 2018 a My Little Pony Equestria Girl Rainbow Dash 11 inch fashion doll came into my home via a box of random gifts.
Do I understand what is going on with this doll?
No, I don't.
I don't know how the horses became horse/girls on two legs other than the fact that fashion dolls sell.
Or maybe horse dolls got tired of carrying passengers (because that's NOT the kinda pony My Little are) and decided "I AM THE ONE WHO RIDES. "
Then came muse Caty. Last seen as a Byul.
Her instagram looks are a place I cruise when I'm looking for doll inspiration because she's talented and 'effing adorbs.
She usually does a series of LGBTQ inspired looks for gay pride and that's when I knew.Bi-Little Pony.
I'm getting ahead of myself. First there was the "reroot or fix up" question. Rainbow Dash has rainbow hair. Pride. Keep. Boil perm.
Boil perms are still hit or miss for me. Each one gets a little better...I hope.Inspiration.
At this point I took Bi-Little Pony off my media posts.
It's common for my work in progress to vanish at times...but this time it wasn't just my inability to focus.
Caty's family suffered a terrible loss. I wanted this doll to go to Caty as a small "Hey, people are thinking about you and you are loved" but I didn't want her to have any hint of what I might be sending from Japan.
I knit a dress using crochet thread, size 0 needles and this on-line pattern
You drop a stitch on these and it's nearly impossible to recover. Kinda hellish. That's why I ended with a fluffy yarn skirt with leftover yarn from...oh, I never updated that project here so I guess I'll do that next.
And now Bi-Little Pony lives with Bi-MUA-Caty in America.
