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There is something quietly magical about a handmade doll. She isn’t mass-produced, she isn’t printed on a label, and no two of her will ever come out exactly the same. The Boho Blossom Crochet Doll was designed for makers who love texture, tiny florals, and a soft earthy color palette that feels like it belongs in a sunlit cottage window. With her curly bun, her flower-embroidered harem pants, and her little woven-style tote bag, she is equal parts nursery decor, keepsake gift, and shelf display piece.
This pattern is written for the intermediate to advanced crocheter — someone who already feels comfortable with amigurumi basics like magic rings, increases, and decreases, and who is ready to combine several small pieces into one finished character. If you have made a round amigurumi animal before and are looking for your next challenge, this doll is a wonderful next step. She takes patience, but every round builds logically on the last, and the payoff is a doll that looks like it walked straight out of a boutique shelf.
Because she is built in modular pieces — head, body, arms, legs, hair, clothing, and accessories — you can work on her over several relaxed evenings rather than trying to finish her in one sitting. Keep a stitch marker handy, keep your stitch counts checked at the end of every round, and you will have a finished heirloom-quality doll ready for gifting, selling, or simply admiring on your own shelf.
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Difficulty
Advanced
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Time
18–22 Hours
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Hook Size
2.5mm
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Yarn Weight
Sport / Fingering
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Finished Size
28cm (11in)
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Gauge
24 sts x 26 rows = 10cm x 10cm (4in x 4in) square, worked in single crochet (sc), using a 2.5mm hook and sport/fingering weight yarn.
Gauge is not critical for the overall shape of the doll, but it is important for making sure the clothing pieces fit the body snugly. Before starting, crochet a small swatch and count your stitches and rows over a 10cm span. If your swatch is larger than the gauge above, size down your hook; if smaller, size up.
Materials List
- Sport/fingering weight yarn in light beige/flesh tone — approx. 40g (head, body, arms, legs)
- Sport/fingering weight yarn in chestnut brown — approx. 20g (hair and bun)
- Sport/fingering weight yarn in cream/off-white — approx. 15g (top, one large flower, sandals base optional)
- Sport/fingering weight yarn in warm beige/oatmeal — approx. 20g (pants)
- Sport/fingering weight yarn in sage green — approx. 12g (bag, leaves)
- Small amounts of mustard yellow, soft pink/blush, and white yarn for flower motifs and accents
- Small amount of dark brown yarn for sandals and eyebrows
- Black embroidery thread or fine black yarn for eyes
- Pink blush (yarn, chalk, or fabric blush) for cheeks
- 2.5mm crochet hook
- 2.0mm crochet hook (for small flower motifs)
- Polyester fiberfill stuffing
- Yarn needle
- Stitch markers
- 2 small wooden beads (for drawstring ends)
- Craft glue or fabric glue (optional, for securing small flower centers)
Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
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| ch | chain |
| sc | single crochet |
| hdc | half double crochet |
| dc | double crochet |
| inc | increase (2 sc in same stitch) |
| dec | decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together) |
| sl st | slip stitch |
| mr | magic ring |
| st(s) | stitch(es) |
| rnd(s) | round(s) |
| rep | repeat |
| sk | skip |
| BLO | back loop only |
| ( ) | stitch count at end of round/row |
| * * | repeat instructions between asterisks |
Pattern Instructions
Technique note — Magic Ring (mr): A magic ring is an adjustable loop that lets you work your first round of stitches into a ring and then pull it closed tightly, leaving no hole at the center. Wrap yarn around two fingers, insert your hook, pull up a loop, and single crochet your first round of stitches over both strands before pulling the tail to close.
HEAD (flesh color)
- Rnd 1: mr, 6 sc in ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around (12)
- Rnd 3: sc 1, inc rep around (18)
- Rnd 4: sc 2, inc rep around (24)
- Rnd 5: sc 3, inc rep around (30)
- Rnd 6: sc 4, inc rep around (36)
- Rnd 7: sc 5, inc rep around (42)
- Rnds 8–14: sc even (42) — repeat this round 7 times
- Rnd 15: sc 5, dec rep around (36)
- Rnd 16: sc 4, dec rep around (30)
- Rnd 17: sc 3, dec rep around (24) — begin stuffing firmly now
- Rnd 18: sc 2, dec rep around (18)
- Rnd 19: sc 1, dec rep around (12)
- Rnd 20: dec around (6)
- Finish stuffing, fasten off, cinch closed and weave in end.
BODY (flesh color)
- Rnd 1: mr, 6 sc in ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around (12)
- Rnd 3: sc 1, inc rep around (18)
- Rnd 4: sc 2, inc rep around (24)
- Rnd 5: sc 3, inc rep around (30)
- Rnds 6–11: sc even (30) — repeat 6 times
- Rnd 12: sc 3, dec rep around (24)
- Rnd 13: sc even (24)
- Rnd 14: sc 2, dec rep around (18) — stuff firmly
- Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing to head. Do not close the top opening fully — leave it open to attach the neck.
ARMS (make 2, flesh color)
- Rnd 1: mr, 6 sc in ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around — hand shape (12)
- Rnd 3: sc even (12)
- Rnd 4: sc 2, dec rep around — wrist taper (9)
- Rnds 5–14: sc even (9) — repeat 10 times, forming the arm tube
- Stuff lightly (keep hand slightly rounder than the tube). Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.
LEGS & FEET (make 2, flesh color)
- Rnd 1: mr, 6 sc in ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around (12)
- Rnd 3: sc even (12)
- Rnd 4: sc 1, inc rep around — widen foot (18)
- Rnd 5: sc even (18)
- Rnd 6: sc 1, dec rep around — ankle taper (12)
- Rnds 7–18: sc even (12) — repeat 12 times, forming the leg tube
- Stuff firmly. Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.
HAIR CAP (chestnut brown)
- Rnd 1: mr, 6 sc in ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around (12)
- Rnd 3: sc 1, inc rep around (18)
- Rnd 4: sc 2, inc rep around (24)
- Rnd 5: sc 3, inc rep around (30)
- Rnd 6: sc 4, inc rep around (36)
- Rnd 7: sc 5, inc rep around (42)
- Rnds 8–12: work in loop stitch around (42) — repeat 5 times. Technique note — loop stitch: wrap the yarn around two fingers (or a ruler for consistent length) before each stitch, insert hook and pull up both loops of the wrap through your work, then complete a normal sc; this leaves a hanging loop of yarn that creates the curly texture.
- Fasten off. Fit the cap over the head like a wig, front edge sitting about 1cm above where the eyebrows will go. Sew around the edge, leaving the face open.
BUN (chestnut brown)
- Rnd 1: mr, 6 sc in ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around (12)
- Rnds 3–5: sc even (12) — repeat 3 times
- Rnd 6: dec around (6)
- Stuff lightly, fasten off, cinch closed. Sew to the crown of the head.
TOP / BODICE (cream)
- Ch 28, join with a sl st to form a ring, being careful not to twist the chain.
- Rnd 1: sc in each ch around (28)
- Rnds 2–9: sc even (28) — repeat 8 times
- Fasten off. Fold the tube flat. Seam the top edge at both shoulders, leaving a small gap at center front and back for the neck (about 2cm each) and a 7-stitch gap on each side for the armholes.
PUFF SLEEVES (make 2, cream)
- Rnd 1: mr, 6 sc in ring (6)
- Rnd 2: inc in each st around (12)
- Rnd 3: sc 1, inc rep around (18)
- Rnd 4: sc even (18)
- Rnd 5: sc 1, dec rep around (12)
- Rnd 6: sc even (12)
- Fasten off leaving a tail. Sew into the armhole openings with the fuller round facing outward for a puffed look.
PANTS (make 2 legs, warm beige)
Leg (make 2):
- Ch 16, join with a sl st to form a ring.
- Rnd 1: sc in each ch around (16)
- Rnds 2–10: sc even (16) — repeat 9 times
- Rnd 11: sc 1, inc rep around (24)
- Rnds 12–14: sc even (24) — repeat 3 times
- Fasten off both legs, leaving the top open.
Joining and waistband:
- Rnd 15: holding both leg tops together, sc across all 24 sts of Leg A, then sc across all 24 sts of Leg B, joining into one continuous round at the crotch (48)
- Rnds 16–19: sc even (48) — repeat 4 times
- Rnd 20 (eyelet round): sc 2, ch 1, sk 1 rep around (48)
- Rnd 21: sc in each st and into each ch-1 space around, closing the eyelet round (48)
- Fasten off.
Drawstring: Chain a cord approximately 40cm long, thread through the eyelet round, thread a wooden bead onto each end, and knot to secure.
Cuffs (make 2, brown or beige): With right side facing, sl st around each ankle opening to neaten the edge (16).
BAG (sage green)
- Base — Rnd 1: ch 6, sc in 2nd ch from hook and next 4 ch (5), work 3 sc in last ch, continue along the opposite side of the starting chain with sc in next 4 ch, then 2 sc in last ch (14)
- Rnd 2: inc evenly around to shape the oval (20)
- Rnds 3–4: sc even (20) — repeat twice
- Rnds 5–13: sc even (20) — repeat 9 times, forming the bag body
- Fasten off.
Handle: Ch 28, sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across (27), turn, ch 1, sc across (27). Fasten off. Sew the short ends of the handle to the inside top edges of the bag, on opposite sides.
FLOWER MOTIF (small, make several — mustard yellow, cream, white)
- Rnd 1: mr, ch 1, 5 sc in ring, sl st to join (5)
- Rnd 2 (petals): (sc, hdc, dc, hdc, sc) in next st, sl st in next st rep around 5 times (5 petals)
- Fasten off, weave in ends. Add a French knot or a tiny contrasting circle at the center.
For the bag’s large flower, work the same motif but begin with 8 sc in Rnd 1 and repeat the petal shell 8 times in Rnd 2.
LEAVES (sage green, make several)
- Ch 5, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Fasten off leaving a small tail for sewing.
SANDALS (make 2, brown, with cream or beige sole optional)
- Sole: ch 5, work an oval base as for the bag (steps above) to approximately 14 sts, then sc even (14) for 2 rounds. Fasten off.
- Strap: ch 8, sl st into the front center of the sole and to each side to form a simple thong-strap shape. Secure ends underneath and weave in.
Assembly Steps
- Finish stuffing the head firmly, especially the cheeks, then sew it closed.
- Attach the head to the body, matching front to front, and sew around the neck opening (approx. 2cm circumference), adding extra stuffing through the gap before closing fully.
- Stuff the arms lightly, then pin and sew to the shoulders so the hands reach roughly mid-thigh when hanging.
- Stuff the legs firmly, then sew to the base of the body about 1cm apart at the center front, feet facing forward.
- Fit the hair cap over the head and sew around the edge, positioning the front hairline about 1cm above the eyebrow line.
- Shape a few loose curls from the loop stitches at the front to frame the face; tack lightly in place.
- Sew the bun to the crown of the head; tuck 1–2 small flower motifs into the base of the bun to hide the seam.
- Embroider the face: eyes spaced about 2cm apart, a small nose stitch, thin eyebrow lines, and blush circles on the cheeks.
- Dress the doll in the top, positioning the shoulder seams at the top of the arms; sew any open side seams closed. Sew one flower motif to the center front collar.
- Dress the doll in the pants, pulling the drawstring snug at the natural waist and tying a small bow, letting the beaded ends hang about 3cm.
- Sew 2–3 flower motifs and a few leaves onto each pant leg, staggered vertically, following the reference photo for placement.
- Slip the sandals onto the feet and tack the strap between the first and second toe area to hold them in place.
- Sew the large flower motif to the front of the bag, then hang the bag over one hand or wrist and tack lightly to hold the pose.
Beginner/Intermediate Tips
- Use a stitch marker on the first stitch of every round for the head and body — with 40+ rounds total across all pieces, it is very easy to lose your place.
- Stuff in small pinches rather than large clumps for a smoother, lump-free surface, especially on the head and hands.
- When working the loop stitch hair, keep your wrapping finger (or a small ruler) consistent in width so the curls come out even in length.
- Crochet a gauge swatch before starting the clothing pieces — the top and pants are worked to fit this specific body size, and a looser or tighter gauge will change how well they fit.
- Sew joints (arms, legs, head) using a ladder stitch through the outer loops of matching stitches on each piece for an invisible, secure seam.
- Pin flower motifs in place and step back to check spacing before sewing — small asymmetries are much more noticeable once the piece is finished.
- Lightly steam-block the flower motifs flat before attaching them so the petals lie neatly against the clothing.
Variations
- Blonde Straight-Hair Version — swap the brown loop-stitch hair for a straight, sleek style using longer single strands sewn in a center part instead of curls.
- Autumn Palette Doll — recolor the outfit in rust, burnt orange, and olive, and swap the flower motifs for tiny crocheted leaves for a fall-themed piece.
- Boy Doll Companion — shorten the pants to knee-length shorts, swap the puff sleeves for plain short sleeves, and use a short loop-stitch hairstyle instead of the bun.
- Mini Keychain Doll — work the same pattern in fingering weight thread with a 1.75mm hook for a 10cm miniature version, perfect as a bag charm or keychain.
- Winter Edition — add a small crocheted sweater over the top and a tiny scarf, and swap the tote bag for a mini crocheted basket.
Save This Pattern
If you love the idea of stitching your own Boho Blossom Doll, save this pattern to your crochet board so you can find it again when you’re ready to start. Tag your finished doll and share her with the community using #FoodiePlumCrochet — I would love to see your version come to life!
