Oopsie Doll

Abbreviation, US terms:
Sc
Single crochet
Dc
Double crochet
Inc
2 sc in one stitch
Sl.St. Slip stitch
Dec. decrease, invisible decrease or 2 stitches together
Ch
Chain
Blo
back loops only
Flo
front loops only
Materials used:
2 mm crochet hook
8 ply cotton yarn in various colors
felt: black (for eye lashes and under the button placement)
pink (cheeks)
Black embroidery thread for designing the lips
Two 7 mm buttons
Embroidery and darning needles for sewing up the parts and designing the face
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Wire (for legs and arms to make them flexible and mobile)
P.T.F.E. thread seal tape to secure the wire ends
Stuffing of your choice for the head and body
Head
In skin color of your choice:
R1 sc6 in the magic ring (work in continuous round)
R2 Inc6 (12 sts)
R3 *Inc1, sc1* x6 (18 sts)
R4 *Inc1, sc2* x6 (24 sts)
R5 *Inc1, sc3* x6 (30 sts)
R6 *Inc1, sc4* x6 (36 sts)
R7 *Inc1, sc5* x6 (42 sts)
R8 *Inc1, sc6* x6 (48 sts)
R9 *Inc1, sc7* x6 (54 sts)
R10 *Inc1, sc8* x6 (60 sts)
R11 *Inc1, sc9* x6 (66 sts)
R12-R19 sc66 sts
R20 *Dec1, sc9* x6 (60 sts)
R21 *Dec1, sc8* x6 (54 sts)
R22 *Dec1, sc7* x6 (48 sts)
R23 *Dec1, sc6* x6 (42 sts)
R24 *Dec1, sc5* x6 (36 sts)
R25 *Dec1, sc4* x6 (30 sts)
R26 *Dec1, sc3* x6 (24 sts)
R27 *Dec1, sc2* x6 (18 sts)
Begin stuffing the head. Stuff it nice and firm.
R28 *Dec1, sc1* x6 (12 sts)
Tie off. Finish stuffing.
Body
Working on the panties. Choose the color you want panties to be.
R1 sc6 in magic ring (work in continuous round)
R2 Inc6 (12 sts)
R3 *Inc1, sc1* x6 (18 sts)
R4 *Inc1, sc2* x6 (24 sts)
R5 *Inc1, sc3* x6 (30 sts)
R6 *Inc1, sc4* x6 (36 sts)
R7-R9 sc36 sts
Change color to one you are using for skin.
R10 sc36 sts
R11 *Dec1, sc4* x6 (30 sts)
R12 sc30 sts
R13 *Dec1, sc3* x6 (24 sts)
R14 sc24 sts
R15 *Dec1, sc2* x6 (18 sts)
R16 sc18 sts
At this point begin stuffing the body
R17 *Dec1, sc1* x6 (12 sts)
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R18 sc12 sts

Tie off and leave long end for sewing the body to the head.
Finish stuffing the body
Legs (x2)
Working with yarn in skin color of your choice
R1 sc4 in magic ring (working in continuous rounds)
R2 Inc4 (8 sts)
R3-32 sc8 sts
Tie off and leave long end for sewing
Arms (x2)
Working with yarn in skin color of your choice
R1 sc4 in magic ring (working in continuous rounds)
R2 *inc1, sc1* x2 (6 sts)
R3-R4 sc6 sts
R5 ch3, sl.st2 (to this chain you have just made we are making thumb here), *sc2,
inc1* x2 (8 sts)
R6-R25 sc8 sts
Tie off and leave long end for sewing the arm to the body later
Now take the legs and hands and wire you have prepared.
Measure the length from one end to another (for leg and arm) and cut wire in same
length.
Now use a little bit of stuffing, wrap it tightly on the top of each side of the wire. You
can tighten it with some thread if it will be easier for you, take the seal tape and start
wrapping it around ends, through the middle, towards the other end, until you have
this nice looking, safe piece, with both ends closed and secured.
Here is the photo of materials used in my Oopsie doll and how this stick looks like
before put into arm or leg.

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As you finish all four of the sticks place them inside the limbs.
Make another one short though, about 5 cm ( 2 inches) long. This one make little bit
thicker (If the wire is narrow as mine, fold it twice and twist it a little before wrapping
it and making it safe. This piece we will use for head-body connection so the head
doest wobble around.
You can start sewing the body parts together.
Start with head and body first.
Place the stick (wire) in the middle of both parts and sew the head and body nicely
through all of 12 stitches. Add some stuffing if needed.
Legs:
Sew the legs on the bottom of the body, starting at R2-R6 at each side.
Safety pin them, check them twice and sew them nicely.
Arms:
Place arms on the sides of the body. Place them second row below from where the
head and body are sewed together. Sew them through two rows, nicely. Be aware to
place the thumb pointing front.

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we can start working on hair

Hair
In color of your choice
R1 sc6 in the magic ring (work in continuous round)
R2 Inc6 (12 sts)
R3 *Inc1, sc1* x6 (18 sts)
R4 *Inc1, sc2* x6 (24 sts)
R5 *Inc1, sc3* x6 (30 sts)
R6 *Inc1, sc4* x6 (36 sts)
R7 *Inc1, sc5* x6 (42 sts)
R8 *Inc1, sc6* x6 (48 sts)
R9 *Inc1, sc7* x6 (54 sts)
R10 *Inc1, sc8* x6 (60 sts)
R11 *Inc1, sc9* x6 (66 sts)
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R12-R15 sc66 sts

Tie off and leave long end for sewing the hair to the head.
Ringlets
I have done mine in pair of two bunches, but then sewed them all together to look as
made in one piece.
You can do the hair many different ways. You can make ringlets longer or shorter.
You can make them thicker or thinner. You can make them less or more in numbers.
Start working, make few, place it on the head and see if you like them to be that way.
Play and have fun. It really is fun! :D
I will give you directions n how I did the ringlets. Will give you the instructions on
two bunches with 5 ringlets each and you decide if you will make them looking as
one or will sew them as two pony tails on each side of the head.
I made each different size. Some are the same, some are not. Was making the chains
from 45-50 stitches.
In instructions will say 45 for each ringlet, but you increase or decrease as much as
you like it.
Ch 47
Starting at the third stitch from the hook, stitch 3dc, repeat this for each stitch on this
chain. (3dc in one st)
Reaching the end chain 47 again and repeat 3dc in each st.
This way make all 5 ringlets. Tie off and leave long end for sewing them on the head
later.
Make two of such ringlets bunches.
Bangs
I did almost the same way. Didnt have the same shade of purple thats why these are
little bit darker. Use same color yarn for the bangs.
For the bangs I also started with chain
Ch23
Sl.st.22
Make 3 more the same way
Instead of crocheting the bangs, you can just sew on few bangs on top of the head
when hair will be done (before placing the bow). It is easier and also gives very nice
effect.

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Shoes
Starting with sole base (chose the color)
Ch8
R1 sc6, 3sc in one st, continue working on the other side of the chain, sc5, 2sc in one
st (16 sts)
R2 inc1, sc5, inc3, sc5 inc2 (22 sts)
Change color in one you like shoes to be.
R3-R4 sc22 sts
R5 sc8, dec3, sc8 (19 sts)
R6 sc6, dec4, sc5 (15 sts)
R7 sc6, ch1 turn backwards and stitch 12 sts
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(from this point on we will be working the rows, not continuous rounds)
R8-R13 sc12 sts
Change color (or use this one you have been working with) and single crochet around
the edges .
Wave in the shoe laces with needle and thread of your choice.
I made chain and used it as shoe lace, but you can use a piece of yarn or thin bow.
You can make boots higher if you like.
Or, what can be done is to stitch the socks using the back loops only on the boots
(making the sock or just nice lace effect coming out of the boots). Giving you just few
ideas you can try to play with.
Dress!
Dress is not done in continuous rounds. So after each row, ch1 or ch2, depending if
you are starting with single crochet od double one. Finishing the row, slip stitch the
last stitch to the first chain you started.
I have started my dress with chain of 36 stitches. Before closing the chain into circle,
check if it fits to your doll (so you can add or decrease stitch or two).
Here we go:
Dress
Use color of your choice for the base dress color
Upper part
Ch 36, sl.st. to close the chain into a ring
R1 sc36
R2 sc36
R3 dc36
R4 dc36
R5 dc36
R6 *ch2, skip one st, sl.st1* repeat all the way around
Using long chain (yu made out of thread, yarn) in color of your choice, or string, or
bow, wave in between the R5-R6 starting in front of the dress, going allthe way
around and finishing in front right before you started. This we will use to close the
dress after it is put on the doll, to give her nice fitting effect ;)
Turn the dress upside down, to where we have started with the chain row. We are
making the skirt now. Slip stitch to any stitch and start with our first row making the
bottom of the dress.
I used yellow yarn here (that was later decorated with green) to make belt effect on
this dress. You can change the color or just continue with the same one you have
worked the top with.
Skirt:
R1 sc36 blo
R2 sc36 blo
Change color (here I switched from yellow to pink again)
R3 2dc in one st FLO all the way around
R4 dc in each st
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R5 2dc in each st
R6 dc in each st
R7 2dc in each st
Change color (for this row I used turquoise color)
R8 sc in each st
Change color (for the final row I used yellow)
R9 *ch2, skip one st, sl.st1* repeat all the way around
Under skirt
With thinner white yarn
Slip stitch at one of the back loops on R3 of the dresss bottom.
R1 sc all the way around
R2 2dc in each st
R3 dc each st
R4 2dc in each st
R5 dc each st
R6 2dc in each st
Change color (I used green here)
R7 *ch2, skip one st, sl.st* repeat till the end of this row.
Shoulder sleeves
Put the dress on the doll. Tighten the upper part with the bow or string you waved in,
and mark best place where the strings for the shoulder sleeves would go best. This is
how I did it.
Mark all four points. Two in front and two on the back, take the dress off the doll and
start making the shoulder strings in the same color as the dress was made.
R1 Sl.st. at the front of the dress. Ch10, sl.st at the back (of the same shoulder side)
Change color (first one I did was pink, and now was switching to turquoise)
R2 sc10 st
Change color (mine is yellow here)
R3 *ch2, skip one st, sl.st1* repeat till end
Tie off sew and hide ends nicely
In addition there is bow to make on the belt, and if you like you can add one row of
zig-zag motif.
Choose what will you use for the belt. Starting at front, wave in the string or bow or
whatever you have chosen for this.
In one of the rows where you have front loops visible slip stitch the yarn in color of
your choice and make this motif:
*Ch2, skip one stitch, sl.st* all the way around.
Tie off, hide the ends.

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Bow
Ch18
R1 2dc, 2hdc, 2sc, 4sl.st. 2sc, 2hdc, 2dc, ch2, turn
R2-4 repeat the pattern from R1
When finished with R4, sc all the way around the bow.
Tie off, hide the end.
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Bow middle
Ch8 (one color)
R1 sc7 (second color)
R2 *ch2, skip one, sl.st1* repeat for all the stitches (third color)
Tie or sew this piece at the middle of the bow, and sew the bow nicely on top of the
head.
Finishing:
Hair:
Place the hair cap on, Position it the way you like it the best. Safety pin it and sew it
all around.
Now place the ringlets the way you want them to be. Safety pin them and sew them so
they stay at place where you wanted them to be.
If you are using bangs with slip stitched chains, the way I made my Oopsie doll, place
it on the very top of the head, safety pin each bang and sew one by one, little by little
on the front of the head.
At the end sew on the bow, One in the middle, on top of the head, or two at sides,
depending how you will make your ringlets to be.
Eyes:
Use little bit of black felt. Place the buttons you will use of eyes on the felt, draw the
outline and cut out two black felt pieces you will put under the buttons.
We will glue them first. Buttons on the felt and felt on the head, so once sewed on
will stay nice and firm.
For eye lashes cut black felt, making kind of V shape pattern (as for two lashes to
stick on the eye sides).
Safety pin the eyes and using black thread sew them on the head.
With embroidery needle and black thread, sew the smiling mouth.
Using pink felt, cut two circles of about 1cm big and glue them on the face. I used
regular all purpose crystal glue.
If you dont have the felt for eyes or cheeks. Embroider the eyelashes on each side of
the eye. Use little bit of powder blush for the cheeks.
Was a little work to do for this doll but at the end its al worth it. Hope you enjoyed
making Oopsie and most of all hope your kids will enjoy playing with one! :D
Looking forward to hear all you comments, suggestions, replies. Let me know how it
goes! Send me some photos of finished doll! Looking forward hearing from you and
seeing the photos.
Wish you all the best of luck and lots of fun making these dolls.
If you will come up with some special and new ideas, let me know so we will publish
them on the blog!

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till next time wishing you lots of fun and joy!

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