Good luck with finding a good doll pattern, Nancy.
I have a Fairbanks, Alaska pen pal who is sending me a hand-made gift. She asked me my favorite season (Spring) and favorite colors. I told her I like red & white, for Valentine's Day.
I'm going to make Alberta a pair of potholders, origami ones, to match her kitchen colors, blue & green, and she doesn't have a finished kitchen, so the walls are visqueen. I did a "Google" search, Home Depot showed that visqueen is on rolls, it's a plastic sort of material. If Alberta's visqueen's white, the P 'n' C cotton yarn I've picked, will do nicely. It's variegated, with white as the MC, with bits of greens & blues. I've crocheted myself a cone of facecloths, from the same colors, so know how pretty it is, when it's made, especially in SC.
Then, I've been "waffling" as to what to crochet for DGS-5.5 and DGS3.5 for their upcoming b-days in 2015, in Feb. & April. I finally got out my crochet pattern calendars, for years 2009, 2010, and 2011. I found an easy-to-crochet child's cap. This pattern is so easy to make, too!
Chain 37, HDC in 3rd Ch from hook, and across. Ch2, chains = 1 HDC.
Row 2: HDC in each stitch across, ch2, turn,
Repeat until you have 38 rows. It's a rectangle then, you leave a 38" long yarn string for sewing it closed, & for sewing it shut at the top, securing stitches so they don't show. Turn it right-side out, take a matching OR CC yarn, to SC the edge, which makes a cuff, if you care to cuff it. Also, if you chain over 37 chains, starting out, it makes a taller cap, so you have more of a cuff or double-cuff, to roll up. Also, if you add more rows than 38 rows, the hat will fit a bigger kid, teen or adult.
I picked out camo yarn with a soft brown, for edging. When I made the April b-day boy hat, I'll probably crochet a solid color, and edge it in a variegated bright color, so he's not identical to his brother.