june 2021

Ellie the doll

,

crochet toy pattern

Ludmila Orlova
@ludaorlova_toys

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Good day, my dear friend!
First of all, I want to thank You for purchasing this pattern!

You are holding the crochet instruction for Ellie, the cute doll. With the help of
this pattern You are able to create a wonderful and unique handmade toy with
your own hands.
Wish You enjoy creating process and have even stitches!

This pattern is my design and it’s for your PERSONAL USE ONLY. Sharing this
pattern as long as full or partial copying, reselling, gifting or exchanging, and also
translating it into other languages are prohibited. I ask You to respect and
appreciate the work of each person!
The toys made according to this pattern can be used for any purposes at Your
own discretion. I will be really grateful if You give me a credit as the designer of
the pattern when posting the photos of finished toys or selling them.

Respectfully Yours, Ludmila Orlova.

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 Materials and tools needed :

1. Yarn:
-YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color №82, №69 - for shoes and scarf
-YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color №87 - for body
-YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color №20 - for clothes
-Alize Cotton Gold 100g/330m, color №55 - for clothes
-Alize Diva 100g/350m, color №26 - for hair
2. Crochet hook №2 (US B)
3. Fiberfill – hollow fiber
4. 8 mm safety eyes
5. Buttons - 2pc
6. Thick needle for assembly, scissors, pins, stitch marker
7. Small amount of black and white threads for face details
8. Blusher or hard pastels for cheeks
9. A piece of wire to strengthen the neck
10. Adhesive tape

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 Abbreviations :

MR – magic ring sc – single crochet

ch – chain sl st – slip stitch
inc – increase dec – decrease
DC - double crochet HDC - half double crochet
(…) – the number in brackets means a total number of stitches in a round
(…)*Х – repeat the number in brackets Х times

Attention!
The pattern doesn’t include any crochet and knitting lessons. It’s supposed that
You know basic knit and crochet stitches.
The difficulty level of the pattern – medium. The finished toy measures about
20 cm (7.8 inches) in case of using the materials listed.
In this pattern we use US terminology.
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 Head :

Crochet in beige color. Stuff the head

firmly.

1round: 6sc in MR
2round: inc into each stitch (12sts)
3round: (1sc, inc)*6 (18sts)
4round: 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*5, 1sc
(24sts)
5round: (3sc, inc)*6 (30sts)
6round: 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc)*5, 2sc
(36sts)
7round: (5sc, inc)*6 (42sts)
8round: 3sc, inc, (6sc, inc)*5, 3sc (48sts)
9round: (7sc, inc)*6 (54sts)
10round: 4sc, inc, (8sc, inc)*5, 4sc (60sts)
11round: 60sc
12round: (14sc, inc)*4 (64sts)
13-23rounds: 64sc (11 rounds)

Insert the safety eyes between the rounds 18 and 19 leaving 12 stitches apart.

24round: 3sc, dec, (6sc, dec)*7, 3sc (56sts)

25round: (5sc, dec)*8 (48sts)
26round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*7, 2sc (40sts)
27round: (3sc, dec)*8 (32sts)
28round: 1sc, dec, (2sc, dec)*7, 1sc (24sts)
29round: (1sc, dec)*8 (16sts)

Fasten off the thread and cut, weave in the thread tail inside of the piece.

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 Arms :

Make two pieces. Stuff the hand only (can be stuffed slightly, stuff just a half of
the piece), the rest part of the piece doesn’t need to be stuffed.

Start crocheting in beige color.

1round: 6sc in MR
2round: inc into every stitch (12sts)
3round: (inc, 5sc)*2 (14sts)
4round: 14sc
5round: (dec, 5sc)*2 (12sts)
6round: (dec, 4sc)*2 (10sts)
7-17rounds: 10sc (11 rounds)

Change to white color, cut the thread of beige color.

18-24rounds: 10sc (7 rounds)

Work several additional sc more so that the decreases are located on the arm
sides when we join its edges (see the photo).

Fold the pieces edges together, crochet 5sc.

Fasten off the thread, cut,weave in the thread tail inside of the piece.

decreases

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 Ears :

Make two pieces in beige color in this

way: work into MR 1sc, 4HDC, 1sc.

Don’t pull the magic ring tightly to give

the ear a semicircle shape.

Legs body
+ :

Start crocheting in dark green color.

Stuff the legs and the body firmly as
you go.

Make ch7.
1round: start from the second ch from
the hook: inc, 4sc, 4sc into the last ch.
Then crochet along the other side of
the chain: 4sc, inc (16sts)
2round: 2inc, 4sc, 4inc, 4sc, 2inc
(24sts)

3round: (1sc, inc)*2, 4sc, (1sc, inc)*4, 4sc, (1sc, inc)*2 (32sts)

Work additional sc stitches if needed (I worked 1sc) to keep the stitch marker
right in the middle of the piece.

Change to green color, cut the thread of dark green color.

4round: into back loops only 32sc
5-6rounds: 32sc (2 rounds)
Watch for the marker - right in the middle.

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7round: 8sc, 8dec, 8sc (24sts)
8round: 6sc, 6dec, 6sc (18sts)

Change to beige color, cut the thread of green color.

9round: into back loops only 18sc
10round: 6sc, 3dec, 6sc (15sts)

The first decrease in the next round should be located exactly in the middle of
the back side (I had to unravel 1 stitch to get this position), and 1sc should be
worked exactly in the middle of the front side.
11round: dec, 4sc, dec, 1sc, dec, 4sc (12sts)

12-13rounds: 12sc (2 rounds)

Work additional sc stitches (I got 4sc) to shift the stitch marker to the piece side.
Change to pink color, cut the thread of beige color. The beginning of rounds will
be here now.

14round: into back loops only (1sc, inc)*6 (18sts)

15-16rounds: 18sc (2 rounds)
17round: (inc, 8sc)*2 (20sts)
18-19rounds: 20sc (2 rounds)

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20round: (inc, 9sc)*2 (22sts)
21round: 22sc
Finish crocheting with sl st, fasten off the thread and cut.

Make the second leg in the same way as we made the first one, but don’t cut the
thread and continue crocheting. The stitch marker is located on the piece side (if
it’s not, then work additional shift stitches). Along with this the toes should be
slightly turned to each other.

22round: work 11sc, make ch5 and join it with the first leg. Then crochet 22sc
across the first leg, 5sc along the chain, 11sc (54sts)

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23-36rounds: 54sc (14 rounds)
37round: (7sc, dec)*6 (48sts)
38-39rounds: 48sc (2 rounds)
40round: (6sc, dec)*6 (42sts)
41-42rounds: 42sc (2 rounds)
43round: (5sc, dec)*6 (36sts)

Work additional sc to shift the stitch

marker to the piece side again, change
to white color. Don’t cut the thread of
pink color and leave it outside of the
work.

44round: into back loops only 36sc

45round: 36sc
46round: (4sc, dec)*6 (30sts)
47round: 30sc

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In the next round we are going to join the arms. Make sure that they are located
symmetrically on the body sides (I had to unravel 2 stitches to get this position).
48round: 5sc (join the first arm), 10sc, 5sc (join the second arm), 10sc (30sts)
49-50rounds: 30sc (2 rounds)

Prepare a piece of wire with necessary length, wrap the wire ends with adhesive
tape. Insert into the body in the way that it goes through the body, through the
neck and through the head.

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51round: 15 dec (15sts)

Change to beige color, cut the thread

of white color.
52-53rounds: 15sc (2 rounds)

In the next round the increase should

be located in the middle of the back
side.
54round: 13sc, inc, 1sc (16sts)
55round: 16sc
Fasten off the thread, cut, leaving a
long thread tail for sewing.

Work 36sc into front loops of the round

43 using the pink thread we have left
outside, finish with sl st. Fasten off the
thread and cut, weave in the thread tail
inside of the piece.

Note:
If the arms are highly sticking out after joining them, then you can steam them a
little. To make this take a wet fabric, put it on the space where the arms are
joined and steam with the hot iron tip (be careful! Don’t get burnt and don’t touch
other parts of the toy which are not covered with fabric).

Arms before steaming Arms after steaming

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 Assembly and details :
Make face details for our doll. Start with
a needle sculpting for eyes area. For this
mark the points 1 and 2, 3 and 4 with
pins, as it’s shown in the photo.
Insert a long threaded needle through
the head bottom and pull it out from the
1 2 3 4
point 3. Then reinsert into the point 4
and pull out from the head bottom.
Make a needle sculpting for the second
eye in the same way. Pull the thread
ends and tie a knot.

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Embroider a nose between the rounds
19 and 20 with horizontal stitches.
Then wind the thread carefully around
the stitches we made forming vertical
stitches, inserting the needle upward
(can be repeated two times).

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Make stitches around the eyes with a white thread to make the glance more
expensive. Embroider the upper eyelid and the eyelashes above the eyes using
a black thread. Embroider the eyebrows.
Mark the points where the ears will be located with pins, sew them estimated
between the head’s 17 and 21 rounds.
Paint the cheeks with a blusher or with hard pastels and paint the nose slightly.

Make straps for the overall. Mark the points where they should be attached on
the front and the back sides with pins. Join the thread at the front side, make a
chain with a necessary length (I made ch20), make the straps crisscross on the
back side and fix them. Sew decorative buttons to the front side.

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Prepare 2 threads with the length of 30cm to make shoe straps. Attach the
thread to the front loop of the round 8 on the middle of back side using a crochet
hook, tie a bow. Cut the excess length.

Fix the head on the neck with pins,

sew around with a strong seam.

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 Hair :
At first make a base for wig. For hair use the yarn Alize Diva.
1round: 6sc in MR
2round: inc into every stitch (12sts)
3round: into back loops only (1sc, inc)*6 (18sts)
4round: (2sc, inc)*6 (24sts)
5round: into back loops only (3sc, inc)*6 (30sts)
6round: (4sc, inc)*6 (36sts)
7round: into back loops only (5sc, inc)*6 (42sts)
8round: (6sc, inc)*6 (48sts)
9round: into back loops only (7sc, inc)*6 (54sts)
10round: (8sc, inc)*6 (60sts)

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Then make hair strands in the following way:
Make ch51, work from the second ch from the hook 50sc, make sl st into the
next stitch in the round and 1 more sl st into the next stitch. Make ch51 again
and crochet hair strands in the same way till the end of the round (we should get
30 hair strands).
Go to the next round by working two sl sts (watch this video , to get to
know how to do this). All the next rounds with hair strands are crocheted into
front loops only. Make them in the same way as we did in the first round: make
ch51, from the second ch from the hook across the chain 50sc, sl st into the next
stitch in the round, and 1 more sl st into the next stitch. We should get 5 rounds
with hair strands worked in total. At the end insert the hook under stitches of the
round 1 and make 2 hair strands in the circle center. The wig is finished.

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Put the wig on the head, the head top should be joined with the wig center. Pick
the hair strands up (except for the lower round). You can make a bun so they
won’t interfere your work. Fix the wig with pins around and sew it.
Then fix each hair strand of the lower round on the head back with pin from ear
to ear (see the photo), sew every hair strand. The rest rounds of hair strands
don’t need to be sewn.

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 Scarf :
Make ch75, start from the second ch
from the hook:
1 sl st, 1sc, 1HDC, 3DC, 1HDC, 1sc, 58
sl st, 1sc, 1HDC, 3DC, 1HDC, 1sc, 1 sl
st into the last ch, ch1.
Then crochet along the other side of
the chain: 1 sl st, 1sc, 1HDC, 3DC,
1HDC, 1sc, 58 sl st, 1sc, 1HDC, 3DC,
1HDC, 1sc, 1 sl st into the first ch.

Fasten off the thread and cut, weave in the thread tail inside.

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 Congratulations!
Your Ellie, the doll is finished!
Hope, You got a lot of joy making her and the process was easy, and hope that the
result covers Your expectations!

Thank You for crocheting along with me! See you soon!

I will be glad to see Your finished toys made according to this pattern, please, use the
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