How to Crochet Doll.
( Part I)
A crochet doll presented on this page is my first experience of making dolls. My inspiration came from the dolls made by a talented Russian designer Nelly Bolgert. Her instructions (written in Russian, but has a lot of pictures) describes a basic design of a doll which can be used to create a whole family of funny crochet toys.  Here is my first "family member." Click to enlarge for detail picture. Nelly's instruction can be found at her site . Click the 5th button from the top on the left navigation bar. Once you are on Nelly's page, you will see three download links at the bottom of the page. First of them is a link to the page where instruction for making a doll is located. Instruction is written down in .pdf format which requires an Adobe Reader program installed on your computer. You can download it for free from the link at Nelly's page. Instruction is full of pictures, which allow you to follow it step by step. The only reason I decided to make this page on my site is desire to help English-speaking visitors to understand some moments in the text which are not quite obvious from the pictures in case you can't read Russian.
Now download the instruction and let's follow it step-by-step. It is not exact translation, but only major moments which are not obvious from the pictures. If you still have some questions, you can ask them through my contact form. Here is some information which will help you. 1. Basic information. A single crochet stitch (SC) is used for crocheting all parts of a doll. Thickness of yarn, its colors, number of a crochet hook are a matter of your preferences. A picture on this page is a small dictionary of the terms which will help you to understand description. 
2. Body. Chain 6 stitches, join into the ring. Crochet a circle till its diameter is about 10 cm. Continue to crochet not adding stitches. It will form an "egg" (see the picture), about 10 cm long. Start to decrease stitches to shape an "egg". Stuff it before close the stitches. 3. Head. The same as body, but diameter of a circle is about 8 cm. To form a doll chin form a tiny "half-egg" first. It is the beginning of a head. 4. Two Legs. Two rectangular pieces 20 cm x 10 cm. To make the legs rigid you can roll a piece of fabric and use it as a stuffing instead of regular one. 5. Two Hands. The same as legs. Two rectangular pieces (13-15) cm x 8 cm. 6. Two Feet. Four ovals 8 cm x 15 cm. Sew two ovals together. Stuff them tight to keep weight of a crochet doll. 7. Lower parts of the hands. Start from 15 chains and crochet two ovals 7 cm x 10 cm. Ten ovals for fingers: 7 cm x 2.5 cm (20 chains) - 4 pcs, 9 cm x 2.5 cm (24 chains) - 4 pcs, 10 cm x 2.5 cm (26 chains) - 2 pcs. Sew two hands - see the pictures of Nelly's instruction. 8. Hair. Use the same principle like for the hair-do from a Girl Sweater picture. Make hair-do according to your imagination. 9. A crochet doll face. Use buttons, yarn, additional crochet details to make it look the way you like. The main thing is : a face has to be kind. :) 10. Assemble a crochet doll. Sew all parts together the way you see it in the pictures. Dress your doll sewing her garments on the body or live some parts of a doll undressed in case it is crocheted as a garment. See a Second part of this page for some ideas. Besides that, you will find a lot of inspirations at Nelly's site. Thank you, Nelly! :)
A Crochet Doll Instruction. Part 2.
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