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A few days ago the Mini Amigurumi Advent was a little boy elf and today, Day 14 is a little girl elf. You may have already guessed that there would be a girl elf, I felt like specifying that the other elf was a boy, rather than just an elf, kind of gave away there was going to be a girl too.
The little girl elf is made almost identical to the boy, with just a couple of little changes.
First, the boy elf was wearing a little shirt and the girl has a dress on, however the skirt on the dress and the bottom edge of the shirt are worked in the same way, just with different stitch counts.
The other major change in the pattern is the hair. Because they both have a hat covering most of their heads I didn't want to make a full hair cap, so they just have a little bit of hair sticking out from under their hats. For the boy I made a few little curls sticking out in front. For the girl I gave her some bangs in the front made from 2 shell stitches, and then 2 little curly pigtails sticking out on the sides.
The other big change that I made was to reverse the colors so they were matching but opposite. I chose to stick with red and green for super traditional Christmas colors, so I switched them between the two. The little boy being in a green top with red pants, and the girl in a red top with green pants, as well as the colors on their hats being flipped. You could totally make them matching, or go with completely different colors, whatever you choose.
How to Crochet a Girl Elf Amigurumi
Finished Size: about 6" tall + hat
You will need:
- medium weight yarn in skin color, hair color, red, green, black, and gold (sample made with Red Heart Super Saver in Lemon, Cherry, Buff, Saffron, and Black, Loops & Threads Impeccable in Jade)
- G Crochet Hook (4.25 mm)
- 2- 6mm safety eyes
- fiberfill
- yarn needle
- black or pink embroidery floss
- embroidery needle
Instructions:
The elf body and head are made in one piece, with arms, legs, hat, belt, and hair made separately and sewn on after.
The skirt is crocheted directly onto the body. One round on the body is worked in the back loop only, leaving the front loops open. The skirt will be worked into those open loops.
Body/Head
Make 1 starting with green (or color you are using for the pants) yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 4: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Switch to red yarn (or color you are using for the dress)
Round 5: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 6: 1 sc in blo of each st (this is the round the skirt will later be worked into) (18 sc)
Rounds 7-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round: 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)
Switch to skin color, begin stuffing the body continuing to stuff as you work
Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Rounds 12-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 12 and 13 about 4 sts apart
Round 16: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Round 17: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off and weave in ends
Embroider mouth with either pink or black embroidery floss
Skirt
Use red (or color you are using for dress) and attach yarn to the unworked loops of round 6 of the body. I prefer to start in the back so that the joins are less noticeable.
Join yarn to unworked loop
Round 1: ch 2 (does not count as a st), [2 sc in first st, 1 dc in next] repeat around, sl st to first dc to join (27 dc)
Round 2: 1 dc in each st, sl st to first dc to join (27 dc)
Finish off and weave in ends
Arms
Make 2 starting with skin color, begin with a magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Switch to red (dress color)
Round 3-4: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the arms to the side of the body
Legs
Make 2 starting with black (or color you are using for shoes), beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 3: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Switch to green (or color you are using for pants)
Rounds 4-5: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the legs to to the bottom of the body
Belt
Make 1 with black yarn
ch 21
sc in second ch from the hook and each ch to the end
Wrap the belt around the waist and stitch in place
Use yellow/gold yarn to stitch a square around the front of the belt to make the buckle
Hair
The hair for the girl elf is made in two parts, she doesn't have hair under her hat because I didn't want to have too many layers under there, instead it is just bangs tucked under the front edge of the hat, and little curly pigtails sticking out on each side.
You will make one bangs piece and 2 pigtails
Bangs
Make 1 with hair color
ch 10
Row 1: sc in second ch from the hook and each ch to the end (9 sc)
Row 2: turn, sl st in first, [sk next st, 4 dc in next, sk 1, sl st in next] repeat (2 shells)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Pigtails
Make 2 with hair color
ch 5
starting in ch closest to the hook work 2 sc in each st (10 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Hat
Make 1 starting with red yarn (or main hat color), begin with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st], repeat around (6 sc)
Rounds 3-5: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st], repeat around (9 sc)
Rounds 7-8: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)
Round 9: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts], repeat around (12 sc)
Round 10: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 3 sts], repeat around (15 sc)
Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 4 sts], repeat around (18 sc)
Round 12: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts], repeat around (24 sc)
Rounds 13-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Switch to green (or hat band color)
Rounds 16-17: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Stitch the bangs into place so they sit with the shells edge just above the eyes
Pull the hat on over the head so it covers the top edge of the bangs (you can put the hat on, then tuck the bangs under to determine placement before stitching everything on if that helps make sure everything is in the right place)
Stitch the hat onto the head
Stitch a curly pigtail to each side of the head close to the edge of the hat
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