NGOCNOVI PATTERN

MAY
It takes two

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 Materials • Red, blue, yellow felt fabric.
• Embroidery thread, sewing needle,
• Crochet hook suitable with your
scissors, some pins.
yarns ( I used 2mm crochet hook)
• Pink blush make up powder.
• Pair of 8mm safety eyes
• I use Chinese wool called Baby Yarn,
• Polyester, wire size 1 – 1.5mm, black
yarn size is 1.6mm. You can use
wire size 1.5mm
another wool that is easier to find
• Sewing equipment, UHU glue or hot
and compare the colors with the
glue, fabric glue.
colors I will list below.
Black Skin Blue Light blue Yellow Skyblue Brown

• Arms
• Head • Shirt
Shoes • A little bit in Pants Pants • Hair tie Hair Rope on shirt
the leg
• ears

Abbreviations
Ch Chain stitch
Slst Slip stitch
Sc single crochet stitch
hdc half double crochet stitch
inc 2 single crochet stitches in a same stitch
dec 2 single crochet stitches together
FLO crochet through front loop only
BLO crochet through back loop only
(…)* repeat instructions the indicated number of times
The choice of color, thread, and needle size is entirely up to you, I'm just giving the ones that I
used as a reference for you.

Finished size
About 16cm including the bun

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Arm (Make two)
Crochet in spiral rounds, begin with skin color
Round 1: 6sc in the magic ring (6)
Round 2 - Round 6: 6sc (6) [5 rounds]
Change to yellow yarn.
Round 7 - Round 9: 6sc (6) [3 rounds]
Fasten off, cut the yarn.

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Legs and Body

• Leg 1

With black color

Round 1: 5ch and work starting from
2nd ch from the hook, 1sc in the next 3 chs, 3sc in
the next ch, now working on the other side of the
ch, 2sc in the next 2 chs, 2sc in the next ch. (10)
Round 2: BLO 10sc (10)
Round 3: 10sc (10)
Round 4: 2sc, 3dec, 2sc (7)
Change to skin color yarn
Round 5: BLO 7sc (7)
Change to blue yarn.
Round 6: BLO 7inc (14)
Round 7 - Round 11: 14sc (14) [5 rounds]
Change to light blue yarn.
Round 12 - Round 13: 14sc (14) [2 rounds]
Fasten off, cut the yarn.

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 • Leg 2

Do the same as leg 1 from Round 1 to Round 9.

Change to light blue yarn.
Round 10 - Round 13: 14sc (14) [4 rounds]
Stuff in the shoe on both feet (tight stuffed).
Continue to crochet the body.
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• Body Leg 1 Leg 2
Round 14: Continue crocheting on
the leg 2, 7sc, 14sc on the leg 1, and 7sc on the
leg 2 (28)
Round 15: Dec, 11sc, dec, 6sc,
change to blue color, 6sc, dec (the marker
position has now changed) (25)
Round 16: 5sc, change to light blue 13sc,
change to blue color, 7sc (25)
Round 17: 4sc, dec, change to light blue
12sc, change to blue color, 7sc (24)
Round 18: 5sc, change to light blue 12sc,
change to blue color, 7sc (24)
Round 19: Change to yellow yarn, 10sc,
dec, 10sc, dec (22)
Round 20: BLO sc, (3sc, dec)*4, sc (18)
Round 21 - Round 23: 18sc (18) [5 rounds]
Join arms with body:
Round 24: 6sc on the arm, 9sc on the body,
6sc on the arm, 9sc on the body (30)
Round 25: (sc, dec, sc)*7, dec (22)
Pause work to insert the wire and start stuffing the
body, don’t stuff the arm (Page 3)
Round 26: (sc, dec)*2, 2dec, (sc, dec)*4
(14)
Don’t forget to stuff with stuffing as you go.

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 Round 27: 7dec (7)
Round 28 - Round 29: 7sc (7) [2 rounds]
Fasten off. Leave a long yarn to sew.

1 2 3 4

22cm 1cm

Take a 1.5mm wire, cut it about 22 cm long, and bend it in half as shown in Picture 2. Then
bend the wire as shown in Pictures 3,4 and insert it into the body.

5 6 7
10cm

Take a piece of 1mm wire (~10cm), bend the end of the wire and insert the wire in the arm.

• Hem

Working in the FLO of Round 19, attach the yellow yarn, chain 1 and 1 sc in the same stitch,
(2ch, sc)*21 and slst in the first stitch, fasten off. Hide the yarn tail inside the body.
Use blue color to decorate the pants as shown in the picture.

Back
Front

Using brown yarn, decorate the top as shown in the picture below.

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 Back
Front

Take the blue felt fabric, cut a circle about 1cm in diameter and decorate with an x in the
center, then glue or sew at the position as shown. Cut three felt (blue, red and yellow)
rectangles about 4cm long and about 0.5cm wide. Use a blue piece to decorate the back. Use
purple and orange yarn to sew. Then sew the brown yarn for the arm.

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Head
With skin color
Round 1: 6sc in the magic ring (6)
Round 2: 6inc (12) 3sts
Round 3: (sc, inc)* 6 (18)
Round 4: (sc, inc, sc)* 6 (24) 5sts
Round 5: (3sc, inc * 6 (30)
Round 6: (2sc, inc, 2sc)* 6 (36)
2sts
Round 7: (5sc, inc)* 6 (42)
Round 8 - Round 18: 42sc [11 rounds]
Round 19: (4sc, dec)*7 (35)
Round 20: (sc, dec, sc)* 8, sc, dec (26)
Stuff the head and place eyes between Round 13
and Round 14, the space between 2 eyes is 5
stitches. I like to add the eyes after I've finished
the head and attached it to the body, but if you’d
like to add them now with the washer on the back,
feel free to do so. Continue adding stuffing as you 4sts

stitch the last couple of rounds if needed.

Round 21: (sc, dec)*8, 2sc (18)
Round 22: 9dec (9)
Round 23: 2dec, do not work on the
remaining stitches (7)
Fasten off, cut the yarn.
Sew head to body.
Sew nose with skin color yarn (4 rounds of yarn)
between Rnd 15 and Rnd 16, 2 stitches wide.
Sew the eyebrows with blue thread with 3 sts
wide, distance between eye and eyebrow is 1 sts.
Use pink blush makeup powder or acrylic paint to
make the rosy cheek on the doll’s cheeks. You can
do this after you've finished the doll or whenever
you want, as for me, i like adding blush right now.
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Ear (make two)
Use skin color yarn.
6sc in the magic ring (6)
Pull tight to close. Fasten off and leave a long tail. Sew the
ear between Round 14 and Round 15 of the head. The
space between eye and ear is 4 stitches.
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Hair Round 12: Ch 11, start to crochet on the

2nd chain from the hook: 10 hdc, slst into
Use skyblue color yarn.
the next stitch.
Round 1: 6sc in the magic ring (6)
Round 13: Ch 23, start to crochet on the
Round 2: 6inc (12)
2nd chain from the hook: 22 hdc, slst into
Round 3: (sc, inc) *6 (18)
the next stitch.
Start to crochet the hair strands.
Round 14: Ch 7, start to crochet on the
Round 4: Ch 8, start to crochet on the 2nd
2nd chain from the hook: 6 hdc, slst into
chain from the hook: 7 hdc, slst into back
front loop of the same stitch of round 4.
loop of the next stitch (pic. 1, 2, 3).
(pic. 4). Fasten off, cut the yarn.
Round 5 – Round 6: Ch 8, start to crochet
Now let's start crocheting more hairs.
on the 2nd chain from the hook: 7 hdc, slst
Hair strands A (make 3)
into the next stitch.
Ch 40, start to crochet on the 2nd chain
Round 7: Ch 23, start to crochet on the
from the hook: 39 hdc. Fasten off. (Pic. 7)
2nd chain from the hook: 22 hdc, slst into
Hair strands B (make 2)
the next stitch.
Ch 55, start to crochet on the 2nd chain
Round 8: Ch 11, start to crochet on the
from the hook: 54 hdc. Fasten off. (Pic. 7)
2nd chain from the hook: 10 hdc, slst into
Hair strands C (make 1)
the next stitch.
Ch 76, start to crochet on the 2nd chain
Round 9: Ch 15, start to crochet on the
from the hook: 75 hdc. Fasten off. (Pic. 7)
2nd chain from the hook: 14 hdc, slst into
Hair strands D (make 1)
the next stitch.
Ch 5, start to crochet on the 2nd chain
Round 10: 8sc
from the hook, 4 hdc, ch 8, start to crochet
Round 11: Ch 15, start to crochet on the
on the 2nd chain from the hook, 7 hdc.
2nd chain from the hook: 14 hdc, slst into
Fasten off. Leave a long yarn to sew.(Pic. 7)
the next stitch.

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Hair tie

With yellow yarn , ch 45. Fasten off.

1 2

Slst into BLO

BLO

3
FLO

4 5 Right side

R6 R5
R4 R13
R7 R14
R8 R12

R9 R10
R11

Slst into FLO

6 Wrong side
R9 R11
R10
R12
R8
R7 R6 R14 R13
R5 R4

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A

Secure each strand of hair in its appropriate position on the head using pins. Slowly remove
one strand at a time to apply fabric glue and pin it back down to dry, the wrong side of the
hair is up, the right side is glued to the head.
- First, pin Round 1 of the hair on the center of the head (Pic. 8).
- Second, pin R12 in front of left ear, pin R8 in front of right ear (Pic. 9, 10)

9 10

R12
R8
Left ear

Right ear

11 12

R13
R12 R8
R9

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- Next, pin R11 in front of left ear, pin R9 in back of right ear (Pic. 11, 12)
- Next, pin R4, R5, R6, R7 and R13, R14 to make the hair bangs. (Pic. 13)
- Add fabric glue/ hot glue from the center of the head to the pin.

13

R5
R4
R6 R14

R13
R7

At the back of the head, use hot glue to attach three hairs strand A (attach starts at R12 of the
head) as shown (pic. 14, 15, 16). Then attach two hairs strand B (pic. 17, 19), and finally
attach hair strand C (pic. 18, 20)

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16

15

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19 20

Use a hair tie to tie the hairs (A, B, C) together (Pic. 21, 22).

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Next, use glue to stick the hair R7 and R13 on the head as shown (Pic. 23, 24).

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Finally, we sew the hair strand D (pic. 25). Using pre-cut yellow and red felt, stick it around
the hair as shown in the photo (pic. 26, 27).

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Eyeglasses
Use a thin black wire (1.5mm). Roll the thin wire around the tube or anything you have that
has cylinder shape to make the hoops. I use eyedropper bottle caps :)

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You can watch a video on how to make eyeglasses here.

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 Your May is ready!

Don't forget to tag me (@ngocnovi) if you post on social media, I would love to see your
finished doll as well.
If you find any errors in this pattern, have any questions or suggestions, or want to show me
your work, feel free to contact me by e-mail: ngocnovi287@gmail.com or Instagram:
@ngocnovi
This pattern or parts of it may not be reproduced, sold, distributed or translated without
authorization. You can sell your finished items provided that you credit ngocnovi as the
designer.

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