Crochet Blackberry Doll: A Step-by-Step Guide

Supplies

Supplies: Cotton yarn (e.g. Schachenmayr Catania 125m/50g) in three colors: beige, green, and purple, a bit of red for the cherry, crochet hook 3 mm, polyester fiberfill stuffing, 2 black beads, 2 buttons, scissors, yarn needle.

Skill Level

Easy

Size

The ready doll is approx. 23 cm, can be made bigger or smaller depending on the yarn and hook you use.

Skills You Need

• Chain
• Single crochet
• Double crochet
• Half double crochet
• Slip stitch
• Increase
• Decrease

Abbreviations

• Ch = chain
• St = stitch
• Sc = single crochet
• Sl st = slip stitch
• Dec = decrease stitch (two single crochets together)
• Inc = increase stitch (two single crochets into one stitch)
• Dc = double crochet
• Rnd = round

Tips

• Do not join rounds, work in a continuous spiral.
• Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end or the beginning of a round.
• All stitches are worked into both loops, unless stated otherwise in the pattern.
• Doll can be made in any desired colors.
• Seamless way of changing color when working in the round: pick up the new color at the end of the round by inserting your hook into the stitch, yarn over the new color and pull through the stitch and the loop on your hook to complete the stitch.

Front Post Double Crochet

Yarn over, insert your hook between the posts of the first and second stitch of the row below, and then from back to front again between the posts of the second and third stitches.

Yarn over and draw the yarn around the post of the stitch. You now have 3 loops on the hook.

Yarn over and draw the yarn through the 2 loops on the hook, twice.

One front post double crochet (FP dc) is complete.

Instructions

Leg (2x)

Start with purple color:

Rnd 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring

Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 stitches)

Rnd 3: *sc in each of next 3 sts, inc* (15 stitches)

Rnd 4-5: sc in each of next 15 sts

Rnd 6: *sc in each of next 4 sts, inc* (18 stitches)

Rnd 7-9: sc in each of next 18 sts

Rnd 10: *sc in each of next 5 sts, inc* (21 stitches)

Rnd 11-15: sc in each of next 21 sts

Cast off.

Work the second leg the same way but don’t cast off!

Body

Continue crocheting in purple color:

Rnd 16: chain 5 stitches, work one round over both legs (21 stitches of the first leg, sc in each of next 5 sts, 21 stitches of the second leg)

Rnd 17: sc in each of next 15 sts, inc, sc in each of next 25 sts, inc, sc in each of next 10 sts (54 stitches)

Rnd 18: sc in each of next 16 sts, inc, sc in each of next 26 sts, inc, sc in each of next 10 sts (56 stitches)

Continue crocheting in rounds:

Rnd 19-23: sc in each of next 56 sts

Rnd 24: sc in each of next 14 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 23 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 9 sts (52 sts).

Rnd 25-27: sc in each of next 52 sts

Rnd 28: sc in each of next 13 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 21 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 8 sts (48 sts).

Rnd 29-30: sc in each of next 48 sts

Rnd 31: sc in each of next 12 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 19 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 7 sts (44 sts).

Rnd 32-33: sc in each of next 44 sts

Rnd 34: sc in each of next 11 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 17 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 6 sts (40 sts).

Rnd 35-36: sc in each of next 40 sts

Rnd 37: sc in each of next 10 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 15 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 5 sts (36 sts).

Rnd 38: sc in each of next 36 sts

Rnd 39: sc in each of next 9 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 13 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 4 sts (32 sts).

Rnd 40: sc in each of next 32 sts

Stuff the body firmly.

Rnd 41: sc in each of next 8 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 11 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 3 sts (28 sts).

Rnd 42: sc in each of next 28 sts

Rnd 43: sc in each of next 7 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 9 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in each of next 2 sts (24 sts).

Rnd 44: sc in each of next 24 sts

Head

Change the color.

Rnd 45: *sc in next st, inc* (36 stitches)

Rnd 46: *sc in each of next 2 sts, inc* (48 stitches)

Rnd 47: *sc in each of next 7 sts, inc* (54 stitches)

Rnd 48: *sc in each of next 8 sts, inc* (60 stitches)

Rnd 49: sc in each of next 60 sts

Rnd 50: *sc in each of next 9 sts, inc* (66 stitches)

Rnd 51-59: sc in each of next 66 sts

Rnd 60: *dec, sc in each of next 9 sts* (60 sts)

Rnd 61: *dec, sc in each of next 8 sts* (54 stitches)

Rnd 62: *dec, sc in each of next 7 sts* (48 stitches)

Rnd 63: *dec, sc in each of next 6 sts* (42 stitches)

Rnd 64: *dec, sc in each of next 5 sts* (36 stitches)

Rnd 65: *dec, sc in each of next 4 sts* (30 stitches)

Rnd 66: *dec, sc in each of next 3 sts* (24 stitches)

Rnd 67: *dec, sc in each of next 2 sts* (18 stitches)

Stuff firmly.

Rnd 68: *dec, sc in the next st* (12 sts)

Rnd 69: *dec*, repeat 6 times.

Cast off.

Arm (2x)

Rnd 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring

Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 sts)

Rnd 3: *sc in next st, inc* (18 sts)

Rnd 4-8: sc in each of next 18 sts

Stuff the hand slightly.

Change the color.

At the end of the 8th round change to beige color yarn.

Rnd 9: sc in each of next 18 sts

Rnd 10: *dec, sc in each of next 4 sts* (15 stitches)

Rnd 11-19: sc in each of next 15 sts

Rnd 20: *dec, sc in each of next 3 sts* (12 stitches)

Rnd 21: sc in each of next 12 sts

Rnd 22: dec 6 times.

Cast off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Work the second arm the same way.

Hat

Start with green color yarn.

Rnd 1: Chain 4 stitches, join with sl st into ring. Ch 3, 11 dc into ring, sl st (12 M).

Rnd 2: ch 3, dc in the same st as ch, 2 dc in each of next 11 sts, sl st to top of ch 3 (24 stitches)

Rnd 3: ch 3, dc in the same st as ch, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in next st*, repeat from *to* 11 times, sl st to top of ch 3 (36 stitches)

Rnd 4: ch 3, dc in the same st as ch, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in each of next 2 sts*, repeat from *to* 11 times, sl st to top of ch 3 (48 stitches)

Rnd 5: ch 3, dc in the same st as ch, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in each of next 3 sts*, repeat from *to* 11 times, sl st to top of ch 3 (60 stitches)

Rnd 6: dc in each of next 60 sts

Rnd 7: ch 3, dc in the same st as ch, dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, dc in each of next 8 sts*, repeat from *to* 11 times, sl st to top of ch 3 (66 stitches)

Rnd 8: dc in each of next 66 sts

Change the color.

At the end of the 8th round change to purple color yarn.

Rnd 9 (working in the back loop): hdc in each of next 66 sts

Rnd 10-11: ch 2, *fpdc in the next st, dc in the next st*

Cast off.

Join yarn to the 8th round of the hat.

*sc in each of next 2 sts, 4 dc in the next st*, till the end of the rnd.

Cast off.

Cherry

Rnd 1: 6 sc into Magic Ring

Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12 sts)

Rnd 3-5: sc in each of next 12 sts

Stuff slightly.

Rnd 6: *dec*, repeat from * until the end of the round.

Cast off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

Sew arms to the body.

Position eyes and sew them to the head of the doll.

Sew cherry to the hat.

Sew two buttons on the body of the doll.