Sakura (Black cat’s dress)

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Abbreviations

R: row inc3: 3 single crochet stitches in a same stitch

Rnd: round inc-hdc: 2 half double crochet stitches in a same
Ch: chain stitch stitch
slst: Slip stitch inc-dc: 2 double crochet stitches in a same stitch
sc: single crochet stitch inc3-dc: 3 double crochet stitches in a same
hdc: half double crochet stitch stitch
dc: double crochet stitch FLO: crochet through front loops only
tr: treble crochet stitch BLO: crochet through back loops only
st, sts: stitch, stitches dec: 2 single crochet stitches together
inc (increase): single crochet increase [ ]: crochet in a same stitch.

Materials
✓ Yarn: I used Susan’s family 4 and YarnArt Jeans
• Skin color: Color 07 (Susan)
• Beige: Color 07 (YarnArt Jeans) or Color 18 (Susan)
• Pink: Color 63 (Susan)
• Black: Color 21 (Susan)
• White: Color 06 (Susan)

✓ Crochet hook suitable with your yarns ( I used 2mm crochet hook)
✓ Safety eyes size 7mm.
✓ Embroidery thread, sewing needle, scissor, some pins, glue for fabric.
✓ 3 small bells: 7mm or 8mm
✓ Pink blush makeup powder .
✓ Soft wires size 2mm (optional)
✓ Finished product: 21cm ~ 8inch

Notes
✓ Body: Crochet the doll with tight stitches.
✓ Dress: Crochet loosely or use a 0.3 mm bigger hook.

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Arm (make two)
Work in spiral rounds. Begin with skin color. Shoe sole (make two)
Rnd 1: 7 sc in the magic ring (7) Crochet in spiral rounds, work around the
Rnd 2 – Rnd 3: 7 sc (7) foundation chain, begin with black yarn
Change to black yarn. (Pic 2)
Rnd 4: 7 sc (7) Rnd 1: Ch 5, start to crochet on the 2nd chain
Rnd 5: BLO 7sc (7) from the hook, 3sc, inc3, 2sc, inc (10)
Rnd 6 – Rnd 17: 7 sc (7) {12 rounds} Rnd 2: 1 inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (16)
Fasten off and leave a short tail. (Pic 1) Continue to join with the shoes by 16slst.
Continue to crochet in the front loops of round 5 Fasten off (Pic 4)
with black yarn.
FLO (ch2, slst) * repeat 7 times (21)
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Legs and body
Left leg
Crochet in spiral rounds, work around the
foundation chain, begin with pink yarn
Rnd 1: Ch 5, start to crochet on the 2nd chain
from the hook, 3sc, inc3, 2sc, inc (10)
Rnd 2: 1 inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (16)
Rnd 3: BLO 16 sc (16)
Rnd 4: 16 sc (16) 2
Rnd 5: 5 sc, 3 dec, 5 sc (13)
Rnd 6: 4 sc, 2 dec, 5 sc (11)
Rnd 7 – Rnd 11: 11 sc (11) {5 rounds}
Change to black yarn.
Rnd 12: BLO 11 sc (11)
Use a piece of soft wire about 22cm length for
the left leg (Pic 3)
Bend the end of the wire and insert the wire in 3
the leg . Start to stuff the leg.
Rnd 13 – Rnd 15: 11 sc (11) {3rounds}
Rnd 16: 1 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc, 2 inc, 3 sc (12)
Rnd 17: 1 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc (10)
Rnd 18: 10 sc (10)
Rnd 19: 1 sc, 1 inc, 8 sc (11)
Rnd 20: 2 sc, 1 inc, 8 sc (12)
Rnd 21 – Rnd 27: 12 sc (12) {7 rounds}
Crochet 2sc more .
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Fasten off and stuff the left leg.
With pink yarn, crochet in the front loops of
round 11: FLO 11 slst (11)
Right leg
Do the same as the left leg from Round 1 to
Round 27. Crochet 8sc more. Stuff the right leg.
Continue to crochet the body.

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Body
Rnd 28: Ch3, 12sc on the left leg, 3sc (on 3 chains), 12sc on the right leg, 3sc (on 3 chains) (30)
(Pic 5-8)
Rnd 29: 1 inc, 25 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc (32)
Rnd 30 – Rnd 31: 32 sc (32) {2 rounds}
Rnd 32: 16 dec (16)
Rnd 33 – Rnd 40: 16 sc (16) {8 rounds}

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Rnd 41: Join arms with body:
4sc on the body, 7sc (left arm), 8sc on the body, 7sc (right arm), 4sc on the body (30) (Pic 9)
Take a piece of wire, bend the end of the wire and insert the wire in the arm (don’t stuff the arm)
(Pic 10, 11)
Rnd 42: 3 sc, (2 sc, 1 dec) * repeat 6 times, 3 sc (24)
Rnd 43: (1 sc, 1 dec) * repeat 8 times (16)
Rnd 44: 8 dec (8)
Fasten off, leave a long tail.
Change to skin yarn.
Rnd 45: BLO (2 sc, 1 dec) * repeat 2 times (6)
Rnd 46 – Rnd 47: 6 sc (6) {2 rounds}
With black yarn, crochet in the front loops of round 44
FLO (ch 3, 1sc) * repeat 8 times (32)
Continue crochet the head.

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Head
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Rnd 48: FLO 6 inc (12)
Rnd 49: (1 sc, 1 inc) * repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 50: (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) * repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 51: (3 sc, 1 inc) * repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 52: (2 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc) * repeat 6 times (36)
Rnd 53: (5 sc, 1 inc) * repeat 6 times (42)
Rnd 54: (7 sc, 1 inc, 6 sc) * repeat 3 times (45)
Rnd 55 – Rnd 63: 45 sc (45) {9 rounds}
Rnd 64: (7 sc, 1 dec, 6 sc) * repeat 3 times (42) 14
Rnd 65: (5 sc, 1 dec) * repeat 6 times (36)
Rnd 66: (2 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc) * repeat 6 times (30)
Stuff the head and place safety eyes between
Round 57 and Round 58, the space between 2
eyes is 8 stitches.
Rnd 67: (3 sc, 1 dec) * repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 68: (1 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc) * repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 69: (1 sc, 1 dec) * repeat 6 times (12)
Rnd 70: 6 dec (6)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Weave the tail
through the front loops of the last round and pull it 15
tight to close the hole.
Ear (make two)
Use skin color yarn
6sc in the magic ring (6)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Sew the ear
between Round 57 and Round 58 of the head. The
space between eye and ear is 6 stitches.

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Hair
Begin with beige color yarn. Second layer (6 strands)
Rnd 1: 6 sc in the magic ring (6) The second layer is crocheted in the BLO of
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12) Round 3. At the end of each strand, 1 slst in the
Rnd 3: FLO (1 sc, 1 inc) * repeat 6 times (18) next stitch of Round 3
Start to crochet the hair strands (S). S1: Ch 26, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from
Fisrt layer (24 strands) the hook, 25slst, 1 slst (25)
S2: Ch 15, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from
The first layer is crocheted in the FLO of Round
the hook, 1slst, 13 sc, 1slst (14)
3. At the end of each strand, 1 slst in the next stitch
S3 – S4: Ch 16, start to crochet on the 2nd chain
of Round 3.
from the hook 2 slst, 8 sc, 5 hdc, 1 slst (15)
S1: Ch 19, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from
{2 strands}
the hook, 2slst, 16 sc, 1 slst. (18)
S5: Ch 15, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from
S2 – S5 (2 strands in a same stitch of Round 3):
the hook, 1slst, 13 sc, 1slst (14)
Ch10, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from the
S6: Ch 26, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from
hook: 9sc, 1 slst (9) {8 strands}
the hook, 25slst, 1 slst (25)
S6: Ch 19, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from
Fasten off.
the hook, 2slst, 16 sc, 1 slst (18)
S7 – S10: Ch 21, start to crochet on the 2nd chain Third layer (2 strands)
from the hook, 2slst, 18 sc, 1 slst (20) {4 strands} The third layer is crocheted in the BLO of Round
S11 – S12 (2 strands in a same stitch of Round 2.
3): Ch 21, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from the 2 strands in to the same st: Ch 6, 1 slst on the 2nd
hook, 2slst, 18 sc, 1 slst (20) {4 strands} chain from the hook, 4 slst, 1 slst , ch 6,
S13 – S18: Ch 21, start to crochet on the 2nd chain 1 slst on the 2nd chain from the hook, 4slst, 1 slst.
from the hook, 2slst, 18 sc, 1 slst (20) {6 strands} Fasten off.
Don’t cut the yarn, continue to crochet the second Use some pins to secure the strands of hair on the
layer. head and glue them carefully. The wrong side of
the hair is up, the right side is glued to the head.

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Dress
Begin with pink color yarn. Crochet loosely or use a 0.3 mm bigger hook. Work in rows. Ch1 and turn at the
end of each row (the turning chain is not counted as a stitch).
Row 1: Ch 27, start to crochet at the 2nd chain from the hook: 2 sc, inc3, 1 sc , 1 hdc, 3 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, inc3,
4 sc, inc3, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 3 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, inc3, 2 sc (34)
Row 2: 4 sc, ch 2, skip 9 sts, 8 sc , ch 2, skip 9 sts, 4 sc. (20)
Row 3 – Row 7: 20 sc (20) {5 rows}
Row 8: FLO 20 inc, ch 2, turn (40)
The dress has two layers, the under layer is crocheted with black on the back loops of Row 7, the outer layer
is crocheted with pink on Row 8.

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The outer layer: Continue to crochet with pink yarn.
Rnd 1: (FLO 1 dc, BLO 1 inc3-dc) * repeat 20 times (80), 1 slst, Ch 2 and turn. (Pic 45, 46)
Crochet in rounds, slst and ch2 at the beginning of each round (the turning chain is not counted as a stitch)
Rnd 2 – Rnd 4: 80 dc (80) {3 rounds}
Slst and fasten off.

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The under layer: Begin with black. Crochet in rounds, slst and ch2 at the beginning of each round (the
turning chain is not counted as a stitch).
Please make sure the under layer is on the same side with the BLO on Row 7.
Rnd 1: 20 inc-dc. (40)
Rnd 2 – Rnd 3: 40 dc (40)
Rnd 4: FLO (inc3-dc) * repeat 40 times, slst and fasten off. (120) Change to white yarn.
Rnd 5: BLO (ch 2, 1 slst) * repeat 120 times (360)

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Sleeve
Crochet the sleeves of the dress as shown in the picture.
Join yarn to the middle of armpit and crochet 1 slst, 2 sc, 1 hdc, [FLO inc3-dc, BLO inc-dc] * repeat 3 times,
1 hdc, 2 sc, 1 slst.
Note [….]: Crochet in the same st.

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Dress bow
With pink yarn, crochet around the foundation chain (Pic 70)
Ch 29, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from the hook: (1 slst, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc , 6 tr, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1sc,
1 slst), (1 slst, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc , 6 tr, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1sc, 1 slst) continue (1 slst, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc , 6 tr, 1 dc,
1 hdc, 1sc, 1 slst), (1 slst, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc , 6 tr, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1sc, 1 slst), ch 8 and fasten off.

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Ribbon
Use pink yarn. (Pic 75)
Ch 51, start to crochet on the 2nd chain from the hook: 4 sc, 4 hdc, 14 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 slst, 1 slst, 1 sc,
1 hdc, 14 dc, 4 hdc, 4 sc, fasten off. Sew the bells to the end of the ribbon..
Connect bow and ribbon by 8 chains.

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Cat ears (Make two)
With pink color yarn (make two)
Row 1: 7 sc in the magic ring, Chain 1 and turn at the end of each row.
Row 2: 1 inc-hdc, 2 sc, [1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc], 2 sc, 1 inc-hdc, fasten off.
Note [….]: Crochet in the same stitch.
With black color yarn (make two)
Do same as pink ear, then start to join them together: 5 sc, [1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc], 5 sc, fasten off.
With black yarn, ch 35, join with first ear (1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc, 2 ch, 1 sc), ch 6, join with second ear (1 sc, ch 2,
1 sc, Ch 2, 1 sc), ch 35. Fasten off.

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