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Adorable Crochet Baby Doll Pattern: Step-by-Step Guide

Create your own sweet and cuddly crochet baby doll with this comprehensive pattern. This project is perfect for intermediate crocheters looking to make a heartfelt gift or a cute addition to a handmade toy collection.

Materials Needed

• Yarn in skin tone, white, and your choice of colors for clothing and hats
• Crochet hook (size suitable for your chosen yarn)
• 8-10mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill stuffing
• Yarn needle and scissors
• Embroidery thread for facial details

Crochet Abbreviations (US Terms)

• mr: magic ring
• sc: single crochet
• inc: increase (two sc in one stitch)
• dec: decrease (sc two stitches together)
• ch: chain
• dc: double crochet
• blo: back loop only
• puff: puff stitch (composed of 3 dc)

The Body

Start with white yarn for the diaper area.

• Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
• Round 2: 6 inc (12)
• Round 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
• Round 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
• Round 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
• Round 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
• Round 7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
• Rounds 8-11: 42 sc

Change color to skin tone yarn.

• Round 12: 42 sc in blo
• Round 13: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
• Rounds 14-15: 36 sc
• Round 16: (4 sc, dec) * 6 (30)
• Rounds 17-19: 30 sc
• Round 20: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24). Begin stuffing the body.
• Round 21: (2 sc, dec) * 6 (18)
• Rounds 22-23: 18 sc

Fasten off and leave a tail to sew the head to the body later.

The Head

Use skin tone yarn.

• Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
• Round 2: 6 inc (12)
• Round 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
• Round 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
• Round 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
• Round 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
• Round 7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
• Round 8: (6 sc, inc) * 6 (48)
• Rounds 9-14: 48 sc
• Round 15: 15 sc, (inc, 1 sc) * 2, inc, 7 sc, (inc, 1 sc) * 2, inc, 16 sc (54)
• Rounds 16-20: 54 sc
• Round 21: 16 sc, (dec, 1 sc) * 2, dec, 7 sc, (dec, 1 sc) * 2, dec, 15 sc (48)
• Round 22: (6 sc, dec) * 6 (42)
• Round 23: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
• Round 24: (4 sc, dec) * 6 (30)
• Round 25: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)
• Round 26: (2 sc, dec) * 6 (18)

Leave a long tail for sewing. Before closing, attach the safety eyes, embroider the eyebrows and eyelashes, and add a small crochet fringe for bangs.

The Nose

• Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
• Round 2: 6 inc (12)
• Round 3: 12 sc

Fasten off and sew to the face.

The Hat

• Rounds 1-8: Repeat the head pattern from Rounds 1 to 8.
• Rounds 9-11: 48 sc
• Round 12: (2 sc, inc) repeat until the end of the round (64)
• Round 13: 64 sc

Clothing

• Row 1: Ch 27, start in the 2nd chain from hook.
• Row 2: 26 sc, ch 1, turn.
• Row 3: 3 sc, ch 5, skip 5 sc, 10 sc, ch 5, skip 5 sc, 3 sc, ch 1, turn (26)
• Row 4: 26 sc
• Row 5: (1 dc, dc inc) repeat until the end of the row.

For a Girl’s Dress:

• Row 6: (2 dc, dc inc) repeat until the end of the row.
• Row 7 (Optional for longer dress): (3 dc, dc inc) repeat until the end of the row.

The Legs (Make 2)

• Round 1: Ch 4, start in the 2nd chain from hook.
• Round 2: 2 sc, 4 sc in 1 ch, 1 sc, 3 sc in 1 ch (10)
• Round 3: inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, inc (15)
• Round 4: (1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc) * 2, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc (21)
• Rounds 5-6: 21 sc
• Round 7: 5 sc, 5 dec, 5 sc (15)
• Round 8: 15 sc. Stuff the foot.
• Round 9: 6 sc, dec, 7 sc (14)
• Round 10: 14 sc
• Round 11: (dec, 2 sc) * 3, dec (10)
• Round 12: 10 sc
• Round 13: dec, 8 sc (9). Stuff firmly.

Close the stitches and sew the legs to the body.

The Arms (Make 2)

• Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
• Round 2: 6 inc (12)
• Round 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
• Round 4: 18 sc
• Round 5: (1 sc, dec) * 6 (12)
• Round 6: 1 puff stitch, 11 sc
• Round 7: 12 sc
• Round 8: 2 sc, dec, 8 sc (11)
• Rounds 9-11: 11 sc
• Round 12: 1 sc, dec, 8 sc (10)
• Rounds 13-14: 10 sc. Stuff the arm.

Close the stitches and sew the arms to the body.

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