TAYLOR SWIFT

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Difficulty: Advanced Beginner - Intermediate

 Look Guide

FRONT LEFT SIDE

RIGHT SIDE BACK

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In this project, I used:
Hooks:

2.0mm

2.5mm

3.5mm

Yarns used:

Size 2 sport weight yarn (I used generic yarns

available in our country called 5ply milk cotton yarn)

Yarn colors:

Skin – white orange undertone

Dress – white

Cardigan – cream

Hair – beige/champagne

3ply embroidery thread

Eyebrows – light brown

Eyelashes and/or smile - black

Star (Cardigan) - silver/gray

Others:

14mm safety eyes and washers

Old orange blush and makeup brush

And the essentials:

Thread cutter

Needles

Fiber fill

Pins

Fabric glue (for the hair)

Stitch markers

Optional:

Cork coaster (for the standee)

Long needles (for the standee)

Wire/Skewer for support (I used a 1mm thick wire on

this pattern)

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 Abbreviations
US TERMS

mr – magic ring
ch - chain
sc – single crochet
inc – increase (two single crochet in one stitch)
dec – invisible decrease
*you will always do invisible decrease in the pattern unless

told to make a different kind of decrease

bigdec - decrease, one single crochet in two stitches

*there will be a guide for this on a separate file

hdc – half double crochet

hdcinc – half double crochet increase
hdcdec – half double crochet decrease
slst – slip stitch
sk – skip
st – stitch/es

the stitching technique used is YUYO

Yarn under, Yarn over

You may look for Detali Ph on YouTube for tips and

tricks on how to do the following stitches and

techniques.

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 GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Yarn tension - not too tight, not too loose. You may use different

Pattern hooks/yarn size to make the clothes fit to the body

Stuffing - stuff lightly, be careful in stuffing or the dress will not fit
READ EVERY WORD

LEGS
The first leg that you Second leg that
Skin yarn, 2.5mm hook

1 mr 4sc [4]
made is the RIGHT leg you made is the

2 inc x 4 [8]
(this is fastened off and LEFT leg (this still
3 3sc, inc x 2, 3sc [10]
cut) has the working

4 3sc, dechdc x 2, 3sc [8]

yarn)

5 3sc, bigdec, 3sc [7]

* stuff with fiber fill

6 - 11 sc x 7 (6 rounds) [7]

* slst at the last st and leave a long tail for sewing

CUT THE YARN and DO NOT STUFF

* make another one but DO NOT CUT the yarn second

leg

BODY/TORSO
* we are now JOINING the #2 Align the feet together, make
sure everything is straight, do not
two legs together
stuff too much at this point
Continue with skin yarn,

2.5mm hook

align the two legs together and

mark the point where you will #3 Identify which stitches meet at
combine the two the middle, this will mark the spot

#1 Observe the round where you where you should attach the leg.

made the bigdec, it should be After identifying it, place a stitch

facing you and positioned at the marker.

center

1 2 3

start of rd 12
sc x 7 at the 2nd leg (a.k.a ch2 attach the 1st leg to the 2nd

the leg with the working yarn) leg by doing a (sc x 1) on the

2nd leg (where the

4
stitch marker is

hooked)
 BODY/TORSO
4 5 6

end of rd 12
continue to sc, it will be a remove the stitch marker do sc x 2 at the back of the

total of sc x 6 on the 2nd leg chain

7 8 9

start of rd 13
sc x 7 at the 1st leg sc x 2 at the front loops of sc x 7 at the 2nd leg

the chain

10 11

end of rd 13
sc x 2 at the remaining finished body

stitches

14 3sc, inc, (4sc, inc) x2, 3sc, inc [22] 20 (1sc, dec) x4, 2sc [10]

15 sc x 22 [22] 21 sc x 10 [10]

16 3sc, dec, (4sc, dec) x 2, 3sc, dec [18] * stuff with fiber fill

17 1sc, dec, (2sc, dec) x3, 3sc [14] 22 bigdec x 5 [5]

18 - 19 sc x 14 (2 rounds) [14] CUT THE YARN but DO NOT ‘pull through’

* stuff with fiber fill in order for us to place the dress that we

will make next.

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 White yarn, 2.5mm hook
DRESS
start stitching
*this is worked in rounds
here 1 2
1 ch10, make a circle

sc x 10 [10]

2 (1sc, inc) x 5 [15]

3 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc) x 4, 1sc [20]

4-5 sc x 20 (2 rounds) [20]

6 (3sc, inc) x 5 [25]

7 - 12 sc x 25 (6 rounds) [25]

13 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc) x 4, 2sc [30]

14-15 sc x 40 (2 rounds) [30]

16 3sc, inc, (6sc, inc) x 3, 5sc [34]

* you may adjust the length of the dress as you prefer

* slst and ch1 leave a short tail to secure the stitches

CUT THE YARN

*insert the body to the dress

*going back to
HEAD
MAIN
the
1 2 3
BODY we
ended at rd 22

on the body so

we’ll continue

to rd 23
Attach the skin

yarn, 2.5mm insert your hook on the

hook a fresh thread pull through both loops

hook unfinished sc

23 inc x 5 [10]
GUIDE IN POSITIONING THE EYES
24 inc x 10 [20]

25 (1sc, inc) x 10 [30] Start

Poke the
26 (4sc, inc) x 6 [36] counting
safety eyes
27 2sc, inc, (5sc, inc) x 5, 3sc [42] here, this is
above this
28 3sc, inc, (6sc, inc) x 5, 3sc [48] where you
round
29 - 40 sc x 48 (12 rounds) [48] started

increasing

1 doing the

head

place the safety eyes 11 rounds (above)

from rd 23 (this is where you started
increasing/doing the head) leave a
mark the position of
6-stitch space for the eyes 6
the eyes with pins
 CONTINUATION OF HEAD
* stuff with fiber fill
1 2 41 3sc, dec, (6sc, dec) x 5, 3sc [42]

42 (5sc, dec) x 6 [36]

43 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec) x 5, 2sc [30]

44 (3sc, dec) x 6 [24]

45 1sc, dec, (2sc, dec) x 5, 1sc [18]

46 (1sc, dec) x 6 [12]

47 dec x 6 [6]

*leave a long tail for sewing

*optional: place a wire/skewer

once marked, embroider 3 make a 4-stitch wide to avoid having wobbly head
strands of eyelashes from eyebrows STUFF and FASTEN OFF
where you would poke it and a 2-stitch wide nose

EARS
Skin yarn, 2.5mm hook

1 mr, 6hdc, ch1 [6]

*leave a long tail for sewing

CUT THE YARN

*make 2

ARMS
Skin yarn, 2.5mm hook
1 mr 4sc [4]

2 sc x 4 [4]

*change to CREAM yarn

*we are now making the cuffs of the cardigan

ch4 and do the ‘stitching with a chain’

technique on rd 3 (mentioned on the guide)

3 4sc [4]

*we are now making the sleeves of the cardigan

4 (1sc, inc) x 2 [6]

5 (2sc, inc) x 2 [8]

6 - 11 sc x 8 (6 rounds) [8]

*you will do the ‘flat closing’ technique on rd 13

12 4sc [4]

(mentioned on the guide above)

* ch1 and leave a long tail for sewing

the arms
do NOT stuff, just CUT THE YARN

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 CARDIGAN
CARDIGAN
Cream yarn, 2.5mm hook
RD 9
1 ch12, starting on the 2nd chain from the

hook, 11sc, ch1 and turn [11]

2 inc x 2, 7sc, inc x 2, ch1 and turn [15]

3 inc x 2, 11sc, inc x 2, ch1 and turn [19]

4 inc x 2, 15sc, inc x 2, ch1 and turn [23]

5-8 sc x 23, ch1 and turn (4 rounds) [23]

*time to crochet around the cardigan

9 ch1, 4sc up, 4sc diagonal, 11sc across, 4sc

stitch around the cardi
diagonal, 3sc down, inc on the last st, ch1

*you can stop at this point if you want a

cropped cardigan, but if not, continue to sc

23sc across, slst [55]

* ch1 and leave a short tail to secure the

stitches

CUT THE YARN

* make backstitches around the cardi to
imitate the details

BUTTONS
Black embroidery thread, 2.0mm hook make 'backstitches' to imitate

1 mr, 4sc the details

*slst and leave a long tail for sewing

CUT THE YARN

* make 3

STAR
*you may embroider this part or cut a star

shape using a felt cloth, whichever works

best

Silver embroidery thread, 2.0mm hook

1 (mr, sc, dc, ch2, dc, sc) x 5 this is how the star looks like

* ch1 and leave a long tail for sewing

CUT THE YARN

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 MAIN HAIR
HAIR
Start with beige yarn, 3.5mm hook
You will perform the
1 mr 6sc [6]
‘slst’ step at the rim
2 inc x 6 [12]
of the hair at every
3 (1sc, inc) x 6 [18]
end of a hair strand
4 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc) x 5, 1sc [24]
(in short: slst at the
5 (3sc, inc) x 6 [30]
rim of the hair)
6 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc) x 5, 2sc [36]

7 sc x 36 [36]

8 (5sc, inc) x 6 [42]

9 - 16 sc x 42 (8 rounds) [42]

*slst and leave a tail for sewing

*we will now work on the hair

strands, therefore we are working
down a chain.

*when the pattern say ‘sk1’ it means that we

are working on the 2nd chain from the

hook.

HAIR STRAND
S1 ch10, sk1 st, slst, sc, (hdc, hdcinc) x 3, hdc,

slst [13]
top view
S2 ch8, sk1, slst, sc, (hdc, hdcinc) x 2, hdc, slst

[10]

S3 - 11 ch6, sk1, slst, sc, hdc, hdcinc, hdc, sk1 st on

the rim, slst (9 strands) [8]

S12 ch8, sk1, slst, sc, (hdc, hdcinc) x 2, hdc, slst

[10]

*slst and leave a tail for sewing

CUT THE YARN

BUNS (make two)
1 ch16, starting at the 2nd chain from the

hook, (hdc, hdcinc) x 7, slst, ch1 [22]

*leave a tail for sewing front view

FASTEN OFF

buns
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 GENERAL GUIDELINES:

Assembly
Use the appropriate type of needle for the yarn you used.

To make sure that the parts are properly placed, face your

work on a mirror and check whether they are aligned properly.

READ EVERY WORD

EARS
Attach the ears Stitch the ears vertically,
5sc away from start from the rd below

the eyes the eye and go up to 3sts

5 4 3 2 1

do it on the other ear start

Stitch here, use stitching the ear from the

3 stitches to top to bottom

secure the ear

IN SHORT:

Right ear – top to bottom (3sts)

Left ear – bottom to top (3sts) starting at the 3rd st count

starting at the rd below the eyes

HAIR
position the MAIN HAIR like position the LEFT SIDE like this
this, measure at least a 7-row The longer strands are swept to

difference from the eyebrows the side of the ear

The rest is freehand

positioning. Taylor have a

messy bun on her Cardigan

look, have fun making it as

messy as the real thing

position the RIGHT SIDE like this

Glue the hair down by removing the
pins one at a time OR you could

also stitch them.

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 BUNS

stitch the messy buns like

this

or you could glue them

down

ARMS
1st round of 2nd round of the

the cardigan cardigan

outermost stitch

Attach the arms at the 2nd rd of the

cardigan

Start at the outermost stitch

And attach it by using up 4 sts to

attach the arms

BUTTONS
1 2

Sew the buttons on their Thread thru the body to

respective position tighten the stitches and

Tie a knot at the back to secure the cardigan in

permanently secure the place

button
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 STAR

Attach the star by sewing or

gluing it at the back part of
the elbow portion (of the

cardigan)

BLUSH

I used an old make up to

make the blush. You may try

using super diluted acrylic

paint to make it last long.

SQUEEZE!!! You can make a rounded head by shaping it, OR you

can flatten the head to imitate a square shaped head

Place it on the standee that you prepared and you are DONE

Feel free to add accessories and change the facial features.

Have fun with T.S. – Cardigan Inspired Ami! I hope you

enjoyed the pattern and let me know if you did. Tag me on

your posts, you may find me anywhere with the handle

@detali.ph
THANK YOU BUDS!

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