maiya

design by serah basnet | tales of twisted fibers

MAIYA: a free amigurumi pattern by tales of twisted fibers 1
Materials Instructions
• sock weight yarn in red, light peach, grey,
dark brown
• 2.5mm crochet hook
• Fiber fill
• Two 6mm black buttons
• Six 4mm flower buttons (3 yellow, 1 red, 1
green, 1 blue)
• Black sewing thread
• Yarn needle
• Small piece of white felt

Finished size: 5.5 inch

Skill level: Easy

Terminology (US) LEG (make 2)

ch (chain) Round 1: With red yarn, 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
magic ring (magic ring) Round 2: inc X 6. (12)
sc (single crochet) Round 3: (sc 1, inc) X 6. (18)
hdc (half double crochet) Round 4: dec X 6, sc 6. (12) Fasten off this color.
dc (double crochet) Round 5: Join light peach. Working in BLO, dec X 3, sc 6. (9)
inc (increase) Round 6-14: sc around. (9)
dec (decrease) Mark the second stitch in the next round and fasten
BLO (back loop only) off. Stuff.
FLO (front loop only)
sl st (slip stitch) Make the second leg following pattern from Round
1-14. In the next round, sl st in the next 4 st. Stuff.

Strap: Sew shoe straps on both feet with red yarn.

Attach 4mm yellow flowers at the end of the straps.

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BODY
Round 1: In this round, we will join the legs. See Fig 1.
Hold the first leg on the left of the working piece. sc in
the marked stitch, sc in the remaining 8 st of this leg.
Now sc in all 9 st of the second leg. (18)
Round 2-8: sc around. (18) Stuff.
Round 9: (sc 1, dec) X 6). (12)
Round 10: sc around. (12)
Fasten off and weave in yarn end. Stuff.

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DRESS
We will work top down, from the neck of the shirt to
the skirt.
Round 1: With grey, ch 18. Make a circle by joining to
the first chain with a sl st. (18)
Round 2: sc around. (18)
Round 3: (sc 5, inc) X 3. (21)
Round 4-5: sc around. (21)
Round 6: (sc 6, inc) X 3. (24)
Round 7: Working in FLO, hdc around. (24) Fasten off
this color.
Round 8: Join red and working in BLO sc around. (24)
Round 9-10: sc around. (24)
Round 11: In this round, we will make the frills on the
hem of the dress. (sc in the first st, ch 4, hdc in the
third st from the hook, hdc in the next st, skip the next
st on the hem of the dress, sl st in the next st) X 8.
Fasten off, weave in yarn ends.
Collar: Hold the body upside down, legs facing away
from you. Join red yarn on the center of the shirt
neck, ch 3, 3 dc in the same st, dc around, 3 dc in the
last st, ch 3, sl st in the same stitch. Fasten off, and
sew collar around the neck. Keep the collar in place
by sewing it to the shirt at the back. Sew a red 4mm
flower button between the collars.
Fig 1
MAIYA: a free amigurumi pattern by tales of twisted fibers
SLEEVE (make 2)
Round 1: With grey, 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
Round 2: inc X 6. (12)
Round 3: sc around, sl st in the next st. (12)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew.
ARM (make 2)
Round 1: With light peach, 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
Round 2-10: sc around. (6)
Fasten off, weave in yarn end. Do not stuff.
Insert arm into the sleeve and sew these together. Next,
sew the arms on the body.
HEAD
Round 1: With light peach, 6 sc in a magic ring. (6)
Round 2: inc X 6. (12)
Round 3: (sc 1, inc) X 6. (18)
Round 4: (sc 2, inc) X 6. (24)
Round 5: (sc 3, inc) X 6. (30)
Round 6: (sc 4, inc) X 6. (36)
Round 7-13: sc around. (36)
Round 14: (sc 4, dec) X 6. (30)
Round 15: (sc 3, dec) X 6. (24)
Round 16: (sc 2, dec) X 6. (18)
Round 17: (sc 1, dec) X 6. (12)
Stuff and fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew.
EYES
Indent eye area: Count down from the top of the head
and mark a stitch between Round 10 and 11 (Fig 2).
From this point, count 7 stitches horizontally and mark
the 8th stitch (Fig 3). Thread a yarn needle with light
peach yarn. insert needle from the neck opening and
bring it out from one of the marked stitches (Fig 4). Push
the needle back in from the adjacent stitch and bring
it out from the stitch that is on the right of the next
marked stitch (Fig 5). Push the needle back in again from
the marked stitch, bringing it out from the neck opening
(Fig 6). Pull both the yarn ends tightly to indent the eye
area and secure the shape with a few knots.
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 Fig 2
Attach eyes: Cut out an oval from
white felt and further cut it in half so
that you have two semi circles. Glue
them over the ident you created
earlier. Sew 6mm black buttons over
the ovals, making sure a bit of felt is
left uncovered by the buttons.
Eyebrows: With four strands of black
Fig 3
sewing thread, embroider eyebrows.
WIG
Top
Round 1: With light peach, 6 sc in a
magic ring. (6)
Round 2: inc X 6. (12)
Round 3: (sc 1, inc) X 6. (18)
Fig 4 Round 4: (sc 2, inc) X 6. (24)
Round 5: (sc 3, inc) X 6. (30)
Round 6: (sc 4, inc) X 6. (36)
Round 7-8: sc around. (36)
Mark the next st from where we will
work on the back hair panel later. For
now, we will continue working with
the “live” stitch.
Fig 5
Fig 6
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Fringe
ch 3, turn, dc in the next 11 st. (12)
Fasten off.
Back panel
Row 1: Join yarn on the marked stitch
and sc in the next 24 st, ch 1, turn. (24)
Row 2-3: sc 24, ch 1, turn. (24)
Row 4: inc, sc 22, inc, ch 1, turn. (26)
Row 5-6: sc 26, ch 1, turn. (26)
Row 7: inc, sc 24, inc, ch 1, turn. (28)
Row 8: sc 28, ch 1, turn. (28)
Row 9: sc 28. (28)
Sc along both row ends to even out
the edges.
Sew the wig on head. You can leave
the last three rows of the back hair
panel unattached if you want the hair
to flip out. Attach the remaining three
4mm buttons to the hair.
Finally, sew the head to the body.
Congratulations!
You’ve just made your very own
sweet little Maiya.
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MAIYA: a free amigurumi pattern by tales of twisted fibers
USING: You can use this pattern and make
this little amigurumi for yourself, your friends
and your family. I’d be thrilled if you drop me a
line (along with your web link or a photograph
of the amigurumi you made using my pattern);
it’s always a pleasure to see what you guys do
with my pattern.
SELLING: I don’t mind if you sell dolls made
from my patterns in small quantities. It would
be nice if you mentioned somewhere in the
description of the doll that it’s designed by
“Tales of Twisted Fibers”.
SHARING: You can pin any image of the
doll on Pinterest or give your blog readers a
heads up regarding the availability of this free
pattern by using any of the images on my blog
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So go ahead and share the love :D
DON’T: Please do not sell this pattern or
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format, make unauthorized translations, or
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Cheers!
Serah
Tales of Twisted Fibers
Kathmandu, February 2015
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