OMG! You're almost done your doll! The finish line is so close you can almost taste it!

Pattern

• Body

Crocheting using skin colour yarn.
Round 19: 3 sc, sc dec, 10 sc, sc dec, 7 sc (22 sts)
Round 20: Sc in each st around (22 sts)
Round 21: 3 sc, sc dec, 9 sc, sc dec, 6 sc (20 sts)
Round 22: Sc in each st around (20 sts)
Round 23: 3 sc, sc dec, 8 sc, sc dec, 5 sc (18 sts)
Round 24: Sc in each st around (18 sts)

If you are hoping to make your doll pose-able, now would be a good time to insert your pipe-cleaners/wire. I used one folded pipe-cleaner for each leg and then one folded for both of the arms.

Also, don't forget to continue stuffing your doll with poly-fil as you decrease your stitches to the neck.

Round 25: 3 sc, 6 sc around the first arm, 9 sc, 6 sc around the second arm, 6 sc (30 sts)
Round 26: Sc dec in each st around (15 sts)
Round 27: Sc, 7 sc dec (8 sts)
Round 28:  6 sc, sc dec (7 sts)
Round 29-30: Sc in each st around (7 sts)
Fasten off and leave a long tail to sew onto the head. 

The neck is so long because it needs to provide support for the head.

Thread the yarn tail through the hole on the bottom of the head. Then sew it to the top of the head and then sew it to the neck again to secure it. Do this a few times to make sure your head is secured, then fasten off.

Timeline and Links for Mini Mimi's Pattern

Note: links will be added as the information become available.

• Part 1: Materials & Preparation
  Post Date: August 2, 2019
• Part 2: Head
  Post Date: August 5, 2019
• Part 3: Arms and Legs
  Post Date: August 12, 2019
• Part 4: Body
  Post Date: August 19, 2019
• Part 5: Hair
  Post Date: August 26, 2019

Are you working on this Mini Mimi CAL with us? I'd love to see it! Please share with me your progress on Instagram and/or use the hashtags #onceuponacheerio and #minimimiCAL. Or join the Facebook event here.






This is an original pattern written by Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio. Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this blog post but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but please DO NOT sell the pattern or distribute it. 

You may sell products made from this pattern, but please clearly credit the design to me, Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio and provide a link to my blog www.OnceUponaCheerio.com. Permission is NOT granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind. Thank you for understanding!

Today, we're going to be working on Mini Mimi's arms and legs.

On a side note, I've been suffering from some this mosquito bite on my arm for the last few weeks. I react badly to mosquito bites, but this year has been the worst. I've been putting on some anti-itching cream that's supposed to take away my itch, but there's this rash that just wouldn't go away.

It turns out that I'm allergic to the anti-itching cream. The mosquito bite has already healed, but I have this ugly gigantic rash on my arm that is crazy itchy.

Life is so ironic when you're allergic to your anti-itching cream and makes you itchier than ever. Sadly, before I found out about this, I was lathering on this anti-itch cream on some other mosquito bites on my leg. So now I have to deal with those too.

Summer, right?

OK, enough about my misery. Here's the pattern for Mini Mimi's arms and legs. If you need a reference for a list of materials, you can click here.

Pattern

• Arms

Round 1: Magic Ring with a Base of 6 sc (6 sts)
Round 2-10: sc in each st around (6 sts)
Cut and fasten off. These will be crocheted onto the body later on.

• Legs

Round 1: Magic Ring with a base of 6 sc (6 sts)
Round 2: [2 sc, sc inc] x 2 times (8 sts)
Round 3-11: sc in each st around (8 sts)
Change to the colour of choice for underwear. 
Round 12: sc in each st around (8 sts)
Cut and fasten off.

I wrote out a tutorial here for getting the perfect stripes using half colour changes so that you can try it out too!



Make a second leg, (but do not cut and fasten this time) end with Ch 4 (with the underwear colour)

Continue working with the underwear colour.
Round 13: 8 sc around the first leg, 4 sc along ch, 8 sc around the second leg, 4 sc along the other side of ch (24 sts)
Round 14: 3 sc, sc inc, 11 sc, sc inc, 8 sc (26 sts)
Round 15-16: Sc in each st around (26 sts)
Round 17: 3 sc, sc dec, 11 sc, sc dec, 8 sc (24 sts)
Round 18: Sc in each st around (24 sts)

You can cut and fasten the underwear colour yarn because you will continue the rest of the doll with skin colour yarn. If you are using the half colour change method, start working the skin colour onto the top of Round 18.

Timeline and Links for Mini Mimi's Pattern

Note: links will be added as the information become available.

• Part 1: Materials & Preparation
  Post Date: August 2, 2019
• Part 2: Head
  Post Date: August 5, 2019
• Part 3: Arms and Legs
  Post Date: August 12, 2019
• Part 4: Body
  Post Date: August 19, 2019
• Part 5: Hair
  Post Date: August 26, 2019

Are you working on this Mini Mimi CAL with us? I'd love to see it! Please share with me your progress on Instagram and/or use the hashtags #onceuponacheerio and #minimimiCAL. Or join the Facebook event here.






This is an original pattern written by Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio. Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this blog post but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but please DO NOT sell the pattern or distribute it. 

You may sell products made from this pattern, but please clearly credit the design to me, Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio and provide a link to my blog www.OnceUponaCheerio.com. Permission is NOT granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind. Thank you for understanding!

I hope you guys all had a fabulous weekend and was enjoy some sunshine. Today is actually a holiday for us in British Columbia (Canada)! If you don't already know, I come from the beautiful city of Vancouver, BC. So if you are a local here, Happy BC Day!

Mondays are usually so... BLAH! But during the month of August, I will be publishing a part of the crochet-along for the Mini Mimi doll base pattern. So at least there's something to look forward to, right?

Anyway, enough nonsense! Are you excited for the first part of this crochet-along? Let's get started, shall we? If you need a reference for a list of materials, you can click here.

Pattern

• Head

Round 1: Magic Ring with a base of 6 sc (6 sts)
Round 2: sc inc in each st around (12 sts)
Round 3: [sc, sc inc] x 6 times (18 sts)
Round 4: [sc, sc inc, sc] x 6 times (24 sts)
Round 5: [3 sc, sc inc] x 6 (30 sts)
Round 6: [2 sc, sc inc, 2 sc] x 6 (36 sts)
Round 7: [5 sc, sc inc] x 6 times (42 sts)
Round 8: sc in each st around (42 sts)
Round 9: [3sc, sc inc, 3sc] x 6 times (48 sts)
Round 10-17: sc in each st around (48 sts)
Round 18: [4sc, sc dec] x 8 times (40 sts)
Round 19: sc in each st around (40 sts)

Before you start decreasing your stitches and the size of the opening, make sure you put in your safety eyes. I put them between rounds 12 and 13 and they're 10 sts apart.

Stuff the head with poly-fil firmly as you go.

Round 20: [sc, sc dec, sc] x 10 times (30 sts)
Round 21: [sc, sc dec] x 10 times (20 sts)
Round 22: sc dec in each st around (10 sts)
Round 23: sc BLO in each st around (10 sts)
Round 24-28: sc in each st around (10 sts)
Cut and fasten off.

At this point, you might be wondering why the heck is the neck so abnormally long???


Well, What I want you to do next is to push that long tube of a neck into the doll's head. This will create a sturdier and more balanced head on the neck of the doll later on. The head can also pivot and rotate!

It will take some effort to get it in. I injured my nail at one point trying to get that stupid neck inside. Just be careful and work it starting from the base of the stem (closest to the head).



And then at some point you'll get it in...


Woohoo! Celebrate time!

Thanks for joining me on this Part 2 of this Mini Mimi CAL! Stay tuned for Part 3 to come out next Monday! Also, don't forget to share with me your progress. I hope to be able to gather enough photos for a Mini Mimi gallery!

Timeline and Links for Mini Mimi's Pattern

• Part 1: Materials & Preparation
  Post Date: August 2, 2019
• Part 2: Head
  Post Date: August 5, 2019
• Part 3: Arms and Legs
  Post Date: August 12, 2019
• Part 4: Body
  Post Date: August 19, 2019
• Part 5: Hair
  Post Date: August 26, 2019

Are you working on this Mini Mimi CAL with us? I'd love to see it! Please share with me your progress on Instagram and/or use the hashtags #onceuponacheerio and #minimimiCAL. Or join the Facebook event here.






This is an original pattern written by Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio. Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this blog post but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but please DO NOT sell the pattern or distribute it. 

You may sell products made from this pattern, but please clearly credit the design to me, Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio and provide a link to my blog www.OnceUponaCheerio.com. Permission is NOT granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind. Thank you for understanding!

Hello and welcome to my very first Crochet-Along!

I can't wait to share with you this adorable amigurumi doll base pattern with you. The reason why I decided to split this post into multiple posts for a crochet-along is because some parts are more complicated than others.

I wanted to share additional photos of the more complicated parts of this pattern plus I think it would be awesome to see everyone's progress making this doll!

This is a great doll base pattern... for multiple reasons! I love her size, especially the size of her head. I put pipe-cleaners inside her body to help her neck be a bit more sturdy and her limbs pose-able. My girls love her.


More recently, I've been slowly designing and making outfits for Mini Mimi. Soon enough, she'll have a full wardrobe of her own!


Each Monday for the next few Mondays, I will publish a part of the pattern on the blog. Are you interested in making your own Mini Mimi? Join our Mini Mimi Facebook Event and share your progress!

Take some time to gather the materials you need this weekend! Part 2 of the CAL will be published next Monday!

Also, don't forget to share with me your progress on Instagram! Use the hashtags #onceuponacheerio and #minimimiCAL so I can find you!

What You Need / Materials

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• 1 skein of Bernat Handicrafter Cotton Yarn Scents in Chamomile 
• 1 skein of Bernat Handicrafter Cotton Yarn in any other colour you want for Mini Mimi's underwear
• 3.0 mm Crochet Hook
• Safety Eyes (I used 6.0 mm)
• Pipe Cleaners / Chenille Stems
• Poly-fil or any polyester stuffing of your choice
• Yarn Needle
• Scissors

Stitches

Yarn Under Single Crochet Stitch

1. Insert hook into the next stitch
2. Put the hook over the yarn (yarn under)
3. Pull the hook with the yarn under it through the stitch
4. With your yarn hand, wrap the yarn from back to front (yarn over) over the hook 
5. Draw the hook with the wrapped yarn through both loops on the hook. 

Timeline and Links for Mini Mimi's Pattern

Note: links will be added as the information become available.

• Part 1: Materials & Preparation
  Post Date: August 2, 2019
• Part 2: Head
  Post Date: August 5, 2019
• Part 3: Arms and Legs
  Post Date: August 12, 2019
• Part 4: Body
  Post Date: August 19, 2019
• Part 5: Hair
  Post Date: August 26, 2019

Are you working on this Mini Mimi CAL with us? I'd love to see it! Please share with me your progress on Instagram and/or use the hashtags #onceuponacheerio and #minimimiCAL. Or join the Facebook event here.






This is an original pattern written by Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio. Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this blog post but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use but please DO NOT sell the pattern or distribute it. 

You may sell products made from this pattern, but please clearly credit the design to me, Juli Anne of Once Upon a Cheerio and provide a link to my blog www.OnceUponaCheerio.com. Permission is NOT granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind. Thank you for understanding!