Doll pattern
Want to make dolls like these?
After some thinking I decided to share my basic chibi doll pattern. This is not a perfect pattern, I freehand everything but these are the usual steps I'd follow to get a chibi doll.
Head:
6sc in a magic ring,
6inc,
[inc,sc] around,
sc, [inc, 2sc] x5, inc, sc,
[inc, 3sc],
2sc, [inc, 4sc] x5, inc, 2sc
7 times crochet around
2sc, [dec, 4sc] x5, dec, 2sc
[dec, 3sc]
1sc, [dec, 2sc] x5, dec, sc
Fasten off
Put the eyes between rows 7 and 8 counted from the last row with roughly 7 stitches between them and stuff the head.
Hair:
Crochet a cap by following the head tutorial until the first 3 or 4 rows around. Use the hair color for the cap.
Sew the cap on the head where you want the hairline to be.
Sew or crochet hair on top, depending on what you want. There's lots of cool hair tutorials for amigurumi.
(tip, don't attach open hair before you sew on the ears, they're in the way)
Ears:
Human: chain 4, turn, slst, sc, slst
Elf: chain 4, turn, slst, sc, hdc
Bigger elf ears: chain 5, turn, slst, sc, hdc, dc
Legs: make 2 (or as many as you like, I'm not the leg police)
5sc in magic circle
inc around
Crochet around until they have the size you like and fasten one leg off, don't fasten off the second one.
Join the legs by doing the last stitch in leg 2 and then continuing to crochet into leg 2. Crochet into the starting sc of the join twice, you should have a round of 24 stitches at the end. (if that doesn't work for you, just put one inc on the outside of each leg.
If there ends up being a small space between the legs, you can sew them together with the fasten off end of leg 1
If you want a thigh gap, make one chain stitch before joining the legs, don't crochet into the same stitch twice in that case.
Only stuff the legs after you joined them, the filling gets in the way.
Body:
The joined legs make the body, you build up from the bottom. (that's why we need 24sc around)
Crochet around until the body is almost the same length as the legs. Don't forget to put in a stitch marker.
1sc, [dec, 2sc] x5, dec, sc
[dec, sc]
[sc] around
[sc, inc]
The crochet rochet around is the neck, so do more rounds for a longer neck or a giraffe fursona or whatever tickles your fancy)
Fasten off.
Stuff the rest of the body.
Attach the head to the neck, each stitch has an according neck stitch to attach to. Make sure the face faces forward.
Arms:
Chain 4,
inc around,
stitch around until the arms roughly reach from the shoulders to where you joined the legs.
Put some filling or wire in the arms but they also work without.
Sew the top row together and attach them at shoulder height (where we started decreasing on the body)
Yay! That's it! Your own chibi doll.
Clothes, details, colors: if this doll is naked now or if you changed colors to make them have clothes, all up to you.
Have fun. I'd love to see what people created.
I have a kofi, in case anyone wants to click that link in my header ;)
This pattern belongs to me, the dolls you make with it are for personal use only. Don't go selling stuff I shared for free, be decent.
