Buttercup Baby Doll



Materials: 
- 3.25mm (D) hook 
- Worsted weight yarn - 200 yards pink, 50 yards yellow and 100 yards skin tone color.
I used Sugar 'N Cream cotton yarn in the colors Chamomile, Cream and Soft Ecru.
- 12mm safety eyes 
- Black embroidery floss
- Blush 
- Polyfil
- Yarn needle

My doll is 11" tall when made with the above materials.

Stitch abbreviations:
Sc: single crochet
Hdc: half double crochet
Dc: double crochet
Inc: increase
Dec: decrease
St: stitch
Ch: chain
MR: magic ring
FO: fasten off
BLO: back loops only
FLO: front loops only

**Pattern is worked in continuous rounds.**

Arms
(Make 2)
R1: Starting in skin tone color, ch 4, sc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 sc, 3 sc in last ch, then working on the other side of the chain, 2 sc, sc inc (9)
R2: sc inc, 1 sc, sc inc x 3, 2 sc, sc inc x 2 (15) 
R3: (4 sc, sc inc) x 3 (18) 
R4: 7 sc, 5 dc bobble, 10 sc (18) 
R5: (4 sc, sc dec) x 3 (15) 
R6: (3 sc, sc dec) x 3 (12) Change color to pink on the last st of this round.
R7: 12 sl st BLO (12) 
R8: 12 sc BLO (12)
R9-15: 12 sc (12) 
Stuff and fasten off.

Legs
R1: Ch 7, sc in 2nd ch from hook, 4 sc, 3 sc in next ch, then working on the other side of the chain, 5 sc, sc inc (15) 
R2: sc inc, 4 sc, sc inc x 3, 5 sc, sc inc x 2 (21) 
R3: (2 sc, sc inc) x 7 (28) 
R4: 28 sl st BLO (28) 
R5: 28 sc BLO (28)
R6: 28 sc (28) 
R7: 9 sc, sc dec x 4, 11 sc (24) 
R8: 8 sc, sc dec x 3, 10 sc (21) 
R9: sc dec x 1, 5 sc, sc dec x 3, 5 sc,sc dec x 1, 1 sc (16) 
R10-13: 16 sc (16) 
R14: (3 sc, sc inc) x4 (20) 
R15: 20 sc (20) 
Stuff legs. Fasten off the 1st leg but not the 2nd. Continue on to the body. 

Body 
Stuff as you go.
R1: Starting where you left off on the 2nd leg, 6 sc (if you are not at the center st where the legs should be joined, sc until you are then continue as written), ch 1, 20 sc on the 1st leg, making sure that the feel are facing the right direction, sc in ch 1, then sc in the remaining 14 sts on the 2nd leg. (42) 
R2: 6 sc, sc inc in ch 1, (6 sc, sc inc) x 5 (48) 
R3-4: 48 sc (48) 
R5: (6 sc, sc dec) x 6 (42) 
R6-8: 42 sc (42) 
R9: (5 sc, sc dec) x 6 (36) 
R10: 36 sc (36) 
R11: (4 sc, sc dec) x 6 (30) 
R12: 30 sc (30) 
R13: (3 sc, sc dec) x 6 (24) 
R14: Join arms: 12 sc around 1st arm, 12 sc to the other side of the body, 12 sc around 1nd arm, 12 sc on the body (48) 


R15: (6 sc, sc dec) x 6 (42) 
R16: (5 sc, sc dec) x 6 (36) 
R15: (4 sc, sc dec) x 6 (30) 
R16: (3 sc, sc dec) x 6 (24) 
R17: (2 sc, sc dec) x 6 (18) 
Finish stuffing and fasten off. 

Make the collar: In FLO of round 17, join yellow to the back of the doll. Ch 2 (does not count as a st), dc inc x 18 (36)
Fasten off and weave in ends.

Head
Stuff as you go.
R1: Join skin tone color to BLO of round 17 of the body. 18 sc (18) 
R2: 18 sc (18) 
R3: (1 sc, sc inc) x 9 (27) 
R4: (2 sc, sc inc) x 9 (36) 
R5: (3 sc, sc inc) x 9 (45) 
R6: (4 sc,sc inc) x 9 (54) 
R7: (8 sc, sc inc) x 6 (60) 
R8: (9 sc, sc inc) x 6 (66) 
R9-18: 66 sc (66) 
R19: (9 sc, sc dec) x 6 (60) 
R20: (8 sc, sc dec) x 6 (54) 
R21: (7 sc, sc dec) x 6 (48) 
R22: (6 sc, sc dec) x 6 (42) 
R23: (5 sc, sc dec) x 6 (36) 
R24: (4 sc, sc dec) x 6 (30) 
R25: (3 sc, sc dec) x 6 (24) 
R26: (2 sc, sc dec) x 6 (18) 
Place safety eyes between R14-15, 12 stitches apart. 
R27: (1 sc, sc dec) x 6 (12) 
R28: sc dec x 6 (6) 
Fasten off, close up head and weave in ends.

Hat
*The beginning ch of each round does not count as a stitch.
R1: Starting in pink, ch 1,10 hdc in MR, sl st join to 1st hdc (10) 
R2: Ch 1, hdc inc x 10, join to 1st hdc (20) 
R3: Ch 1, (1 hdc, hdc inc) x 10, join to 1st hdc (30) 
R4: Ch 1, (2 hdc, hdc inc) x 10, join to 1st hdc (40) 
R5: Ch 1, (3 hdc, hdc inc) x 10, join to 1st hdc (50) 
R6: Ch 1, (4 hdc, hdc inc) x 10, join to 1st hdc (60) 
R7-13: Ch 1, 60 hdc, join to 1st hdc (60) Change color to yellow on the last st of this round.
R14: 60 sl st BLO (60) 
R15: dc inc x 60 BLO (120) 
Fasten off with tail. Sew the hat to the head.

Small Flower
R1: In MR, Ch 3, dc, ch3, sl st back to magic ring. Repeat 4 more times to make 5 petals. 
Fasten off with long tail and sew to body. 

Large Flower
R1: Ch 1, 10 hdc in magic ring, sl st join to 1st hdc (10) 
R2: Ch 1, (1 hdc, hdc inc, ch2) x5, join to 1st hdc (15 hdc, 10 chs) 
R3: (1 sc, skip 1 st, 5 dc in next st, skip 1) x 5, join to 1st hdc (30 (25 dc, 5 sc)) 
R4: dc inc in each dc, sl st in each sc around, join to 1st hdc (55 (50 dc, 5 sl st)
Fasten off with long tail. Sew to hat.

You're done! 

I hope you have enjoyed making your doll as much as I enjoyed designing him. 

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