We are ready to go!! I’m so excited to start this CAL with you – my very first one! I’ve always been a bit nervous about hosting one of these, but with Morgan I’m not nervous anymore. It just feels right!
What You’ll Need
Yarn: Lion Brand Coboo or other similar tan or skin color DK yarn, 1 skein for doll
Lion Brand Wool-Ease DK Cake or other DK yarn, 1 skein for dress and boots
Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool or other worsted weight yarn, 1 skein for hair
Hook: US Size D (3.25mm) – The video shows a 3.00mm. I didn’t realize a size D hook would be a different mm and used a different one for the video. To make Morgan as shown use 3.25mm.
Notions: Safety eyes (embroider eyes for a small child), small amount of polyester fiberfill, yarn needle, stitch marker, scissors
Finished Size: Approximately 13″ tall
Gauge: 24 sts and 24 rows = 4″ in sc
Crochet Morgan Doll Pattern
Notes
Doll is worked in continuous rounds without joining. Use a stitch marker to mark first st of each round.
Stuff legs, body and head as you go. I found that when I waited to stuff at the end of a section it was lumpy. About every inch or so I will stop to stuff.
Ch 4 at the beginning of a row counts as dc, ch 1.
Abbreviations:
Increase (Inc): 2 sc in next st
Invisible Decrease (Dec): insert hook in front loop only of next 2 sts, yarn over, draw up a loop, yarn over, draw through two loops
V-stitch (V-st): dc, ch 1, dc in same st
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In the video, you can see that the body of my doll is turning out smaller and I show a 3.0mm hook. I made the legs with the same hook as the first doll, which was a 3.25mm!! Please use a 3.25mm hook. Both of mine showed size D. At least I know my tension isn’t off now. Haha!
Pattern
Leg (Make 2)
With MC, make magic ring.
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6 sts).
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sts).
Rounds 3-32: Work even in sc.
Fasten off first leg. Do not fasten off second leg. Continue to body.
Body
Round 1: Ch 3, sc around 12 sts of first leg, sc flo in ch-3, sc 12 sts of second leg, sc flo in ch-3 (30 sts).
Round 2: (Sc 4, 2 sc in next st) 6 times (36 sts).
Round 3: (Sc 5, 2 sc in next st) 6 times (42 sts).
Rounds 4-11: Work even in sc.
Round 12: Sc 10, sc2tog, sc 19, sc2tog, sc 9 (40 sts).
Round 13: Work even in sc.
Round 14: Sc 10, sc2tog, sc 18, sc2tog, sc 8 (38 sts).
Round 15: Work even in sc.
Round 16: Sc 10, sc2tog, sc 17, sc2tog, sc7 (36 sts).
Round 17: Work even in sc.
Round 18: (Sc 4, sc2tog) 6 times (30 sts).
Round 19: Work even in sc.
Round 20: Sc 8, sc2tog, sc 13, sc2tog, sc 5 (28 sts).
Round 21: Sc 8, sc2tog, sc 12, sc2tog, sc 4 (26 sts).
Round 22: Work even in sc.
Round 23: Sc 8, sc2tog, sc 11, sc2tog, sc 3 (24 sts).
Round 24: Sc 8, sc2tog, sc 10, sc2tog, sc 2 (22 sts).
Round 25: Sc 8, sc2tog, sc 8, sc2tog, sc 2 (20 sts).
Round 26: Sc 7, sc2tog, sc 7, sc2tog, sc 2 (18 sts).
Round 27: (Sc, sc2tog) 6 times (12 sts).
Rounds 28-29: Work even in sc.
That’s it for part one! If you don’t want to wait, you can always pick up the PDF of Morgan and her doll on Etsy or Ravelry! Please tag me on Instagram if you make a Morgan – I’d love to see it!
Ready for Part 2?? It’s live! Click here to see how to crochet the head and arms and how to complete the hair and face.
Part 3 is also available!! Click here to see how to make her dress and boots.
Happy Crocheting!
Amanda
I noted your remarks about the D hook and different sizes. I have a chart that list the Us, English and Metric sizes and according to it the D hook should be a 3.0 but my D hook is 3.125. I have several F hooks and they are labeled different MM as well. Well I found another chart and it is different as well with D as a 3.25. So confusing.
Hi Peggy!
It really is confusing! I had my D hook I originally used in my bedroom, so when I went to film the tutorial I thought “oh, here is another D hook, I’ll just use this one” and come to find out that .25mm really made a difference! I’ll make sure to check my mm from now on. I felt really dumb after I filmed the tutorial, but I didn’t have time to redo it and just had to go with it. Lesson learned! 🙂
Looking forward to your second and third video to complete the doll