Designer: Lyudmila Orlova

April, the doll

crochet toy pattern

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Good day, my dear friend! Thank You for purchasing my pattern! Wish You enjoy
crocheting and have even stitches!

This pattern is my design and it’s for YOUR PERSONAL USE ONLY. Sharing this
pattern as long as full or partial copying, reselling, gifting or exchanging, and also
translating it into other languages are prohibited. I ask You to respect and
appreciate the work of each person!

The toys made according to this pattern can be used for any purposes at Your
own discretion. I will be really grateful if You give me a credit as the designer of
the pattern when posting the photos of finished toys or selling them.

Respectfully Yours, Ludmila Orlova.

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 Materials and tools needed :
1. Alize Cotton Gold yarn 100g/330m:
- color №382 (skin) - for body
- color №522 (mint) - for knee socks
- color №493 (brown) - for hair
- color №55 (white) - for panties, boots, dress
- color №518 (pink) - for boots, dress
2. Crochet hook №2 (US B)
3. Fiberfill - hollow fiber
4. Thick needle for sewing, scissors, pins, stitch marker
5. A piece of wire with the diameter of 2mm and the length of about 20cm - for neck
6. Adhesive tape
7. Small amount of black and white threads to make face details
8. 7mm safety eyes
9. Blusher or hard pastels for cheeks
10. Buttons with the diameter of 8-9mm - 2pc (for dress), 4pc - 6mm (for decor)
11. Artificial flowers or satin ribbon - to decorate the hairstyle

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 Abbreviations :
MR – magic ring sc – single crochet
ch – chain sl st – slip stitch
inc – increase dec – decrease
DC - double crochet
(…) – the number in brackets means a total number of stitches in a round
(…)*Х – repeat the instructions in brackets Х times

Attention !
The pattern doesn’t include any crochet lessons and it’s not for beginners. You
must know how to crochet basic stitches. The difficulty level is medium. The
finished toy measures about 19.5cm - 7.4 inches - (including the hair) in case of
using the materials listed.

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 Head :
Crochet in skin color. Stuff firmly as you go.

1round: 6sc in MR
2round: inc into each stitch (12sts)
3round: (1sc, inc)*6 (18sts)
4round: 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*5, 1sc (24sts)
5round: (3sc, inc)*6 (30sc)
6round: 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc)*5, 2sc (36sc)
7round: (5sc, inc)*6 (42sts)
8round: 42sc
9round: 3sc, inc, (6sc, inc)*5, 3sc (48sts)
10-18rounds: 48sc (9 rounds)

Insert the safety eyes between rounds 14 and 15, leaving 9 stitches apart.
19round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*7, 2sc (40sts)
20round: (3sc, dec)*8 (32sts)
21round: 1sc, dec, (2sc, dec)*7, 1sc (24sts)
22round: (1sc, dec)*8 (16sts)
23round: (2sc, dec)*4 (12sts)

Fasten off the thread and cut, weave in the thread tail inside of the piece.

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 Ears :
Make two pieces of skin color in this
way: 4sc in MR. Don’t pull the ring
tightly, the ear should get a semi
circular shape.

Fasten off the thread and cut, leaving a

long thread tail for sewing.

Arms :
Make two pieces in skin color. Stuff
only the hand (you can stuff the whole
arm if you want, but then stuff slightly).

1round: 4sc in MR
2round: inc into each stitch (8sts)
3-20rounds: 8sc (18 rounds)

Fasten off the thread and cut.

Legs and body :

Start crocheting in mint color. Stuff the legs and the body firmly as you go.

Make ch6.
1round: starting from the second ch from the hook: 4sc, 3sc into the last ch.
Then crochet along the other side of the chain: 3sc, inc (12sts)
2round: inc, 3sc, 3inc, 3sc, 2inc (18sts)

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3round: 18sc

Work additional sc if needed to keep

the marker even: it should be located in
the middle of the back side on the leg.

4round: 5sc, 4dec, 5sc (14sts)

5round: 3sc, 4dec, 3sc (10sts)
the marker is
in the middle

the marker is
on the side

Work additional sc and place marker like in the photo, it should be located right
in the middle of the leg side. Watch for the marker as you crochet, it shouldn’t be
shifted and should be always located on the side, work shift stitches if needed.

6-10rounds: 10sc (5 rounds)

11round: (inc, 4sc)*2 (12sts)
12-15rounds: 12sc (4 rounds)

Change color to skin, cut the thread of mint color.

16round: into back loops only 12sl st
17round: into back loops only 12sl st
18round: (dec, 4sc)*2 (10sts)

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19round: (inc, 4sc)*2 (12sts)
20round: 12sc
21round: (inc, 5sc)*2 (14sts)
22round: 14sc
23round: (inc, 6sc)*2 (16sts)
24-25rounds: 16sc (2 rounds)

Finish crocheting with sl st, fasten off the thread and cut. The marker is located
at the leg side, the toes should be facing straight forward.

Make the second leg in the same way as the first one, work several additional
stitches at the end of round 25 to shift the stitch marker to the side, change the
thread color to white, cut the thread of skin color.

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26round: work 8sc, make ch2 and join
it with the first leg into the point where
we finished crocheting. Then crochet
16sc across the first leg, 2sc along the
chain, 8sc (36sts)

27round: (inc, 17sc)*2 (38sts)

28-34rounds: 38sc (7 rounds)

Work several additional sc to shift the stitch marker to the side again.
35round: (dec, 17sc)*2 (36sts)
36round: (4sc, dec)*6 (30sts)
37-38rounds: 30sc (2 rounds)
39round: (3sc, dec)*6 (24sts)
40-42rounds: 24sc (3 rounds)

In the next round start joining the arms. Make sure they are located symmetrically
on the body sides (for this shift marker if needed).

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43round: work 2sc, inserting the hook into the stitches on the inner side of the
arm and on the body, 10sc, 2sc, inserting the hook into the stitches on the inner
side of the arm and on the body, 10sc (24sts)

Change the thread to skin color, cut the thread of white color.
44round: work 6sc across the outer side of the arm, 10sc, 6sc across the outer
side of the arm, 10sc (32sc)
45round: 32sc
46round: 2sc, dec, 14sc, dec, 12sc (30sts)
47round: (3sc, dec)*6 (24sts)

Prepare a piece of wire, fold in half, wrap the wire end with adhesive tape. Insert
into the body in the way that the wire is located across the whole length of the
body, through the neck and the piece of wire is sticking out from the hole.
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48round: 1sc, dec, (2sc, dec)*5, 1sc
(18sts)
49round: (1sc, dec)*6 (12sts)
50-52rounds: 12sc (3 rounds)

Fasten off the thread, cut, leaving a

long thread tail for sewing.

Hair :
Make a wig in brown color, try on the head as you crochet (the wig should fit
closely to the head).

1round: 6sc in MR
2round: inc into each stitch (12sts)
3round: (1sc, inc)*6 (18sts)
4round: 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*5, 1sc (24sts)
5round: (3sc, inc)*6 (30sts)
6round: 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc)*5, 2sc (36sts)
7round: (5sc, inc)*6 (42sts)
8round: 42sc

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9round: 3sc, inc, (6sc, inc)*5, 3sc (48sts)
10-15rounds: 48sc (6 rounds)

In the next round make bangs:

16round: 23sc, make ch6, crochet from the second ch from the hook 5sc, work sl
st into the same stitch, where we started to make the chain, 1sc into the next
stitch, make ch12, from the second ch from the hook work 11sc, work sl st into
the same stitch, where we started to crochet the chain, 1sc into the next stitch,
make ch18, crochet from the second ch from the hook 17sc, work sl st into the
same stitch where we started to crochet the chain, 1sc into the next stitch, make
ch12, from the second ch from the hook crochet 11sc, work sl st into the same
stitch where we started to crochet the chain, 1sc into the next stitch, make ch6,
from the second ch from the hook crochet 5sc, make sl st into the same stitch
where we started to crochet the chain, 21sc

Finish crocheting with sl st, fasten off the thread, cut, leaving a long thread tail
for sewing.

Then make a bun in brown color.

1round: 6sc in MR
2round: inc into each stitch (12sts)
3round: (1sc, inc)*6 (18sts)
4round: 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*5, 1sc (24sts)

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5round: (3sc, inc)*6 (30sts)
6round: 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc)*5, 2sc
(36sts)
7-10rounds: 36sc (4 rounds)
11round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*5, 2sc
(30sts)

Finish crocheting with sl st, fasten off

the thread, cut, leaving a long thread
tail for sewing.

Assembly and details :

Make face details for the doll. At first
make a needle sculpting for eyes. For
this mark points 1 and 2, 3 and 4 with
pins like in the photo. Insert a long
threaded needle into the head bottom
and pull it from point 1. Then insert it 1 2 3 4
into point 2 and pull out from the head
bottom.
Make the needle sculpting for the
second eye in the same way, but in this
case insert the needle into the
head bottom and pull out from point 3. Then insert the needle into point 4 and
pull out from the head bottom again. Pull both thread tails and and tie a knot.

Make stitches arounds the eyes using white thread to make the glance more
expressive. Embroider the upper lid and the eyelashes above the eyes with the
black thread.

Embroider the nose between rounds 15 and 16 on the head, making horizontal
stitches. Then wind the thread making vertical stitches carefully around, insert the
needle upwards (can be repeated twice). Embroider the eyebrows.

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 Mark the points for the ears location,
sew them, be guided with the photo.

Paint the cheeks using a blusher or

hard pastels, and also paint the nose
slightly.

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Try the wig on the head, fix with pins,
sew around. Then make a hairstyle
laying the bangs like in the photo, sew.

Add fiberfill into the bun, try on the

head, choosing the most successful
location, fix it with pins, then sew.

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Decorate the hairstyle with artificial flowers or with a bow made of satin ribbon.

Fix the head on the neck with pins, sew around with a strong seam.

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 Dress :
Crochet the dress starting from the top part. The top part of the dress is
crocheted in turning rows, each row starts with 1 turning ch.

Start crocheting in white color. Make ch32 +1 turning ch.

1row: starting from the second ch from the hook 32sc
2row: 5sc, ch4, skip 6 stitches of the previous row, continue crocheting from the
next stitch, 10sc, ch4, skip 6 stitches of the previous row, continue crocheting into
the next stitch, 5sc (28sts)
3-6rows: 28sc (4 rounds)

Change the thread color to pink, don’t cut the thread of white color yet.
7row: 3 turning ch, work 3 DC into each stitch (84DC)

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Join the work in a circle with sl st, then
crochet in rounds. Each round starts
with 3 turning ch and finishes with sl st.
Change color when working the last DC
in each round.

8-12rounds: 84DC (5 rows)

13round: 84sl st

Finish crocheting, fasten off the thread,

cut, weave in the thread tail inside.

For straps: attach the thread, make ch5

(or any other amount of stitches
needed), form a loop and sew. Attach
an additional thread lower and make
one more buttonhole. Sew buttons.
Decorate the front side of the dress on
your choice (for example, with buttons
or brooch).

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 Boots :
Start crocheting in pink color.

Make ch6.
1round: starting from the second ch
from the hook: 4sc, 3sc into the last ch.
Then crochet along the other side of
the chain: 3sc, inc (12sts)
2round: inc, 3sc, 3inc, 3sc, 2inc
(18sts)
3round: 1sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 3sc, inc,
4sc, inc, 2sc (22sts)

Change color to white, don’t cut the thread of pink color yet, and leave it outside
of the work.
4round: into back loops only 22sc
5round: 22sc

Work additional sc if needed to shift the stitch marker to the middle of the back
side.
6round: 7sc, 4dec, 7sc (18sts)
7round: 4sc, dec, ch6, skip 6 stitches of the previous round, continue crocheting
from the next stitch, dec, 4sc (18sts)

Finish crocheting with sl st, fasten off the thread, cut, weave in the thread tail.

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Return to the thread tail of pink color
we have left and crochet 22 sl st
around the sole into front loops of
round 3. Hold the shoe with the sole
facing upwards as you crochet, like in
the photo.

Fasten off the thread, cut, weave in the

thread tail inside. Sew buttons for
decor.

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 Congratulations!
Your doll April is finished!
Thank You for crocheting along with me!
See You soon!

may 2022
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