We are about to embark on a beautiful process of creation. Precision is our greatest tool. The tension of your yarn and the exactness of your stitch counts will breathe life into Pomeline.
I have meticulously calculated every increase and decrease to ensure her cheeks are perfectly plump and her silhouette holds exactly the right weight. Trust the math. Take your time with the textured stitches on her garments.
Let us begin.
About This Creation
Pomeline is a masterpiece of structural crochet. She is designed with an exacting 60/40 head-to-body ratio, anchoring her firmly in the classic aesthetic of youth.
Her charm relies entirely on the geometry of her face. We are utilizing asymmetrical, stacked increases to build distinct, rounded cheeks, moving far beyond the standard spherical head.
Her wardrobe is equally considered. We abandon stiff fabrics for a flared, A-line coat that drapes correctly over her chubby form, and we crown her with a heavily textured, two-part mushroom dome.
Project Snapshot
🧶 Skill Level: Advanced
🧶 Size: Approximately 8 inches tall (when using worsted weight yarn)
🧶 Construction: Worked in continuous rounds and flat rows
Materials
🧶 Worsted weight yarn in Cream, Dark Cocoa, Dusty Rose, Sage Green, and Chocolate Brown
🧶 3.5mm crochet hook (or size needed to maintain a tight, gapless fabric)
🧶 10mm safety eyes
🧶 Premium polyester fiberfill
🧶 Yarn needle
🧶 Stitch markers
Abbreviations
🪡 mr: magic ring
🪡 sc: single crochet
🪡 hdc: half double crochet
🪡 inc: increase (2 sc in one stitch)
🪡 dec: decrease (invisible decrease preferred)
🪡 ch: chain
🪡 st(s): stitch(es)
🪡 BLO: back loop only
🪡 FLO: front loop only
🪡 bobble: 4-dc bobble stitch
The Pattern
Head
🧶 Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
🧶 Round 2: 6 inc (12)
🧶 Round 3: [1 sc, inc] x 6 (18)
🧶 Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
🧶 Round 5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
🧶 Round 6: [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)
🧶 Round 7: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
🧶 Round 8: [6 sc, inc] x 6 (48)
🧶 Round 9: [7 sc, inc] x 6 (54)
🧶 Rounds 10-13: 54 sc (54)
🧶 Round 14: 20 sc, [inc, 1 sc] x 3, 8 sc, [1 sc, inc] x 3, 20 sc (60)
🧶 Rounds 15-18: 60 sc (60)
✨ Insert 10mm safety eyes between rounds 14 and 15. Place them exactly 9 stitches apart, centering them over the 8 sc gap created in round 14.
🧶 Round 19: 20 sc, [dec, 1 sc] x 3, 8 sc, [1 sc, dec] x 3, 20 sc (54)
🧶 Round 20: [7 sc, dec] x 6 (48)
🧶 Round 21: [6 sc, dec] x 6 (42)
🧶 Round 22: [5 sc, dec] x 6 (36)
🧶 Round 23: [4 sc, dec] x 6 (30)
🧶 Round 24: [3 sc, dec] x 6 (24)
🧶 Round 25: [2 sc, dec] x 6 (18)
✨ Stuff the head firmly, paying special attention to pushing fiberfill into the cheek pockets created by the increases. Fasten off.
Legs (Make 2)
🧶 Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
🧶 Round 2: 6 inc (12)
🧶 Round 3: [1 sc, inc] x 6 (18)
🧶 Rounds 4-6: 18 sc (18)
✨ Fasten off the first leg. Do not fasten off the second leg.
Body
🧶 Round 7: Ch 3 from the second leg. Join to the first leg with a sc. Crochet 17 more sc around the first leg. Crochet 3 sc across the chain. Crochet 18 sc around the second leg. Crochet 3 sc across the opposite side of the chain. (42)
🧶 Round 8: [6 sc, inc] x 6 (48)
🧶 Round 9: [7 sc, inc] x 6 (54)
🧶 Rounds 10-14: 54 sc (54)
🧶 Round 15: [7 sc, dec] x 6 (48)
🧶 Rounds 16-17: 48 sc (48)
🧶 Round 18: [6 sc, dec] x 6 (42)
🧶 Rounds 19-20: 42 sc (42)
🧶 Round 21: [5 sc, dec] x 6 (36)
🧶 Rounds 22-23: 36 sc (36)
🧶 Round 24: [4 sc, dec] x 6 (30)
🧶 Round 25: [3 sc, dec] x 6 (24)
🧶 Round 26: [2 sc, dec] x 6 (18)
✨ Stuff the body firmly, creating a rounded, solid base. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Chubby Arms (Make 2)
🧶 Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
🧶 Round 2: [1 sc, inc] x 3 (9)
🧶 Round 3: [2 sc, inc] x 3 (12)
🧶 Rounds 4-9: 12 sc (12)
🧶 Round 10: [2 sc, dec] x 3 (9)
✨ Stuff lightly on the bottom half only. Fold the top flat and crochet 4 sc across both layers to close. Fasten off, leaving a long tail.
Mushroom Cap Dome (Dark Cocoa)
🧶 Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
🧶 Round 2: 6 inc (12)
🧶 Round 3: [1 sc, inc] x 6 (18)
🧶 Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
🧶 Round 5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
🧶 Round 6: 30 sc (30)
🧶 Round 7: [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)
🧶 Round 8: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
🧶 Round 9: 42 sc (42)
🧶 Round 10: [6 sc, inc] x 6 (48)
🧶 Round 11: [7 sc, inc] x 6 (54)
🧶 Round 12: 54 sc (54)
🧶 Round 13: [8 sc, inc] x 6 (60)
🧶 Round 14: [9 sc, inc] x 6 (66)
🧶 Round 15: 66 sc (66)
🧶 Round 16: [10 sc, inc] x 6 (72)
🧶 Round 17: [11 sc, inc] x 6 (78)
🧶 Rounds 18-20: 78 sc (78)
✨ Fasten off and weave in ends.
Mushroom Cap Gills (Cream)
🧶 Round 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
🧶 Round 2: 6 inc (12)
🧶 Round 3: [1 sc, inc] x 6 (18)
🧶 Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
🧶 Round 5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
🧶 Round 6: [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)
🧶 Round 7: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
🧶 Round 8: [6 sc, inc] x 6 (48)
🧶 Round 9: [7 sc, inc] x 6 (54)
🧶 Round 10: [8 sc, inc] x 6 (60)
🧶 Round 11: [9 sc, inc] x 6 (66)
🧶 Round 12: [10 sc, inc] x 6 (72)
🧶 Round 13: [11 sc, inc] x 6 (78)
✨ Fasten off, leaving a very long tail.
Flared Winter Coat (Dusty Rose)
🧶 Row 1: Ch 25. Starting in 2nd ch from hook, 24 sc. Ch 1, turn. (24)
🧶 Row 2: [3 sc, inc] x 6. Ch 1, turn. (30)
🧶 Row 3: 5 sc, ch 4, skip 5 sts (armhole), 10 sc, ch 4, skip 5 sts, 5 sc. Ch 1, turn. (28)
🧶 Row 4: 5 sc, 4 sc in ch space, 10 sc, 4 sc in ch space, 5 sc. Ch 1, turn. (28)
🧶 Row 5: [6 sc, inc] x 4. Ch 1, turn. (32)
🧶 Row 6: 32 sc. Ch 1, turn. (32)
🧶 Row 7: [7 sc, inc] x 4. Ch 1, turn. (36)
🧶 Row 8: 36 sc. Ch 1, turn. (36)
🧶 Row 9: [8 sc, inc] x 4. Ch 1, turn. (40)
🧶 Row 10: 40 sc. Ch 1, turn. (40)
🧶 Row 11: [9 sc, inc] x 4. Ch 1, turn. (44)
🧶 Row 12: 44 sc. Ch 1, turn. (44)
🧶 Row 13: Attach cream yarn. [1 sc, bobble st in next] x 22. Fasten off. (44)
Bell Sleeves (Make 2)
🧶 Round 1: Join dusty rose yarn at the underarm of the coat. Crochet 12 sc evenly around the armhole opening. (12)
🧶 Rounds 2-5: 12 sc (12)
🧶 Round 6: [3 sc, inc] x 3 (15)
🧶 Round 7: 15 sc (15)
🧶 Round 8: [4 sc, inc] x 3 (18)
🧶 Round 9: Attach cream yarn. 18 sc. Fasten off. (18)
Sturdy Winter Boots (Make 2)
🧶 Round 1: With chocolate brown, 6 sc in mr (6)
🧶 Round 2: 6 inc (12)
🧶 Round 3: [1 sc, inc] x 6 (18)
🧶 Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
🧶 Round 5: In BLO, 24 sc (24)
🧶 Round 6: 24 sc (24)
🧶 Round 7: 6 sc, 6 dec, 6 sc (18)
🧶 Round 8: 6 sc, 3 dec, 6 sc (15)
🧶 Rounds 9-10: 15 sc (15)
🧶 Round 11: Attach cream yarn. In FLO, 15 sc (15)
🧶 Round 12: 15 sc (15)
✨ Fasten off. Fold the cream cuff down over the boot.
Ribbed Winter Scarf (Sage Green)
🧶 Row 1: Ch 41. Starting in 3rd ch from hook, 39 hdc. Ch 2, turn. (39)
🧶 Row 2: In BLO, 39 hdc. (39)
✨ Fasten off. Attach small strands of yarn to the ends to create micro-tassels.
Assembly
➡️ Using the long tail from the body, sew the body to the head seamlessly at round 26.
➡️ Sew the flattened tops of the arms securely to the sides of the body at round 24.
➡️ Align the cream gills to the inside of the dark cocoa dome. Sew the edges together, adding a light layer of fiberfill between them before closing completely.
➡️ Position the assembled mushroom cap on top of the head, angled slightly backward to let the face shine. Sew firmly into place.
➡️ Dress Pomeline. Slip the sturdy boots onto her feet, wrap the coat around her body (seaming the back up with a matching piece of yarn), and tie the sage green scarf gently around her neck.