Crochet | Little Bit of Foolishness

Soon after finishing the Star Wars Crochet, I was eager to continue with amigurumi. I found this book of cute dolls on Amazon, called My Crochet Doll by Isabelle Kessdjian. I figured it would be adorable for my niece’s one year birthday.

My Crochet Doll

She used Bergere de France yarn, which is not something that can be found at the local craft store. So, I ended up just going to the local craft store and buying some yarn in similar colors. I have since ordered yarn from them and they sent me a yarn catalog with little yarn samples. Love it!

I think the one thing I learned on this doll, was that when adding doll hair, you need to do it sparse. When I first did her hair I had way too much yarn for hair. I had to go through and pull out half of it. Even then, I think her hair is a bit thick, but over all I am really proud f this doll. I think she’s the best thing I’ve ever made. I have purchased yarn to make one of the other dolls since then. But I haven’t gotten around to making yet. The next doll I make from this book will be the little Eskimo girl. These dolls are too cute!

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For years, the only crochet I ever really did was baby blankets. Every time someone had a baby, I would make an afghan. So, about two years ago I was standing in line at the craft store, buying yarn for another baby blanket and there it was, on the shelf with all the pattern books and magazines…Star Wars Crochet! I had to run out of line to grab it. I just knew that once I was done with my next baby blanket, I was going to make Yoda!

The kit comes with the materials to create the Yoda and a Storm Trooper. I started with Yoda, of course. And I made a lot of mistakes, also of course.

My Yoda mistakes:

I was crocheting in back of rows only. This is a sloppy habit I picked up when I was young. Now that I’m back to doing it regularly I’ve corrected this bad habit, but in Yoda it’s pretty noticeable.
I completely messed up the feet and forgot to do the bobble stitches.
I corrected my back of rows folly when I made Yoda’s robe, which made his robe look like it shrank in the wash.

Well, every mistake is a learning experience and I didn’t let my Yoda mistakes stop me. I continued on with the entire book.

Lucy Collins’ instructions are actually very easy to follow. I like the fact that she includes illustrations for the patterns. The set came with 12 patterns and I completed all 12. And one day I will go back and make a new Yoda, that has feet and a robe that fits. And I will also make a ton of Storm Troopers and Ewoks, so I can create battle scenes.

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