Crochet Amigurumi Doll: Step-by-Step Tutorial with Photos

Step 1

This little doll makes a wonderful New Year's gift! It works up quite quickly—in just 1–2 evenings—and is sure to delight any little girl under 7!

Step 2

Step 3

Tools and materials:
• fine hair yarn (beige and ginger);
• light beige yarn for the body;
• pink yarn for the dress;
• a small amount of white yarn;
• scraps of purple and black yarn for the shoes;
• crochet hook (size 3 mm or 3.5 mm is ideal);
• two black and two white pearlescent buttons or beads for the eyes and dress buttons;
• narrow (5 mm) satin ribbon;
• pastels or blush;
• fiberfill;
• a pencil or chopstick for easy stuffing.

Pattern Abbreviations:
• MR – magic ring;
• sc – single crochet;
• dc – double crochet;
• inc – increase;
• dec – decrease;
• sl st – slip stitch;
• ch – chain.

**How to Crochet an Amigurumi Doll: Tutorial
Head**
With beige yarn.
Rnd 1: MR, 6 sc into ring.
Rnd 2: 6 inc = 12 sts.
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 18 sts.
Rnd 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 24 sts.
Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 30 sts.
Rnd 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 36 sts.
Rnd 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 42 sts.
Rnd 8: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 48 sts.
Rnds 9-14: 48 sc.
Rnd 15: 17 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 9 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 16 sc = 52 sts.
Rnds 16-18: 52 sc.
Rnd 19: 17 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc, 1 dec, 15 sc = 47 sts.
Rnd 20: 2 sc, 1 dec, 6 sc, 1 dec, 10 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc, 1 dec, 12 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc = 42 sts.
Rnd 21: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 = 36 sts.
Rnd 22: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 = 30 sts.
Rnd 23: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 = 24 sts.
Rnd 24: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 = 18 sts.
Rnd 25: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 = 12 sts. Fasten off.

Step 4

Body
With beige yarn.
Rnd 1: MR, 6 sc into ring.
Rnd 2: 6 inc = 12 sts.
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 18 sts.
Rnd 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 24 sts.
Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 30 sts.
Rnd 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 = 36 sts.
Rnds 7-9: 36 sc.
With pink yarn.
Rnd 10: 36 sc.
Rnd 11: in BLO – 36 sc.
Rnd 12: (10 sc, 1 dec) x 3 = 33 sts.
Rnd 13: 33 sc.
Rnd 14: (9 sc, 1 dec) x 3 = 30 sts.
Rnd 15: 30 sc.
Rnd 16: (8 sc, 1 dec) x 3 = 27 sts.
Rnd 17: 27 sc.
Rnd 18: (7 sc, 1 dec) x 3 = 24 sts.
Rnd 19: 24 sc.
With white yarn.
Rnd 20: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 = 18 sts.
With beige yarn.
Rnd 21: in BLO – 18 sc.
Rnds 22-23: 18 sc.

Step 5

Collar
Turn the body upside down and find the last stitch of Rnd 21.
Join white yarn in front loops only (FLO). Pull the yarn through the 1st st, ch 2, 1 dc in the same st, (2 dc in the same st) x 7, 2 sc, (2 dc in the same st) x 8, sl st in the 1st dc.
Arms
With beige yarn.
Rnd 1: MR, 6 sc into ring.
Rnd 2: 6 inc = 12 sts.
Rnds 3-5: 12 sc.
Rnd 6: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 3 = 9 sts.
Rnd 7: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 3 = 6 sts.
Rnds 8-10: 6 sc.
With pink yarn.
Rnd 11: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 = 9 sts.
Rnds 12-20: 9 sc.
Rnd 21: fold edges together and join with slip stitches across both layers.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Step 6

Legs
With black yarn.
Rnd 1: ch 7.
Turn, starting in the 2nd ch from hook, work 2 sc in the 1st st, 2 sc, 2 dc, 5 dc in the same st, continue working on the other side of the chain. 2 dc, 2 sc, 1 inc, sl st in 1st st = 17 sts.
Rnd 2: 1 inc, 3 sc, 3 dc, (3 dc in the same st) x 3, 3 dc, 3 sc, 1 inc, sl st in 1st st = 25 sts.
Rnd 3: in BLO – 25 sc.

Step 7

With purple yarn.
Rnd 4: 25 sc.
Rnd 5: 7 sc, 1 dc, (dc2tog) x 5, 1 dc, 6 sc = 20 sts.

Step 8

With beige yarn.
Rnd 6: in BLO – 7 sc, 3 dec, 7 sc = 17 sts.
Rnd 7: 6 sc, 3 dec, 5 sc = 14 sts.
Rnd 8: 5 sc, 2 dec, 5 sc = 12 sts.
Rnd 9: 6 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc = 11 sts.
Rnd 10: 11 sc.
Rnd 11: 5 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc = 10 sts.
Rnds 12-27: 10 sc.
Rnd 28: fold edges together and join with sl st.
Fasten off. Leave a long tail.

Step 9

Sew the legs to the body.

Skirt
Turn the doll upside down and find the last stitch of Rnd 11.
With pink yarn in front loops only (FLO).
Pull yarn through 1st st, ch 2.
Rnd 1: starting in the same st – (2 dc, 1 inc) x 12 = 48 sts.
Rnds 2-4: 48 dc.
Rnd 5: 48 reverse dc. Fasten off.
Sew on the eyes and buttons, apply blush.
The toy is finished!