Complete Guide to Knitting a Doll with Cape and Accessories

You’ll Need:

Black DK/8ply yarn;

Small amount of DK/8ply in Flesh, White and Red;

Knitting needles 3.25 mm;

Fiberfill;

2 small beads for eyes - optional.

Note:

The doll body is knitted in one piece, starting at the feet. Arms and cape are knitted separately.

ERRATA - Row 26 - should read P2tog B (twice), P2tog W (twice), P1W, P2tog W (twice)

P2tog B (twice).

Instructions

Body

With Black, cast on 17 sts.

St st 22 rows.

Now join in Black and White for front of shirt:

Row 23 - K 8B, 1W, 8B

Row 24 - P 7B, 3W, 7B

Row 25 - K 6B, 5W, 6B

Decrease for neck:

Row 26 - P2tog B (twice), P2tog W (twice), P1W, P2tog W (twice), P2tog B (twice).

Row 27 - Change to Flesh, K

Row 28 - Inc purlwise in next 4 sts, P1, inc purlwise in next 4 sts - 17 sts.

Now join in Black and Flesh for head/face:

Row 29 - K 5B, 7F, 5B

Row 30 - P 5B, 7F, 5B

Repeat the last 2 rows up to and including Row 34.

Row 35 - K 6B, 2F, 1B, 2F, 6B

Row 36 - P 6B, 1F, 3B, 1F, 6B

Row 37 - K all sts in Black

Row 38 - P

Row 39 - K2tog to last st, K1

Thread yarn back through sts, gather in tight and fasten off.

Arms

Make 2

With Flesh, cast on 7 sts.

St st

2 rows Flesh

2 rows White

10 rows Black

Thread yarn through stitches, gather in tight and fasten off.

Cape

With Black, cast on 24 sts.

K 2 rows

Starting with a K row, st st 10 rows, but on every P row, knit the first and last 2 stitches to form a garter st border up both sides of the cape.

Row 13 - K2, K2tog, K4, K2tog, K4, K2tog, K4, K2tog, K2 - 20 sts

Row 14 - K2 (remember the border), P to last 2 sts, K2.

Row 15 - K

Row 16 - K2, P to last 2 sts, K2.

Rows 17 - 18 - same as rows 15/16.

Row 19 - K3, K2tog, K4, K2tog, K4, K2tog, K3 - 17 sts

Row 20 - K2, P to last 2 sts, K2

Row 21 - K

Row 22 - K2, P to last 2 sts, K2

Row 23 - K2tog to last st, K1 - 9 sts

Row 24 - K2, P to last 2 sts, K2

Row 25 - K, Inc in every st - 18 sts

K 3 more rows, cast off.

Finishing

Sew in any ends you won't be using for sewing up.

With right sides facing out, sew up the back seam of the body, leaving the bottom edge open to stuff. Stuff the head and body, stuffing the legs lighter than the rest to make it easier to sew up the middle to define his legs.

Neatly oversew the bottom edge to close and sew a line of stitches from the bottom, up the middle for approx 3.5 cm to define his legs.

Backstitch in white just above his feet to define his feet/trousers, and backstitched down from his white shirt. You could continue and white in his lapels, bottom of the coat, etc.

Separate some black yarn until you have one strand to do the facial features, as well as the red - this usually works with acrylic, but if you're using wool, you might find the strand just falls to pieces; you can use 3/4 ply cotton instead.

Embroider his facial features, use tiny beads for his eyes or you can make small French knots, also sew in 2 sideburns to make him look a little more suave.

Don't forget his fangs!

Arms - don't stuff these. Fold them with right sides facing out, and sew down seam and around hand.

With the arm seam at the back of the doll, sew each arm to the side of the body.

Cape - run some red yarn through the decrease row of the cape (just under the collar) and tie it around the neck. Tie it in front.