Difficulty Level: Medium

With this pattern, you can crochet a curly-haired doll in a dress using a crochet hook. You can use any cotton, acrylic, or mixed yarn suitable for amigurumi and a matching crochet hook. The dress is worked in rows. The hair consists of chains made from slip knots. You can decorate the outfit with decorative buttons.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn (any yarn suitable for amigurumi)
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• 2 buttons
• Dry pastel or blush
• Glue
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — Magic Ring
• ch — Chain
• sl st — Slip Stitch
• sc — Single Crochet
• dc — Double Crochet
• hdc — Half Double Crochet
• inc — Increase
• dec — Decrease
• BLO — Back Loop Only
• (…) x n — Repeat n times

Crocheting Bella Doll Amigurumi

Head

1. 7 sc in MR (7)
2. 7 inc (14)
3. (sc, inc) x 7 (21)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 7 (28)
5. sc, inc, (3 sc, inc) x 6, 2 sc (35)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 7 (42)
7. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
8. 48 sc (48)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10. 3 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5, 5 sc (60)
    11-19. 60 sc (60) (9 rows)
    Insert the eyes between rows 18 and 19, with a distance of 9 stitches between them.
11. (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
    21-24. 66 sc (66) (4 rows)
12. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
13. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
14. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
15. (4 sc, dec) x 8 (40)
16. (3 sc, dec) x 8 (32)
    Start stuffing the piece.
17. (2 sc, dec) x 8 (24)
18. (sc, dec) x 8 (16)
    32-41. BLO 16 sc (16) (10 rows)
19. 8 dec (8)
    Cut the yarn. Fasten off. Tuck the neck inside the head.

Arms (2 pieces)
Left Arm:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. 9 sc (9)
4. inc in hdc, 8 sc (10)
5. dec, 8 sc (9)
   6-21. 9 sc (9) (16 rows)
6. 7 sc, finish off.
   Right Arm:
   Crochet the same as for the left arm up to row 21.
7. 2 sc, finish off.
   Do not stuff. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs (2 pieces)
Start with white yarn. Chain 5, in the 2nd chain from the hook:

1. inc, 2 sc, 4 sc in 1 stitch, 2 sc, inc (12)
2. 2 inc, 2 sc, 4 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (20)
   3-5. 20 sc (20) (3 rows)
3. 7 sc, 3 dec, 7 sc (17)
4. 6 sc, dec, sc, dec, 6 sc (15)
5. 5 sc, dec, sc, dec, 5 sc (13)
   9-13. 13 sc (13) (5 rows)
   Change to pink (or yellow) yarn.
6. 13 sc (13)
   Change to white yarn.
   15-17. 13 sc (13) (3 rows)
   Change to skin color.
   18-19. 13 sc (13) (2 rows)
7. sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 5 sc (15)
8. 15 sc (15)
9. 8 sc, dec, 5 sc (14)
   23-31. 14 sc (14) (9 rows)
   Change to white yarn.
10. 14 sc (14)
    Cut the yarn. Crochet the second leg similarly up to row 31. Then crochet 7 more sc. Chain 4, join to the first leg, and continue crocheting the body.

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