An adorable set for your doll. The booties are really nice and comfortable for winter with lovely embroidered snowflakes. The dress is worked in a single piece from the top-down. The work begins at bodice and continues down to legs. This hat makes a great christmas gift for any little girl, who loves dressing her doll up! This set gives you a lovely winter accessory to add to your dolls wardrobe.
SUPPLIES
cotton yarn (e.g. Schachenmayr Catania 125m/50g) in three colors: skin color yarn, white, green and red, a bit of green for the yellow for the hair, crochet hook 3 mm, Polyester fiberfill stuffing, 2 black beads or safety eyes, 2 buttons or Velcro fastener, scissors, yarn needle.
SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate
SIZE
The ready doll is approx. 30 cm. You can make the pattern larger (or smaller) by changing the yarn weight and/or hook size or by adding rounds
SKILLS YOU NEED
chain, single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, slip stitch, increase, decrease
ABBREVIATIONS
Ch =chain
St = stitch
Sc =single crochet
Sl st = slip stitch
dec = decrease stitch (two single crochets together)
inc = increase stitch (two single crochets into one stitch)
Dc = double crochet
scbp = single crochet back post
Rnd = Round
TIPPS
- Do not join rounds, work in a continuous spiral.
- Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end or the beginning of a round
- All stitches are worked into both loops, unless stated otherwise in the pattern.
- You can use any type of yarn as long as you have a corresponding crochet hook size (check yarn label for recommendations)
- Numbers at the end of each round in parentheses ( ) = total number of stitches for that round or row.
- Please note that I use US crochet terms.
- Doll can be made in any desired colours.
SHIFT STITCH
Sometimes during a work of the spiral amigurumi, you need to keep the work symmetrically. As work tends to twist to the right you need to adjust position of the marker periodically (beginning of the round).
Shift stitch is an extra stitch you work at the end of a round to make your work look symmetrical. If you notice that marker moves right, you need to work one extra stitch in the end of the round and move marker for one stitch (now 2nd st of the round becomes 1st). this is shift stitch.
The shift stitch is not included in the round description. To check if it’s time to work shift stitch fold your work in half and check if marker still goes straight or use a yarn that marks a straight line.
You may think this is a increase, but it isn’t. This way you don’t increase or decrease the amount of stitches. The stitches count remains the same.
Seamsless way of changing color when working in the round
Pick up the new color at the end of the round: inset your hook into the stitch, yarn over the new color and pull through the stitch and the loop on your hook to complete the stitch.
Front Post Double Crochet:
Yarn over, insert your hook between the posts of the first and second stitch of the row below, and then from back to front again between the posts of the second and third stitches
Yarn over and draw the yarn around the post of the stitch. You now have 3 loops on the hook
Yarn over and draw the yarn through the 2 loops on the hook, twice.
One front post double crochet (FP dc) is complete.
INSTRUCTIONS
PART 2
BOOTIES
Start with green color yarn.
Rnd 1: ch10, sc into the 2nd st from hook and each of next 7 sts, 3 sc in next st, working in other side of foundation ch: sc in each of next 7 sts, 2 sc in next st (=20 sts)
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each of next 2 sts, sc in each of next 6 sts, 2 sc in each of next 3 sts, sc in each of next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st (=26 sts)
Rnd 3: sc in each of next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 8 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next st (=30 sts)
Rnd 4: sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 10 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 10 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in each of next 2 sts, sl st (=34 sts)
Change the color to white
Rnd 5: scbp into each of the next stitch around.
Change the color to green
Rnd 6 (working into the back loop): sc in each of next stitch around
Rnd 7-9: sc in each of next stitch around
Rnd 10: ch1, sc in each of next 8 sts, *dec, sc in next st* 3 times, sc in each of next 2 sts, *sc in next st, dec* 3 times, sc in each of next 6 sts (=28 stitches)
Rnd 11: sc in each of next 5 sts, *dec, sc in next st* 6 times, sc in each of next 7 sts (22 stitches)
Rnd 12-13: sc in each of next stitch around.
Bind off.
All around the sole work one round in sc´s. Bind off.
HAT
Start with red color yarn
Rnd 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring.
Rnd 2-3: sc in each of next 6 stitches
Rnd 4: *sc in next st, inc* (9 stitches)
Rnd 5-6: sc in each of next 9 stitches
Rnd 7: *sc in each of next 2 sts, inc* (12 stitches)
Rnd 8-9: sc in each of next 12 stitches
Rnd 10: *sc in next st, inc* (18 stitches)
Rnd 11-13: sc in each of next 18 stitches
Rnd 14: *sc in each of next 2 sts, inc* (24 stitches)
Rnd 15-16: sc in each of next 24 stitches
Rnd 17: *sc in each of next 3 sts, inc* (30 stitches)
Rnd 18-19: sc in each of next 30 stitches
Rnd 20: *sc in each of next 4 sts, inc* (36 stitches)
Rnd 21-22: sc in each of next 36 stitches
Rnd 23: *sc in each of next 5 sts, inc* (42 stitches)
Rnd 24-25: sc in each of next 42 stitches
Rnd 26: *sc in each of next 6 sts, inc* (48 stitches)
Rnd 27: sc in each of next 48 stitches
Rnd 28: *sc in each of next 7 sts, inc* (54 stitches)
Rnd 29: sc in each of next 54 stitches
Rnd 30: *sc in each of next 8 sts, inc* (60 stitches)
Rnd 31: sc in each of next 60 stitches
Rnd 32: *sc in each of next 9 sts, inc* (66 stitches)
Rnd 33: sc in each of next 66 stitches
Change the color to white
Work on round in sc´s all around the hat. Bind off.
DRESS
The dress is worked in a single piece from the top-down. The work begins at bodice and continues down to legs. Start with black color yarn.
Chain 38 stitches.
Row 1: hdc in each of next 37 stitches, turn the work.
Row 2: chain 5 stitches (counts as 1 dc and chain 2), skip next st, dc in the next st, *ch 2, skip next stitch, dc in next stitch*, repeat from* to* till the end of row, turn the work.
Row 3: dc in each of next 55 dc till the end of row, turn the work.
Row 4: chain 1 stitch, sc in the same stitch as chain and each of next 11 stitches (back), cast on 8 stitches, then skip next 6 sts (armhole), sc in each of next 19 stitches (front), cast on 8 stitches, then skip next 6 sts (armhole), sc in each of next 12 sts (back), turn the work.
Rows 5-7: dc in each of next stitch till the end of row, turn the work.
Row 8: chain 3 stitches (counts as 1 dc), dc in the same st as chain, 2 dc in each of next stitch till the end of row, turn the work.
Row 9-11: dc in each of next stitch till the end of the row, turn.
Change the color yarn to white
Work one row in sc´s all around the dress. Bind off.
ASSEMBLY
Sew buttons or velcro fastener to the dress. Weave in all ends.
Embroider snowflakes on the dress
and on shoes if desired. Sew hat to the head of the doll.
Happy crocheting! Feel free to contact me with any questions. Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day!