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Gwendolyn Doll

Description

Gwendolyn is pure whimsy with her striped legs, entrelac skirt, fuzzy hair and pointy boots. She’s great fun to make with worsted-weight yarns highlighted with a dash of eyelash yarn for hair.

Most crocheters with a bit of experience making dolls and toys can make this doll in one day or a couple of evenings.

Gwendolyn is the first in my new series of artistic, creative dolls. I've always felt such a sense of empowerment and happiness creating unusual dolls and I hope you will feel the same. Make her for a special friend, a daughter, a mother, or just for yourself!

Note: Entrelac is an essentially Tunisian crochet technique that can be done with a regular crochet hook because there are only a few loops at a time on the hook. The skirt is entrelac but the rest of the doll is ordinary crochet.

5 1/2” x 8 1/2” pattern booklet

Size

17” tall

Skill level

Intermediate

Materials

I used good old Red Heart Super Saver and Classic to make Gwendolyn, with a little Fun Fur for her hair. I chose not to put color names and numbers on the first printing of the pattern because I wanted people to feel free to make her with whatever they have, or whatever they wanted. However, to be complete I’ll add these to the next printing. I hope you will change the colors partially, or entirely, as your whim (and your stash) suits you :)

Red and yellow doll colors:
Red: 912 Cherry Red
Skin: 719 Lily Pink or 2118 Baby Pink
Hot pink: 727 Hot Pink
Yellow: 230 Yellow
Orange: 254 Pumpkin
White: 1 White
Hair: Lion Brand Fun Fetti Firecracker Red

Aqua and lavender doll colors:
Skin: 363 Pale Green
Medium turquoise: 513 Parakeet
Teal: 48 Teal
Light lavender: 579 Light Lavender
Lavender: 584 Lavender
Purple: 596 Purple
Hair: Lion Brand Fancy Fur lavender

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$7.99

 

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