With the doll face sitting there, staring at me, it was time to make a body.
The pattern that I based the head on also had directions for a body but with the google translation, I decided not to use it.
Instead, I went back to the pattern that I used for my
Amigurumi Moose and edited that to fit the head that I finished.
This pattern starts off by creating the two legs and then bringing them together for the body.
Before I started, however, I had to make some decisions:
What are the legs going to look like?
- shoe + leg?
- sock + leg?
- shoe + sock + leg?
- shoe + pants
- shoe + sock + leg? + pant?
- barefoot?
- sock + leg?
- sock + pants?
- or??
I opted for socks and legs and underwear, once I joined the legs together.
In hindsight, instead of just underwear, I wish I had made a one piece underwear/undershirt. Next time.
in colour of foot/boot/sock
Round 1: Create a magic circle with 6 SC
Round 2: SC INC in each st (12)
Round 3: SC in the first st, SC INC in the next, rep around (18)
Round 4: SC in the first 2 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (24)
Round 5: SC in the first 3 sts, SC INC in the next, rep around (30)
Round 6: SC in the back loops only (30) < bottom of foot/shoe
NOTE: for the foot you wouldn't need to do the back loops only. Feet don't have a ridge!
Rounds 7: SC around (30) (NOTE: for a shoe, I would do 2 rows of this; but I was doing a foot/sock)
Round 8: SC in the first 9 sts, DEC, DEC, DEC, DEC, DEC, DEC, [that was 6 decreases] SC in the last 9 sts (24)
Round 9: SC in the first 6 sts, DEC, DEC, DEC, DEC, DEC, DEC, [that was 6 decreases] SC in the last 6 sts (18)
[NOTE: maybe if changing colour, I would do BLO in first row, to show the edge of a shoe.. or FLO to show a pantleg?]
> 14 rows of 18 stitches (in colour of boot/sock)...
STUFF FOOT & bottom of leg
Next row: (RUFFLE ON SOCK) turn work around (for me: working from outside the leg, rather than the inside) and do a row of CRAB STITCH in FLO.
NOTE: This is the top of the boot/sock. If you want it to be the bottom of a pantleg, then switch to pant colour for this.
Also: you may not want a ruffle, so just a SC round the edge would work or skip the edging all together
> Next row: switching to the colour of the leg or pant and work in BLO for the next row
> 22 rows of 18 stitches for the leg / pantleg
Next row: can be a change of colour to that of underwear...
> working in FLO, sc around
> Next row: in BLO, sc around
That's 2 rows of the underwear.
This is the end of the 1st leg being made.
Tie off.
Finish stuffing the leg.
SECOND LEG:
repeat but do not tie off at the end.
> (Crochet a few stitches around to the side, to line last stitches up so feet are facing the same direction when crocheted together) (9 stitches)
> chain 3 and then SC into the other leg; (this is the crotch area)
crochet all around the legs, back to the beginning of the chain ... the legs are now joined and the body has begun
> 6 rows around
> change to skin colour and sc BLO around
> 9 rows
> next: SC in the first 5 sts, DEC in the next rep around (36)
> SC in the first 4 sts, DEC in the next, rep around (30)
> SC around (30)
> sc in 3, dec. around
> sc in 2, dec... around
> sc in 1, dec.. around
> 5 rows around (This is the neck)
Stuff the body
Now... from past experience, I know that if you have created a large head then it really needs to be secure on the body or it will wobble. I didn't want wobble.
So.... I purchased some bendy hair curlers and inserted one into the neck for stability. The bonus was that I can tilt the head. That's fun!
Next: arms.
Again, I adapted the MOOSE pattern to make a doll arm. (Basically, I wanted thumbs)