Last week I bought your the Princess Castle Tutorial and this week I am sharing with you the crochet Princess Doll Pattern.   This little Princess measures 13cm tall and fits perfectly into the Princess Castle.   She is made using DK yarn and a 2.5mm hook and is constructed from the  bottom up and also uses join as you go arms.   Her skirt and its details are added using surface crochet before adding her hair and crown to finish her off.

This Princess also nicely works as a scrap busting project, as she doesn't use very much yarn in any colour, less than 20-30g depending on whether you make her using DK yarn or not.   She has 5mm safety eyes and works up very quickly.  She was designed and made within 1 evening, so a quick crocheter could easily make her within a couple of hours.   She would probably work up great in a thicker yarn and larger hook to make a larger princess doll for cuddling rather than for roll play as she was designed.

Over the next 2 weeks I will also be releasing the patterns for the Knight and the Dragon which will allow for some great role play for any children along with the Princess Castle.   The Princess fits nicely in the doors and on the balcony of her castle tower where she awaits the brave knight to rescue her from the dragon!   You can get the pattern for the crochet princess doll for FREE below.

Join me next week for the release of the Knight pattern.

Vicky x

Crochet Princess Doll

 

1.  Materials and Resources

Below is a list of everything you will need to make this Princess

·        Double Knit (DK) yarn (you will need around 20-30g of each colour)

o   Skin colour (I used pale peach)

o   Hair colour (I used brown)

o   Dress colour – (I used a maroon colour)

o   Dress accent (I used white)

o   Crown (I used a yellow)

·        2.5mm hook

·        2 x 5mm safety eyes

·        Small amount of stuffing

·        Tapestry needle

·        Scissors

·        Stitch marker

2.   Stitch List

Below is a list of all the stitches (and their abbreviations) featured in this pattern.  All terms used are American.

·        Sc – single crochet

·        Ch – chain

·        Sc inc – sc increase

·        Sc dec – sc decrease

·        Hdc – half double crochet

·        Dc – double crochet

·        Trc – treble crochet

·        m/c – magic circle

·        sl st – slip stitch

·        ssl st – surface slip stitch

·        b/l – back loops

 

 

3.  Notes

Here are a few handy tips to help you with the pattern.

·        There is no specific gauge for this princess, just work as tightly as possible.

·        The Princess is made from the bottom up.   You will need to make the arms first as they are added using the join as you go method. 

·        The hair is made using a cap with some strands added on afterwards.

·        Work all rounds continuously, do not join and ch 1 at the end of each round

  

4.  Pattern

Arms – work 2 in skin colour

Row	Instruction	Stitches
1	6 sc in m/c	6
2-8	Sc around	6
	Change to maroon
9-10	Sc around	6
	Sl st and cast off, stuff arm lightly

 

Legs – work 2 starting in maroon                                   

Row	Instruction	Stitches
1	6 sc in m/c	6
2-3	Sc around	6
	Change to skin
4-12	Sc around	6
	Sl st and cast off

 

Joining Legs & body –starting in maroon                             

Row	Instruction	Stitches
1	6 sc around 1st leg and then continue straight to work 6 sc around second leg	12
2-3	Sc around	12
4	Sc around in b/l	12
5-7	Sc around	12
8	2 sc, attach arm with 3 sc, 3 sc, attach arm with 3 sc, sc	12
	Stuff body
9	(dec) x 6	6
	Switch to skin colour
10	Sc around	6
11	(sc inc) x 6	12
12	(sc, sc inc) x 6	18
13-16	Sc around	18
	Add eyes between rows 14 & 15 2 stitches apart.   Make sure to line in between the arms.
17	(sc, sc dec) x 6	12
	Stuff head
18	(sc dec) x 6	6
	Cast off and sew shut. Sew a mouth using maroon

 

Skirt – work in maroon                                

Row	Instruction	Stitches
1	Sc around in the left over loops from row 4 of the body	12
2	Sc around	12
3	(sc, sc inc) x 6	18
4	(2 sc, sc inc) x 6	24
5	(3 sc, sc inc) x 6	30
6	(4 sc, sc inc) x 6	36
7	(5 sc, sc inc) x 6	42
8	(6 sc, sc inc) x 6	48
9-13	Sc around	48
14	(Sc inc, hdc inc, dc inc, trc inc, dc inc, hdc inc) x 8	96
	Cast off and sew in ends
	S sl st around middle of dress, just above row 14 of dress and sleeve edges in white.
	Sew in all ends

Hair Cap – work in brown                           

Row	Instruction	Stitches
1	6 sc inc m/c	6
2	(sc inc) x 6	12
3	(sc, sc inc) x 6	18
4	(8 sc, sc inc)x 2	20
5-7	Sc around	20
	Cast off with a long tail and sew to head.
	Using a slip knot add some single strands of hair evenly around the cap.   Pull back with a piece of maroon hair tied in a bow

 

Crown – work in Yellow                               

Row	Instruction	Stitches
1	Ch 19, sk ch and work down the ch as follows; 6 sc, hdc, dc, trc, ch 1, trc, dc, hdc, 6 sc	18
	Cast off and sew into a circle before sewing on to princess’s hair.

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