My very favorite Disney princess of all-time is Ariel. Who’s shocked?! I mean, I planned a whole month of mermaid patterns, so…keep up. 😉 I couldn’t let the month go by without making a Pocket Princess Ariel, now could I? You might be wondering, how could I make a mermaid not in mermaid form? Well, for one, I thought she was cute this way, and two; didn’t she want to be human all along? 😉
These little pocket pals are so great for little hands to play and imagine with! They are great for a variety of ages, and safe for littles with no hard or small parts. My kids will often travel or play with them, as well as fall asleep with them tucked in the palm of their hands.
These are also great stash buster projects! They only take a small amount of each color yarn!
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Materials:
Vanna’s Choice: Beige (skin color)
Caron One Pound: Cape Cod Blue (center of dress), Sky Blue (bottom of dress and hair bow), Bright White (top of dress and sleeves)
Red Heart Super Saver: Cherry Red, (hair) Black (eyes)
Crochet hook size F- 3.75mm
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle
Polyester Fiberfill or yarn scraps for stuffing (another great use for those scraps!)
Terms and abbreviations to know:
Magic ring
rnd, rnds – round, rounds
ch, chs – chain, chains
st, sts – stitch, stitchs
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
inc – increase, 2 sts into 1 sts
dc bobble – double crochet bobble, in this pattern, dc bobble is done in part white, part beige. It should be done in such a way that all remaining loops on the hook are beige (for the hand). See pictures below more more details.
- Beginning with beige on the hook, yarn over with white, and insert hook into next st.
- Pull white through.
- Yarn over with beige, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 2 loops left on hook.
- Yarn over with white, and insert hook into same st.
- Pull white through.
- Yarn over with beige, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 3 loops left on hook.
- Yarn over with white, and insert hook into same st.
- Pull white through.
- Yarn over with beige, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 4 loops left on hook.
- Yarn over with white, and insert hook into same st.
- Pull white through.
- Yarn over with beige, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 5 loops left on hook.
- Yarn over with WHITE (to continue pattern in white), and pull through all 5 BEIGE loops.
dec – decrease, work 2 sts together into 1 sts
Notes: Know how to crochet in rnds. These patterns are worked from the head down, with no joining. Use a st marker as you work to mark the beginning of each rnd. Color changes can be made, by pulling next color through the 2 loops to finish off the previous stitch. As a free pattern, this pattern has not been tested, but is accurate to the best of my abilities. Please let me know if you find any errors!
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Pocket Princess Ariel
Begin with magic ring
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4-5: sc in each st around; 18 sts
Fasten off red, leaving a very long tail for sewing on those voluptuous bangs.
Attach Beige.
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1. When changing colors, complete the last st in previous color by pulling through the next color.
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2. Last st will remain in the previous color, and you can begin working the next st in new color.
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Attach white. Drop but do NOT cut Beige. We will be doing some complicated color changes in the dc bobbles, so please refer to pictures. When changing colors, pull the next color through to finish previous st, as pictured above.
Rnd 10: dc bobble (white/beige), sc in next 7 sts, dc bobble (white/beige), sc in remaining 9 sts in white; 18 sts
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3. Leave beige on the hook and attach white to begin the dc bobble.
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4. The white will be attached to hook like you’d begin a ch, but will serve as the second loop (yarn over) for the beginning of the dc.
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5. Then you will insert hook into next st, yarn over with white, and pull up a loop.
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6. Then, yarn over with beige, and pull through 2 white loops.
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7. Now, with 2 beige loops left on hook, begin the next dc. You will be making 4 partial dc before finishing the bobble.
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8. Yarn over with white, and begin next dc by inserting hook into SAME working st. Yarn over with white again, and pull up a loop.
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9. Yarn over with beige, and pull through the 2 white loops.
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10. With 3 remaining beige loops on hook, begin next dc with white.
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11. Continue repeating the steps in this way, always leaving beige on the hook.
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12. With 5 beige loops left on hook, yarn over with white and pull through all 5 loops to complete bobble.
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13. Continuing with rnd 10, when you begin the next bobble for the other arm, pull beige through on last white sc to begin the bobble st.
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Rnd 11: sc in dark blue in next 4 sts, sc white in next st, sc in remaining 13 st in dark blue; 18 sts
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14. To carry other yarn behind, insert hook through st and under the unused color.
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15. Pull yarn through, and when you yarn over, it will be over top of the st AND the yarn you are carrying behind. This way, the other color stays with you until you need it.
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16. Carry the white until this point. Only use for 1 st in center, switch back to blue, and fasten off the white.
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Rnd 12: sc next 4 sts in sky blue, sc next st in cape cod, sc remaining 13 sts in sky blue; 18 sts
Fasten off cape cod. Final rnds in sky blue.
Rnd 13: FLO through this rnd, [(sc, hdc, sc) all in next st, sk next st] 9x; 27 sts
Stop here, before closing. Here, we will be using some black to sew on for the eyes (pictured below), and that long tail you left of red, for sewing on her bangs. (pictured below)
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17. Here is the front.
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18. Knot off all loose ends you won’t be using for sewing, and tuck up inside the body. You will be using the unworked back loops under the dress to close later.
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19. To keep the eyes from being too large, I split my black yarn, and only use one half. Save the other half for another pocket princess. 😉
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20. The eyes should be centered, just one rnd beneath the hair line, with two lashes reaching up toward the hair. They may get covered with the bangs, but that’s ok!
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21. After completing the first eye, repeat on the other side with 2 sts in between the eyes.
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22. Completed eyes!
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23. Use that long strand of red you left from the hair. Pull it through from the inside of the body, but not center. They should be side swept bangs!
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24. Continue going back over that side, using a couple different entry points on the side of head.
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25. Then, make some shorter side bangs on the other side.
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26. Completed bangs!
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Stuff with your fiberfill, or yarn scraps. I love that I don’t have to throw away a single piece of yarn! Yarn scraps are perfect for stuffing these little princesses.
In rnd 14, use the unworked back loops of rnd 12 to begin closing.
Rnd 14: (dec, sc in next st) 6x; 12 sts
Rnd 15: dec 6x; 6 sts Fasten off, and sew closed by weaving your loose end through the last rnd of sts and pulling tight. Knot off and weave in loose end.
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27. The finished closing under the dress. Refer to picture 18 to see the back loops needed for working rnd 14.
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Begin with magic ring
Rnd 1: 4 sc in magic ring; 4 sts
Rnd 2: (inc, sc in next st) 2x; 6 sts
Rnd 3: sc in each st around; 6 sts
Rnd 4: inc in next 2 sts, sc in next 4 sts; 8 sts
Rnd 5: inc in next 4 sts, 2 dec; 10 sts
Rnd 6: sc in next 2 sts, (inc, sc in next st) 2x, sc in next 4 sts; 12 sts
Rnd 7: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 8: sc in each st around; 18 sts
Do not stuff. Fold closed and sc through both sts on the fold.
Sew onto the back of her head, just above the hair line.
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28. To close the hair, fold closed, and sc through both sides.
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29. Completed hair! Leave long tail for sewing onto back of head.
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30. After sewing on the hair, knot off underneath the hair, and weave in ends. You will be covering that seam with the bow.
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Start the bow with a long tail. You will be wrapping that around the center of the bow.
Ch 9
Row 1: turn and sc in each ch across; 8 sts
Row 2: ch 1 and turn, sc in each st across; 8 sts
Rows 3-4: repeat row 2: 8 sts
Row 5: ch 1 and turn, sl st across the first 4 sts, *ch 5, turn and sl st in 3rd ch from hook, sc in next 2 chs,* sl st back into the 4th st of rnd 4, repeat from * to * then sl st into the last 4 sts of row 4, fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.Using the long beginning tail, wrap it tightly around the center of the bow, causing it to pucker, then knot and sew into the back of the bow.Sew bow on the back of the head where the seam of her sewn on hair is located.
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31. This picture is row 5 of bow, just before repeating the *to* section. It is for making the tails of the bow.
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32. Use your beginning long tail to wrap around the center of the bow, between the tails.
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33. Wrap it around many times, as evenly as possible.
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34. Now your bow is ready for sewing onto the hair!
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35. Sew center of bow onto the back of the hair, over your seam, leaving the corners of the bow free to stand out above the head.
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