PATTERN: TOP-DOWN / LEVEL: BEGINNER

Create your own Kokeshi Doll with her hair, kimono details and accessories.

For this project you’ll need:

Suggested materials:

• 2.5 mm crochet hook with light weight yarn (3/DK) in the colours of your choice for the skin, the hair, the kimono, the obi and the embroidered detail on the kimono
• 1.5 mm or 2 mm crochet hook with super fine weight yarn (1/Fingering) or fine weight yarn (2/Sport) in the colours of your choice for the obi ornament (as long as it’s a different colour from the obi) and the tiny flower ornaments (optional)
• A small piece of black embroidery floss, super fine weight yarn (1/Fingering) or fine weight yarn (2/Sport) for the eye corners
• 6 mm safety eyes or black buttons
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Stuffing fibre
• Blush makeup (optional)
• Small ornaments to attach to the kimono or hair (optional)

Yarn information:

For this project, I used:

• Light weight yarn (3/DK) Snuggly Replay 50% cotton / 50% acrylic from Sirdar
• Light weight yarn (3/DK) Stories 60% cotton / 40% acrylic from Sirdar
• Super fine weight yarn (1/Fingering) Aunt Lydia’s Crochet Thread (Fashion 3) 100% cotton from Coats & Clark

My abbreviations (based on US terms):

• MR - magic ring
• ST - stitch
• CH - chain
• SL ST - slip stitch
• SC - single crochet
• INC - increase (2sc in the same st)
• DEC - decrease (sc 2 together)
• DC - double crochet
• HDC - half double crochet
• TR - treble crochet
• HTR - half treble crochet
• ( )xNUMBER - number of times you have to repeat everything inside the brackets
• square brackets - total number of stitches on the row

Tips:

• If you’re unfamiliar with any crochet stitches used in this pattern, try searching YouTube for “stitch name + tutorial.” You’ll find plenty of beginner-friendly, detailed video guides.
• Rows without a mention of a chain between them are worked in continuous rounds. To keep track, use a stitch marker to mark the last stitch of each row.
• In crochet, yarn over (YO) and yarn under (YU) refer to how the yarn is wrapped around the hook when making stitches. Yarn over (bringing the yarn over the hook from back to front) is the standard technique and is used throughout all my patterns unless stated otherwise. Yarn under (bringing the yarn under the hook from front to back) creates tighter stitches and a firmer fabric. Using yarn under instead of yarn over may result in slight differences, such as a smaller final piece, more visible slip stitches, and a firmer, less soft texture.

Crochet pattern designed by Lumy Levenhagen. All Rights Reserved. Sharing, selling, re-writing, copying or translating any part of this pattern is prohibited and subjected to international copyright law.