Chinese New Year Doll

7/31/2019 Chinese New Year Doll

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Chinese New Year Doll : Crochet Pattern

Materials:

• Black, red and skin-coloured (cream) yarn; the following are

the exact brands I used: Skin-colour : “Patons Canadiana”

yarn in “Oatmeal”- Medium (4), 100% acrylic; Black:

“Patons Grace” yarn; Light (3), 100% mercerized cotton;

Red: “Patons Grace” yarn- Light (3), 100% mercerized

cotton Note: I used yarn of varying weight, so if you end

up using yarn of the same weight, you may need to alter

the pattern as needed.

• 2.00 mm crochet hook

• Yarn needle

• Fiberfill (and rice to fill her body if you would like to give more

weight)

• Pink felt (for the cheeks)

• 9 mm safety eyes

• Black embroidery floss (for the smile and eyelashes)



• Yellow and grey embroidery floss (for the balls attached to

her chopsticks)

• Two toothpicks

• Glue gun

Note: I worked in continuous rounds (vs. joined rounds) and

used the 2.00 mm crochet hook all throughout to get a tighter

gauge. Feel free to follow along with my blog post to see step-

by-step photos.

HAIR

Using black yarn, we will make: (1) a big black circle, (2) a

smaller black circle, and (3) a bun.(1) Big Circle:

R1: Ch 2, 6 sc in second ch from hook. (6 sts)

R2: 2 sc in each sc around. (12 sts)

R3: *Sc 1, 2 sc in next sc*, rep 6 times. (18 sts)


R5: *Sc 3, 2 sc in next sc*, rep 6 times (30 sts)


R7 – 12: Sc 36

Fasten off. Ends can be tucked in when gluing/sewing hair to

head. Flip inside out (it becomes less curved so that it fits the

head better).

(2) Small circle:






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R7 – 8: Sc 36

Fasten off. Ends can be tucked in when gluing/sewing hair to

head. Flip inside out (it becomes less curved so that it fits the

head better).

(3) Bun:





R5-6: Sc 24

R7: *Sc 2, dec 1*, rep 6 times. (18 sts)

Stuff bun firmly.


R9: *Sk 1 sc, sc 1*, rep 6 times. (6 sts)

Fasten off and leave end for attaching bun to black

circles. Alternatively, you could make two smaller side buns for an equally cute look =D

HEAD

Using skin-coloured yarn,







R7 – 13: Sc 36

R14: *Sc 4, dec 1*, rep 6 times (30 sts)



R15: *Sc 3, dec 1* rep 6 times (24 sts)

Add details to face. Place overlapping black circles on head

to see roughly where to place eyes. Insert 9 mm eyes, sew

eyelashes and smile using embroidery floss. Pink cheeks can be

glued on now or after stuffing.


Stuff head firmly.


R18: *Sk 1 sc, sc 1*, rep 6 times. (6 sts)

Fasten off and weave in end.

Attaching hair to head:

• First place the big circle ontop of her head. Then overlap the

small circle ontop of the big circle to give her a side

part. (Note: her hair will look kind of funny from the back,

like a receding hairline, but the front is more critical).

• Glue gun or sew these circles to the head

• Then sew the bun ontop of the black circles.

Chopsticks Hair Ornaments:

Make two small balls using grey and yellow (or your favourite

colours) embroidery floss according to this pattern:



R3: Sc 6

R4: *Sk 1 sc, sc 1*, rep 3 times (3 sts)

Fasten off and leave ends to hang off toothpicks.

Use a glue gun to attach tail of ball to toothpick. Criss cross the

toothpicks and insert them into her bun.

DRESS



Her dress consists of 3 parts using red yarn: (1) The body (2) The

sleeves (3) Dress base (bottom)

(1) Body (this is pretty much a simple tube):

Ch 18, join first and last sts with sl st to form a ring.

R1 – 10: Sc 18

Fasten off and weave in end (or it can be tucked into the dress

when you fill it with fiberfill/rice).

(2) Dress base:





Fasten off and leave long tail to attach dress base to body.

Stuff body firmly with fiberfill/rice. Attach the dress base to the

body with single crochets going all around (using end from

dress base) to give a nice decorative edge

(3) Sleeves (they should flare out ):R1: Ch 2, 3 sc in second ch from hook. (3 sts) [leave long tail to

later attach sleeves to body]


R3-4: Sc 6



R7-9: Sc 12

HANDS

Using cream-coloured yarn, make two balls:


R2: Sc 6



R3: *Sk 1 sc, sc 1*, rep 3 times (3 sts)

Fasten off and weave in end (or it can be tucked in when

hands are glued/sewed into sleeves).

Attaching hands and sleeves:

• Glue/sew hands into sleeves.

• Sew sleeves onto sides of dress.

• Hook cream-coloured yarn through both hands and tie a

knot to secure them together. Hide ends of knot by

weaving ends back into hands.

Now your Chinese New Year Doll is ready to hold anything!!!

I DO NOT OWN THIS DESIGN!

THIS DESIGN WAS COMPLETELY CREATED BY

AMI!

Her awesome website :

http://allaboutami.tumblr.com/

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