🧶DIY Crochet Foxy Doll Sweater🧶

Thank you for the feature! I’m actually ready to cry lol \(( °ω° ))/

Hello, Dumdums and Yamyams! This is my entry for the #FallFestivalDIY challenge. I decided to make this sweater before I seen the challenge, but since nobody made doll clothes I entered. I got the yarn last month when my sister sent me pictures asking what I wanted, so I saw the red and cream and thought of Foxy or Mangle and I thought since his colors were more spooky/fall themed I settled with Foxy.

What would you have changed?

Well, I wish I didn’t do this without a plan instead of watching a video and looking up a sweater pattern.

I also regret not splitting the yarn before I started because the stitches would’ve been smaller and tighter so they would’ve matched the scale of Alouette a lot more and it wouldn’t look oversized.

What do you hate about it?

I do dislike how clunky it looks in general because I only thought of splitting yarn before I made the sleeves.

I also hate that I forgot to count my stitches and take notes on what rows I added a stitch. It’s easier than eyeballing it. I also hate that it got all linty because I left it out while I was working on it...

Time taken:

Started on August 29th, Finished on September 17th due to me only working on it at 12:00 and stopping at 3 AM each night.

Materials:

Yarn, Crochet hooks, Scissors, basic knowledge of crocheting, thread and needle to sew pieces, and patience.

Here is a playlist I made that you really should watch first.

I will try my best to explain what I did, but please don’t take this as a serious tutorial because I’m only a level higher than an amateur at crocheting. I chose to do this because knitting is tedious and crocheting is easier and faster. I suggest you to change some things and add your own spin on this template. Be creative!

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Start with a chain that fits around your dolls waist. Do 2 rows of slip stitches and continue with single crochets. The slip stitches will make the yarn go inward so it looks like a real hoodie.

Check if it isn’t too tight, I left some room for a zipper and I wanted it to look a little baggy. Continue single crocheting until you stop at the dolls armpits. Make sure you have a even space in the middle and it’s not offset. Also be careful if you plan on decreasing on higher rows by skipping a stitch because that should be done very sparingly. (Although it makes it smaller at the top, I suggest trying it a few times to get it right.)

Basically you are going to do a few rows on both sides until you cover the front of the arms.

Count the rows you make so they will be the same size, unlike what I did here; but it should be the same shape.

I know it’s not in English but it’s going help you understand how to crochet like this.

Now you sew it.

As for the hood, make a strip that is big enough to go over the dolls head. I made mine a bit long, and you could start with a row of slip stitches if you want to.

Please keep in mind there’s probably better methods to make this. Just simply look up doll sewing patterns.

When I sewed the strip, I left a small space uncovered so I could fit her hair through it, but that’s optional. Make a magic circle that is small enough and sew it on.

Now we’ll pause for a minute and work on the belly. (I already sewed the zipper on but it’s optional.) If I was making a pullover, I would’ve just made a big enough magic circle but in this case I had to make half circles. This was a suffering since I had to add extra stitches in but I didn’t write everything down so it was hard making the other one.

Use the first one for reference and you should be ok.

Now we’ll make the ears. This is difficult because I started out with around five stitches and increased gradually so they could be bowl shaped. Then I did a row or two(?) of slip stitches so they could curl inward.

They should look something like that.

Now for the tail... I started with a magic circle and made it gradually bigger.

When I decided where to end the tip, I chained two or three and then continued into the next stitch. This made spikes but keep in mind you get an ugly gap so you can probably use a different method. Basically I made a red tube that gradually gets bigger and sewed them together and stuffed it with black fabric.

Okay, this is what I got so far. I decided not to sew on the tail because I just use a Bobby pin to make it detachable. When sewing the belly, you could also leave openings for pockets but I chose not to.

For the sleeves, I just measured rectangles that fit around the dolls arms because I can’t really take off her hands to make them in the round. Get your secondary color and crochet 3 rows of slip stitches. Then sew them on one end of the sleeves. Now you can sew your sleeves shut.

Also, to leave the side that bumps out on the slip stitch pieces on the inside of the sleeve.

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And now we’re finally done! I hope your hands aren’t cramping out too badly! Overall, I definitely think it was a good first shot and I think I’ll remake it in the distant future. When I was outside taking these pictures though, I did get severe bug bites on my ankle and I could barely walk afterwards but it was still fun. Thanks for reading, and I hope it was worth it.

See you next time!

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