$ 5.25

US English pattern by Ahooka. Includes step-by-step pictures.

This pattern is a creative moment just for you, a gentle pause to make a meaningful, one-of-a-kind doll.
Lil’ Swimmer is one of the six crocheted dolls in the “Lil’Ladies” collection. This PDF pattern includes clear, detailed instructions to make the doll, her hairstyle, her bathrobe, and her towel. If you already own the pattern for another doll from the same collection, you can mix and match their hairstyles.
Lil’ Swimmer is the Lil’Lady with strong shoulders. Not only because she swims, but because she carries. Bags, children, projects, a struggling friend. Sometimes silence, too. She is the one people rely on, the one you can lean on. The one who finds a way forward, even when there seems to be none.

The “Lil’Ladies” collection was created to celebrate women’s bodies, all women’s bodies. With just a few stitches, I wanted to represent as many body shapes as possible. The one who feels “too” round, “too” tall, “too” small. The one who thinks she has a belly that’s “too” big, shoulders that are “too” broad, breasts that are “too” large, hips that are “too” wide. Because “too much” has gone on for too long, and it’s time for that to change.

I am the mother of a little girl and a little boy, and I refuse to let them grow up believing that a woman has to fit a single mold to be beautiful. I want to pass on the idea that real beauty lives in diversity.

░ REQUIRED LEVEL ░

Intermediate: You’ll need to know how to make chain stitches, single crochet, slip stitches, half double crochet, double crochet, a magic ring, increases, decreases, how to crochet in the front or back loop only, how to assemble two pieces together, and how to embroider small details.

░ THE PATTERN ░

• Row-by-row instructions, easy to follow
• Checkboxes to help you keep track
• Over 80 explanatory photos
• Detailed step-by-step guidance for special techniques (eye embroidery, blocking, specific stitches)
• Worked in continuous spirals and in rows

░ MATERIALS ░

► Fingering-weight cotton yarn – I used Scheepjes Catona. The pattern includes suggested Scheepjes Catona colors depending on the desired skin tone.
► A hook suitable for the chosen yarn (I use a 2.25 mm / B hook with Scheepjes Catona)
► A tapestry (or yarn) needle
► Pins
► A stitch marker
► Stuffing (polyester fiberfill)
► Embroidery thread and needle – I used DMC black pearl cotton 310, size 5

Stitches used: chain, magic ring, increase, (invisible) decrease, double crochet, back loops only, front loops only, double crochet decrease, spike stitch, crochet into a ring, fastening off in the invisible way, Crochet into a ring
Measurement: Approximately 12.5 cm (5 inches) tall, depending on the yarn used.


This pattern is for personal use. Please do not distribute, reproduce, share or sell this pattern. You may sell finished items made with this pattern, though only in small quantities, provided you credit the original designer. Wholesale is not allowed.