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Happy October!!!!
This month’s Midi tier pattern is Moana, and she marks the beginning of a brand-new crochet series. I am looking forward to this series, especially Hei-Hei and Maui. I have already started planning Maui because it is going to be such a mammoth project.
In this blog post, we’ll walk through everything you need to bring Moana to life—from crocheting the doll base, to customising the doll to look like Moana and the assembly of her iconic outfit. Whether you want to keep her classic or add your own creative flair, this pattern and customisation tutorial will guide you every step of the way.
For all my previous Disney princesses, I used my Avery doll base. However, the doll base that I crocheted for Moana is an updated version where the body has more realistic contouring and the head is slightly smaller. I still have plans to tweak her such as slimming the hips, defining the pelvis and the addition of breasts, but the base as it is works well as Moana. Also, I plan to make this new doll base interchangeable with all my previous Disney princess clothing templates.
The customisation was nice and easy for this one because as an island girl Moana doesn’t wear many clothes and the design is simple.
Unlike with all my other princess whose hair I also did in cotton, for Moana I opted for acrylic hair. This is because I wanted to capture her wavy hair which isn’t easily attainable with cotton yarn. By attaching some aran yarn and unravelling it for looser waves I was able to achieve this look. All the rest of the customisation was done the same way as with all my other princesses.
Moana measure approximately 9 inches / 23 cm tall.
MATERIALS
- 4ply flesh coloured yarn (I used Schachenmayr 00438/Deep Amber)
- Black or dark brown acrylic aran yarn (for Moana’s hair)
- 2mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Fire retardant fibrefill
- Felt glue
- Scissors
- Cream and reddish orange felt
- Fasteners (such a push buttons or Velcro)
- T-shirt paper printed eyes (OPTIONAL – you can use your preferred method such as coloured felt sheets or embroidery to create the eyes)
- White lace trim (OPTIONAL – some people can crochet a lace trim)
- Thin faux suede ribbon (OPTIONAL – you can also cut a thin strip of cream felt)
- Burlap fabric (OPTIONAL – You could also use a natural-coloured yarn glue to a strip of felt to achieve the same look)
- Fasteners (i.e. poppers, Velcro, buttons, etc.) approx. 5-7mm wide
- Needle felting needle and black or dark brown wool roving (OPTIONAL – You can embroider the eyebrows on in which case you will need black 4ply cotton yarn)
- Needle and thread (OPTIONAL – I used felt glue to assemble the clothing, but needle and thread may be need to attach the fasteners)
- Pins
- Stitch marker
ABBREVIATIONS
A full list of the abbreviations that I use in my patterns:
- MR# – magic ring with the specified number of single crochets
- SC – single crochet (double crochet English)
- HDC – half double crochet (half treble English)
- DC – double crochet (treble English)
- TC – treble crochet (double treble English)
- INC – single crochet increase
- #in1 – the specified number of SC in the same stitch (i.e. 3in1)
- #DCin1 – the specified number of DC in the same stitch (i.e. 3DCin1)
- #HDCin1 – the specified number of HDC in the same stitch (i.e. 3HDCin1)
- hdcINC – half double crochet increase
- dcINC – double crochet increase
- trINC – treble crochet increase
- DEC – invisible decrease (if it is a DEC in BLO I tend to use the 2TOG decrease method)
- 2TOG – two stitches together decrease (non-invisible method)
- *_______* X# – repeat sequence within the asterisks the specified number of times e.g. *SC, INC* x6)
- #in1DEC – the specified number of stitches in a decrease (invisible method) (e.g. 3in1DEC)
- FLO – front loop only
- BLO – back loop only
- CH – chain stitches
- CC – colour change
- CH1T – chain a stitch then turn your work
- SS – slip stitch
- ST/STS – stitch/stitches
- OFFSET – a term I use when adding or taking away additional stitches in order to line up or get the right placement
- = # ROWS – repeat the stitch sequence for the row the specified number of times e.g. 32SC (32) = 5 ROWS
- FO – fasten off
You are now complete!
Did you decide to unravel the hair like it did? how did you find it? were you able to find a method that saves time?
Next month’s Midi tier crochet pattern is the Kakamora (coconut monsters) from Moana.
Until the next post, happy crocheting!
Chantelle X
