Been very busy this holiday and what a relief that Christmas came and went without a hitch. Sigh! That's one down and a New Year to go. Hehehe! So with the New Year celebration coming up and preparations going insane, I thought to have a little pause from the chaos and make a stress-relieving Amigurumi. Well, this time I didn't use any hook. With just a good pom-pom maker (Sorry, it's in Japanese so I don't know what brand), two skeins of Raven, and some felt cloth I was able to make myself an A-dorable, cutie-patootie giant soot sprite named Sooty. You know, like the ones in the Studio Ghibli films... Specifically in My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away. ^^
I don't know what brand is the pom-pom maker, but it looks like this...
It comes in a set of four different sizes: 3.5cm, 5.5cm, 7cm, and 9cm. The one I used for the soot sprite is the largest one. I bought it for Php235 in a yarn and crafts store, so it's about $5-6. Not bad huh? ^^ Disclaimer: Some of the images are not mine and can be searched online
So here we are again with another Disney Princess request from my sister-in-law. This time she asked me to make her a Rapunzel doll for her birthday. To be honest, we both know this is more of a gift for her baby girl than it is for her. Her birthday is just a formality for a deadline. Oh motherhood. Hahaha! ^^
Like Snow White, I'll be using the Disney Animator's Collection version for Rapunzel as reference. It's cuteness is killing me. Seriously! I can't find a doll more adorable than this .
With that, I decided to stick with Serah Basnet's Cookie doll pattern for the base.
Materials: Monaco Yarn Shade #10 - Chiffon (5-6 skeins) Monaco Yarn Shade #232 - Lemonade (1 skein) Monaco Yarn Shade #31 - Flamingo (2-3 skeins) Monaco Yarn Shade #26 - Periwinkle (5-6 skeins) Monaco Yarn Shade #1 - Snow (1 skein) Monaco Yarn Shade #18 - Bumblebee (6-7 skeins) Monaco Yarn Shade #24 - Grape (1 skein) Monaco Yarn Shade #19 - Raincoat (1 skein) Monaco Yarn Shade #52 - Pickle (1 skein) Monaco Yarn Shade #35 - Bubblegum - (1 skein) Crochet Hook - H8 (5 mm) Red thread Felt cloth: - White - Brown Marker pens Lacquer/transparent nail polish Pink blush Fiberfill stuffing *trinc = 2tr in 1st *sl2trinc = sl then 2tr in same st *3sctog = dec 3sc together *dcinc = 2dc in 1st *hdcinc = 2hdc in 1st *bo = bobble stitch HEAD (Chiffon) Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6) Rnd 2: inc around (12) Rnd 3: 1sc-inc (18) Rnd 4: 2sc-inc (24) Rnd 5: 3sc-inc (30) Rnd 6: 4sc-inc (36) Rnd 7: 5sc-inc (42) Rnd 8: 6sc-inc (48) Rnd 9: 7sc-inc (54) Rnd 10-17: sc around (54) Rnd 18: 7sc-dec (48) Rnd 19: 6sc-dec (42) Rnd 20: 5sc-dec (36) Rnd 21: 4sc-dec (30) Rnd 22: 3sc-dec (24) Rnd 23: 2sc-dec (18) FO, leave tail for sewing *Stitch to the body *Draw the eyes with markers on the felt and spray with lacquer *Cut eyebrows on brown felt and glue on top of the eyes *Put a little blush on the cheeks HAIR CAP (Bumblebee) Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6) Rnd 2: inc around (12) Rnd 3: 1sc-inc (18) Rnd 4: 2sc-inc (24) Rnd 5: 3sc-inc (30) Rnd 6: 4sc-inc (36) Rnd 7: 5sc-inc (42) Rnd 8: 6sc-inc (48) Rnd 9: 7sc-inc (54) Rnd 10: 17sc-inc (57) *Work in rows Row 11-15: 36sc, ch1-turn (36) Row 16: dec, 32sc, dec, ch1-turn (34) Row 17: sc across, ch1-turn (34) Row 18: dec, 30sc, dec, ch1-turn (32) Row 19: dec, 28sc, dec, (30) FO, leave tail for sewing *Stitch to the head LEGS (2x) (Chiffon) 6ch Rnd 1: sc on 2nd ch from hook, sc around (10) Rnd 2: inc, 2sc, 3inc, 2sc, 2inc (16) Rnd 3: inc, 4sc, 4inc, 4sc, 3inc (24) Rnd 4: sc around (24) Rnd 5: 7sc, 3dec, 11sc (21) Rnd 6: 6sc, 3dec, 7sc, dec (17) Rnd 7: 6sc, 2dec, 7sc (15) Rnd 8-30: sc around (15) (Lemonade) Rnd 31-32: sc around (15) FO, weave in ends *After completing the two legs, sl them together *Make sure the legs are slightly angled so that it wouldn't look too straight or stiff facing front
*Continue rounds to the body BODY (Lemonade) Rnd 33: sc around (28) Rnd 34: 1sc-inc (42) Rnd 35-36: sc around (42) (Chiffon) Rnd 37: sc around (42) (Periwinkle) Rnd 38: sc around (42) Rnd 39-40: BLO, sc around (42) (Flamingo) Rnd 41: BLO, 5sc-dec (36) Rnd 42: 4sc-dec (30) Rnd 43: 3sc-dec (24) Rnd 44-45: sc around (24) Rnd 46: 2sc-dec (18) Rnd 47-51: sc around (18) (Snow) Rnd 52: FLO, trinc, [sltrinc] 11x, sl on 1st st (36) FO, weave in ends *Reconnect yarn and continue to BLO of Rnd 52 (Chiffon) Rnd 53-54: sc around (18) FO, weave in ends SKIRT (Periwinkle) *Reconnect yarn and continue on FLO of Rnd 39 of the body Rnd 1: 6sc-inc (48) Rnd 2: 7sc-inc (54) Rnd 3: 8sc-inc (60) Rnd 4: 9sc-inc (66) Rnd 5: 10sc-inc (72) Rnd 6: 11sc-inc (78) Rnd 7: 12sc-inc (84) Rnd 8-9: sc around (84) Rnd 10: 13sc-inc (90) Rnd 11-19: sc around (90) FO, weave in ends OVERLAPPING SKIRT *I'm not entirely sure what it's called so bear with me. But if anyone knows, just tell me and I'll update this. Hehehe! (Periwinkle) *Reconnect yarn and continue on Rnd 40 of the body *Find the center and mark it *From there, count 21 stitches. If it goes to the back and it still looks right in the middle then you have evenly halved the doll vertically ^^ *Reconnect the yarn at the front (From where you started the count to 21 stitches) and work in rows Row 1: sc across, ch1-turn (42) Row 2: 6sc-inc, ch1-turn (48) Row 3: 7sc-inc, ch1-turn (54) Row 4: 8sc-inc, ch1-turn (60) Row 5: 9sc-inc, ch1-turn (66) Row 6: 3sctog, [9sc-inc] 6x, 3sctog, ch1-turn (68) Row 7: 3sctog, dec, 1sc, [inc-7sc] 7x, 1sc, dec, 3sctog, ch1-turn (69) Row 8: 3sctog, dec, 4sc, inc, [9sc-inc] 5x, 4sc, dec, 3sctog, ch1-turn (69) Row 9: 3sctog, dec, 59sc, dec, 3sctog (63) FO, weave in ends LACE HOLES (2x) (Lemonade) 10ch Row 1: sc on 2nd ch, [ch3, (skip 1st)-2sc] 2x, ch3, (skip 1st) 1sc (14) FO, leave tail for sewing *Stitch in front of the body LACE (Lemonade) 64ch Row 1: sl on 2nd ch. sl across (63) FO, weave in ends *If counting seems too much work, just get a tape measure and work chains until it reaches at least 19 to 20 inches *Starting from the bottom, crisscross the lace through the holes then tie a bow at the end SLEEVES (2x) (Flamingo) Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6) Rnd 2: [(Flamingo) inc, (Periwinkle) inc] 3x (12) Rnd 3: [(Flamingo) 1sc-inc, (Periwinkle) 1sc-inc] 3x (18) Rnd 4: [(Flamingo) 2sc-inc, (Periwinkle) 2sc-inc] 3x (24) Rnd 5: [(Flamingo) 4sc, (Periwinkle) 4sc] 3x (24) Rnd 6: [(Flamingo) 1sc-dec-1sc, (Periwinkle) 1sc-dec-1sc] 3x (18) Rnd 7: [(Flamingo) dec-1sc, (Periwinkle) dec-1sc] 3x (12) Rnd 8: [(Flamingo) dec, (Periwinkle) 2sc] 3x (9) (Flamingo) Rnd 9: sc around (9) Rnd 10: FLO, sc around (9) FO, leave tail for sewing PINKY FINGERS (2x) (Chiffon) Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6) Rnd 2) sc around (6) FO, weave in ends REST OF THE FINGERS (6x) (Chiffon) Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6) Rnd 2-3) sc around (6) FO, weave in ends *After completing all the fingers, assemble and stitch them together with 2 stitches *Make sure the pinky doesn't go in the middle, otherwise that'd be totally odd O_O
*Continue to the hands/arms *Reconnect yarn to the side of the pinky HANDS/ARMS (2x) (Chiffon) Rnd 4: 1sc-inc (18) *Making the hands are a bit confusing so here's a diagram on how to do Rnd 4
Rnd 5: sc around (18) Rnd 6: [1sc-dec] 4x, bo, dec, 1sc, dec (12) Rnd 7: 2sc-dec (9) Rnd 8-17: sc around (9) FO, weave in ends *Stitch the hands/arms to the sleeves I decided to put this last since it really takes time doing this one. It's a lot of work but fun to do. ^^ HAIR (Bumblebee) *Cut strands of Bumblebee that measures twice the body length of the doll *Follow my often used hair tutorial to attach the strands on the hair cap *I know Rapunzel usually has her hair loose, flowing crazy everywhere, but since this is meant for a 2-year old girl I decided to braid it. Yah, like Rapunzel had when she sang the "I see the light" song with Flynn. This is actually more for keeping my sister-in-law's sanity from an imminent mess the long locks might cause, than for the sake of making the doll prettier ^^ Instead of a plain braid, I borrowed June Gilbank's posy blossom pattern to put random flowers on the hair.
This is not mandatory, and totally up to you what you'd like to put on the hair. But If you prefer the same arrangement as mine, then follow my color combinations.
With Rapunzel done, that just leaves me with her best friend, Pascal, the adorable little chameleon. For this pattern, I had to useEnvy as my... Hmm... Reference? Of course they look completely different, but both do have lizard qualities so yah... Totally makes sense. ^^
PASCAL
Materials: Monaco Yarn Shade #50 - Parakeet (2-3 skeins) Felt cloth: - Brown - White
Pink blush
Fiberfill stuffing HEAD (Parakeet) Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6) Rnd 2: 1sc-inc (9) Rnd 3: 2sc-inc (12) Rnd 4: 3sc-inc (15) Rnd 5: 4sc inc (18) Rnd 6: 5sc-inc (21) Rnd 7: 6sc-inc (24) Rnd 8: 7sc-inc (27) Rnd 9: 8sc-inc (30) Rnd 10-11: sc around (30) Rnd 12: 3sc-dec (24) Rnd 13: 2sc-dec (18) Rnd 14: 1sc-dec (12) FO, leave tail for sewing *Attach to the body *Cut out eyes from white and brown felt cloth and glue on the head *Put a little blush on the cheeks BODY (Parakeet) Rnd 1: 4sc in mr (4) Rnd 2: sc around (4) Rnd 3: 1sc-inc (6) Rnd 4: sc around (6) Rnd 5: 2sc-inc (8) Rnd 6-7: sc around (8) Rnd 8: 3sc-inc (10) Rnd 9-10: sc around (10) Rnd 11: 1sc-inc (15) Rnd 12: 4sc-inc (18) Rnd 13: 8sc-inc (20) Rnd 14-16: sc around (20) Rnd 17: 8sc-dec (18) Rnd 18: 1sc-dec (12) FO, weave in ends CREST (Parakeet) Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6) Rnd 2: 1sc-inc (9) Rnd 3: 2sc-inc (12) Rnd 4: 3sc-inc (15) FO, leave tail for sewing SPIKES (Parakeet) 11ch Row 1: inc on 2nd ch from hook, 1sl, hdcinc, 1sl, dcinc, 1sl, hdcinc, 1sl, inc 1sl (15) FO, leave tail for sewing *Attach to the back of the body LEGS (4x) (Parakeet) Rnd 1: 6sc in mr (6) Rnd 2: BLO, sc around (6) Rnd 3-4: sc around (6) FO, leave tail for sewing TOES (4x) (Parakeet) *Reconnect yarn and continue on Rnd 2 of the legs Rnd 1: [1sl, 1sc, 1sl (on same st)] 3x (9) FO, weave in ends
Aww! Look at the dynamic cutie duo. ^^
I think I've done Rapunzel and Pascal perfectly, but of course there's always room for improvement. My niece's birthday is still half a year from now, but I'm already excited and anxious what my sister-in-law's next Disney princess challenge will be. ^^ Copyright: Rapunzel (Adapted from Serah Basnet's Cookie, the amigurumi girl pattern and June Gilbank's Posy Blossoms pattern) and Pascal are original patterns written by Duchess Gala. You may do whatever you want with the finished product but please do not sell or claim the pattern as your own. Also, do not post the pattern directly to your website. Just link it to this blog. ^^ Disclaimer: Some of the images are not mine and can be searched online
So with the New Year celebration coming up and preparations going insane, I thought to have a little pause from the chaos and make a stress-relieving Amigurumi. Well, this time I didn't use any hook. With just a good pom-pom maker (Sorry, it's in Japanese so I don't know what brand), two skeins of Raven, and some felt cloth I was able to make myself an A-dorable, cutie-patootie giant soot sprite named Sooty. You know, like the ones in the Studio Ghibli films... Specifically in My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away. ^^
