I am so pleased with how these dolls turned out and they have the ultimate seal of approval from my girls, I'm sure your little girls will love them too. Oh and you'll probably have a few requests from their friends too!
The pieces are fairly quick to knit up and the making up part is what will take up most of your time, but they are a fairly quick knitting project. Please note that the head has intarsia for the hair, however if your not comfortable with intarsia then I recommend knitting simply knitting the head all in the skin colour and then following a doll hair tutorial, there are some great ones to be found here.
Click here for the Elsa Doll pattern.
Materials
• Set of 3.25mm needles (UK size 10, US size 3)
• Yarn needle
• Toy stuffing
• 2 pairs of 5mm black safety eyes
Yarn colours
• Peach (skin colour)
• Black
• Light Blue
• Dark Blue
• Dark Pink
• Green
• Rust
•White
Yarn weight: Double knitting/ worsted weight
Gauge: not important but make it tight so stuffing doesn’t show through
Finished measurements: approx 6.5" long and 3" wide
Click here for my abbreviation list
TOY SAFETY
Please dont' use toy safety eyes on a toy intended for a child under 3 years old, they are a potential choking hazard. I recommend embroidering on any features to make the toy baby friendly.
Please click here for my copyright info. You are free to sell finished toys for this pattern but don't copy the actual pattern and sell it for profit. If you post photos online please link back to the pattern page so other can find the pattern too.
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Frozen Anna Knitting Pattern
HEAD (make 2)
CO 6 in skin
1. Purl
2. *kfb* along (12sts)
For row 3-14 the stitches in
black are where skin yarn should be used and the stitches in red are where rust
yarn should be used.
3. p2,p8,p2
4. kfb, k1, *kfb, k1* 4 times, kfb, k1 (18sts)
5. p4, p10, p4
6. kfb, k2 , kfb, *k2, kfb*
3 times, k2, kfb, k2 (24sts)
7. p6, p12, p6
8. kfb, k3, kfb, k1, k2,
*kfb, k3* twice, kfb, k3, kfb, k3(30sts)
9. p8, p14, p8
10. k8, k14, k8
11. p8, p14, p8
12. k9, k12, k9
13. p10, p10, p10
14. *k2tog, k3* twice, k2tog,
k3, k2tog, k2, k1, *k2tog, k3* twice (24sts)
Knit the following
rows all in rust
15. purl
16. *k2tog, k4* along (20sts)
17. purl
18. *k2tog, k3* along (16sts)
19. purl
20. *k2tog* along (8sts)
Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Draw tail through
remaining stitches and pull tightly and secure. Use tail to mattress stitch row
ends closed. Stop halfway down to add safety eyes/embroider eyes and a mouth and stuff. Close remaining opening and stuff, leaving a long tail to sew onto body.
BODY
CO 6 in skin
1. purl
2. *kfb* along (12sts)
3. purl
4. *kfb,k1* along (18sts)
Change to black
5. purl
6. *kfb,k2* along
(24sts)
7-19. st-st 13 rows * add a row marker at the start and
end of row 14*
20. *k2tog, k2* along (18sts)
21. purl
Change to light blue
22. *k2tog, k1* along (12sts)
23. purl
24. *k2tog* along (6sts)
25. BO (Leave a long yarn tail for finishing)
WINTER DRESS ARMS (make 2)
CO 3 in light blue
1. purl
2. *kfb* along (6sts)
3-11. begin with purl st-st 9 rows
Change to skin
12. knit
13. purl
14. *k2tog* (3sts)
Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Draw tail through
remaining stitches and pull tightly and secure. Use tail to mattress stitch row
ends closed. You can stop halfway down to stuff lightly but it is not required.
Close remaining opening leaving a long tail to sew onto body.
CORONATION DRESS ARMS (make 2)
CO 3 in skin
1. purl
2. *kfb* along (6sts)
3-13. begin with purl st-st 11 rows
14. *k2tog* (3sts)
Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Draw tail through
remaining stitches and pull tightly and secure. Use tail to mattress stitch row
ends closed. You can stop halfway down to stuff lightly but it is not required.
Close remaining opening leaving a long tail to sew onto body.
HAIR BUN
CO 15 in rust
1. purl
2. *k2tog, k3* along (12sts)
3. purl
4. *k2tog, k2* along (9sts)
5. purl
6. *k2tog, k1 * along (6sts)
7. BO (leaving a long yarn tail)
Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Draw tail through
remaining stitches and pull tightly and secure. Use tail to mattress stitch row
ends closed. Close remaining opening leaving a long tail to sew onto body.
SKIRT
Face the light blue side of the body uppermost
Pick up 24 sts in DARK BLUE from row 14 of the body piece
(where you placed the row markers the piece)
1. purl
2. k1, *kfb* 22 times, k1 (46sts)
3-29. Begin with purl st-st 26 rows
30. knit
Change to green
31. knit
32-57. Begin with purl st-st 26 rows
58. p1, *p2tog* 22 times, p1 (24sts)
59. knit
60. BO (leave a long yarn tail for finishing)
CLOAK
CO 14 in cerise
1. knit
2.purl
3. *Kfb* along (28st)
4. k2, p24, k2
5. knit
6-13 repeat rows 4&5 four times
14. knit
15. BO
Weave in the loose ends from the BO stitches.
Making up
1. Fold the skirt piece (right side facing out) in half and use the long yarn tail and attach the BO stitches to the body.2. Use the long yarn tail from the body piece and stitch down the back (try to ignore the skirt piece during this part). Stuff the body just before closing at the winter body neck.
3. Flip the body and skirt so that the coronation side is showing. Use a long green yarn tail and mattress stitch together the row ends of the skirt.
4. Flip the doll over to the winter body and skirt. Use a long blue yarn tail to mattress stitch together the row ends of the skirt.
5. Attach a head to each body.
6. Attach the skin coloured arms to the coronation side and the blue arms to the winter body (blue side attached to the body).
7. For winter hair I embroidered on a white hair strand. Taking approx 5x10 " pieces of yarn sew through the side of the head, even up the yarn. Braid the yarn pieces and repeat on the other side.
Use yarn to create a fringe from the hairline across the forehead.
8. For the coronation hair, repeat the braid step on one side of the hair with approx 5 x 22" length of yarn. Brain the hair and wrap around the head, securing as you go along. Attach the bun at the back and attach a scrap piece of green yarn to the underside of the bun.Add a side fringe with yarn from the hairline to the forehead.
9. Add finishing detail such as green straps and a necklace to the coronation body. You can also add flower embroidery to the skirts and body.
10. Add a little flush to the cheeks with a cotton swab (que tip) and some red blush.
Happy knitting all and remember to share the love and link back if you are posting photos on-line :)
Raynor x
P.S Sorry about the watermarks all over the pics. I know it doesn't look too pretty but I've had a lot of problems recently with people trying to sell the free patterns on ebay. Frozen things are pretty popular right now so I don't doubt people will try to do the same with these patterns. I suppose every party has a pooper and those who try to take more by profiting from what others offer for free. Please don't do this as it's not only theft but the listings are promptly removed by the VERO program and your account will be suspended for copyright infringements.
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