R1with dress: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7(5 sc, inc) ×6(42)
R8(BLO)42 sc(42)
R9–1142 sc(42)
R123 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R13–1436 sc(36)
R15(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R16–1730 sc(30)
Size before assembly: about 5.6 cm at the widest, 5 cm long; 17 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with shoe: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3–412 sc(12)
R5(4 sc, dec) ×2(10)
R6–1010 sc(10)
Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 3.5 cm long; 10 rounds.
Change to skin (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1with dress: ch 42 and join into a ring with a sl st in the first ch (do not twist); 42 sc, one in each ch of the ring(42)
R242 sc(42)
R3(shells)(skip 2 st, 7 dc in one st, skip 2 st, 1 sl st) ×7(56)
Size before assembly: about 6.4 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 3 rounds.
Change to frill (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with hair: 4 sc in MR(4)
R2inc ×4(8)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×4(12)
R42 sc, (inc, 3 sc) ×2, inc, 1 sc(15)
R514 sc, inc(16)
R6–816 sc(16)
R9(6 sc, dec) ×2(14)
R103 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 2 sc(12)
R11(4 sc, dec) ×2(10)
Size before assembly: about 2.1 cm at the widest, 3.5 cm long; 11 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 3, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 2, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(10)
R21 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 2 sc(12)
A flat oval about 2.7 × 1.5 cm; 2 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running front to back. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With bow: ch 5.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 1, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 0, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(6)
R21 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc(8)
A flat oval about 1.9 × 1.5 cm; 2 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running vertically, top to bottom. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With bow: ch 3.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with skin: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×3(9)
R3–79 sc(9)
R84 sc, dec, 3 sc(8)
Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 2.8 cm long; 8 rounds.
Change to dress (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 10 mm (on the head): in round 15, 9 st apart (count along round 15: about 4.3 st each side of the centre front line).
Embroidery in ink thread (on the head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 14 and 15, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in ink thread (on the head), straight stitches through: (in round 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 18, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 18, on the centre front line) → (in round 18, 0.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 17, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Blush about 10 mm, dry pastel or blush (on the head, both sides): between rounds 16 and 17, 6.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left . Colour pink.

Little Doll with Pigtails

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