Little Mermaid Crochet Doll

My little sister turned 10 years old this spring, and I wanted to make something she would really like.

We both share a love for all things mermaid as well as Disney.

I decided to head in that direction and crochet her a mermaid doll.

I searched high and low for a mermaid pattern but didn't like any of them.

They were all fat and pudgy with misshapen fins.

Not what a mermaid is supposed to look like.

I did find this picture, which is an old magazine pattern that is pretty expensive

to get ahold of.

I loved the idea of the fin going all the up instead of the separate shell bra.

Borrowing a tiny little bit from this pattern for the fins (I changed it a lot, it was just the base),

and using the directions from this pattern for the arms, I had a good start.

As for the rest...I made it up as I went along!

 

 

Front body

Back side of body

Fins

Fins attached and upper body and head worked onto fin.



Once I had finished the fin/green body,

I stuffed it as best as I could.

Next I changed colors and began working the upper body and on into the head.

Before closing off the head, I stuffed the rest.

 

From there I stopped taking pictures as I went (sorry!).

 

Here is the gist...

I crocheted two arms, ran a half folded over pipe cleaner through them,

then attached them to the body.

 

For the hair...well...I really faked and fumbled my way through it.

I made lots of curly little twisted worm deal-ios and attached them...

then did a bunch of other stuff that surprisingly turned out looking decent.

 



 



Next, I used embroidery thread to add the eyes and lips.

 

 

 

 

To finish it off I made a small necklace and sewed some clear sequins all over the body.

And tada!

A mermaid doll!

 



 

 

 

Maybe someday I will sit down, try to recreate this and write out the pattern.

But for now, I'm just pleased that I made it work.