Free Amigurumi Pattern for Body of Large Doll

It's always quite an anticlimactic thing to finish a project. You work steadily for a while  and pour over the details of each stitch and then... you're done! Projects I take on without a pattern are at first quite daunting I'll admit. I have a perfectionist streak in me so there are times of frustration to be sure - lol. In the end its all worth it though. I have the finalized product and am usually pretty pleased with it. If not, I know much more when I go for round two!

This pattern came to fruition because a friend of mine wanted these for her grandchildren after seeing my tinier version of a zombie - see photos here. I plan to offer the dolls themselves for sale in my etsy shop here.  For those of you who may be smitten with them but don't crochet this is definitely the way to go. They will be offered for a limited time, as the yarns used for at least one of the dolls is discontinued. Speaking of...specifically the pink hair on one of the zombies... (we'll call her strawberry ;) and the other with blue hair blueberry ;)) was discontinued, so I had to do some digging. I was able to find a few people willing to part with a skein or two for the right price to make sure I had enough to work with. Then I set to work. I started out with a large sketch to make sure I liked the proportions of the body, then tried several (about 5 -6 ) different versions of the "Ideal Sphere" to give me the head size I wanted. 

Amigurumi Large Doll Pattern
for the BODY only

Materials Needed:

- H Hook 8-5.00mm
- Skin color yarn worsted weight suggested
- Yarn for pants worsted weight suggested
- Yarn for shirt worsted weight suggested
- Tapestry Needle

Finished size: Approximately 11 inches tall & 8 ½ inches wide.

Abbreviations:

·         Sc = Single Crochet

·         X = times

·         Dec = Decrease

·         Inc = Increase

FLO = Front Loop Only
BLO = Back Loop Only
FO = Fasten Off

Gauge per inch: 4 stitches x 5 rows

With Light Gray Yarn: Work The Ideal Sphere  pattern with 22 Rows through row 20. You will have 18 stitches at this point.

BODY 

Using yarn selected for the shirt

Row 21: Sc around (18)

Row 22:  *Sc 2, Inc 1* Repeat 6 times to end (24)

Row 23:  Sc 1, *Inc 1, Sc 3* Repeat 5 times, Inc 1, Sc 2 (30)

Row 24:  *Sc 4, Inc 1* Repeat 6 times to end (36)

Row 25:  Sc 2, *Inc 1, Sc 5* Repeat 5 times, Inc 1, Sc 3 (42)

Row 26:  Sc 6, ch 2, skip the next 10 stitches from row 23, Sc into 17th St Sc 10, ch 2, skip the next 10 Stitches from row 23, Sc 5 ( At the end of Row 24 you should have 26 stitches, you will have 10 stitches on each side from Row 23 that you'll come back to finish later)

Row 27: Sc 6, Sc 2 across the ch 2, Sc 11, Sc 2 across the ch, Sc 5  (26)

Row 28:  Sc around (26)

Row 29:   Sc 6, Inc 1, Sc 1, Inc 1, Sc 10, Inc 1, Sc 1, Inc 1, Sc 4 (30)

Row 30:  Sc around (30)

Row 31:  Sc 7, Inc 1, Sc 2, Inc 1, Sc 11, Inc 1, Sc 2, Inc 1,  Sc 4 ( 34)

Row 30:  Sc around (34)

Row 31:   Sc 10, Dec 1, Sc 15, Dec 1, Sc 5 (32)

Row 32-33:  (2 Rounds) Sc around (32)

Switch to yarn selected for pants

Row 34 - 36: Sc around (32)

Row 37: Sc 2,  ch 2 skip next 16 stitches, sc in St 19, sc 13. this is the first leg round,  only work around on this leg until end: (18 stitches on 1st leg)

Row 38: (1st leg) Sc 2, Sc 2 in chains, Sc 14 (18)

Row 39: Sc around (18)

Row 40: Dec 1, Sc 2, Dec 1, Sc 12 (16)

Row 41: Sc around (16)

Row 42: Sc 1, Dec 1, Sc 13 (15)

Row 43 - 51 (9 rounds): Sc around (15)

Row 52: Work through Front Loop Only ( hc 1, dc1, sc 1, trc1, hc2, trc1, dc1, hc1, trc1, dc1, sc1, hc1, trc1 slst in 1st st (15) Fasten Off Blue.

Switch back to yarn selected for skin

Row 52 - 53 :Sc through Back Loop Only around (15)

Row 54: *Dec 1, Sc 3* Repeat 3 times (12)

Row 55 - 56: Sc around 12

Row 57: Dec 1 until 6 stitches remain, weave in end in the last 6 stitches and tie ends up.

***Stuff the leg and the body at this point***

Second Leg: 

Using yarn selected for pants

Row 37: Sc 16, chain 2, (18 stitches on 1st leg)

Row 38: Sc 16, Sc 2 in chains (18)

Row 39: Sc around (18)

Row 40: Dec 1, Sc 2, Dec 1, Sc 12 (16)

Row 41: Sc around (16)

Row 42: Dec 1, Sc 14 (15)

Row 43 - 51 (9 rounds): Sc around (15)

Row 52: Work through Front Loop Only (hc 1, dc1, sc 1, trc1, hc2, trc1, dc1, hc1, trc1, dc1, sc1, hc1, trc1, sc1, slst in 1st st (15) Fasten Off.

Switch back to yarn selected for skin

Row 52 - 53 :Sc through Back Loop Only around (15)

Row 54: *Dec 1, Sc 3* Repeat 3 times (12)

Row 55 - 56: Sc around 12

***Stuff the leg and at this point***

Row 57: Dec 1 until 6 stitches remain, weave in end in the last 6 stitches and tie ends up.

On the side that does not have the seam of round changes - consider this the back of the doll - with the front side facing you...

Right Arm: 

Switch to yarn selected for shirt

Row 1: Sc 4 in the bottom portion of the arm, Sc 10 (14)

Row 2 - 12:  Sc around (14)

Row 13: Work through Front Loop Only (hc 1, dc1, sc 1, trc1, hc2, trc1, dc1, hc1, trc1, dc1, sc1, hc1, trc1, slst in 1st st (14) Fasten Off.

Switch to yarn selected for skin

Row 14: Sc through Back Loop Only around (14)

Row 15: Sc around (14)

Row 16: *Dec , Sc 2 * Repeat  times (10)

Row 17 - 18: Sc around (10)

Row 19:  Dec 1 until 5 stitches remain, weave in end in the last 5 stitches and tie ends up.

   Now work the left arm same as the right. Stuff the body till it's as stiff as you want it.

   Sew up in between the legs using the yarn selected for the pants.

Add hair and facial features as you please. If there are enough requests I will add the description for the face and hair of the zombie dolls. This pattern is however just for the body of the doll.

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Please NOTE: 

This pattern is Copyright of Lostsentiments 2014.  All rights reserved.

You have permission to sell the finished item from this pattern but rewriting, reselling, distributing or copying the pattern itself is prohibited. 

Please include a link back to my etsy shop or blog in all sales/listings of items. 

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.