For her crocheted amigurumi doll, Nelly wanted warm skin, brown eyes and “generous curves,” a scoop neck top, and pleated lavender skirt and “purple-mauve” hair. Fortunately, she found a picture of some nail polish in the color she meant by “purple-mauve,” and I was able to find yarn to match.

The generous curves aren’t really apparent, but I think I did a good job with the rest. What do you think, Nelly?

Amigurumi Doll – Nelly Zagurian from RolePages.com

This was the first time I’d done a human amigurumi, and I learned some new techniques doing it – like how hard it is to do arms with worsted-weight yarn, because they are so slender. Now I tend to use DK or sport yarn for humanoid figures. The pattern I used here called for worsted.

Doll based on the Mini Free Spirit Doll from By Hook, By Hand, as are the bodice and shoes. The skirt is my own design.

Yarn:

• Body, Caron Simply Soft in Bone.
• Hair: Caron Simply Soft Light in Magenta.
• Dress and shoes: Fashion Style Bamboo (found on eBay)