PATTERN

CROCHET DOLL
BARBIE
 Contents

1. About me

2. Introduction

3. Supplies

4. Abbreviations

5. Process description

6. Conclusion

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 Hello!
My name's Dasha and I'm a doll designer!
I create and crochet dolls and also make patterns to
them.
I've been keen on handmade since my childhood, but
only crocheting has been thrown me into!
Recently, I've published my book with princess and
super heroes patterns in Russian!

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 Introduction
Before starting to create the doll, I sincerely ask you to
go through the following information.

This pattern doesn't include any tutorial lessons.

Buying the pattern means you accept the following

requirements:
✔The pattern is my authorial work;
✔The pattern is only for personal use;
✔Selling, presenting or distributing the patterns in any
other ways are prohibited;
✔If you publish on the Internet any photos of the doll
crocheted following this pattern, kindly mention me as
the author. Please tag me @pollytoys_crochet

Thank you for your understanding and respecting my

work. Enjoy the process and have a nice day!

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 Supplies
The size of the completed doll is 8.19 inches if you use the
similar supplies mentioned below.
1) Yarn:
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m, 55% cotton, 45% acryl):
- color 07 (beige) - for body;
- color 62 (white) - for sundress and hat;
- color 20 (pink) - for sundress, hat and shoes;
- color 74 (light pink) - for sundress and hat;
Alize Cotton Gold (100g/330m, 55% cotton, 45% acryl):
- color 05 (light beige) - for shoes and hair.
You can use any other yarn of the same characteristics.
2) Hook, suitable for the chosen yarn.
I've used Tulip 1.5;
3) Black moulinet thread, some piece of
white thread color to decorate the face;
4) Steel wire of 1 mm thick and about 2
m long, tapesty tape.
If you are going to make the doll without
any skeleton, you should use a
barbecue skewer or any other skeleton
for the neck.
5) A piece of plastic or cardboard of 3.9
x 3.9 inches;
6) A pair of 12 mm safety eyes;
7) Oil pastel of brown, peach and pink
colors (you can use blusher instead), a
paint brush to tint;
8) The pliers, scissors, pins;
9) A needle and a tapestry needle;
10) Pink beads;
12) Fiberfill;
13) 1 invisible silicone elastic hair band
(you can use some thread of light beige
color instead).

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 Abbreviations

MR - Magic Ring
sc - single crochet
ch - chain
dec - decrease
inc - increase
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
tr -triple crochet
sl st - slip stitch
BLO - Back loop only
FLO - Front loop only
(..) * - repeat instructions in brackets with the required
number of times

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 Process description
Arms
3 dc bubble

Beige thread color.

2 pieces.
Don’t fill with fiber.
1 row: 6 sc in MR
2 row: (1 sc - 1 inc)*3 (9)
3 row: 9 sc
4 row: 1 (3 dc bubble) - 8 sc (9) 1
5 row: 9 sc
Right arm:
Change thread color into pink one, don’t cut beige thread.
6 row: 9 sl st (work loose enough)
Change thread color into beige one, don’t cut pink thread.
7 row: 9 sc (work BLO in sl st and sc of the 5th row, point "1" in
the photo)
8 row: 9 sc
Change thread color into pink one, don’t cut beige thread.
9 row: 9 sl st (work loose enough)
Change thread color into beige one, cut pink thread.
10 row: 9 sc (work BLO in sl st and sc of the 8th row)
11 - 23 row (13 rows): 9 sc
Left arm:
6 - 21 row (16 rows): 9 sc
If it's necessary work shifting sc to finish the work
along the inner part of the arm (from different sides
of right and left arms).
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.

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 Legs
Light beige thread color.
2 pieces.
Don’t fill with fiber.
8 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch.
1 row: 6 sc - 3 sc in 1 ch - 5 sc - 1 inc (16)
2 row: 1 inc - 5 sc - 3 inc - 5 sc - 2 inc (22)
3 row: 1 sc - 1 inc - 5 sc - (1 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 5
sc - (1 sc - 1 inc)*2 (28)
Cut an oval insole from cardboard or plastic
along the length of your insole (in my case, the
oval is 0.78 x 1.36 inches).
Link to the video on how to make an oval is
listed below.
Press the icon to the link.

OVAL

4 row: BLO 28 sc
Change thread color into beige one, cut light
beige thread.
5 row: BLO 28 sc
6 row: 28 sc
Don’t work the last sc. Place the marker. It
must be exactly along the center in the back.
Insert insole (you can glue it) inside the boot.
Dec from 7 to 9 rows must be exactly along the center of the toe. If
it's necessary work required number of shifting sc.
7 row: 8 sc - 6 dec - 8 sc (22)
8 row: 8 sc - 3 dec - 8 sc (19)
9 row: 8 sc - 1 triple dec - 8 sc (17)
Link to the video on how to make triple decrease is below.

TRIPLE DECREASE

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 Insert wire skeleton.
Take a piece of aluminium wire of 2 mm thick
and 19.5 inches long, fold in halves and bend it
in spiral and wrap the part with adhesive tape,
make a form of foot.

Insert wire skeleton inside the leg with wrapped

end down. Then fill the foot with fiber tightly with
the help of a skewer or sushi stick. Fill the leg
with fiber in the process.
Link to the video on how to make a wire
skeleton is listed below.

WIRE SKELETON

10 row: (3 sc - 1 dec)*3 - 2 sc (14)

11 row: 3 sc - 1 dec - 5 sc - 1 dec - 2 sc (12)
(dec at the sides)
12 - 18 row (7 rows): 12 sc
Inc in 19,23 and 27 rows must be exactly at the
sides. If it’s necessary work required number of
shifting sc.
19 row: 3 sc - 1 inc - 6 sc - 1 inc - 1 sc (14)
20 - 22 row (3 rows): 14 sc
23 row: 5 sc - 1 inc - 6 sc - 1 inc - 1 sc (16)
24 - 26 row (3 rows): 16 sc
27 row: 6 sc - 1 inc - 8 sc - 1 inc (18)
28 - 29 row (2 rows): 18 sc
Change thread color into white one, cut beige
thread.
30 row: BLO 18 sc
Don’t work 7 sc along left leg. Marker must be
exactly along the center of inner part of the leg.
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.
Work 7 shiftitng sc along right leg. Marker must
be exactly along the center of inner part of the
leg.
Don’t cut thread, go on working the body.

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 Bind off the foot
Attach light beige thread to FLO of the 3rd row
2
(point "2" in the photo) and work 28 sl st.
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.

Shoe toe
Find out the central 11 sc along the 4th row of the
leg and place the marker (point “3” in the photo).
Attach pink thread color to the last sc in the right 3
(point "4" in the photo) and work by the scheme:
1 row: 11 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
2 row: 1 dec - 7 sc - 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (9)
3 row: 1 dec - 5 sc - 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (7)
4 row: 1 dec - 3 sc - 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (5)
5 row: 1 dec - 1 sc - 1 dec (3)
Fix and cut thread, leave long tail thread for 4
attaching. Attach shoe toe to the foot.

Bind off the top of the insole

Attach light beige thread color to the rest of FLO
of the 4th row in the right (point "5" in the photo),
17 sl st.
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.

Strap
Attach pink thread color to the central sl st in the
back (point "6" in the photo), 20 ch, 1 sl st in the
same sc. 5
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.

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 Body
Fill the body with fiber in the process.
Place the legs to have the toes facing
straight. Leg attachment must be exactly
along the center of inner part of hips.
2 ch, sl st in the last sc of the 2nd leg.
Twist wire of both legs to join them together
as shown in the photo. Wrap twisted wire with
adhesive tape to make wire skeleton safer.
31 row: BLO 7 sc, 11 sc along the 1st leg - 2
sc along the chain - 18 sc along the 2nd leg -
2 sc along the chain (40)
Place the marker along the center in the back.
32 - 37 row (6 row): 40 sc
7 shifting sc, change thread color into pink
one. Cut white thread.
Dec along the 38th row must be exactly at the
sides.
38 row: 2 dec - 17 sc - 2 dec - 15 sc (36)
39 row: 36 sc
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.
Crochet the skirt before working the body.

Skirt
Pink thread color.
13 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch. Work in
turning rows.
Crochet with jacquard technique (don't cut
unworking thread, work it with working one).
There are the following abbreviations to make
the process easier: “p” - pink thread color, “lp”
- light pink thread color, “w” - white thread +
color, “+” to make inc with 2 thread colors
(see the photo).
1 row: (lp.2 sc - p.2 sc)*3, 1 ch, turn the work
(12)
2 row: (р.2 sc - lp. 2 sc)*3, 1 ch, turn the work
(12) +

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 3 row: BLO (w.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*3, 1 ch, turn
the work (12)
4 row: (lp.2 sc- w.2 sc)*3, 1 ch, turn the work
(12)
5 row: BLO (lp.2 sc - р.2 sc)*3, 1 ch, turn the
work (12)
6 row: (р.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*3, 1 ch, turn the
work (12) 7
7 - 36 row (30 rows): repeat rows from 3 to
6
37 - 38 row (2 rows): repeat rows from 5 to
6
Change thread color into light pink one, cut
the rest of threads.
39 row: BLO 12 sc
Change thread color into white one, cut light
pink thread color.
Fold in halves and work 8 sl st (point “7” in
the photo).
Turn the skirt out. The front side is with
vertical lines.
Attach pink thread color to the last sc to the
left from the attachment place (point “8” in
the photo) and work by the following scheme
using jacquard technique:
1 row: р.1 dec - (lp.2 sc - р.2 sc)*8 - lp.2 sc -
р.1 dec (36)
Go on working the body, attach the skirt to
the body with the help of a hook. Put the skirt
on the body to have the cut along the back 8
and work by the scheme.
40 row: catch sc along the body and the skirt
together (point “9” in the photo): p.1 sc- (lp.2
sc - р.2 sc)*8 - lp.2 sc - р.1 sc (36)
41 - 42 row (2 rows): lp.1 sc - (w.2 sc - lp.2
sc)*8 - w.2 sc - lp.1 sc (36)
1 shifting sc. Place the marker.

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 43 row: (lp.2 sc - p.1 dec - lp.2 sc - р.2 sc - lр.1 dec - р.2 sc)*3
(30)
44 row: (lр.2 sc - р.1 sc - lр. 2 sc - р.2 sc - lр.1 sc - р.2 sc)*3
(30)
45 row: (w.2 sc - lр.1 sc - w.2 sc - lр. 2 sc - w.1 sc - lр.2 sc)*3
(30)
46 row: (w.2 sc - lр.1 sc - w.1 dec - lр.2 sc - w.1 sc- lр.1 dec)*3
(24)
47 - 48 row (2 rows): (lр.2 sc - р.1 sc - lр.1 sc - р.2 sc - lр.1 sc -
р.1 sc)*3 (24)
Attach the arms.
Work 6 shifting sc (w.2 sc - lр.1 sc - w.1 sc - lр. 2 sc) to have the
marker exactly before left arm attachment. Attach the arms to the
body to make the fingers facing straight. Change thread color
into beige one, cut white, pink, light pink threads.
49 row: 4 sc together with the arm (catch only inner part of the
arm and the body together) - BLO 8 sc along the body - 4 sc
together with the arm (catch only inner part of the arm and the
body together) - BLO 8 sc along the body (24)

Insert wire inside the arms. Take a piece of wire of 1mm thick
and 6.63 inches long, bend it in both ends in 0.39 inches and
wrap with adhesive tape.
Insert wire in both arms behind main skeleton (see the photo).
Fill the arms with fiber with the help of a skewer or sushi stick (fill
the palm tightly and the rest of arm a bit).

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50 row: 5 sc along left arm - 8 sc along the body - 5 sc along

right arm - 8 sc along the body (26)
Dec in the 51st row must be along the shoulder center.
51 row: 2 sc - 1 dec - 9 sc - 1 dec - 11 sc (24)
Work 2 shifting sc to have the marker exactly at the side.
52 row: (2 sc - 1 dec)*6 (18)
53 row: 9 dec (9)
54 - 62 row (9 rows): 9 sc
63 row: 4 dec
Tighten the hole, cut extra wire, fix and cut thread; hide tail
thread.

Bind off the top of the dress

Attach pink thread color in the back to the last FLO of the 48th
row to the right from the arm (point “10” in the photo). 10 ch, 1 sl
st in the 1st sc of the 48 th row of the front at right arm (point
"11" in the photo). 8 sl st, 10 ch, sl st in the back in the last sc of
the 48th row at left arm (point 12" in the photo) and work 8 sl st.
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.

Belt
Pink thread color.
80 ch, fix the belt along the waist line.

You can decorate the doll with necklace and braceletes from
pink beads and sequins.

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 Head
See the photos on the next page.
Beige color.
Fill the head with fiber in the process: stuff the top of the head firmly and
fill some fiber closer to the neck area.
11 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch.
1 row: 9 sc - 3 sc in 1 ch - 8 sc - 1 inc (22)
2 row: 1 inc - 8 sc - 3 inc - 8 sc - 2 inc (28)
3 row: 1 sc - 1 inc - 8 sc - (1 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 8 sc - (1 sc - 1 inc)*2 (34)
4 row: 2 sc - 1 inc - 8 sc - (2 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 8 sc - (2 sc - 1 inc)*2 (40)
5 row: 3 sc - 1 inc - 8 sc - (3 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 8 sc - (3 sc - 1 inc)*2 (46)
6 row: 4 sc- 1 inc - 8 sc - (4 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 8 sc - (4 sc - 1 inc)*2 (52)
Inc in 7 and 9 rows must be exactly at the side and if it's necessary shift
the marker.
7 row: 22 sc - 1 inc - 25 sc - 1 inc - 3 sc (54)
8 row: 54 sc
9 row: 23 sc - 1 inc - 26 sc - 1 inc - 3 sc (56)
10 - 17 row (8 rows): 56 sc
18 row: (5 sc - 1 dec)*8 (48)
19 row: 48 sc
If you use safety eyes, insert them between 14 and 15 rows with a
distance of 6 sc in between. Make sure, 6 sc is the distance between the
attached eyes.
20 row: 3 sc - 1 dec - (6 sc - 1 dec)*5 - 3 sc (42)
21 row: (5 sc - 1 dec)*6 (36)
22 row: 2 sc - 1 dec - (4 sc - 1 dec)*5 - 2 sc (30)
23 row: (3 sc - 1 dec)*6 (24)
24 row: 1 sc - 1 dec - (2 sc - 1 dec)*5 - 1 sc (18)
25 row: (1 sc - 1 dec)*6 (12)
26 row: BLO 12 sc
27 - 33 row (7 rows): 12 sc
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.
Fill the head with fiber.

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Push the lower part of the neck inside the head with the help of
sushi stick. Make sure the head is filled with fiber tightly and it
can be easily inserted onto the neck.
Try the head on the body.
Firstly decorate the face and then fix it to the body.

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 Ears and decoration

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Ears
beige thread color.
2 pieces.
1 row: 5 sc in MR, 1 ch, turn the work
2 row: 5 sc
Fix and cut thread, leave a long tail thread for attaching.
Decoration
Make eye contraction (link to the video in next page). Make
contractions with beige thread. Insert a needle in the bottom of
the head, pull it out point 1 (see the photo), insert a needle in
point 2 and pull it out point 3, insert a needle in point 4 and pull it
out the bottom of the head. Tighten tail threads and make some
strong knots. Hide tail threads inside the head. If it's necessary
repeat eye contraction.
Embroider the whites of the eye with white thread.
Embroider the eyelids and eyelashes with black moulinet thread.
Embroider the nose with yarn of beige thread (1 sc lower than
the eye, 3 sc wide; don't make more than 2-3 stitches).
Embroider eyebrows with black moulinet thread (1 row above the
eyes, 3-4 sc wide). Embroider eyebrows with black moulinet
thread (1-2 rows above the eyes, 3 sc wide).
Tint the cheeks and nose with oil pastel or blusher of pink color.
Attach the ears between 15-17 rows in the distance of 5-6 sc
from the eyes.
Attach the earrings from pink beads and sequins.

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 Hair

Wig
Light beige thread color.
11 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch.
1 row: 9 sc - 3 sc in 1 ch - 8 sc - 1 inc (22)
2 row: 1 inc - 8 sc - 3 inc - 8 sc - 2 inc (28)
Work tresses along chain from the 3rd ch. Work the 1st 10 hdc
loose enough to make it curl, but the rest of them fix with fingers
in the process.
3 row:
1 - 16 tress (16 tresses): (1 sc - 61 ch, turn the work, from the
2nd ch - 60 sc)*16
17 tress: 1 sc - 16 ch, ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch - 15 sc
18 tress: 1 sc- 21 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch - 20 sc
19 tress: 1 sc - 8 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch -7 sc
20 tress: 1 sc - 10 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch - 9 sc
21 tress: 1 sc- 12 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch -11 sc
22 tress: 1 sc - 16 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch -15 sc
23 - 28 row (6 tresses): (1 sc - 61 ch, turn the work, from the
2nd ch - 60 sc)*6
Fix and cut thread; hide tail thread.
Sew or glue the wig as it's shown in the photo on next page.

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 Sew the wig to the top of the head. Short tresses must be exactly
along the front.
Sew them in 2 rows overlapped in each 2nd one: firstly, the
bottom row and then the upper one.
Make parting in the front: 2 short tresses must be to the right and
4 short tresses are to the left.
Make a ponytail aside with the invisible silicone elastic hair band.

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 Head attachment
After head decoration, attach it to the body.
Link to the video and see the photos above on how to attach the
head to the body.

HEAD ATTACHMENT

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 Hat

Pink thread color.

1 row: 8 sc in MR
2 row: 8 inc (16)
Go on working in jacquard technique.
3 row: (р.1 sc - р.+lp.1 inc- lp.1 sc - р.1 inc - 1lp. sc- lp.+р.1 inc -
р.1 sc - lp.1 inc)*2 (24)
4 row: (р.2 sc - lp.1 inc)*8 (32)
5 row: (lp.2 sc - w.1 sc - w.+lp.1 inc - lp.1 sc - w.2 sc - lp.1 inc -
w.2 sc - lp.1 sc - lp.+w.1 inc - w.1 sc - lp.2 sc - w.1 inc)*2 (40)
6 row: (lp.2 sc - w.2 sc - lp.1 inc- w.2 sc - lp.2 sc - w.1 inc)*4 (48)
7 row: (р.2 sc - lp.2 sc - р.1 sc - р.+ lp.1 inc- lp 1 sc - р.2 sc -
lp.2 sc - р.1 inc - lp.2 sc - р.2 sc - lp.1 sc - lp.+р.1 inc - р.1 sc -
lp.2 sc - р.2 sc - lp.1 inc)*2 (56)
8 row: (р.2 sc - lp.2 sc - р.2 sc - lp.1 inc)*8 (64)
9 row: BLO (lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*16 (64)
10 row: (lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*16 (64)
11 - 12 row (2 rows): (р.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*16 (64)
13 - 14 row (2 rows): (lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*16 (64)
15 row: (р.2 sc - lp 1 sc - lp.+р.1 inc - р.1 sc - lp.2 sc - р.1 inc -
lp.2 sc - р.1 sc - р.+ lp.1 inc - lp.1 sc - р.2 sc - lp.1 inc)*4 (80)
16 row: ((р.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*2 - р.1 sc - р.+ lр.1 inc - lp.1 sc - (р.2
sc - lp.2 sc)*2 - р.1 inc - (lp.2 sc - р.2 sc)*2 - lp.1 sc - lp.+р.1 inc -
р.1 sc - (lp.2 sc - р.2 sc)*2 - lp.1 inc)*2 (88)
17 row: ((lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*2 - lp 2 sc - w.1 inc)*8 (96)

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 18 row: ((lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*2 - lp.2 sc - w.1 sc - w.+lp.1 inc - lp1
sc - (w.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*2 -w.2 sc - lp.1 inc - (w.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*2 -
w.2 sc - lp.1 sc - lp+w.1 inc - w.1 sc - (lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*2 - lp 2 sc
- w.1 inc)*2 (104)
19 row: ((р.2 sc - lp 2 sc)*3 - р.1 inc - (lp 2 sc - р.2 sc)*3 - lp.1
inc)*4 (112)
20 row: ((р.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*3 - р.1 sc - р.+lp .1 inc - lp.1 sc - (р.2
sc - lp.2 sc)*3 - р.1 inc - (lp.2 sc - р.2 sc)*3 - lp.1 sc - lp.+р.1 inc-
р.1 sc - (lp.2 sc- р.2 sc)*3 - lp.1 inc)*2 (120)
21 row: ((lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*3 - lp.2 sc - w.1 inc)*8 (128)
22 row: ((lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*3 - lp.2 sc - w.1 sc - w.+ lp.1 inc - lp 1
sc - (w.2 sc - lp 2 sc)*3 - w.2 sc - lp.1 inc - (w.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*3 -
w.2 sc - lp 1 sc - lp.+w. 1 inc - w.1 sc - (lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*3 - lp.2
sc - w.1 inc)*2 (136)
23 row: ((р.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*4 - р.1 inc - (lp.2 sc - р.2 sc)*4 - lp.1
inc)*4 (144)
24 row: ((р.2 sc - lp.2 sc)*4 - р.1 sc - р.+lр.1 inc - lp.1 sc - (р.2
sc - lp.2 sc)*4 - р.1 inc - (lp.2 sc - р.2 sc)*4 - lp.1 sc - lp +р.1 inc -
р.1 sc - (lp.2 sc - р.2 sc)*4 - lp.1 inc)*2 (152)
Cut pink thread.
25 row: ((lp 2 sc - w.2 sc)*4 - lp.2 sc - w.1 inc)*8 (160)
26 row: (lp.2 sc - w.2 sc)*40 (160)
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.

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 Our Barbie is ready!

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