Create your own adorable Hank with this free crochet doll pattern. Uses basic single crochet and is a free downloadable pattern! Scroll to the bottom of the post for the download, always free on the blog in honor of Hank.

I have to admit, I’ve been having a blast designing crochet dolls. First it was Morgan (she really started it all), then Maddie and now my first little guy Hank!

Design Story and Inspiration for Hank

I’ve been thinking about creating this little guy for a long time. Last year at this time I read the story of Ashton Zager’s little boy Hank. He passed away in a tragic accident and the story touched my heart so much.

She has been so open about what all she is going through and she shares it in wonderful words on her Instagram account. She has amazing strength and faith and I really wanted to do something to honor her little guy.

I created my first crochet doll pattern a few months ago and I thought it would be awesome to make a Hank doll. So I set to work.

Here are a few things that are special about this one:
1. I chose overalls for his outfit because Ashton has an amazingly adorable picture of her two sons together and Hank is wearing overalls looking up at his older brother in adoration.
2. His older brother talks about wanting to see “big Hank” so I decided I didn’t want to make him a baby, but a big boy.
3. I modeled the hair and eye color after Hank, but boy hair was a lot harder than I thought!! It is a bit fluffier than the real Hank’s, but I think it turned out cute.

If you want to read her story, you can start with this post.

If you make a Hank doll, it would be amazing if you could tag Ashton and me on Instagram! We would love to see them!

About the Yarn

I love using Lion Brand Yarns for dolls. I fell in love with the Coboo for the doll body and I’ve tried several yarns for different parts of the hair, clothes, etc.

Coboo is a DK yarn that is a cotton bamboo blend. Lots of people have made Morgan and used varying weights, colors, and fibers and they have all turned out great!

If you substitute the yarn, just be sure to go down a hook size or two from the recommendation on the yarn label to get a sturdier fabric that doesn’t show the stuffing.

Check out all the colors of Coboo here!

BEFORE WE BEGIN… LET’S GET SOCIAL!

I would love for you to come follow me on
Instagram (get sneak peeks of what’s coming up!)
My Facebook Page (come join the fun!)
Follow me on Pinterest (I pin tons of free patterns to my boards!)
Join my Facebook group (lots of awesome crochet talk there)
Also, you can find me on Ravelry or join more than 12K subscribers on YouTube.

Pattern Details

Hank is made very similarly to Morgan, which has full video tutorials, so I did not create a tutorial just for his pattern.

The legs of the overalls are crocheted into the body, and the front loops are left free when changing colors to the shirt portion. The shirt is crocheted into the body as well. Later, the overalls are worked into the front loops previously left open.

Hank’s hair is worked just as the other dolls I have made, but I did make it a lot shorter and split the strands of yarn into plies. I really like the look this gives as boy hair was a lot harder than I thought!

Free Crochet Doll Pattern for Hank

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Yarn: Lion Brand Coboo or other similar tan or skin color DK yarn, 1 skein for doll (MC)
Lion Brand Jeans, 1 skein Classic for pants (CC1)
Lion Brand Basic Stitch, 1 skein white for shirt (CC2)
Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool, 1 skein Nature’s Brown for hair

Hook: US Size D (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

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.

Stitch Descriptions and Abbreviations:
Single Crochet (sc)
Double Crochet (dc)
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

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 3-6: Work even in sc.

Change to CC1 for pants.

Rounds 7-30: 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, inc) 6 times (36 sts).

Round 3: (Sc 5, inc) 6 times (42 sts).

Rounds 4-11: Work even in sc.

Change to CC2.

Round 12: Sc 10 in back loop only, dec (front loops), sc 19 in back loops only, dec (front loops), sc 9 in back loops only (40 sts).

Round 13: Work even in sc.

Round 14: Sc 10, dec, sc 18, dec, sc 8 (38 sts).

Round 15: Work even in sc.

Round 16: Sc 10, dec, sc 17, dec, sc7 (36 sts).

Round 17: Work even in sc.

Round 18: (Sc 4, dec) 6 times (30 sts).

Round 19: Work even in sc.

Round 20: Sc 8, dec, sc 13, dec, sc 5 (28 sts).

Round 21: Sc 8, dec, sc 12, dec, sc 4 (26 sts).

Round 22: Work even in sc.

Round 23: Sc 8, dec, sc 11, dec, sc 3 (24 sts).

Round 24: Sc 8, dec, sc 10, dec, sc 2 (22 sts).

Round 25: Sc 8, dec, sc 8, dec, sc 2 (20 sts).

Round 26: Sc 7, dec, sc 7, dec, sc 2 (18 sts).

Round 27: (Sc, dec) 6 times (12 sts).

Change to MC.

Rounds 28-29: Work even in sc.

Head

Round 1: 2 sc in each st (24 sts).

Round 2: (Sc 3, inc) 6 times (30 sts).

Round 3: (Sc 4, inc) 6 times (36 sts).

Round 4: (Sc 5, inc) 6 times (42 sts).

Round 5: (Sc 6, inc) 6 times (48 sts).

Rounds 6-16: Work even in sc.

Place safety eyes between rows 11-12, 9 sts apart.

Embroider nose 2 rows lower with MC as shown in photos.

Be sure to stuff neck firmly at this point.

Embroider eyebrows and mouth if desired, using photos as guide.

Round 17: (Sc 6, dec) 6 times (42 sts).

Round 18: (Sc 5, dec) 6 times (36 sts).

Round 19: (Sc 4, dec) 6 times (30 sts).

Round 20: (Sc 3, dec) 6 times (24 sts).

Round 21: (Sc 2, dec) 6 times (18 sts).

Round 22: (Sc, dec) 6 times (12 sts).

Round 23: (Dec) 6 times (6 sts).

Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Finish stuffing head.

Weave yarn tail through remaining 6 sts and pull tightly to close.

Arm (Make 2)

With MC, make magic ring.

Round 1: 4 sc in magic ring (4 sts). Pull tightly to close.

Round 2: 2 sc in each st (8 sts).

Rounds 3-20: Work even in sc.

Change to CC2.

Rows 21-25: Work even in sc.

Fold in half and work 4 sc across, closing tube.

Do NOT stuff arms.

Attach arms as shown in photo.

CROCHET DOLL HAIR

Cut yarn strands twice as long as desired hair length.

The easiest way to do a lot of these is to wrap the yarn around something. I used my first three fingers since I wanted his hair to be long enough to sweep to the side, but not too long. Then, cut across one side of the wrapped yarn.

Hair is attached in the latch hook style. Insert hook from front to back where you would like strands. Fold strand in half, catch in hook and pull through about 1/2″. Yarn over with both strands and pull through loop. (Same as if you were attaching fringe to a project).

Repeat for everywhere you want hair. After I attached each piece I separated the plies of yarn. This is a 4 ply yarn that I split apart into 2 sections (2 plies each).

Overalls Front

Join CC1 in front loop of first sc of front (sides were worked into the front loop. You should have 19 unworked front loops in front of body).

Row 1: Ch 1, sc in 19 unworked front loops, turn (19 sts).

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn.

Row 3: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog; turn (17 sts).

Rows 4-5: Repeat rows 2-3 (15 sts).

Rows 6-7: Repeat rows 2-3 (13 sts).

Rows 8-9: Repeat rows 2-3 (11 sts).

Rows 10-11: Repeat rows 2-3 (9 sts).

Rows 12-13: Repeat rows 2-3 (7 sts).

Rows 14-17: Repeat row 2.

Fasten off.

Overalls Pocket

With CC1, ch 5.

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and next 3 ch; turn (4 sts).

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn.

Row 3: Ch 1, inc, sc to last st, inc; turn (6 sts).

Row 4: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn.

Rows 5-6: Repeat rows 3-4 (8 sts).

Row 7: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog; turn (6 sts).

Fasten off.

Sew pocket to front of overalls as seen in photos. Pocket is worked top down, so first 4 sts of row 1 are the top.

Overalls Back

Join CC1 in front loop of first sc of back (sides were worked into the front loop. You should have 19 unworked front loops in back of body).

Note: Even if there is a noticeable jump from where you change colors, just work into the front loops. It will even out.

Row 1: Ch 1, sc in each front loop; turn (19 sts).

Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn.

Row 3: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog; turn (17 sts).

Row 4: Repeat row 3 (15 sts).

Row 5: Repeat row 3 (13 sts).

Row 6: Repeat row 3 (11 sts).

Row 7: Repeat row 3 (9 sts).

Rows 8-13: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn.

Straps

Row 1: Ch 1, Inc in first st, sc, sc2tog; turn, leaving remaining sts unworked (4 sts).

Row 2: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 2; turn (3 sts).

Row 3: Ch 1, sc, sc2tog; turn (2 sts).

Rows 4-13: Ch 1, sc in each st; turn.

Fasten off.

For second strap, join yarn at right edge of row 13 of overalls back.

Repeat rows 1-13 for strap.

Sew straps to front. Weave in ends.

CROCHET DOLL BOOTS

With scrap yarn (mine was Lion Brand Mandala), make magic ring.

Round 1: 6 sts in magic ring (6 sts). Pull tightly to close.

Round 2: 2 sts in each st (12 sts).

Rounds 3-5: Work even in sc, turn at end of round 5.

HEEL FLAP:

Row 6: Ch 1, sc 6; turn (6 sts).

Row 7: Repeat row 6.

Row 8: Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog; turn (4 sts).

Row 9: Ch 1, (sc2tog) twice; turn (2 sts).

Row 10: Ch 1, sc2tog (1 st).

Place marker in st.

BOOT SHAFT

Round 11: Sc 4 sts down side of heel flap, sc 6 sts from front, sc 4 sts up other side of heel flap, sc in marked st (15 sts.)

Rounds 12-20: Sc evenly on 15 sts. Can make the boots as short or tall as you wish by adjusting this number.

Fasten off. Weave in ends.

Today we have seen how to crochet the Hank crochet doll pattern. This sweet little guy was such a joy to make and I really hope he honors the little one he is named after.

You can always view all of my free crochet patterns here!

Happy Crocheting!
Amanda