My little dolls have pose-able limbs by using pipe cleaners in their arms and legs. I worry a bit that bending these pipe cleaners too much will cause them to break, so here is another way to make these little dolls pose-able. For the pose-able Pocket Spirit above, I've crocheted seperate upper and lower arms, and upper and lower legs; so now she has an elbow joint and a knee joint.
Upper and lower arm, and what they look like stitched together. Pipe cleaners are still inserted into the upper and lower arms, but the bending is now done at the joint.
And here is the leg, one completed and the other showing how the two are stitched together.
The arms and legs are a bit longer than the original Pocket Spirit, so I made her torso a bit longer too. She stands just under eight inches tall; still a sweet size :-) The pattern with these modifications is here:
Meet Nadia!
Nadia and Comfort in sepia :-)
Enjoy the day, and enjoy the crochet!
For quite some time now I have enjoyed watching and reading about your sweet little Pocket Spirits, and with this new twist to the pattern I don't think I can resist making one of my own any longer! The pictures above are simply to adorable ♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this variation! I was just thinking I wanted to start a new doll - what timing!
ReplyDeleteYay, Otter and Nettan! Glad you like the variation, and thanks so much for your good words :-)
ReplyDeleteBeth
Fantastic as always! You are a creative genius!!
ReplyDeleteYou had a great idea in jointing the elbows and knees. The next step is to thread joint the shoulders and hips .... !!
ReplyDeleteLoOoOoOove your spirit dolls.
Mariella
OMG! How adorable! Love the different poses!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great words, Miss Julep, Mariella, and Beyond!
ReplyDeleteMariella, you are right! And the way the arms are made, they can be easily attached by thread jointing. Great idea!
Beth
What a wonderful idea and they are so cute!
ReplyDeleteI just happen to find your blog searching for a cute amigurumi doll pattern. I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of your dolls!!!! You"re so creative!! I love all the little details and the clothes pattern too!! I am just so thrilled right now, I don't know which doll pattern to start with?? they're all so cute!! Thank You so much for sharing your adorable patterns!
ReplyDeletePattie :)
It's hard to believe you could make them any cuter Beth, but you just keep topping yourself! This just makes them that much more expressive.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for these beautiful patterns of these cute dolls! You are very talented. I can only follow a pattern and not create one myself :(
ReplyDeleteThey are soooooo cute.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your good words; I appreciate them greatly :-)
ReplyDeleteBeth
Once again well done Beth. I can understand how Patti J. feels, I love coming and finding you have new ideas, best of all you share them. I did have a lady from Ravelry ask about ears for your dolls and I sent her to your blog.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
Thank you Beth.
Have a special day, hope your not getting all the snow, like I am, in Central Illinois.
'til next time.
Connie
Hi Connie!
ReplyDeleteIt has been a lovely day, but we still got about six inches of snow. If my loved ones don't have to be out in it...I enjoy it :-)
Thank you for your generous comments :-)
Beth
I love coming to your blog! What a sad, sweet little face. She pulls at the heartstrings.
ReplyDeleteThank-you, Stepheny!
ReplyDeleteBeth
Very wonderfull dolls, greeting from Belgium, Louisette+2 golden , one cat chartreux
ReplyDeleteBest regard from Belgium on your work
ReplyDeleteI wanted to thank you very much for the patterns you offer. I feel sorry to be unable to make nice dolls like yours: I just began trying to learn a bit of crochet, searching a way to do it on the net. That's more difficult than I first thought! The worst of it is that I'm french and don't understand most of your explanations (tried to translate and got to learn that english & US patterns are not written the same way: imagine the difficulty for a non crocheting idiot like me! I can hardly understand half of the stuff in french... :-D) I wonder if I'll know one day what you call a half treble, for exemple!!! Anyway I've done my best. My poor little try even got a name: it's a "she" which is called "Choupinette". She is naked like a worm (her mom is too silly to crochet her clothes! :-/). She got no hands and strange feet but can move her head. And she made smile the friend she has been given to, what is the only thing that matters, isn't it? So I thank you for that! :-)
ReplyDelete(You can see Choupinette on my page, if you wish).
gum
Gum, your English is MUCH better than my French! The important thing is that you are learning to crochet. The more you do it, the better you will be. I know it is difficult to translate US patterns to European, the stitch definitions are different! I'm happy you gave it a try; that is courageous.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!
Beth
P.S. send me a link so I can see your little Choupinette :-)
Hi my name is Christie and I've been trying to use one of you basic patterns but being that i've been reading and looking at pictures on here for weeks i wanna make few change that i like that you have done with yours i started making on and just did my own pattern as i went i didn't like it very much i was wondering if you would be willing to share the pattern for the jointed arms and legs i am trying to make one for my daughter for her 2nd birthday i have been crocheting for a wile but i have just started the more tedious work like the dolls and i wanna get good at it i have been using a F-hook i think it is 3.75mm instead or 3mm and i am going to try doing your basic jean pattern once i am happy with the doll lol well i hope to here from you and i hope you can help me i have like 2months to perfect it i think that is plenty of time and then i am going to work on making the princess's for my niece for her birthday in June hopefully i can do a good job with your help
ReplyDeleteHi Christie,
ReplyDeleteThe pattern for the Pocket Spirit with jointed arms and legs is available here on the blog. Look on the left hand side under "Links to Pocket Spirit Patterns" and it is the first pattern. An F hook works well with worsted weight yarn, but if you make one from sportweight, I would recommend using a C (2.5mm) hook.
Good luck!
Beth
Beth, I love both your cloth dolls and crocheted dolls. You have inspired me to try to make a crocheted doll. Thanks for sharing. Jackie
ReplyDeleteJackie, that is great! I'd love to see your doll when she is done :-)
ReplyDeleteBeth
I'm working on one of these right now! It's a wonderful, adorable pattern, I'm going to make one for myself and one for my boyfriend's five year old daughter. Hopefully I'll have them finished by the Easter holidays! Thanks for sharing :-)
ReplyDeleteEli, thank you for the good words; I'm so glad you are enjoying making these dolls :-)
ReplyDeleteBeth