Crochet toy pattern

Stepha, the ballerina

wearing the black dress

Designer:
Elena Bondarenko
@crochetfriends_toys
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This pattern doesn’t include any crochet lessons and it’s for those
who already know basic crochet stitches. The difficulty level -
medium.
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 Recommendations:

I do yarn under then yarn over when crocheting this toy (semi-X stitches). If you do yarn
over both times (V stitches), then you will have to work shift stitches by yourself.
Hold tight tension to avoid holes forming.
All the pieces are crocheted in a spiral.
The finished toy measures about 26cm (10.2 inches) in case of using the materials listed.

Abbreviations:

MR - magic ring
ch - chain
inc - increase
sc - single crochet
dec - decrease
sl st - slip stitch
HDC - half double crochet
DC - double crochet
BLO - crochet into back loops only
FLO - crochet into front loops only
(...) - the number in parentheses means a total amount of stitches in the round
(...)*X -repeat the instructions in parentheses x times
In this pattern we use US terminology.

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 Materials and tools needed:

Yarn:
- YarnArt Jeans 50g/160m, color 05 (light beige) - for body.
- Alize Cotton Gold 100g/330m, color 62 (cream) – for tights.
- Alize Cotton Gold 100g/330m, color 60 (black) – for dress, pointe shoes.
- YarnArt Baby cotton 50g/165m, color 407 (brown) – for hair.
Crochet hook №2 (US B).
Fiberfill – hollofiber.
9mm safety eyes.
Thick needle for sewing, pins, scissors, stitch marker.
Black, white and brown threads for face details.
Blusher or hard pastels for painting.
Wrapped wire with diameter of 4mm (11cm).
Adhesive tape.
Satin ribbon of black color: for pointe shoes - 3mm wide; for bow on the head -
5mm wide.
Tulle of white and black color.
Decorative elements of your choice.

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 Arms:
Make two pieces.
Start crocheting with YarnArt Jeans № 05 (light beige).
Stuff as you go. Stuff the hand firmly, then stuff slightly, the
top part of the arm doesn’t need to be stuffed.

1round: 6sc in MR (6)

2round: 6inc (12)
3round: (5sc, inc)*2 (14)
4round: 14sc
5round: bobble stitch (3DC with one top worked into one
stitch), 13sc (14)
6round: 14sc
7round: (dec, 5sc)*2 (12)
8-20rounds: 12sc (13 rounds)
Change to Alize Cotton Gold № 60 (black), don’t cut the
thread YarnArt Jeans № 05 (light beige).
21round: 12sc
22round: crochet BLO 12sc (12)
Change the thread to YarnArt Jeans № 05 (light beige), cut the
thread Alize Cotton Gold № 60 (black).
23-30rounds: 12sc (8 rounds)
Crochet 6sc more (or any other amount of stitches needed to
shift the thumb to the arm side if we fold the arm in half).
Fold the piece edges in half and crochet 6sc. Fasten off the
thread, cut.
Puffed sleeves:
Attach the thread Alize Cotton Gold № 60 (black) to the front loops of round 21. Hold
the arm in the way shown in the photo when working around it.
1round: inc into every stitch, sl st (24)
2round: ch3, DC inc into every stitch, sl st (48)
Fasten off the thread, cut. Weave in the thread tail inside of the piece.

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 Legs+body:

The right leg.

Start crocheting with Alize Cotton Gold № 62 (cream).

Stuff the foot and the part till the knee firmly, then stuff
slightly, the top part (about 1.5 cm) doesn’t need to be
stuffed.
Stuff the body firmly as you go.
1round: Make ch7, from the 2nd ch from the hook: inc, 4sc,
4sc into one ch, along the other side of the chain – 4sc, inc
(16)
2round: 16sc
3round: inc, 7sc, inc, 7sc (18)
4-5rounds: 18sc (2 rounds)
6round: (dec, 7sc)*2 (16)
In the next round pay attention to the location of hdc
stitches (see the photo), they should be located in the middle
of foot. Work shift stitches if needed.
7round: 11sc, 5hdc, ch1 – turn the work,
- 5sc, ch1 – turn the work,
- 5sc, ch1 – turn the work,
- skip 1 stitch, 2sc, skip 1 stitch, 1sc, ch1
– turn the work.
Place marker to this point and continue crocheting in
rounds.
8round: 3sc, crochet 3sc across the side edge, 2sc,
7sl st, 2sc, crochet 3sc across the side edge (20)
9round: 5sc, dec, 8sc, dec, 3sc (18) – when we are working
into slip stitches, insert the hook into both loops in the
round 8 (see the photo).
10round: 7sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 2sc (16)
11round: 16 sc
12round: 1sc, dec, 6sc, dec, 5sc (14)
13-16rounds: 14sc (4 rounds)
17round: (2sc, inc)*4, 2sc (18)
18-23rounds: 18sc (6 rounds)
24round: (2sc, dec)*4, 2sc (14)

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 Legs+body:

25round: 9sc, 4inc, 1sc (18) – increases should be located

exactly in the middle of the front part. Work shift stitches if
needed (see the photo).
26round: 18sc
27round: 9sc, 4dec, 1 sc (14)
28round: 14sc
29round: 1sc, inc, 6sc, inc, 5sc (16) – increases at the sides.
30round: 16sc
31round: 1sc, inc, 7sc, inc, 6sc (18) – increases at the sides.
32round: 18sc
33round: 3sc, inc, 8sc, inc, 5sc (20) – increases at the sides.
34round: 20sc
35round: inc, 9sc, inc, 9sc (22)
36-38rounds: 22sc (3 rounds)
Work several sc additionally (I worked 17sc) to shift the
stitch marker to the piece side (see the photo). Cut the
thread on the first leg and fasten off.

The left leg.

Make the left leg in the same way as we made the right leg,
but don’t cut the thread of cream color and continue
crocheting.

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 Legs+body:

39round: fold the edges of the left leg in half and

crochet 11sc, make ch5 and attach it with the right leg,
fold the edges of the right leg in half and crochet 11sc.
40round: 11sc into half of the loops on the right leg,
5sc along the chain, 11 sc into half of the loops on the
left leg.
Place marker (27) - short round.
41round: 11sc into half of the loops on the left leg, 5sc
along the chain, 11sc into half of the loops on the right
leg, 27sc into both loops. (54)
42-50rounds: 54sc (9 rounds)
In the next round change the yarn of cream color to
Alize Cotton Gold № 60 (black). Don’t cut the cream
thread.
I used different color of yarn for illustrative purposes.
51round: 54sc
52round: BLO 54sc
53round: 54sc

54round: dec, 26sc, dec, 24 (52) - decreases at the sides

55round: 35sc, (dec,1sc)*4, 5 sc (48) – decreases should be located
in the middle of the back side.
56round: 48sc
57round: 7sc, dec, 12sc, dec, 8sc, dec, 10sc, dec, 3 sc (44)
58-60rounds: 44sc (3 rounds)
61round: 2sc, dec, 20sc, dec, 18sc (42)
62-64rounds: 42sc (3 rounds)
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 Legs+body:

65round: work several sc additionally (I worked 2sc) to shift

the stitch marker exactly to the piece side.
Change the color to body color YarnArt Jeans 05 (light
beige). Cut the thread Alize Cotton Gold № 60 (black).
Crochet BLO: 42sc (42)
In the next round we are going to join the arms. Make sure
they are located symmetrically at the body sides. Work shift
stitches if needed. The thumbs should be facing towards us.
66round: crochet 6sc, inserting the hook into the arm and
the body layers, 14sc, 6sc, inserting the hook into the arm
and the body layers, 16sc (42)
67round: (5sc, dec)*6 (36)
68round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*5, 2sc (30)
69round: (3sc, dec)*6 (24)
70round: (2sc, dec)*6 (18)
71round: (4sc, dec)*3 (15)
72-75rounds: 15sc (4 rounds)
Finish crocheting with sl st, fasten off the thread, cut,
leaving a long thread tail for sewing.

Dress border:
Mark 14 stitches in the middle of round 65.
Attach the thread Alize Cotton Gold № 60 (black) to the front loops of round 65.
Hold the crochet hook in the way shown in the photo.
Crochet in this way: sc, hdc, DC, DC, hdc, sc, sl st, sl st, sc, hdc, DC, DC, hdc, sc.
Fasten off the thread, cut. Weave in the thread tail inside of the piece.

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 Skirt:

Attach the thread Alize Cotton Gold № 60 (black) to the front loops of round 51 at the
back side. Hold the piece with the feet facing down (see the photo). The arms can be
fixed with pins, so they won’t interfere your work at the skirt (see the photo).
1round: 3sc in each stitch (162)
Then crochet in rounds.
2-8rounds: 162sc (7 rounds)
9round: BLO 162sc (162)
10round: 3 turning ch, (2DC into one stitch)*162 (324)
Finish crocheting with sl st. Fasten off the thread, weave in the thread tail.

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 Underskirt:

Take two pieces of tulle of black and white color with the width of 6 cm and the length of
150 cm (you can take the longer pieces, then the underskirt will be fluffier). Fold it in half
(along the piece length) and iron across the line of the fold to fix it (the black color is
located inside). Make a running stitch across this fold line. Gather the fabric forming
folds. Try the underskirt on the doll and fix with pins. Sew it around. Spread the
underskirt.

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 Head:
Crochet with the thread YarnArt Jeans № 05 (light beige).
Stuff firmly as you go.
1round: 6sc in MR (6)
2round: 6inc (12)
3round: (sc, inc)*6 (18)
4round: 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*5, 1sc (24)
5round: (3sc, inc)*6 (30)
6round: 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc)*5, 2sc (36)
7round: (5sc, inc)*6 (42)
8round: 3sc, inc, (6sc, inc)*5, 3sc (48)
9round: (7sc, inc)*6 (54)
10round: 4sc, inc, (8sc, inc)*5, 4sc (60)
11-15rounds: 60sc (5 rounds)
16round: (9sc, inc)*6 (66)
17-19rounds: 66sc (3 rounds)
In the next round we are going to make openings for eyes.
20round: 28sc, ch1, skip 1 stitch, 8sc, ch1, skip 1 stitch, 28sc
(66)
21-24rounds: 66sc (4 rounds)
Insert the eyes into the openings and secure them.
25round: (9sc, dec)*6 (60)
26round: 4sc, dec, (8sc, dec)*5, 4sc (54)
27round: (7sc, dec)*6 (48)
28round: 3sc, dec, (6sc, dec)*5, 3sc (42)
Start stuffing.
29round: (5sc, dec)*6 (36)
30round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*5, 2sc (30)
31round: (3sc, dec)*6 (24)
32round: 1sc, dec, (2sc, dec)*5, 1sc (18)
33round: (3sc, dec)*3, 2sc, sl st (15)
Fasten off the thread and cut, weave in the thread tail inside
of the piece.
Ears:
Make two pieces using the thread YarnArt Jeans № 05 (light
beige).
When making a magic ring, leave a long thread tail for
sewing. We will use it for sewing the ears to the head.
1round: 5sc in MR (5)
Cut the thread, leaving a long thread tail for sewing.
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 Needle sculpting for face:

Make a needle sculpting, be guided with the photos. Take a long strong thread. In this
case I used the same thread, which was used for the doll crocheting. Insert the needle as
close to the eyes as possible.
The points 5 and 6 are located at the last round of the head, in the middle of front side.
Insert the needle into the point 5 and pull it out from the point 1. Then insert the needle
into the point 2 and pull it out from the point 6. Then make a needle sculpting for the
second eye. Insert the needle into the point 5 and pull it out from the point 3. Then
insert the needle into the point 4 and pull out from the point 6. Pull the thread ends very
carefully, trying to pull the eyes evenly and not so tightly. Tie a knot and weave in the
thread tails inside of the piece.

3 4 2 1

6 5

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 Details:

Make a white stitches around the eyes.

Embroider the eyelashes above the eyes using a black thread. Embroider the eyebrows
using a thread of brown color. Pull the white, the black and the brown threads out from
the head opening.
When all the details are embroidered, tie the thread ends into a knot and weave in the
thread tails inside of the head.

Embroider the nose.

Mark two points with pins, they are located between rounds 22 and 23 on the head, the
distance between them is 3 stitches. Make two stitches with the thread YarnArt Jeans
№ 05 (light beige) moving from one pin to the other pin.
Wind the thread around these stitches using a needle.

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 Details:

Sew the ears.

Mark 2 points with pins: the upper edge is located between rounds 19 and 20 on the
head; the lower edge is located between rounds 21 and 22. Count 8 stitches from the eye
edge. Sew the ears to the head.

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 Hair:

Wig.
Crochet with the thread YarnArt Baby cotton № 407 (brown).
Try the wig on the head as you go, it should fit closely to the head.
You may probably need to work more or less rounds, because we all have different
crochet density.
1round: 6sc in MR (6)
2round: 6inc (12)
3round: (sc, inc)*6 (18)
4round: 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*5, 1sc (24)
5round: (3sc, inc)*6 (30)
6round: 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc)*5, 2sc (36)
7round: (5sc, inc)*6 (42)
8round: 3sc, inc, (6sc, inc)*5, 3sc (48)
9round: (7sc, inc)*6 (54)
10round: 4sc, inc, (8sc, inc)*5, 4sc (60)
11-22rounds: 60sc (12 rounds)
Finish crocheting with sl st.
Fasten off the thread, cut, leaving a long thread tail for sewing.

Bun:

Start crocheting with the thread YarnArt Baby cotton № 407

(brown).
1round: 6sc in MR (6)
2round: 6inc (12)
3round: (sc, inc)*6 (18)
4round: 1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*5, 1sc (24)
5round: (3sc, inc)*6 (30)
6round: 2sc, inc, (4sc, inc)*5, 2sc (36)
7round: (5sc, inc)*6 (42)
8-12rounds: 42sc (5 rounds)
13round: (5sc, dec)*6 (36)
14round: 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*5, 2sc (30)
15round: 30sc
16round: BLO (sc, make ch10, from the second ch from the
hook 9sc, 2sl st)*9, sl st.
Fasten off the thread, cut, leaving a long thread tail for
sewing.
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 Details:

Hairstyle.
Put the wig on the head. Fix it with pins and sew. I sew it using “stitch-to-stitch”
method.
Let’s make bangs. Mark the point on the head where the bangs will start. I placed this
point between rounds 21 and 22 on the wig in the middle. Take a needle with a long
thread and start to embroider the bangs. At first move to one side, inserting the needle
into the wig base (see the photo). Make a pair of stitches in this way. Then pull the
needle out a little higher than the bangs base from the middle and make several stitches
more. Embroider the bangs on the other side in the same way.
When the bangs are finished, insert the needle into the middle of the front side and
make a pair of stitches covering the hairline (see the photo).
Weave in the thread tail inside of the head.

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 Details:

Take the bun, add fibrefill and fix on the head top with pins. My bun is located between
rounds 7 and 8 on the head. You can choose any other location.

Blushes.
Paint the cheeks and the nose slightly using a blusher or hard pastels.

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 Details:

Take a piece of wire with the length of 11 cm, wrap the ends with adhesive tape. At first
insert the wire into the doll’s body. Add the fibrefill into the body. The neck should be
firmly stuffed. Put the head on the neck, fix with pins. Sew it around.
Then pull the thread of black color through the middle point on the top border of the
dress using a needle. Cross the thread tails and tie a bow on the back side.

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 Pointe shoes:

Make two pieces, use the thread Alize Cotton Gold № 60 (black).

Make ch8, from the second ch from the hook:

1round: 6sc, 3sc into the last ch, along the other side of the chain 5sc, inc (16)
2round: inc, 5sc, 3inc, 5sc, 2inc (22)
3round: : 1sc, inc, 5sc, (1sc, inc)*3, 5sc, (1sc, inc)*2 (28)
4round: 2sc, inc, 5sc, (2sc, inc)*3, 5sc, (2sc, inc)*2 (34)
5-7rounds: 34sc (3 rounds)
8round: 11sc, 6dec, 11sc, sl st (28) - decreases should be located in the middle, work shift
stitches if needed.
Fasten off the thread, weave in the thread tail.
Prepare two pieces of satin ribbon, the length is 20 cm.
Sew them to the sides of the pointe shoes.

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 Tie a bow, sew it to the head

And your Stepha, the ballerina is finished!!!

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