I have played around and re-designed the doll base that I use for my amigurumi over the last couple of years. I prefer to make them look more like caricatures rather than hyper realistic figurines. This involves a lot of experimenting witrh their proportions and their size, but I have finally designed the pattern that makes them look amazing every single time ♥
Making amigurumi is kind of like using building blocks where you pick a doll base + a specific hair style + clothes + accessories. Which is why I made Build Ami, the Amigurumi Series on how to make any amigurumi you want piece by piece.
The ad-free and printable version of this pattern can be found here.
The definitions for all crochet abbreviations used can be found here.
Materials Needed:
4.50mm Crochet Hook
Medium Weight Yarn (Red Heart Super Saver)
Polyester Fiberfill
Scissors
Yarn needle (metal recommended)
Stitch Marker (improvised markers: paper clip, bobby pin, piece of different color yarn)
12mm Safety eyes and their backings (optional)
Pattern
This entire pattern is worked in the round and most of it is a single piece.
Round 1: MC, 6sc (6) set your marker
Round 2: 6 sc inc (12)
Round 3: (1sc, 1 sc inc) x6 (18)
Round 4: (1sc, 1 sc inc, 1sc) x6 (24)
Round 5: (3sc, 1 sc inc) x6 (30)
Round 6: (2sc, 1 sc inc, 2sc) x6 (36)
Round 7-14: Sc around. Re-place your stitch marker after completing each row. (8 rounds), (36)
ADDING SAFETY EYES:
Skip this section if you’re not using safety eyes. The eyes will be placed between rounds 10 and 11, after the last stitch from round 10 count 5 stitches to the left and place the first safety eye into the next space. Count to the left and place the second eye in the 7th space from the first eye. In the pictures below, the stitches are placed at the end of rounds 10 and 14.
Round 15: (2sc, 1 sc dec, 2sc) x6 (30)
Round 16: (3sc, 1 sc dec) x6 (24)
Round 17: (1sc, 1 sc dec, 1sc) x6 (18)
Round 18: (1sc, 1 sc dec) x6 (12)
Round 19: (1sc, 1 sc dec) x4 (8)
Round 20: (1sc, 1 sc inc) x6 (12)
Round 21: (1sc, 1 sc inc) x6 (18)
Round 22: (1sc, 1 sc inc, 1sc) x6 (24)
Round 23: (3sc, 1 sc inc) x6 (30)
Count 7 stitches after the end of this round and sc into the 8th. This creates the first arm hole, we will not work on it until further on. Single crochet a total of 8 stitches across, count 7 stitches to leave untouched and sc into the 8th stitch, sc across for a total of 8 stitches. This completes the first row of the torso.
VERIFY YOUR COUNTING: You should have 2 arm holes consisting of 7 sc each and this first row of the torso should be a total of 16 stitches around.
Set your stitch marker and sc for 5 more rows for a total of 6 sc rows.
LEGS
Since working in the round offsets the stitches, keep track of the end of each row. At the end of the torso’s 6th round:
Round 1: Sc 3 (pictured on the right), count 8 stitches back, you should now be on the opposite side of the torso, sc into this 8th stitch, sc 5 to complete the first round
VERIFY YOUR COUNT: You should now have divided the torso into two equal-sized holes for each leg. (8 stitches each)
Round 2-7: Sc all around
After 7 rounds, sl st and fasten off leaving a 4 inch tail. Using your yarn needle go through the outer loop of each stitch and then pull the tail to close the opening. Hide the yarn end inside.
Attach the yarn at the base of the torso next to the first leg and sc around. To close the gap between the union between the legs grab a random stitch from the middle of the first leg as well as both loops from the next stitch and work a single crochet. This completes the first round. Continue with sc all around for 6 more rounds and close the leg just like you closed the first one.
ARMS
Attach the yarn to a stitch on the corner of an arm gap, sc 7 around and work one sc on the “armpit” area (pictured). There is no evident space to place this sc but you need it in order to have proportionality between arms and legs.
This completes the first round. Sc around for 6 more rows for a total of 7. Sl st and fasten off leaving a 4 inch tail. Using your yarn needle go through the outer loop of each stitch and then pull the tail to close the opening. Hide the yarn end inside.
Repeat this process on the other side to make the second arm.
This completes the Basic Doll Base pattern. You can add and change details however you need!
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