October doll. Work in progress

A few photos from the process of creating my new doll.

During the making of this girl, many elements were changed — I updated some parts, and after many attempts, I finally figured out how to crochet accurate palms with fingers.

This time, I wanted to make shoulder connections with pins and washers. It’s a bit harder to crochet, but the result and movement are much better than when I used to connect the arms to the finished body with thread.

The head has a crocheted ball joint inside, so it can move in different directions — it makes the doll look and feel more alive, and I adore that!

I also made the irises from glass seed beads — I love beads!

There will be more of them for her later.

She’s still a work in progress!

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For the shoulder joints, I use these pins and washers:

Links for pins and washers, just in case:

Pins - 1/16 -inch x 1-inch Steel Cotter Pins

Washers - 3 mm-1/8" aluminum washer (the smallest ones I could find)

First, I inserted the pins through the washers and the arm piece, then finished crocheting the arm. While making the body, I attached the arms, adding small crochet circles between the body and washers, and twisted the pin ends with pliers.

Crochet circle pattern: 1 round: 6 sc in MR, 2 round: 6*inc.

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