(ENG) Lunathewitch
(ENG) Lunathewitch
(ENG) Lunathewitch
the witch
MATERIALS AND TOOLS
1. Yarn for doll and clothes:
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), dark brown color (number 70) - less than a half of a
skein (soles and mane on hat);
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), light brown color (number 40) - less than a half of a
skein (for boots and for mane on hat);
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), grey color (number 46) - small amount (for socks);
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), skin color (number 05) - a half of a skein;
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), pink color (number 42) - small amount (for socks and
glasses);
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), light blue color (number 33) - small amount (for socks
and glasses);
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), grey jeans (number 68) - small amount (for panties);
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), white color (number 01) - small amount (for shirt);
Alize Cotton Gold (100g/330m), lilac color (number 166) - less than a half of a skein
(for cardigan);
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), cream color (number 03) - 3 skein (for hair and mane
on hat);
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), dark blue color (number 54) - small amount (for skirt
and tie);
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m), cocoa color (number 71) - small amount (for eyebrows
and mane on hat);
MR - magic ring
ch - chain
sc - single
dc - double crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease
sl st - slip stitch
()*n - repeat the combination in parentheses n times
Bobble stitch - work 3dc with the same top into one stitch.
How to crochet bobble stitch, formed of 3dc. Make yarn over and
insert your hook into in the desired stitch (or in space). Grab the working
yarn and pull it. Then again grab yarn and pull it through first two loops
on the hook. We made an incomplete double crochet stitch. Now, there are
2 loops on your hook. This operation is repeated three times. As a result,
you should have 4 loops on your hook. Grab working yarn and pull through
all 4 loops on your hook. We made one Bobble Stitch done!
The doll’s body is crocheted in a spiral without making a turning chain
(until otherwise stated).
The finished doll measures about 26cm (10.2 inches) in case of using the
materials listed.
If You are going to use other yarn or other crochet hook size, then the doll
size will be different.
My stitches have a semi-X shape (I do yarn under, then yarn over when
crocheting sc stitches). If your stitches have a V-shape (if you do yarn
over both times when crocheting sc stitches), then Your doll will be bigger.
Pay attention, that this pattern doesn’t include any crochet lessons,
difficulty level: upper intermediate.
The yarn listed in the materials list can be substituted with any yarn with
similar weight (number 2 in the Standard Yarn Weight System).
Arms
We crochet the doll starting from bottom to the top. The body is
crocheted as one piece. The arms are made separately and we will
sew them then. The arms don’t need to be stuffed.
Fold the piece in half and work several sc needed to shift the thumb
exactly to the hand side, if we fold the piece in half (for the right and
for the left arm). Cut the thread, leaving a tail for sewing, fasten off.
Prepare two pieces of wire for arms, the length is about 18cm. Bend
one of the piece ends like in the photo and wrap with adhesive tape.
Legs
THE FIRST LEG (THE LEFT LEG FOR DOLL )
Stuff the leg. Change to skin color. Cut the thread of light blue/pink color.
21 round: crochet into back loops only 16sc (16)
22-29 rounds: into both loops of stitches 16sc (16) - 8 rounds
30 round: inc, 15sc (17)
31-35 rounds: 17sc (17) - 5 rounds
Change color to grey jeans and crochet one round around the leg. Cut the
thread of skin color.
39 round: 18sc (18)
Finish this round exactly in the middle of the leg side. At this point we will
join the leg with the second one. Cut the thread.
Now crochet one round across the
boot edge.
Take the leg, find the 10th round of
the boot, where we crocheted into
back loops. Mark two central
stitches at the front side of the boot
in this round. We crocheted them
into both loops of stitches.
Crochet according to the same pattern, as the first leg. But add one
more round of grey jeans color (it means that this leg should be one
round longer). We do it to make the legs to have the same length,
because the right edge will be higher than the left one.
the crochet hook into the first stitch on the first leg, crochet 18sc across
the first leg, then 3sc along the chain, then crochet 9sc across the
second leg and place marker. It should be located exactly in the middle
of the outer side on the second leg. Now we should have gotten 42
stitches around two pieces.
2 round: inc, 7sc, 2inc, 1sc, 2inc, 7sc, inc, 8sc, 2inc, 1sc, 2inc, 8sc (52)
3 round: 5sc, inc, 15sc, inc, 30sc (54) - in this round increases should
be located on the back side and should be slightly shifted to the outer
side of the legs.
4 round: 54sc (54)
5 round: 8sc, inc, 11sc, inc, 33sc (56) - increases are located on the
back side on the same line with the middle point of the legs.
6-12 rounds: 56sc (56) - 7 rounds
Stuff very firmly. Pay special attention to the area where the legs are
joined (where we began to crochet panties). Spread the fabric. Take
two pieces of wire, that were inserted into the legs, bend them towards
each other and twist the wire ends around each other several times.
13 round: dec (in the middle of the body side), 26sc, dec, 26sc (54)
14 round: 7sc, dec, 11sc, dec, 32sc (52)
15 round: 8sc, dec, 6sc, dec, 34sc (50)
The areas marked with the black arrows should be stuffed firmly
Change color to white and crochet
into back loops of stitches. The
thread of grey jeans color can be
cut.
16 round: 50sc (50)
Then continue crocheting into both
loops of stitches.
17 round: 50sc (50)
18 round: (dec, 23sc)*2 (48) -
decreases are located exactly at the
body sides
19 round: 48sc (48)
20 round: 11sc, dec, 22sc, dec, 11sc
(46)
21 round: 46sc (46)
22 round: (dec, 21sc)*2 (44)
23 round: 10sc, dec, 10sc, dec, 20sc
(42)
24 round: (19sc, dec)*2 (40)
Continue stuffing the body and stuff firmer the bottom area,
forming the necessary shape.
28 round: 13sc across the back side, 6sc along the chain, 16sc
across the front side of the body, 6sc along the chain, 1sc (42)
Face details
NEEDLE SCULPTING
For needle sculpting use the thread
of the same color, that was used for
. .
the body. Thread the needle and
insert it into the back side of the head 3 4
at its lower part. Pull the thread from
point 1, leaving a thread tail at the
.
2
.
1
back side. Leave 1 stitch to the left
from point 1 and reinsert the needle.
Pull the thread from 2 and reinsert,
leaving also
1 stitch to the left. Pull the needle
from point 3, leave also 1 stitch to
the right, reinsert the needle and
pull it out from point 4. Insert the
needle, leaving 1 stitch to the left
and pull the thread through the
head. Pull the needle, leaving one
stitch from the point where we have
started on the back side. Pull the
thread tails carefully to make the
eyes to be slightly sunk inside of the
fabric.
Tie a knot and weave in the thread tails inside of the head using a
needle.
Then embroider two lower stitches and fill the space inside of the tie with
diagonal stitches. Embroider these stitches carefully in the same way, like
we filled the upper rhombus. Embroider several stitches diagonally from
the left side to the right, then from the right side to the left. Make several
stitches across the contour if needed to make the tie edges smooth.
Take the yarn of white color to embroider the white stripes on the necktie,
divide the thread into separate strands. Embroider the diagonal stripes
using the thread twice folded.
I embroidered the stripes in the way that some of them are wider and
others are thinner.
Now we will make the collar. Pull the thread of white color left after we
finished the body outside at the right side from the tie (the round, where
we crocheted into back loops). Now turn the doll upside down and hold it
in this way when crocheting the collar. Make ch3 and crochet into free
front loops of stitches: dc into each stitch until we get to the last stitch
before the collar. Don’t crochet dc into the last stitch, make ch3 and join
with the last stitch with sl st.
Fasten off the thread, weave in the thread tail inside of the piece, cut the
excess length.
Take a look, what a charming girl we
have got! Let’s make a gorgeous
hairstyle for her!
Hair
Crochet with the yarn of cream color in a spiral. At first we need to
crochet the wig, then we will crochet the hair strands on it. All
rounds of the wig are crocheted into back loops only.
Try the wig on the doll’s head. Place the wig in the way that the
marker is located exactly in the middle of the back side.
Now we will crochet separate hair strands.
For hair strands use a crochet hook which is
0.5mm larger. Cut the thread, leaving a long
thread tail for sewing.
In the next video I show how to crochet the hair strands for the
doll
Fix the ear on the head, leaving 7 stitches from the eyes. Sew. Weave
in the thread tail inside of the head.
Skirt
Crochet in blue color. Attach the thread to the back side of the doll’s
body to the front loop of round 16 and crochet into free front loops,
holding the doll with the head facing down.
If your skirt seams to be short, then you can crochet 2-3 rounds more,
with 70sc in each round. After we finished crocheting cut the thread and
fasten off. Weave in the thread tail on the wrong side of the skirt.
Cardigan
Crochet the cardigan in lilac color in turning rows. The piece is crocheted
from top to bottom. Make a turning ch at the end of every row and turn
the work. Use 2.5mm crochet hook. The cardigan should be necessarily
tried on the doll as you crochet! Remember that the size can differ
because of different crochet density.
1 row: ch19, from the second ch from the hook: 18sc, ch, turn (18)
2 row: into back loops only (inc, 1sc)*9, ch, turn (27)
3 row: into front loops only inc, 1sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 9sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 1sc,
inc, ch, turn (33)
4 row: into back loops only inc, 2sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 9sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 2sc,
inc, ch, turn (39)
5 row: into front loops only inc, 3sc, (inc, 4sc)*2, inc, 9sc, inc, (4sc,
inc)*2, 3sc, inc, ch, turn (47)
6 row: into back loops only inc, 4sc, inc, (11sc, inc)*3, 4sc, inc, ch, turn
(53)
SLEEVES
Atfach the thread of bright blue color to the wire and crochet 11sc across
the temple of the glasses, 16sc across the semicircle, 3sc across the
bridge. Then turn the piece and crochet 2sl st into the bodies of the stitches
in the opposite direction, returning to the circle, crochet 25sc across the
semicircle. Join the circle with sl st. A part on the temple end should stay
without yarn. Pay attention, that your amount of stitches can be different,
because your frame size can differ from mine.
Now we need to crochet three protruding elements on the circle,
where we have crocheted. Pay attention, that the shortest element
should be located on the top. Make ch6, work along the chain: 5sc,
skip one stitch in the round and crochet sl st into front loop of the next
stitch (the temple ends are facing towards us), then work one more sl
st into front loop of the next stitch, make ch6 again. Crochet the next
element in the same way. And crochet one more protruding element,
but make ch5. Fasten off with sl st and cut the thread.
Then take the pink thread and crochet the other part of the glasses in
the same way. Pay attention, that the protruding elements should be
symmetrical. Work several slip stitches around if needed before starting
to crochet the pink protruding elements.
When joining these elements with the round frame also skip one stitch
and crochet slip stitch into the next stitch.
Finish the work, fasten off the thread tail at the semicircle, weave in the
tails. Glue the threads on the temples using Moment glue to prevent
them moving from the temple frame. The wire ends should stay without
wrapping. But you can wrap them with adhesive tape if you want.
Now decide where the second strap will be located. Put the hat on the
doll’s head and decide where the second strap should be located. The
distance between the straps on my hat across the front part is 38
stitches.
Attach the thread and crochet the second strap in the same way as the
first one.
MUZZLE
Crochet in gold color.
1 round: make ch6, from the 2-nd ch
from the hook inc, 3sc, 4sc into the
last stitch, along the other side of the
chain 3sc, inc (into the same stitch,
where we crocheted the first
increase) (14)
Place marker.
2 round: 2inc, 3sc, 4inc, 3sc, 2inc (22)
3 round: (1sc, inc)*2, 3sc, (inc, 1sc)*2, (1sc, inc)*2, 3sc, (inc, 1sc)*2
(30)
4-5 rounds: 30sc (30) - 2 rounds
Finish crocheting with sl st, cut the thread, leaving a long thread tail for
sewing.
Embroider the nose. Take a thread of dark brown color and embroider
the nose in the muzzle center between rounds 1 and 3. The width of
the top line is 6 stitches.
Now pull the thread under the nose and make a stitch around the lower
part of the muzzle, forming a vertical line, dividing the muzzle into two
parts. Pull the thread slightly and weave in the thread tail on the wrong
side of the muzzle.
EARS (2 pieces)
Crochet with the gold thread in a
spiral.
1 round: 6sc in MR (6)
2 round: 6inc (12)
3 round: (1sc, inc)*6 (18)
4 round: (2sc, inc)*6 (24)
5-8 rounds: 24sc (24) - 4 rounds
Finish crocheting with sl st, cut the thread, leaving a long thread tail
for sewing.
HAT ASSEMBLY
Fix the muzzle on the hat at the hat center between the cable on the
last round and the round 9 (count from the lower edge of the hat). Sew
the lower edge of the muzzle at first. Then add some fiberfill. Sew the
upper edge of the muzzle in the way that the cable on the last round
can be seen.
Fix the ears on the hat and pin them, counting 6 rounds from MR. The ear
should be located between rounds 6 and 15 from the MR approximately.
Sew each side of the ear.
Now make two eyes. Use the thread of black or graphite color. Work 6sc in
MR, join in a circle with sl st, cut the thread.
Fix the eyes with pins near the muzzle between rounds 6-10 approximately
(count from the hat bottom). Sew the eyes. Now take the thread of cream
color and make a pair of stitches around the eyes, imitating eye whites.
Then use the same thread to embroider the teeth under the muzzle. Fasten
off the thread and weave in the thread tail on the wrong side of the hat.
Now start attaching the mane. For
this prepare dark brown, light brown,
cream yarn and the yarn of cocoa
color. Cut the thread into pieces, the
length of one piece is about 11cm.
At first attach the hair around the first three rounds. When we came
across the hairline in the center, start attaching them along this line,
moving toward straps - here we attach the yarn to each round. Also
attach the hair strands around first six rounds on the hat. Then continue
attaching the mane across the back part of the head around, skipping
one round between.
Continue attaching along the back side of the hat, skipping one round,
until the mane covers the whole space on the hat fabric. You can leave
several lower rounds without mane, if the length seams to be enough.
Our mysterious Luna is finished! Thank
You for crocheting along with me!