Arishka Doll

Free crochet pattern for the Arishka Doll by Natalia @natali_lit_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a doll in shorts and a tank top. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi project: YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, Alize Cotton Gold, and others.

The finished toy is about 28-29 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn: 62 white, 73 black (for embroidering the eyes), cappuccino (for the hair)
• 1.75 mm crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Blush or pastels
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• sl st — slip stitch
• ch — chain stitch
• sc — single crochet
• hdc — half double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• BLO - back loop only
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Amigurumi Arishka Doll Crochet Pattern

Head

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (inc) x 6 (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: 1 sc, inc (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc, (36)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10: 4 sc, inc (8 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (60)
11: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
12: 5 sc, inc (10 sc, inc) x 5, 5 sc (72)
13-26: 72 sc
27: 5 sc, dec, (10 sc, dec) x 5, 5 sc (66)
28: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
29: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) x 5, 4 sc (54)
30: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
31: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
32: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
33: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
34: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)

• Insert the eyes between rounds 19-20. Leave 10 stitches between the eyes.
• Shape the mouth between rounds 7-8 from the bottom.
• Embroider the nose between rounds 12-13. The nose is 3 stitches wide.

Ears (make 2)

7 sc in MR (do not join the round)

Legs (make 2)

With white yarn:

1: 11 ch, starting in the second chain from the hook: 9 sc, inc, 9 sc along the other side
2-11: 20 sc
12: 1 sc, 11 hdc, 1 sc, 7 sl st (20)
13: 12 sc, 8 sc in FLO (20)
14: 1 sc in FLO, 19 sc (20)
15: 20 sc
16: with white yarn: 2 sc; with beige yarn: 18 sc in BLO (20)
17: 2 sc in BLO, 18 sc (20)
18-20: 20 sc
21: 2 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 6 sc (22)
22-25: 22 sc
26: (3 sc, dec) x 3, 7 sc (19)
27: 19 sc
28: (3 sc, inc) x 3, 7 sc (22)
29-30: 22 sc
31: 3 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 6 sc (25)
32-40: 25 sc
41: with beige yarn: 5 sc; with white yarn: 20 sc (25)
42: 5 sc, 20 sc in BLO (25)
43: 5 sc in BLO, 20 sc (25)
44: 25 sc

Crochet 8 sc, fold the piece in half, and crochet 12 sc through both layers.

Body

1: Join the legs. Crochet in the front loops: 12 sc along one side of the leg, turn - 12 sc along the other side of the leg in the front loops, 12 sc along one side of the leg, turn, 12 sc along the other side of the leg (48)
2-11: 48 sc
Switch to beige yarn.
12: in BLO: 11 sc, dec, 22 sc, dec, 11 sc (46)
13-14: 46 sc
15: 11 sc, inc, 22 sc, inc, 11 sc (48)
Switch to white yarn.
16: 48 sc
17: 48 sc in BLO
18-26: 48 sc
27: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Beige yarn:
28: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (30 sc in BLO)
29: 36 sc
30: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
31: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
32: 24 sc in BLO
33-35: 24 sc

Arms (make 2)

1: 8 sc in MR
2: (inc) x 8 (16)
3-34: 16 sc
35: 8 sl st, 8 sc (16)

Join, crochet 8 sc through both layers, working the dc into the front loops.

Assembling the Toy

• Stuff the arms halfway, not too firmly, so they do not stick out. Sew them on at round 27.
• Edge the socks, shorts, and tank top with sc.
• Shape the eyes and mouth.
• Sew on all the pieces.
• Attach the hair, and your Arishka is ready!