Materials Required:

AMERICAN THREAD

“AUNT LYDIA’S” HEAVY RUG YARN

3—70 yd. skeins each Natural and Cork

1—70 yd. skein each Orange and Cerise

Cotton

Scraps of Pink, Red and Black felt

12 Medium Wires 36 inches long

2 Crystal Buttons for eyes

Glue

Aluminum Crochet Hook Size H

BODY: Open 3 skeins of Natural. Place skeins on top of each other. Tie in center, fold in half, tie 4½ inches below for head. Stuff body and head sections with cotton and tie bottom of body section.

ARMS: Open and cut 1 skein of Cork at one end, then cut into 3 inch lengths. Take 2 wires, fold in half, * take half of one 3 inch group, place in center of wire at fold, twist wire, then take other half of same group, place between wires and twist, repeat from * until arm is 13 inches long. Twist end of wire and attach in place. Work other arm in same manner.

LEGS: Cut 2 skeins of Cork into 4 inch lengths. Take 4 wires, twist tog at one end, place half of one 4 inch length group at joining of wire, and complete same as arms until leg is 22 inches long. Twist end of wire and attach in place. Work other leg in same manner.

See diagrams on page 34.

HANDS: Cut Pink felt according to diagram. Sew 2 sections tog, fill with cotton, glue Red felt in place for fingernails.

SHOES: Cut Black felt from diagram, overcast tog, fill with cotton.

EYES, MOUTH, NOSE AND LASHES: Cut sections as illustrated and glue in position.

ASSEMBLING: Attach hands to arms, and shoes to legs.

HAIR: With Orange work hair in same manner as Pajama or Toaster Cover on page 31.

DRESS

With Cerise ch 72, join taking care not to twist ch, * ch 4, skip 2 sts of ch, sl st in next ch, repeat from * all around ending ch 2, s d c in joining; this brings yarn in position for next round (s d c: y o, insert in st, pull through, y o and pull through all loops at one time). 2nd ROUND: Turn, sl st in loop, * ch 4, sl st in next loop, repeat from * all around ending ch 2, s d c in 1st sl st. Repeat 2nd round 19 times. 22nd ROW: Divide for front and back in this row. Work across 9 loops for FRONT, ch 2, s d c in next loop, ch 4, turn. NEXT ROW: Work across 9 loops, ch 2, s d c in next loop, ch 4, turn. Repeat last row (having 1 less loop in each row) until 4 loops remain, cut yarn.

BACK: Skip 1 loop for underarm, attach yarn and work across 9 loops, ch 2, s d c in next loop. Complete same as front until 4 loops remain, do not cut yarn.

FINISHING: Work 1 s c over each loop around armhole, work 3 s c over each loop at neck, work 1 s c over each loop of other armhole, work 3 s c over remaining loops of neck, join, cut yarn. Place mini over doll, tack sts tog at shoulders.