Crochet Kokeshi Doll Construction

After making my very first Kokeshi doll

 I wanted to make more.

So I did!

I took pictures as I made them and wanted to share them with you.

It's very clever how they come together.

 As you can see I am making 3, this is the body and head made in one piece, these have been stuffed and a small weight placed in the bottom to make them stand up.

These dolls are your typical amigurumi, made with sc's in the round next was their hair, made separately and placed onto their head.

Then their little back thingies are made, I think they are called an obi.

Then I made their sleeve's and hands, the sleeve is just a basic triangle.

They are really taking shape now, with their hands and sleeves attached it was play time for me, sewing eye's and mouths and little extra features.

I did go on line to get inspiration, I mucked up the pink one's eyes a bit and had to play around with them more, but I achieved a different look with her, I also made up my own little flower and found a pattern for a small umbrella

 I did the screen free hand and am currently thinking on lanterns or small pieces of furniture to finish the setting off.

I'm not sure if I should add a little more bling to their hair, chop sticks and beads.

The main thing is that I had fun!

But I have so many more items I want to crochet I may just leave these ladies the way they are and move onto something else that I have in mind to do, as a matter of fact I have already started a bit of it, thumbs up for crochet!

I found this pattern for the doll using the way back machine, here is the link.

Cute Crochet

Just a few pictures of what I have been making of late, some cute and cuter!

I've used a hdc in the round in some of these, looks just as good as the sc in the round and works up faster.

I made my own pattern for the cup cakes and doughnuts, using lots of inspiration from other patterns.

These look good enough to eat

Free patterns here

These are made with a hdc, no pattern, I was inspired by other pictures, Duncan on the left and Earl on the right.

There are so many ways to make a crochet coffee or tea cup look so cute!

I also made my very first Kokeshi doll

And some out fits for my Grand daughters

 Good colors and a cute factor = success

For Savannah 1 yr old

Free pattern link

These colors were a shade too dark, but they match Cindy's skin color, pattern from the Candy Tots pattern book

 

 

Crochet Koala Applique

Crochet Koala Applique Pattern

It looks great on a hat (pattern for hat)

Koala Crochet Appliqué

Size of koala: 4 inches high, 5 inches wide

Hook: 3.5 mm Yarn: 8 ply, small amount of grey, white and black, sewing needle, scissors

Terms: US

Time: 2 to 3 hours

Skill level: Beginner +

Stitches used:

Magic ring

Sl st – slip stitch

Ch = chain

Sc = single crochet

Hdc = half double crochet

Dc = double crochet

Trbl = triple crochet (treble crochet)

Scfr = single crochet foundation row

Hdcfr = half double crochet foundation row

Bst = bullion stitch, 5 yo

 Construction:

2 body pieces, 2 ears, 2 eyes, 2 legs, 1 nose, rounds are joined.

Body: Make 2: 1 Grey and 1 White

Row 1, magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc into magic ring, (close magic ring), sl st to join round into beginning sc (6 sc’s)

Row2, ch 1, work 2 sc’s in each st around, sl st to join in beginning sc (12 sc’s)

Row 3, ch 1, work 2 sc’s in each st around, sl st to join in beginning sc (24 sc’s)

Row 4, ch 1,* work 1 sc into next 5 st’s, work 2 sc into next st,* repeat from *to* to end of round, sl st to join in beginning sc (28 sc’s), finish off leaving a long tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Ears: Make 2, beginning with white in the first 2 rows, followed by the grey in the next 2 rows.

Row 1, magic ring, ch 1, 6 sc into magic ring, (close magic ring), sl st to join round into beginning sc (6 sc’s)

Row 2, ch 1,  work 1 sc into next 2 sc, work 2 sc into next sc, work 1 sc into next 2 sc, work 2 sc into next sc, sl st to join in beginning sc (8 sc), break off white and continue on with grey color

Row 3, ch 1, work 1 sc into next 3 sc, work 2 sc into next sc, work 1 sc into next 3 sc, work 2 sc into next sc, sl st to join in beginning sc (10 sc)

Left Ear: Row 4

Row 4, ch 1, sl st into same space as ch 1, sl st into next 2 st’s, work 2 sc’s into next 4 st’s, work 2 dc into next st, work 2 trbl into next st, work 2 dc into next st, sl st to join in beginning sl st, finish off leaving a long tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Right Ear: Row 4

Row 4, ch 3, work 1 dc in same space as ch 3, work 2 trbl into next st, work 2 dc into next st, work 2 sc into next 4 st’s, work 1 sl st into next 3 st’s, sl st to join in the bottom of the starting ch 3 of the round, finish off leaving a long tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Legs: make 2, grey color

Row 1, make a hdc foundation row of 10 hdc’s, finish off leaving a tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Nose: make 1, black color

Row 1, working a sc foundation row, work 3 sc foundations, changing to a hdc foundation row, make 6 hdc foundations, , finish off leaving a tail for weaving, do not hide beginning tail, follow construction instructions

Eyes: make 2, black color

Row 1, magic ring, ch 3, work 1,(5 yo’s) bullion st, into ring, close ring, sl st to top of ch 3 and close work, forming the shape of a small eye, finish off leaving a tail for weaving, hide beginning tail by sewing it in

Construction:

Pull slightly on body and head pieces to form almost an oval shape, the sewing tail will be poking out to the left side or the right side of the body or head once manipulated correctly.

Sew grey head to white body by over lapping the head over the body slightly.

Place the legs with the long tail for sewing on the shoulder of the body, legs should be curved slightly and sticking over the bottom of the body slightly.

Nose construction: sew beginning tail to end tale position, hide in tail and finish that piece of yarn off, pull nose into shape, small arch at the top, larger arch at the bottom, sew center space of nose opening closed, do not make this too tight, position nose and sew on the nose

Position ears, the larger part of the ear should be on a down ward slope (see pictures)

Sew on eyes

Sew on a mouth; I visualize a sideways C that meets in the middle

Sew on some claws, I used 3 small sewing st’s on each

Once all of this was made I did a few grey sc’s in between the legs and left a very long tail to sew my appliqué on with.

First Video Tutorial Crochet Koala Applique

 Good luck with your project, I’d love to hear your feed back. Please do not sell this pattern, please link back to me if you use this pattern, I’d love to see this used for charity, and you can make and sell items from this pattern too. TO PRINT OUT THE PATTERN, COPY AND PASTE TO A WORD DOCUMENT ON YOUR COMPUTER