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2. Body and Legs (Assembly Step-by-Step) Since the bottom parts of these dolls stand wide, you need to keep the hip section broad after joining the legs. Legs: Start from the sole of the foot. After crocheting both legs, join them by chaining 3 or 4 stitches in between. Body Joining: Crochet around both legs, including the chain stitches, to merge them. Your total stitch count should be around 48 to 54 sc. Inserting the Wire Skeleton: While moving from the legs to the body, wrap your electrical wire with electrical tape and insert it into the legs, extending it upward through the torso. Pack the fiberfill tightly around the wire. Preparing for Dress Layers: When you reach the waistline of the body (around round 20), crochet one round in BLO (Back Loop Only). While the body continues upward using the back loops, you can later attach your colored yarn to the leftover FLO loops to crochet the layered skirts. ???? Dress Designs and Assembly Logic The biggest secret in photo "1000105121.jpg" is that the clothes are not completely separate; they are largely crocheted directly onto or built from the body frame. Layered Skirts: Fasten your colored yarn to the FLO loops you left at the waist. Increase in every stitch (inc) in the first row. In the following rows, widen the dress using double crochets (dc). When you reach the edges, you can catch that "ballgown" look by making reverse single crochets (crab stitch) or by sewing fine lace trims. Arms: Crochet the arms separately and place thin wire inside them. Right before finishing the body and attaching the head, sew the arms to the shoulder level using an invisible stitch. Hair: Crochet a hair cap that fits the top of the head like a helmet. Then, chain up and work half double crochets (hdc) or double crochets (dc) back down the chain (this action causes the hair strand to curl into a spiral). The ringlets you see in the photo are entirely created using this method.????️ Materials Needed List For dolls of this caliber, using yarns that do not pill and maintain their shape well is essential: Yarns: Skin Color: Gazzal Baby Cotton (Color code: 3446 or 3412) or Alize Cotton Gold (Color code: 67). Clothes and Hair: Alize Cotton Gold or YarnArt Jeans (The pastel green, salmon, midnight blue, mink, and purple tones seen in the image). Details: Fine lace yarn or ready-made guipure sewing lace for the dress hems. Crochet Hook: 2.00 mm or 2.20 mm depending on your tension (Stitches must be very tight so the fiberfill doesn't peek through). Eyes: 10 mm or 12 mm safety eyes (Preferably colored, hand-painted, or glittery eyes). Skeleton: 2.5 mm thick electrical wire or copper wire (A wire frame is mandatory to keep the dolls upright and prevent the head from wobbling). Embellishments: Miniature clock gears, pearls, tiny seashells, tulle or organze fabric for the fairy wings. Fiberfill: High-quality polyester fiberfill. ???? Basic Advanced Doll Template (Head & Body) Abbreviations: MR = Magic Ring, sc = Single Crochet, inc = Increase, dec = Decrease, BLO = Back Loop Only, FLO = Front Loop Only. 1. Head Template (Large and Proportional Form) The dolls in photo "1000105121.jpg" have wide, chubby-cheeked head shapes. 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 (64) Rounds 11-23: (13 rows) sc in each st (64) Insert safety eyes between rounds 19 and 20, leaving a distance of 9-10 stitches between them. Round 24 (Cheek Shaping): 18 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc)*5, 8 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc)*5, 18 sc (74) (These increases create the cheek definition). Rounds 25-27: 74 sc Round 28: (7 sc, 1 dec) * 8, sc in remaining sts (Start decreasing). From this point forward, decrease proportionally (6 sc 1 dec, 5 sc 1 dec... etc.) until you reach 18 or 12 stitches. Stuff the head firmly.
2. Body and Legs (Assembly Step-by-Step) Since the bottom parts of these dolls stand wide, you need to keep the hip section broad after joining the legs. Legs: Start from the sole of the foot. After crocheting both legs, join them by chaining 3 or 4 stitches in between. Body Joining: Crochet around both legs, including the chain stitches, to merge them. Your total stitch count should be around 48 to 54 sc. Inserting the Wire Skeleton: While moving from the legs to the body, wrap your electrical wire with electrical tape and insert it into the legs, extending it upward through the torso. Pack the fiberfill tightly around the wire. Preparing for Dress Layers: When you reach the waistline of the body (around round 20), crochet one round in BLO (Back Loop Only). While the body continues upward using the back loops, you can later attach your colored yarn to the leftover FLO loops to crochet the layered skirts. ???? Dress Designs and Assembly Logic The biggest secret in photo "1000105121.jpg" is that the clothes are not completely separate; they are largely crocheted directly onto or built from the body frame. Layered Skirts: Fasten your colored yarn to the FLO loops you left at the waist. Increase in every stitch (inc) in the first row. In the following rows, widen the dress using double crochets (dc). When you reach the edges, you can catch that "ballgown" look by making reverse single crochets (crab stitch) or by sewing fine lace trims. Arms: Crochet the arms separately and place thin wire inside them. Right before finishing the body and attaching the head, sew the arms to the shoulder level using an invisible stitch. Hair: Crochet a hair cap that fits the top of the head like a helmet. Then, chain up and work half double crochets (hdc) or double crochets (dc) back down the chain (this action causes the hair strand to curl into a spiral). The ringlets you see in the photo are entirely created using this method.
????️ Materials Needed List For dolls of this caliber, using yarns that do not pill and maintain their shape well is essential: Yarns: Skin Color: Gazzal Baby Cotton (Color code: 3446 or 3412) or Alize Cotton Gold (Color code: 67). Clothes and Hair: Alize Cotton Gold or YarnArt Jeans (The pastel green, salmon, midnight blue, mink, and purple tones seen in the image). Details: Fine lace yarn or ready-made guipure sewing lace for the dress hems. Crochet Hook: 2.00 mm or 2.20 mm depending on your tension (Stitches must be very tight so the fiberfill doesn't peek through). Eyes: 10 mm or 12 mm safety eyes (Preferably colored, hand-painted, or glittery eyes). Skeleton: 2.5 mm thick electrical wire or copper wire (A wire frame is mandatory to keep the dolls upright and prevent the head from wobbling). Embellishments: Miniature clock gears, pearls, tiny seashells, tulle or organze fabric for the fairy wings. Fiberfill: High-quality polyester fiberfill. ???? Basic Advanced Doll Template (Head & Body) Abbreviations: MR = Magic Ring, sc = Single Crochet, inc = Increase, dec = Decrease, BLO = Back Loop Only, FLO = Front Loop Only. 1. Head Template (Large and Proportional Form) The dolls in photo "1000105121.jpg" have wide, chubby-cheeked head shapes. 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 (64) Rounds 11-23: (13 rows) sc in each st (64) Insert safety eyes between rounds 19 and 20, leaving a distance of 9-10 stitches between them. Round 24 (Cheek Shaping): 18 sc, (1 inc, 1 sc)*5, 8 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc)*5, 18 sc (74) (These increases create the cheek definition). Rounds 25-27: 74 sc Round 28: (7 sc, 1 dec) * 8, sc in remaining sts (Start decreasing). From this point forward, decrease proportionally (6 sc 1 dec, 5 sc 1 dec... etc.) until you reach 18 or 12 stitches. Stuff the head firmly.