Material List ​For a doll of this quality, it is best to choose 50% Cotton - 50% Acrylic (such as YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, or Alize Cotton Gold) yarns, which do not pill and hold their shape well. ​Skin Color: For the body, arms, and legs. ​Blue & Dark Blue: For the skirt, hair base, collar, and shoe details. ​White: For the blouse/sweater. ​Pink, Yellow, Green, Light Blue: For the colorful hair strands, skirt pleats, socks, and sneakers. ​Red: For the glasses frame. ​Crochet Hook: A 2.00 mm or 2.20 mm hook suitable for your yarn. ​Stuffing: Fiberfill (polyfill), and a plastic/wire skeleton (insulated copper wire to keep the doll upright and poseable). ​Eyes: You can use black safety eyes and embroider around them with red/blue yarn, or fully embroider them onto the face just like in the photo. ​???? Abbreviations & Terms ​Mr: Magic ring ​Sc: Single crochet ​Inc: Increase (Two single crochets in the same stitch) ​Dec: Decrease (Crochet two stitches together) ​BLO: Back loop only ​FLO: Front loop only ​W: 3 single crochets in the same stitch ​(...) * 6: Repeat the instructions inside the parentheses 6 times. ​???? Step-by-Step Crochet Pattern ​1. Arms (Make 2) ​Start with the skin color yarn. ​Round 1: 6 sc in Mr = 6 ​Round 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) * 3 = 9 ​Rounds 3-5: 9 sc (3 rounds) ​Round 6: 1 bobble stitch (for the thumb), 8 sc = 9 ​Round 7: 1 dec, 7 sc = 8 ​Change to white yarn (blouse color). ​Round 8: Working in FLO, increase in every stitch around = 16 (This creates the flared cuff look at the wrist). ​Rounds 9-28: 16 sc (20 rounds of white yarn for the sleeves). ​Stuff the arm lightly with fiberfill (decrease the stuffing near the shoulder so the arms rest naturally at the sides without flaring out). ​Round 9: (2 sc, 1 dec) * 4 = 12. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

2. Shoes and Legs (Make 2) ​Start with blue yarn for the sole. ​Round 1: Ch 6. Starting from the 2nd ch from hook: 4 sc, 1 w in the last ch stitch, turn to work along the opposite side of the chain: 3 sc, 1 inc = 12 ​Round 2: 1 inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc = 18 ​Round 3: 1 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) * 3, 3 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc) * 2 = 24 ​To achieve the colorful sneaker look seen in 1000105233.jpg, alternate your rounds using yellow, pink, and green yarn. ​Round 4: Working in BLO, 24 sc (creates a sharp edge for the sole). ​Rounds 5-6: 24 sc (2 rounds flat) ​Round 7: 7 sc, 5 dec (5 consecutive decreases for the toe section), 7 sc = 19 ​Round 8: 6 sc, 3 dec, 7 sc = 16 ​Change to the sock color (mixed pastel colors). ​Round 9: Working in BLO, 16 sc ​Rounds 10-15: 16 sc (Crochet the socks. To give a folded-sock texture, you can crochet some rounds in FLO and finish them with a crab stitch/reverse single crochet). ​Change to skin color. ​Round 10: Working in BLO, 16 sc ​Rounds 17-40: 16 sc (24 rounds up for the legs). ​Insert the wire support into the legs and stuff firmly with fiberfill. ​3. Joining the Legs and Body ​Align the two legs side-by-side. Change to the blue yarn (skirt undergarment/shorts color) starting at the center back. ​Round 41: Crochet 16 sc across the left leg, ch 3, join to the right leg, crochet 16 sc around the right leg, then crochet 3 sc along the 3 chains. (You will have a total of 38 stitches to work in rounds). ​Rounds 42-48: 38 sc (7 rounds of blue for the shorts area). ​Change to white yarn (blouse color). ​Round 49: Working in BLO, 38 sc ​Rounds 50-58: 38 sc (9 rounds flat with white yarn). ​Round 59: (4 sc, 1 dec) repeat around to decrease the stitch count as you approach the shoulders (Approx. 32 sc). ​Round 60: Determine the arm placement positions on the sides. Attach the arms to the body by crocheting through 3 sc on both the arm and body together. ​Round 61: Shape the shoulders: (2 sc, 1 dec) repeat around until you reach 18 sc. ​Change to skin color (Neck section). ​Rounds 62-65: 18 sc (4 rounds flat for the neck). Insert a thick, silicone-coated wire into the neck so it can support the weight of the head without tilting.

4. Head ​Continue with skin color yarn. ​Round 1: 6 sc in Mr = 6 ​Round 2: 6 inc = 12 ​Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) * 6 = 18 ​Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) * 6 = 24 ​Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) * 6 = 30 ​Round 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) * 6 = 36 ​Round 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) * 6 = 42 ​Round 8: (6 sc, 1 inc) * 6 = 48 ​Round 9: (7 sc, 1 inc) * 6 = 54 ​Round 10: (8 sc, 1 inc) * 6 = 60 ​Rounds 11-23: 60 sc (13 rounds flat without increasing). ​If you are embroidering the eyes, place them between rounds 17 and 18, leaving about 8-9 stitches of space between them. You can create the red-rimmed glasses by chaining with red yarn and stitching it directly onto the face. ​Round 24: (8 sc, 1 dec) * 6 = 54 ​Round 25: (7 sc, 1 dec) * 6 = 48 ​Round 26: (6 sc, 1 dec) * 6 = 42 ​Round 27: (5 sc, 1 dec) * 6 = 36 ​Round 28: (4 sc, 1 dec) * 6 = 30 ​Round 29: (3 sc, 1 dec) * 6 = 24 ​Round 30: (2 sc, 1 dec) * 6 = 18 (Stitch count now matches the neck). Stuff the head firmly with fiberfill, fasten off, and sew it to the neck. ​5. Pleated Skirt & Collar Details ​For the Skirt: Attach the blue yarn to the FLO loops of Round 49 on the body. Increase in every stitch (or alternate 1 sc, 1 inc) to create a flared base. To make the skirt look pleated, you can alternate FLO and BLO stitches as you work down, or simply crochet it flat and lightly press it with an iron later to set the pleats. Crochet a single row of single crochets along the bottom edge using pink, yellow, and green yarn to create the colorful stripes. ​Sailor Collar: Crochet a separate triangular collar piece using white and blue yarn, then sew it around the neck. For the colorful ribbon at the front, make small chains with different colored yarns and secure them to the center of the collar.

6. Anime-Style Hair (The Most Crucial Part) ​The hair is the most defining feature of this doll. We will craft the hair like a wig by crocheting separate sections and then sewing them onto the head. ​Crochet a hair cap base using blue yarn: ​Follow the first 7 rounds of the head pattern until you reach 42 sc. ​Hair Strands: Without cutting the yarn from the cap base, you will chain long strands. ​For each strand: Chain 40 or 50. ​Work your way back down the chain by making 1 half double crochet (hdc) in each stitch. This technique naturally makes the hair strand curl slightly. ​Slip stitch into the next loop on the base cap, and chain 40-50 again for the next strand. ​To capture the wind-swept, dynamic look shown in 1000105233.jpg, crochet separate, standalone hair strands using yellow, pink, and light blue yarn. ​Assembly: Pin the main blue hair cap onto the head. Then, place the colorful highlight strands around the front bangs and scattered throughout the layers according to the reference photo. Secure each strand in place with a sewing needle. If you want the hair tips to stay lifted in the air, you can hide a very thin craft wire inside them or lightly set them with hairspray/fabric stiffener.