Doudous au crochet et autres créations autour du fil

Emilie, Arthur and Sidonie

Crochet pattern

Materials :
For dolls and hedgehog :
• 4 different color yarns (to crochet the head/body/dress/shoes)- I use cotton yarn 8/4
• 2,25 mm or 2,5 mm crochet hook (depending on your tension)
• Needles for sewing
• 2 x black safety eyes (Ø 6 mm) or black yarn to embroider the eyes
• 2 x black safety eyes (Ø 4 mm) for the hedgehog or black yarn to embroider the eyes
• Grey cotton yarn for the hedgehog
• A contrasting colored sewing thread for the "marbled" effect of the hedgehog's peaks
• Polyester toy stuffing

The finished doll (using the materials listed) measure approximately 26 cm. And the hedgehog 8 cm.

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Stitches and abbreviations :
This pattern uses American standard abbreviations

ch : chain stitch
slst : slip stitch
sc : single crochet
hdc : half double crochet
inc : increase (2 stitches into 1 stitch of previous round)
dec : decrease (crochet 2 stitches together)
BLO : working in back loop only
(…) : repeat until end

Each piece is crocheted in a continuous spiral, not in joined rounds, starting off
with a magic loop. Use a stitch marker to mark the end of each round (a piece
of contrasting yarn can be used if you don’t have any stitch markers).
At the end of each line, you will find the number of stitches you should have in
brackets.
Legs, body and head are worked in a single piece (bottom-up).
Please ensure that you stuff your doll firmly as you go. I used a thin wooden stick to stuff the smaller pieces.
Always change your yarn in the last step of the last stitch.

The doll : With two colors, white (socks and panty) and beige (body, head and arms)

Start with the legs : white (socks) and beige thread (legs).
✴ Change your yarn in the last step of the last stitch.
1 White 7 sc in magic ring (7)

2 inc (x7) (14)

3-4 14 sc around, 2 rounds (14)

5 5 sc, 2 inc, 5 sc (12)

6-14 12 sc around, 9 rounds (12)

15 Change to beige 12 sc around, in BLO (12)

16-29 12 sc around, 14 rounds (12)

Crochet 1 or 2sc more to reach the right side of the leg.

Close the round with a slst.

Fasten off the 1st leg and cut the yarn.

Crochet the 2nd leg in the same way and join the white thread
in the last step of the last stitch (see note "color change”).
Don’t forget to stuff the legs as you go.

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Body :
Works directly after the 2nd leg with the white thread (panty) then the beige thread (body).

Once you have completed the 2nd leg, crochet 4 chain and join it to the 1st leg with a sc (counts as the first sc)
and proceed to crochet the body:

1 12sc (around 1st leg), 4sc (in ch stitches), 12sc (32)

(around 2nd leg), 4sc (in ch stitches)

2-7 Place stitch marker here (marks start of round) (32)

32 sc around, 6 rounds

8 Crochet 24sc then change to white color

Place marker- here’s the new beginning of the
followings rounds.

9 Working in BLO, sc in each st around (32)

10-11 32 sc around, 2 rounds

12 3sc, dec, (6sc, dec) x3, 3sc (28)

13-15 28 sc around, 3 rounds (28)

16 5sc, dec (x4) (24)

17 24 sc around (24)

18 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec) x3, 2sc (20)

19 20 sc around (20)

20 3sc, dec (x4) (16)

21 16sc, dec (x4) (16)

22 1sc, dec, (2sc, dec) x3, 1sc (12)

23-25 12 sc around, 3 rounds (12)

Stuff the body firmly as you go…

Head : The head will now be crocheted as follow right after you finish
the body, with the beige thread.

1 inc (x6) (24)

2 3sc, inc (x6) (30)

3 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc) x5, 2sc (36)

4 5sc, inc (x6) (42)

Tips : For more stability in the neck, you can slide a pipe cleaner (or
chenille wire) into the opening.
Particularly recommended for the doll Sidonie whose wig is very heavy to wear.

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 Pipe cleaner to be slipped into the opening to stabilise the neck.

5 3sc, inc, (6sc, inc) x5, 3sc (48)

6 7sc, inc (x6) (54)

7-20 54 sc around, 14 rounds (54)

21 7sc, dec (x6) (48)

22-23 48 sc around, 2 rounds (48)

24 6sc, dec (x6) (42)

25 5sc, dec (x6) (36)

26 4sc, dec (x6) (30)

Stuff the head firmly as you go.
27 3sc, dec (x6) (24)

28 2sc, dec (x6) (18)

29 1sc, dec (x6) (12)

30 dec x6 (Sew head closed by weaving through (6)

the front loop only, then pull the yarn tightly)

Place the eyes (Ø 6 mm) between rounds 10 and 11 or

embroider them at round 11 with a distance of 10 stitches between them.
Embroider two small pink lines under the eyes as cheeks.

Arms : (worked separately - make 2 - with beige thread)

1 Beige 6 sc in magic ring (6)

2 1sc, inc (x3) (9)

3-5 9sc around, 3 rounds (9)

6 3sc, dec, 2sc, dec (7)

7-24 7sc around, 18 rounds (7)

Fill stuffing into the hand only, using a fine stick.

Flatten the arms and close the opening with sc.
Fasten off, leave a tail to sew the arms onto the body at round 23.

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Shoes : (with cotton yarn- make 2)
1 8 sc in magic ring (8)

2 inc (x8) (16)

3 5sc, 3inc, 6sc, 2inc (21)

4 Working in BLO, sc in each st around (21)

5-6 21 sc around, 2 rounds (21)

7 5sc, 4dec, 8sc (17)

8 3sc, ch7, skip 8 stitches, 5sc, 1slst (16)

Cut the yarn and close the round invisible.

Crochet the second shoes in the same way.

The border on the sock is embroidered all around round 15 with the white thread.
Join the yarn with a slst and crochet (1sc and 1slst) in each stitches around through the front loop.
Cut the yarn and close the round invisible.

The border on the panty is embroidered all around round 9 with the white thread : Join the yarn with a slst and crochet
loosely 1slst in each stitches around through the front loop (32). Cut the yarn and close the round invisible.

Emilie’s hat : (with red cotton yarn)

Crocheted in hdc with a fancy stitch on the last rounds.

1 8 sc in magic ring (8)

2 2 hdc in each stitches (16)

3 1 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x8 (24)

4 2 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x8 (32)

5 3 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x8 (40)

6 4 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x8 (48)

7 7 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x6 (54)

8-13 54 hdc around, 6 rounds (54)

14-17 Fancy stitch : [(1sc, 1dc) in same stitch, skip 1 stitch] (54)
repeat until the end of the round (4 rounds)

18 7 sc, dec (x6) (48)

Fasten off, leave a tail to sew the hat onto the head at round 19 (front).

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Emilie’s hair : (with yarn of your choice)
Cut 2 strands of yarn, 15 cm long to form the braids.
Fold in half and tie a knot with a loop at the top (see photo).
Fix them to the sides of the head with a needle, leaving the loop and knot visible. Pass the
strand of the third strand through the head stitch and then through the knot to bring it out.
Pass the last strand through the head and cut it.
Even out the three remaining strands with a pair of scissors.

Pop the hat on and secure it with pins, letting the braids out
on each side. Sew the hat with small stitches all around the
head (at round 19).

Sidonie’s hair : (with cotton yarn - provide at least 50g)

Composed of a „wig“ base then crocheted loops all around.
The wig is crocheted in the back loop only (BLO) :

1 8 sc in magic ring (8)

2 2 hdc in each stitches (BLO) (16)

3 1 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x8 (BLO) (24)

4 2 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x8 (BLO) (32)

5 3 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x8 (BLO) (40)

(48) Freckles: 3 small stitches embroidered under each eye.

6 4 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x8 (BLO)

7 7 hdc, 1(hdc)inc x6 (BLO) (54)

8-13 54 hdc around, 6 rounds (BLO) (54) Ch 13 loops on the

last 4 rounds
14 54 sc around (BLO), close the round with a slst. (54)

Do not cut the thread and continue by crocheting loops on each of the rounds of
the wig in the front loop :
Insert the hook into the front loop of the last stitch of round 13. Skip 1st, then 4slst
Crochet ch 15, then- start in the 2° chain from the hook- 1sc, 1inc (x7) along
the chain to form a „swirl“. Skip 1 st and make 4slst in the next 4 stitches (see
photo). Repeat this pattern (making the ch after the 4° slst) up to round 4 of the
wig. On the last four rounds, make ch 13, 1sc, 1inc (x6). Skip 1 st and 3slst in
the next 3 stitches. Repeat up to the top of the wig.
Finish the work with a slst, cut the yarn and fasten off. Loops: ch15 then (1sc, inc) x7

Put the wig in place, and sew it onto the head following the contour border (at
round 21). Cut the yarn and fasten off.
Place the loops in the right position by "swirling" them.

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Dress : (with red cotton yarn (Emilie) and white (Sidonie))
It will be crocheted first in rows, then in rounds.

1 Chain 25 (25)

2 24 sc along the chain, ch2 turn (24)

3 24 hdc, ch2 turn (24)

4 3hdc, ch6, skip 5 stitches, 1hdc, 1(hdc)inc, 4hdc, (28)

1(hdc)inc, 1hdc, ch6, skip 5 stitches, 3hdc, ch2 turn

5 3hdc, 1(hdc)inc, (6hdc, 1(hdc)inc) x2, 6hdc, 1(hdc)inc, (32)

3hdc, ch2 turn

6-7 32 hdc, ch2 turn, 2 rows (32)

8 Join both ends with a slst and work now in rounds (do (48)
not start with a chain stitch): (1(hdc)inc, 1hdc) x16

9-17 48 hdc, around, 9 rounds (48)

Finish the work with a slst, cut the yarn and close the round invisible.

Using a tapestry needle, embroider small white flowers with 3 petals on the
skirt by spacing them 6 stitches and 2 rows apart (see photo).

Sleeves : Crochet two sleeves in the armholes.

Join the yarn with a slst on the side of row 4 and crochet 5 sc on the 5 skipped stitches (from row 4), 1 sc on the side,
6 sc on the chain 6 (from row 4), 1 sc on the other side (13). Make 1 hdc in each stitch around (9 rounds).
Fasten off and weave in the yarn with a needle join method.
Proceed in the same way for the other sleeve.
Crochet a 12 ch tie on each side of the back of the neckline to attach it or sew a small button.

Collar : (with white cotton yarn (Emilie) and green (Sidonie))

Ch 24, starting in the second ch from hook :

1sc, 2hdc in next chain, (1dc in next ch, 2dc in next ch) x3,
1dc in next ch, 2hdc in next ch,
1sc in next ch, 1slst in next ch
(forms the roundness of the collar in front)
and continue for the second part :
1sc, 2hdc, (1dc, 2dc) x3, 1dc, 2hdc, 1sc.
Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing around
the dress neckline.

Sidonie’s dress :
Crocheted in the same way as Emilie’s dress using white color.
Once the dress is finished, embroider with a tapestry needle the
green stripes using back stitches, horizontally between rows 7 and 8, 9 and 10,
11 and 12, 13 and 14, 15 and 16. Then vertically by spacing them 3 stitches apart
to form the squares. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Back stitch :

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 Hedgehog Arthur : (With gray cotton yarn and sewing thread in contrasting colors)

Body : (with grey cotton yarn)

1 6 sc in magic loop (6)

2 inc (x6) (6)

3 1sc, 3inc, 2sc (9)

4 3sc, 3inc, 3sc (12)

5 3sc, inc (x3) (15)

6 4sc, inc (x3) (18)

7 2sc, inc (x6) (24)

8-9 24 sc around, 2 rounds (24)

Place the eyes (Ø 4 mm) between rounds 5 and 6

10 7sc, inc (x3) (27)

11 8sc, inc (x3) (30)

12-14 30 sc around, 2 rounds (30)

15 8sc, dec (x3) (27) Stuff the body firmly as you go.
Embroider (or attach) the eyes at round 5 with a
16 7sc, dec (x3) (24) distance of 3 stitches.
Embroider the nose with black yarn.
17 2sc, dec (x6) (18)

18 1sc, dec (x6) (12)

19 dec x6 (Close the hole by weaving through the (6)

front loop only, then pull the yarn tightly)

Peaks : (marbled effect with the 2 threads to be crocheted together)

Take the cotton thread and the contrasting colored sewing thread (which will
be crocheted together) and attach them with a slst to the back of the body.
Then crochet the "peaks" forming
chain 4 loops and fix them with
1slst in the next stitch :
R1-10 : ch4, 1slst ; repeat until
the end of the round 10.

Cut the yarn and fasten off.

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 Emilie and Sidonie are ready for
wonderful adventures in company with
Arthur the hedgehog…

Tutorial in honour to Emilie, heroine of my childhood created by Domitille de Pressensé.

Lulu Compotine
Doudous au crochet et autres créations autour du fil

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