Crocheting Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi Doll

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Artist Girl Betty

Creating your own handmade amigurumi dolls brings a special kind of joy, and the Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi pattern offers a wonderful project for crochet enthusiasts looking to craft a unique, personality-filled doll. This adorable artist doll, complete with overalls, beret, and painting supplies, makes for a charming gift or a delightful addition to your collection. This comprehensive guide will walk you through creating every aspect of this beautiful amigurumi doll with clear, detailed instructions.

Artist Girl Betty Materials Needed

Before beginning your Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi, gather the following materials:

  • For skin tone: Catania tr263
  • For white details: Catania 106
  • For overalls and beret: Gazzal Baby Cotton in mustard yellow (#3447) and lilac (#3420)
  • For hair: Gazzal Baby Cotton #3424
  • For shoes: Catania 113
  • 12mm safety eyes with sparkle finish
  • 2mm crochet hook
  • Polyester fiberfill for stuffing
  • 1m of 1.5mm wire (for arms and legs)
  • 4 buttons (for overalls)
  • Yarn needle for assembly
  • Scissors

Artist Girl Betty Understanding Crochet Terminology

Throughout this pattern, we’ll use the following terms:

  • Magic ring: The starting point of crocheting in rounds
  • Chain stitch: The foundation of most crochet work
  • Slip stitch: Used to join rounds or move positions
  • Single crochet: The primary stitch used in amigurumi
  • Decrease: Combining two stitches together to reduce count
  • Increase: Making two stitches in the same position to add stitches
  • Triple crochet in one stitch: Working three crochet stitches in the same space
  • Half double crochet: A stitch halfway between single and double crochet
  • Half double crochet decrease: Combining two half double crochets
  • Half double crochet increase: Working two half double crochets in one stitch
  • Double crochet: A taller stitch than single crochet
  • Double crochet decrease: Combining two double crochets
  • Double crochet increase: Working two double crochets in one stitch
  • Back loop only: Working into only the back loop of a stitch
  • Front loop only: Working into only the front loop of a stitch
  • Repeat instructions between parentheses the specified number of times

Artist Girl Betty Creating the Head

The head forms the foundation of your Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi doll. Follow these detailed steps:

  1. Start with a magic ring and work 6 single crochets into it
  2. Increase in each stitch around (12 stitches total)
  3. Work [1 single crochet, 1 increase] 6 times around (18 stitches)
  4. Work [2 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (24 stitches)
  5. Work [3 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (30 stitches)
  6. Work [4 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (36 stitches)
  7. Work [5 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (42 stitches)
  8. Work [6 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (48 stitches)
  9. Work [7 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (54 stitches)
  10. Work [8 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (60 stitches)
  11. Work [9 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (66 stitches)
      1. Work 12 rounds of single crochet without increases (66 stitches)
  12. Work 27 single crochets, chain 1, skip 1 stitch, work 10 single crochets, chain 1, skip 1 stitch, work 27 single crochets (66 stitches)
  13. Work 66 single crochets
  14. Work 24 single crochets, [increase, single crochet] twice, increase, 8 single crochets, increase, [single crochet, increase] twice, 24 single crochets (72 stitches)
      1. Work 4 rounds of 72 single crochets

Now begin decreasing to shape the head:

  1. Work [10 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (66 stitches)
  2. Work [9 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (60 stitches)
  3. Work [8 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (54 stitches)
  4. Work [7 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (48 stitches)
  5. Work [6 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (42 stitches)
  6. Work [5 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (36 stitches)
  7. Work [4 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (30 stitches)
  8. Work [3 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (24 stitches)
  9. Work [2 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (18 stitches)
  10. Work [7 single crochets, decrease] 2 times (16 stitches)

Artist Girl Betty Creating the Eyes and Face Details

The eyes and facial features bring your Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi to life. Follow these steps carefully:

  1. First, create the eye sockets as shown in the images. Position them symmetrically on the head.
  2. Add the white part of the eyes.
  3. Secure the 12mm safety eyes in place.
  4. Add the upper eyelid details using black yarn.
  5. Use pink yarn to create small blush marks on the cheeks.
  6. Embroider a simple nose and mouth using skin-tone yarn.

Artist Girl Betty Creating the Hair

The flowing hair is a distinctive feature of the Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi:

  1. Start with a magic ring and work 6 single crochets into it
  2. Increase in each stitch around (12 stitches total)
  3. Work [1 single crochet, 1 increase] 6 times around (18 stitches)
  4. Work [2 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (24 stitches)
  5. Work [3 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (30 stitches)
  6. Work [4 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (36 stitches)
  7. Work [5 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (42 stitches)
  8. Work [6 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (48 stitches)
  9. Work [7 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (54 stitches)
  10. Work [8 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (60 stitches)
  11. Work [9 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (66 stitches)
  12. Work [10 single crochets, 1 increase] 6 times around (72 stitches)
      1. Work 4 rounds in back loops only, 72 single crochets each round

For the bangs: 17. Chain 41, then work 40 slip stitches back along the chain, skipping stitches at intervals (creating 14 bangs)

For the longer hair:

  • Chain 81, then work 80 slip stitches back along the chain, skipping stitches at intervals
  • Position the wig upside down and sew it to the head
  • Braid the longer hair strands on the right side

Artist Girl Betty Creating the Feet and Legs

For the feet and legs, which will give your Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi stability:

  1. Using skin tone yarn, begin with 6 chains (for those wanting to insert wire, use two 35cm pieces of wire)
  2. Starting from the second chain, work 4 single crochets, 1 increase, 4 single crochets (10 stitches)
  3. Work 1 increase, 4 single crochets, 1 increase, 4 single crochets (12 stitches)
      1. Work 5 rounds of 12 single crochets

Creating the toes: 8. Work 7 single crochets, then turn work Chain 1, skip a stitch, work 6 single crochets, turn Chain 1, skip a stitch, work 5 single crochets, turn Chain 1, skip a stitch, work 4 single crochets, turn Chain 1, skip a stitch, work 3 single crochets, turn Chain 1, skip a stitch, work 2 single crochets, turn Chain 1, skip a stitch, work 1 single crochet Place marker here

  1. Work 3 single crochets, decrease, 5 single crochets, decrease, 5 single crochets (15 stitches)
  2. Work 2 single crochets, decrease, 5 single crochets, decrease, 4 single crochets (13 stitches)
  3. Work decrease, 11 single crochets (12 stitches)
      1. Work 4 rounds of 12 single crochets
  4. Work 1 increase, 11 single crochets (13 stitches)
  5. Work 13 single crochets
  6. Work 1 single crochet, 1 increase, 11 single crochets (14 stitches)
  7. Work 14 single crochets
  8. Work 2 single crochets, 1 increase, 11 single crochets (15 stitches)
  9. Work 15 single crochets
  10. Work 3 single crochets, 1 increase, 11 single crochets (16 stitches)
  11. Work 16 single crochets
  12. Work 4 single crochets, 1 increase, 11 single crochets (17 stitches)
      1. Work 8 rounds of 17 single crochets

Continue shaping the leg: 33. Work 5 single crochets, decrease, 10 single crochets (16 stitches) 34. Work 5 single crochets, decrease, 9 single crochets (15 stitches) 35. Work 5 single crochets, decrease, 8 single crochets (14 stitches) 36. Work 14 single crochets 37. Work 10 single crochets, 4 increases (18 stitches) – for the knee area 38. Work 18 single crochets 39. Work 6 single crochets, 1 increase, 3 single crochets, 4 decreases (15 stitches) 40. Work 15 single crochets 41. Work 6 single crochets, 1 increase, 8 single crochets (16 stitches) 42. – 45. Work 4 rounds of 16 single crochets 46. Work 7 single crochets, 1 increase, 8 single crochets (17 stitches) 47. – 50. Work 4 rounds of 17 single crochets 51. Work 8 single crochets, 1 increase, 8 single crochets (18 stitches) 52. – 55. Work 4 rounds of 18 single crochets

For the white section: 56. Using white yarn, work 18 single crochets

JArtist Girl Betty oining the Legs and Creating the Body

  1. Continue with white yarn
  2. Join the right leg to the left leg with 3 chains
  3. Work 18 single crochets on left leg, 3 single crochets on chain, 18 single crochets on right leg, 3 single crochets on chain (42 stitches)
  4. Work [1 single crochet, 1 increase] 3 times, 27 single crochets, [1 single crochet, 1 increase] 3 times, 3 single crochets (48 stitches)
      1. Work 4 rounds of 48 single crochets
  5. Work 9 single crochets, decrease, 26 stitches, decrease, 9 single crochets (46 stitches)
  6. Work 8 single crochets, decrease, 26 stitches, decrease, 8 single crochets (44 stitches)
  7. Work 2 single crochets, decrease, 3 single crochets, decrease, 26 single crochets, decrease, 3 single crochets, decrease, 2 single crochets (40 stitches)
  8. Work 6 single crochets, decrease, 24 single crochets, decrease, 6 single crochets (38 stitches)

Switch to skin tone yarn: 13. Working in back loops only, work 5 single crochets, decrease, 24 single crochets, decrease, 5 single crochets (36 stitches) 14. – 25. Work 12 rounds of 36 single crochets

Return to white yarn: 26. Working in back loops only, work 15 single crochets, 5 increases, 1 single crochet, 5 increases, 10 single crochets (46 stitches) 27. – 28. Work 2 rounds of 15 single crochets, 10 front loop only single crochets, 1 single crochet, 10 front loop only single crochets, 10 single crochets (46 stitches) 29. Work 15 single crochets, 5 front loop only decreases, 1 single crochet, 5 front loop only decreases, 10 single crochets (36 stitches) 30. Work 36 single crochets

Artist Girl Betty Creating the Arms

  1. Using skin tone yarn, start with a magic ring and work 5 single crochets
  2. Increase in each stitch around (10 stitches total)
      1. Work 3 rounds of 10 single crochets
  3. Work 2 double crochets as popcorn stitch, 9 single crochets (10 stitches)
  4. Work decrease, 8 single crochets (9 stitches)
      1. Work 24 rounds of 9 single crochets

Artist Girl Betty Joining the Arms and Completing the Body

Using skin tone yarn:

  1. Working in back loops only, join 10 single crochets, 3 single crochets together with the arm, 15 back loop only single crochets, 3 single crochets together with the other arm, 5 single crochets (36 stitches)
  2. Work 10 single crochets, 6 single crochets over the arm connection, 15 single crochets (front), 6 single crochets over the arm connection, 5 single crochets (42 stitches)
  3. Work 42 single crochets
  4. Work 9 single crochets, [decrease, single crochet] twice, decrease, 13 single crochets, [decrease, single crochet] twice, decrease, 4 single crochets (36 stitches)
  5. Work decrease, 8 single crochets, marker, 7 single crochets, decrease, 6 single crochets, marker, 5 single crochets (30 stitches)
  6. Work [3 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (24 stitches)
  7. Work [2 single crochets, decrease] 6 times (18 stitches)
  8. Work [7 single crochets, decrease] 2 times (16 stitches)
      1. Work 4 rounds of 16 single crochets

Artist Girl Betty Creating the Beret

Using mustard yellow yarn:

  1. Start with a magic ring and work 12 double crochets
  2. Work 12 double crochet increases (24 stitches)
  3. Work [1 double crochet, 1 double crochet increase] 12 times (36 stitches)
  4. Work [2 double crochets, 1 double crochet increase] 12 times (48 stitches)
  5. Work [3 double crochets, 1 double crochet increase] 12 times (60 stitches)
  6. Work [4 double crochets, 1 double crochet increase] 12 times (72 stitches)
  7. Work [5 double crochets, 1 double crochet increase] 12 times (84 stitches)
  8. Work [6 double crochets, 1 double crochet increase] 12 times (96 stitches)
  9. Work [6 double crochets, 1 double crochet decrease] 12 times (84 stitches)
  10. Work [5 double crochets, 1 double crochet decrease] 12 times (72 stitches)
  11. Work [4 double crochets, 1 double crochet decrease] 12 times (60 stitches)

Switch to lilac yarn: 12. – 16. Work 5 rounds of 60 single crochets

Creating the Overalls

The overalls consist of multiple sections worked in mustard yellow and lilac yarns:

  1. Using mustard yellow yarn, chain 53, then starting from the second chain, work 52 single crochets
  2. Work 7 single crochets, chain 5, skip 10 stitches, work 18 single crochets, chain 5, skip 10 stitches, work 7 single crochets (42 stitches)
      1. Work 9 rounds of 42 single crochets

Switch to lilac yarn: 12. Working in back loops only, work 42 single crochets 13. – 15. Work 3 rounds of 42 single crochets

For the top section (continuing with mustard yellow and lilac): 16. Working in back loops only, work 21 single crochets in mustard yellow, attach lilac yarn at the center and work 21 single crochets 17. Work 21 single crochets in lilac, 21 single crochets in mustard yellow (continue working with lilac over lilac sections and mustard over mustard sections) 18. In mustard yellow section: work 10 single crochets, 1 increase, 10 single crochets. In lilac section: work 10 single crochets, 1 increase, 10 single crochets 19. Work 22 single crochets in lilac, 22 single crochets in mustard yellow 20. In mustard yellow section: work 10 single crochets, 1 increase, 11 single crochets. In lilac section: work 11 single crochets, 1 increase, 10 single crochets 21. Work 23 single crochets in lilac, 23 single crochets in mustard yellow 22. In mustard yellow section: work 10 single crochets, 1 increase, 12 single crochets. In lilac section: work 12 single crochets, 1 increase, 10 single crochets 23. Work 24 single crochets in lilac, 24 single crochets in mustard yellow 24. In mustard yellow section: work 10 single crochets, 1 increase, 13 single crochets. In lilac section: work 13 single crochets, 1 increase, 10 single crochets 25. Work 25 single crochets in lilac, 25 single crochets in mustard yellow 26. In mustard yellow section: work 10 single crochets, 1 increase, 14 single crochets. In lilac section: work 14 single crochets, 1 increase, 10 single crochets 27. Work 26 single crochets in lilac, 26 single crochets in mustard yellow 28. In mustard yellow section: work 10 single crochets, 1 increase, 15 single crochets. In lilac section: work 15 single crochets, 1 increase, 10 single crochets 29. Work 27 single crochets in lilac, 27 single crochets in mustard yellow

For the right leg (in spiral rounds with mustard yellow): 30. Work 1 half double crochet increase, 10 half double crochets, 1 half double crochet increase, 14 half double crochets, 1 half double crochet increase (30 stitches) 31. – 50. Work 19 rounds of 30 half double crochets 51. Work 30 double crochets 52. Work 30 reverse single crochets (crab stitch)

For the left leg (in spiral rounds with lilac): Follow the same pattern as the right leg, paying attention to keep increases on the sides.

Creating the Straps for the Overalls

For the straps, we’ll work with the front loops from row 16:

  1. Using lilac yarn, work 42 single crochets
  2. Work 16 single crochets, 10 front loop only single crochets, 16 single crochets (42 stitches)
      1. Work 2 rounds of 42 single crochets
  3. Work 3 single crochets, chain 30, work 28 double crochets on the chain, skip 1 stitch, work 24 single crochets, turn
  4. Work 14 single crochets, turn
  5. Skip a stitch, work 11 single crochets, decrease (12 stitches)
  6. Work 12 single crochets
  7. Skip a stitch, work 9 single crochets, decrease (10 stitches)
  8. Work 10 single crochets
  9. Work 10 double crochets, then work slip stitches down the side
  10. Work 10 single crochets, chain 30, work 28 double crochets on the chain, skip 1 stitch, work 3 single crochets and cut yarn

Create a pocket:

  • Note: Work 7 rows of 10 single crochets attached to the front loop only of the second row of the overalls

Creating the Sleeves

For the sleeves (work from the wrong side of the overalls, then turn right side out):

  1. Starting from under the arm, work 17 single crochets
      1. Work 2 rounds of 17 single crochets
  2. Work 1 increase, 6 single crochets, 1 increase, 4 single crochets, 1 increase, 4 single crochets (20 stitches)
      1. Work 3 rounds of 20 single crochets
  3. Work [1 single crochet, 1 increase] 10 times (30 stitches)
      1. Work 11 rounds of 30 single crochets
  4. Work 15 decreases (15 stitches)
  5. Working in back loops only, work 15 double crochets

Note: Sew a small section at the back as marked in the images. Create button spaces with single crochets and chains as shown.

Creating the Shoes

The ballet slippers complete your Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi:

End each row with a slip stitch and 1 chain

  1. Chain 8, starting from second chain work: 1 increase, 5 single crochets, 3 stitches in one stitch (work in the first chain), 6 single crochets (16 stitches)
  2. Work 2 increases, 5 single crochets, 3 increases, 6 single crochets (21 stitches)
  3. Work 1 single crochet, 1 increase, 6 single crochets, [1 single crochet, 1 increase] 3 times, 6 single crochets, 1 increase (26 stitches)
  4. Work 26 single crochets
  5. Join the two soles with 26 slip stitches
  6. Working from back loops only of the slip stitches, work 26 single crochets from inside
      1. Work 2 more rounds of 26 single crochets
  7. Work 6 single crochets, 6 decreases, 8 single crochets (20 stitches)
  8. Work 5 single crochets, 4 decreases, 7 single crochets (16 stitches)

Final Assembly and Details

Once all parts are completed, follow these steps for final assembly:

  1. Sew the head to the body
  2. Position and secure the beret to the head
  3. Attach the shoes to the feet
  4. Add buttons to the overalls
  5. Create tiny accessories like a paintbrush and palette using leftover yarn
  6. Add any final embellishments or details to personalize your Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi

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Caring for Your Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi

To keep your handmade Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi looking its best:

  1. Spot clean with mild soap and water as needed
  2. Allow to air dry completely if washing is necessary
  3. Display away from direct sunlight to prevent color fading
  4. Handle with care to maintain the shape and structure

Creating this Artist Girl Betty Amigurumi doll is a labor of love that results in a truly unique handmade treasure. Each stitch contributes to the character and charm of your finished doll. Whether making it for yourself or as a special gift, this creative little artist will bring joy with her paintbrush and artistic spirit.

Remember that this pattern is for personal use only. Please respect the designer’s work and do not share or distribute this pattern without permission.