PATTERN

CROCHET DOLL
LADY BUG
 Contents

1. About me

2. Introduction

3. Supplies

4. Abbreviations

5. Process description

6. Conclusion

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 Hello, dear handmade master!

My name's Dasha and I'm a doll designer.

I've been keen on handmade for long. Crocheting has been
thrown me into only after my daughter’s birth. It was my
daughter who inspired me to create my first toy! I’d been
creating toys by other patterns to gain the experience and
then began to create my own brooches, dolls and toys.
Recently I’ve understood that I do my best in creating
dolls, especially with wire skeleton. The dolls become
more expressive with wire skeleton: it can move their
hands and legs and spin its head. You can crochet different
outfit and make new hairstyle.

AST publishing company has published 2 books with my

crochet patterns:
Crochet superheroes. Cute dolls with wire skeleton;
A horrible family: a crochet story.

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 Introduction
Before starting to create the doll, I sincerely ask you to go
through the following information.

This pattern doesn't include any tutorial lessons.

Buying the pattern means you accept the following

requirements:
✔The pattern is my authorial work;
✔The pattern is only for personal use;
✔Selling, presenting or distributing the patterns in any other
ways are prohibited;
✔If you publish on the Internet any photos of the doll
crocheted following this pattern, kindly mention me as the
author. Please tag me @pollytoys_crochet

Thank you for your understanding and respecting my work.

Enjoy the process and have a nice day!

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 Supplies
The size of the completed doll is 8.19 inches if you use the similar
supplies mentioned below.
1) Yarn:
YarnArt Jeans (50g/160m, 55% cotton, 45% acryl):
- color 07 (beige) - for body;
- color 53 (black) - for outfit and Tikki;
- color 90 (red) - for outfit, mask, ribbons and Tikki;
Alize Cotton Gold (100g/330m, 55% cotton, 45% acryl):
- color 141 (blue) - for hair.
You can use any other yarn of the same characteristics.
2) Hook, suitable for the chosen yarn. I've
used Tulip 1.5 - to crochet the doll, Clover
1.25 - to crochet spots and Lucky charm.
3) Moulinet thread of black color, a bit of
white moulinet thread color to decorate the
face.
4) Steel wire of 1 mm thick and about 1 m
long/0.5 mm thick and about 8 inches long,
tapesty tape and some strong glue.
If you are going to make the doll without
any skeleton, you should use a barbecue
skewer or any other skeleton for the neck.
5) A piece of plastic or cardboard of 3.9 x
3.9 inches;
6) A pair of 12 mm and 10 mm safety eyes;
7) Oil pastel of brown and peach/pink color
(you can use blusher instead), a paint brush
to tint;
8) The pliers, scissors, pins;
9) A needle and a tapestry needle;
10) 2 invisible silicone elastic hair bands;
11) Fiberfill.

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 Abbreviations

MR - Magic Ring
sc - single crochet
ch - chain
dec - decrease
inc - increase
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
tr -triple crochet
sl st - slip stitch
BLO - Back loop only
FLO - Front loop only
(..) * - repeat instructions in brackets with the required number
of times

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 Process description
Arms

3 dc bobble

Red thread color.

2 pieces.
Don’t fill with fiber.
1 row: 6 sc in MR
2 row: (1 sc - 1 inc)*3 (9)
3 row: 9 sc
4 row: 1 (3 dc bobble) - 8 sc (9)
5 - 21 row (17 rows): 9 sc
If it's necessary work shifting sc to finish the work along the inner part
of the arm (from different sides of right and left arms).
Fix and cut thread, hide tail thread.

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 Legs
Red thread color.
2 pieces.
Don’t fill with fiber.
8 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch.
1 row: 6 sc - 3 sc in 1 ch - 5 sc - 1 inc (16)
2 row: 1 inc - 5 sc - 3 inc - 5 sc - 2 inc (22)
3 row: 1 sc - 1 inc - 5 sc - (1 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 5 sc- (1
sc - 1 inc)*2 (28)
Cut an oval insole from cardboard or plastic along
the length of your insole (in my case, the oval is
0.78 x 1.36 inches).
Link to the video on how to make an oval is listed
below.
Press the icon to the link.

OVAL

4 row: BLO 28 sc
5 row: 28 sc
Insert insole (you can glue it) inside the boot.
Dec from 6 to 8 rows must be exactly along the center of the toe. If it's
necessary work required number of shifting sc.

6 row: 8 sc - 6 dec - 8 sc (22)

7 row: 8 sc - 3 dec - 8 sc (19)
8 row: 8 sc - 1 triple dec - 8 sc (17)
Link to the video on how to make triple decrease below.

TRIPLE DECREASE

Insert wire skeleton.

Take a piece of aluminium wire of 1 mm thick and 23.4 inches long, fold
in halves and bend it in spiral and wrap the part with adhesive tape, make a
form of foot.

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 Insert wire skeleton inside the leg with wrapped end
down. Then fill the foot with fiber tightly with the
help of a skewer or sushi stick. Fill the leg with fiber
in the process.
Link to the video on how to make a wire skeleton is
listed below.

WIRE SKELETON

9 row: (3 sc - 1 dec)*3 - 2 sc (14)

10 row: 3 sc - 1 dec - 5 sc - 1 dec - 2 sc (12) (dec at
the sides)
11 - 17 row (7 rows): 12 sc
Inc in 18, 22, 26 rows must be exactly at the sides of
the leg. If it's necessary work required number of
shifting sc.
18 row: 3 sc - 1 inc - 6 sc - 1 inc - 1 sc (14)
19 - 21 row (3 rows): 14 sc
22 row: 5 sc - 1 inc - 6 sc - 1 inc - 1 sc (16)
23 - 25 row (3 rows): 16 sc
26 row: 6 sc - 1 inc - 8 sc - 1 inc (18)
27 - 29 row (3 rows): 18 sc
Don't work 2 sc along left leg; the marker must be
exactly along the center of the inner part of the leg.
Fix and cut thread; hide tail thread.
Work 10 shifting sc along right leg; the marker must 1
be exactly along the center of the inner part of the
leg.
Don't cut thread, go on working the body.

Bind off the foot

Attach red thread color to FLO of the 3rd row (point
“1” in the photo), 28 sl st.
Fix and cut thread. Hide tail thread.

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 Body
Fill the body with fiber in the process.
Place the legs to have the toes facing straight. Leg
attachment must be exactly along the center of
inner part of hips.
2 ch, sl st in the last sc of the 2nd leg.
Twist wire of both legs to join them together as
shown in the photo. Wrap twisted wire with
adhesive tape to make wire skeleton safer.
30 row: 18 sc along one leg - 2 sc along the chain -
18 sc along the 2nd leg - 2 sc along the chain (40)
Place the marker. It must be exactly along the
center in the back.
31 - 36 row (6 rows): 40 sc
Dec in the 37th row must be exactly at the sides.
37 row: 7 sc - 2 dec - 16 sc - 2 dec - 9 sc (36)
38 - 41 row (4 rows): 36 sc
42 row: 2 sc - 1 dec - (4 sc -1 dec)*5 - 2 sc (30)
43 - 44 row (2 rows): 30 sc
45 row: (3 sc -1 dec)*6 (24)
46 - 49 row (4 rows): 24 sc
5 shifting sc to have the marker exactly before left
arm attachment place.

Attach the arms.

Attach the arms to the body to make the fingers
facing straight.

50 row: 4 sc together with the arm (catch only

inner part of the arm and the body together) - 8 sc
along the body - 4 sc together with the arm (catch
only inner part of the arm and the body together) -
8 sc along the body (24)

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 Insert wire inside the arms. Take a piece of wire of
1mm thick and 6.63 inches long, bend it in both
ends in 0.39 inches and wrap with adhesive tape.
Insert wire in both arms behind main skeleton (see
the photo).
Fill the arms with fiber with the help of a skewer
or sushi stick (fill the palm tightly and the rest of
arm a bit).

51 row: 5 sc along left arm - 8 sc along the body -

5 sc along right arm - 8 sc along the body (26)
Dec in the 52nd row must be exactly along the
center of the shoulder.
52 row: 1 sc - 1 dec - 11 sc - 1 dec - 10 sc (24)
53 row: (2 sc - 1 dec)*6 (18)
54 row: 9 dec (9)
1 shifting sc to have the marker exactly at the side.
Change thread color into black one, cut red thread.
55 row: 9 sl st (crochet loose enough)
56 row: 9 sc (crochet BLO in sl st and sc of the
54th row together)
57 - 64 row (8 rows): 9 sc
65 row: 4 dec
Cut extra wire, fix and cut thread; hide tail thread.

Belt
40 ch, fix thread. Sew the belt to the body along
the 36th row.

Lucky charm
Take a hook of less number and red thread color
(divide thread in halves, as the lucky charm is
small enough).
1 row: 6 sc in MR
2 row: 6 inc (12)
3 row: (1 sc -1 inc)*6 (18)
4 row: (2 sc - 1 inc)*6 (24)
5 row: BLO 24 sc
Fix and cut thread. Leave long tail thread for
attaching.
Embroider spots with black thread color (divide
thread in halves).
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 Sew the Lucky Charm to the belt at the right
side. Fill it with fiber in the process.

Spots
Take a hook of less number and black thread
color (divide thread in halves).

Small spot
25 pieces.
1 row: 8 sc in MR, sl st
Fix and cut thread. Leave long tail thread for
attaching.

Middle spot
4 pieces.
1 row: 6 sc in MR
2 row: 6 inc (12)
Fix and cut thread. Leave long tail thread for
attaching.

Large spot
4 pieces.
1 row: 7 sc in MR
2 row: 7 inc (14)
Fix and cut thread. Leave long tail thread for
attaching.

Sew spots to the body with thread divided in

halves.
Left leg: 9 small spots
Right leg: 8 small spots (leave some space for
the Lucky Charm).
The back and the front: 2 large spots, 2 middle
spots
Arms: 4 small spots

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 Head
See the photos on the next page.
Beige color.
Fill the head with fiber in the process: stuff the top of the head firmly and fill
some fiber closer to the neck area.
11 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch.
1 row: 9 sc - 3 sc in 1 ch - 8 sc - 1 inc (22)
2 row: 1 inc - 8 sc - 3 inc - 8 sc - 2 inc (28)
3 row: 1 sc - 1 inc - 8 sc - (1 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 8 sc - (1 sc - 1 inc)*2 (34)
4 row: 2 sc - 1 inc - 8 sc - (2 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 8 sc - (2 sc - 1 inc)*2 (40)
5 row: 3 sc - 1 inc - 8 sc - (3 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 8 sc - (3 sc - 1 inc)*2 (46)
6 row: 4 sc - 1 inc - 8 sc - (4 sc - 1 inc)*3 - 8 sc - (4 sc - 1 inc)*2 (52)
Inc in 7 and 9 rows must be exactly at the side and if it's necessary shift the
marker.
7 row: 22 sc - 1 inc - 25 sc - 1 inc - 3 sc (54)
8 row: 54 sc
9 row: 23 sc - 1 inc - 26 sc - 1 inc - 3 sc (56)
10 - 17 row (8 rows): 56 sc
18 row: (5 sc - 1 dec)*8 (48)
19 row: 48 sc
If you use safety eyes, insert them between 14 and 15 rows with a distance of 6
sc in between. Make sure, 6 sc is the distance between the attached eyes.
20 row: 3 sc - 1 dec - (6 sc - 1 dec)*5 - 3 sc (42)
21 row: (5 sc - 1 dec)*6 (36)
22 row: 2 sc - 1 dec - (4 sc - 1 dec)*5 - 2 sc (30)
23 row: (3 sc - 1 dec)*6 (24)
24 row: 1 sc - 1 dec - (2 sc - 1 dec)*5 - 1 sc (18)
25 row: (1 sc - 1 dec)*6 (12)
26 row: BLO 12 sc
27 - 33 row (7 rows): 12 sc
Fix and cut thread. Hide tail thread.
Fill the head with fiber.

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Push the lower part of the neck inside the head with the help of sushi
stick. Make sure the head is filled with fiber tightly and it can be easily
inserted onto the neck.
Try the head on the body.
Firstly decorate the face and then fix it to the body.

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 Mask
3
2
Take a hook of less number and red thread color (divide thread in
halves).
7 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch in turning rows.
1 row: 6 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
2 row: 1 inc - 4 sc - 1 inc, 1 ch, turn the work (8)
3 row: 1 inc - 6 sc - 1 inc, 1 ch, turn the work (10)
4 row: 1 inc - 8 sc - 1 inc, 1 ch, turn the work (12)
5 row: 12 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
6 - 7 row (2 rows): 3 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
8 row: 1 dec - 1 sc, 1 ch, turn the work (2)
9 row: 2 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
10 row: 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (1)
11 row: 1 sc
Fix and cut thread. Hide tail thread.
Attach red thread color to the 3rd sc of the 5th row (point “2” in the
photo) and crochet by the scheme:
1 - 2 row (2 rows): 3 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
3 row: 1 sc - 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (2)
4 row: 2 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
5 row: 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work(1)
6 row: 1 sc - 6 ch- 1 sc in sc of the 11th row (point “3” in the photo), 1
ch, turn the work (8)
7 row: 8 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
8 row: 1 dec - 4 sc - 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (6)
9 row: 1 dec - 2 sc - 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (4)
10 - 11 row (2 rows): 4 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
12 row: 1 inc - 2 sc -1 inc, 1 ch, turn the work (6)
13 row: 1 inc - 4 sc - 1 inc, 1 ch, turn the work (8)
14 row: 1 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
15 row: 1 inc, 1 ch, turn the work (2)
16 row: 1 inc - 1 sc, 1 ch, turn the work (3)
17 - 18 row (2 rows): 3 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
19 row: 3 sc
Fix and cut thread. Hide tail thread.

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 4
5

Attach red thread color to the 1st sc of the 13th row (point “4” in the
photo) and crochet by the scheme:
1 row: 1 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
2 row: 1 inc, 1 ch, turn the work (2)
3 row: 1 sc- 1 inc, 1 ch, turn the work (3)
4 - 5 row (2 rows): 3 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
6 row: 3 sc - 6 inc - 1 sc in the 1st sc of the 18th row (point “5” in the
photo) - 2 sc, 1 ch, turn the work (12)
7 row: 12 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
8 row: 1 dec - 8 sc - 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (10)
9 row: 10 sc, 1 ch, turn the work
10 row: 1 dec - 6 sc - 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (8)
11 row: 1 dec - 4 sc - 1 dec, 1 ch, turn the work (6)
12 row: 6 sc
Fix and cut thread, leave long tail thread for attaching.

Spots
Take a hook of less number and black thread color (divide thread in
halves).
Large
1 piece.
1 row: 8 sc in MR, sl st
Fix and cut thread, leave long tail thread for attaching.
Small
4 pieces.
1 row: 6 sc in MR, ! don’t make sl st
Pull thread, cut it and leave long tail thread for attaching.

Sew the spots to the mask: large one along the center and small ones at
the sides (see the photo).

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 Ears and decoration

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Ears
Beige thread color.
2 pieces.
1 row: 5 sc in MR, 1 ch, turn the work
2 row: 5 sc
Fix and cut thread, leave long tail thread for attaching.
Decoration
Make eye contraction. Make contractions with beige thread. Insert a
needle in the bottom of the head, pull it out point 1 (see the photo),
insert a needle in point 2 and pull it out point 3, insert a needle in point
4 and pull it out the bottom of the head. Tighten tail threads and make
some strong knots. Hide tail threads inside the head. If it's necessary
repeat eye contraction.
Embroider the whites of the eye with white thread.
Embroider the eyelids and eyelashes with black moulinet thread.
Embroider the nose with yarn of beige thread (1 sc lower than the eye,
3 sc wide; don't make more than 2-3 stitches).
Tint the cheeks and nose with oil pastel or blusher of pink color.
Sew the mask and the ears between 15 and 17 rows in the distance of 5-
6 sc from the eyes.

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 Hair

Wig
Blue thread color.
11 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch.
1 row: 9 sc - 3 sc in 1 ch - 8 sc - 1 inc (22)
2 row: (BLO 1 inc - 4 sc) - 4 sc - 3 inc - 8 sc - 2 inc (28)
Crochet tresses along the chain, turn the work, from the 2nd ch. Hold
the work with fingers to avoid sc twisting.
3 row: 1 - 28 tress (28 tresses): (1 sc - 21 ch, turn the work, from the
2nd ch - 20 sc)*10 - (1 sc - 31 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch - 30
sc)*18
Fix and cut thread, leave long tail thread for attaching.
Fringe
Attach blue thread color to FLO of the 1st sc of the 1st wig row (point
“6’ in the photo) and crochet 5 tresses by the scheme: (1 sc - 17 ch, turn
the work, from the 2nd ch - 16 sc)*5
Fix and cut thread. Hide tail thread.
Ribbons
Red thread color. 2 pieces.
50 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch - 49 sl st.
Fix and cut thread. Hide tail thread.

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 Sew or glue the wig as it's shown in the photo.
Sew the wig to the top of the head.
Sew tresses in 2 rows overlapped. Allocate them in 1 tress: firstly, sew
the bottom row and then the top one.
Make straight parting, sewing presses overlapped.
Sew fringe tresses as it’s shown in the photo.
Fix ponytails at both sides with silicone elastic bands and then with
ribbons.

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Head attachment
After head decoration, attach it to the body.
Link to the video on how to attach the head to the body.

HEAD ATTACHMENT

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 Tikki

Head
Red thread color.
Fill it with fiber in the process.
1 row: 6 sc in MR
2 row: 6 inc (12)
3 row: (1 sc - 1 inc)*6 (18)
4 row: (2 sc -1 inc)*6 (24)
5 row: (3 sc - 1 inc)*6 (30)
6 - 9 row (4 rows): 30 sc
10 row: (3 sc - 1 dec)*6 (24)
If you use safety eyes, insert them between 7 and 8 rows with a
distance of 3 sc in between. Make sure, 3 sc is the distance between the
attached eyes.
11 row: 24 sc
12 row: (2 sc -1 dec)*6 (18)
13 row: 18 sc
14 row: (1 sc - 1 dec)*6 (12)
15 row: 6 dec (6)
Tighten the hole, fix and cut thread. Hide tail thread.
Body
Red thread color.
Fill it with fiber in the process.
1 row: 6 sc in MR
2 row: 6 inc (12)
3 - 8 row (6 rows): 12 sc
9 row: 6 dec (6)
10 - 11 row (2 rows): 6 sc
Fix and cut thread. Leave long tail thread for attaching.
Legs
Red thread color. 4 pieces.
10 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch: 4 sc - 5 sl st (9)
Fix and cut thread. Leave long tail thread for attaching.

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 Tail
Red thread color. 2 pieces.
(7 ch, turn the work, from the 2nd ch: 2 sl st - 3 sc - 1 sl st)*3
Fix and cut thread. Leave long tail thread for attaching.
Spots
Take a hook of less number and black thread color (divide thread in
halves).
Large central spot
1 piece.
1 row: 6 sc in MR
2 row: 6 inc (12)
Fix and cut thread. Leave long tail thread for attaching.
Side and back spots
3 pieces.
1 row: 8 sc in MR, sl st
Fix and cut thread. Leave long tail thread for attaching.

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 Decoration
Make eye contraction as for the Lady Bug one.
Embroider the whites of the eye with white thread color.
Embroider the eyelids and eyelashes with black moulinet thread color.
Embroider the nose with yarn of red thread (1 sc lower than the eye, 2
sc wide; don't make more than 2-3 stitches).
Attach the spots to the head: the large one is along the center, small
ones are at the sides of the muzzle (see the photo).
Make antennas with 2 pieces of wire, 0.5 mm thick and about 2.34
inches long: glue them and wrap with yarn thread of red and black
colors. Insert antennas inside the head and fix with some strong glue.
Sew the head and legs to the body.
Sew the tail and spot to the back.

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 Our Lady Bug and Tikki
are ready!

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 Thanks for buying the pattern!

If you publish the photos of your completed doll on Instagram, please tag me
@pollytoys_crochet
I look forward to seeing the beautiful photos of your dolls.
If you have any questions in the process, e-mail me:

@pollytoys_crochet

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Have a cozy day!

Daria,
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