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I started a couple of projects about 2 weeks ago and finished the knitted, faceless doll. I love these dolls, they are so easy to make and the kids love them, even the boys! You can complete one of these in a day or over the course of a couple of nights.
Knitted, Faceless Doll Pattern
Items Needed
2 different colored yarns
Main yarn – about 1 skein
Face yarn – not much
darning needle
stuffing
Size 4 needles
bell (optional – I tend not to use because of choking hazard)
Instructions
The body and arms of the doll are knitted in squares made up of 20 stitches, knitted in garter stitch and 40 rows high. Make six of these.
The face is done in a different color. Cast on 28 stitches and knit in stockinette stitch for 40 rows. Cast off.
The hat is knitted in garter stitch. Cast on 32 stitches, decreasing one stitch by knitting 2 together on both sides every 4th row. Continue this until you have 4 stitches left on the needle and cast off.
Once you have knitted all the squares you are ready to put the doll together.
To make the limbs fold the square in half, short side to short side and sew along the long side (20 stitches in length) and one short side (the 40 rows, halved). Fill with stuffing, but not too full.
The body is made of two squares, stitch around leaving the top open and stuff.
The seam of the face is at the back. Gather the top, stuff it and gather the bottom. Insert the body and sew.
The arms and legs can now be fastened to the body. You can either stitch the open seam of each and then attach or you can sew and attach at the same time. I usually sew and attach at the same time – the limbs seem to lay better that way, at least for me.
Sew the hat piece up, the seam is the back of the hat. Put some stuffing in the top of that hat and then pull over the head so fat that the back touches the body. Sew onto the head. I decided on this one to do a shown “X” seam around the hat, but you can just sew on with the same yarn as the hat and not have the seam show.
The last step, if you chose to do it, is to add bell to the top of the hat.
Finished Doll
This doll makes a great gift and the holidays are coming up!
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