Designer: tatiana_arpag
WHAT YOU NEED
* 3-4 ply cotton or cotton blend yarn of ivory/light beige and orange colors
* 2 ply cotton black yarn
* 2 mm crochet hook
* Sew on 4-6 mm eyes
* Some white and pink hand embroidery thread for the doll face
* Fiber fill
* Upholstery needle
Abbreviations
AR – Amigurumi Magic ring
MR – Amigurumi Magic ring
3in1 – crochet 3 columns in one loop
sc : Single Crochet
inc : Increase
dec : Decrease
tr : Triple Crochet/ Treble Crochet
st: Stitch
dc : Double Crochet
hdc: Half Double Crochet
sl-st or Slst: Slip Stitch
ch : Chain
tch: Turnin chain crochet
..in : make increase into same stitch as many as the number which is given in front of “inc” abbreviation (exp; 3inc, 4inc..).
FLO : Crochet into front loops only
BLO : Crochet into back loops only
ARMS
I recommend to start crocheting with the arms.
R1: 6 SC into the magic loop [6]
R2: (2 SC, inc)*2 times [8]
R3-R11: 8 SC
Fill in the lower part of the arms, make 1 chain and join two, sides of the shoulder by making 3 SC.
LEGS
R1: 6 SC into the magic loop [6]
R2: (2 SC, inc)*2 times [8]
R3: (3 SC, inc)*2 times [10]
R4-R11: 10 SC
Finish off, make another leg, but do not cut the yarn. Make 2 chains, 10 SC along the first leg, 2 SC into the chains between the legs, 10 SC along the second leg, 2 SC into the chains [24]
Here I make another 5 SC so that my next rounds start on the doll’s side.
Body
R12-R18: 24 SC
R19: (10 SC, 2 dec)*2 times [22]
R20: 22 SC
R21: (9 SC, 2 dec)*2 times [20]
R22: 20 SCFill in the legs of the dOll
R23: (3 SC, 2 dec)*4 times [16]
R24: in this round, we will attach arms. (3 SC, joining one arm to the body, 5 SC)*2 times. Make sure that arms are symmetrical with respect to legs [16]
R25: (2 SC, 2 dec)*4 times [12]
R26: (1 SC, inc)*6 times [18]
Head
R27: (2 SC, inc)*6 times [24]
R28: (3 SC, inc)*6 times [30]
R29: (4 SC, inc)*6 times [36]
R30: (5 SC, inc)*6 times [42]
R31-R37: 42 SC, in R34 make holes for eyes: instead of 1 SC make 1 chain, repeat two times with the 5 SC distance between the holes.
In R35 make SC under each chain of the previous round.
In R37 Start filling the toy.
R38: (5 SC, dec)*6 times [36]
R39: (4 SC, dec)*6 times [30]
R40: (3 SC, dec)*6 times [24]
R41: (2 SC, dec)*6 times [18]
R42: (1 SC, dec)*6 times [12]
Fill the toy
R43: dec*6 times [6]
Finish off, hide the thread into the toy.
Face
Sew on the eyes: insert the needle through tl1e top of the head into one hole, attach one button, insert the needle back into the hole and out of the second hole, attach the button, and bring the needle back into the original point at the top of the head.
Do not hide the thread yet.
Sew the nose by making 3-4 horizontal stitches. Make one horizontal pink stitch for the mouth 1 SC. below the nose, two white half circles around the eyes, black eyebrows.
After that, slightly pull the thread that attaches the eyes-buttons, fix the thread and hide it inside the toy.
EARS
Make 4 SC into the magic loop, pin the ears to the head and sew them on only from the back side of the ears.
Hair
Chain 12. This will be the centerline of the doll’s hair.
Now chain 31 more and make 30 SC along this chain, slip stitch into the next chain of the centerline.
Repeat this 11 times until the end of the centerline (chain 31, 30 SC along this chain, slip stitch into the next chain of the centerline)
We have now 12 locks on one side of the centerline.
Similarly, crochet 11 locks on the other side of the centerline.
Finish off, cut the thread leaving a long tail, pin the hair to the head and stitch it on along the centerline and at the distance of about half inch from the centerline.