Anna elsa pattern

Anna and Elsa Transforming Dolls

Inspired by a memory of a fabric doll I had as a child and my daughter's love of Anna and Elsa, this pattern is the basic instruction for both dolls' physical structure. The dolls change from their coronation attire to their respective winter attire, by flipping their skirts over their heads.

NOTE: This is the first pattern I've written up for other people to use, so if you have any suggestions to improve it, please let me know. **Gauge:** There really isn't one. I just crochet as tight as I can, like CRAZY tight. **Yarn** (this is what I used because it's what I had): The skin: I used Vanna's choice in "Fisherman" The dresses: Caron's simply soft in Robin's egg, Dark Sage.

Anna's blue skirt: Some acrylic yarn I picked up at Daiso.

Anna's coronation skirt: I'm not sure, as I took apart the brim of a hat I'd made ages ago to get there yarn.

Anna's hair is Caron's simply soft, but I can't find the label.

Honestly you can use whatever yarn, just try to get similar weights of yarn. The hair you can get a thinner weight (like fingering). **Other supplies**: 6 mm black safety eyes. stitch marker (or some way to mark the stitch) yarn needle (the kind that's sharp, but the eye is big enough to get yarn through) ====== CORONATION ANNA (torso and dress): Starting with the skin color.

Round (R) 1: 6 sc in magic circle. (6sc) R2: 2sc in each sc (12 sc) R3: 2 sc in first sc, then 1sc in next stitch, 6 times (18 sc) R4: 2sc in first sc, then 1 sc in next 2sc, 6 times (24 sc) R5-7: sc in each sc (24 sc) Page 1 of 3

Transforming Doll: Anna

by Marcia McFadden

R8: sc2tog, sc in next 2 sc, 6 times (18 sc) Insert the eyes between 5-6 rows about 4 stitches apart. Stuff upper part of head R9: sc2tog, sc in next sc, 6 times (12 sc) R10: sc2tog, 6 times (6 sc) R11: sc in each stitch (6 sc) R12: 2sc in each sc, 6 times (12 sc) R13: 2 sc in first sc, then 1sc in next stitch 6 times (18 sc) switch to black R14-15: sc in each stitch (18 sc) R16: sc2tog, sc in next 4 sc, 3times (15 sc) R17: sc2tog, sc in next 3 sc, 3 times (12 sc) R18: Insert hook behind the post of R17’s first stitch and sc around (12 sc) (This has a name, but I can’t remember it. You’ll basically have what looks like concentric rows, R17 on the inside and R18 on the outside. Later you’ll use R17 on this doll so you have a place to attach the dolls together.)

R19: (continuing in the outermost set of stitches, change to green skirt color) sc in each stitch (12 sc) R20: 2 sc in first sc, then 1sc in next stitch, 6 times (18 sc) R21: 2sc in first sc, then 1 sc in next 2sc, 6 times (24 sc) R22: 2 sc in first sc, then 1 sc in next 3sc, 6 times (30 sc) R23-25: sc around (30 sc) R26: 2 sc in first sc, then 1 sc in next 4sc, 6 times (36c) R27-29: sc around (36 sc) R30: 2sc in first sc, then 1 sc in next 5 sc, 6 times (42 sc) R31: hdc around (42 hdc) R32: sc around (42 sc) R33: hdc around (42 hdc) R34: sc around (42 sc) Fasten off and weave in end CORONATION ANNA (arms): Using skin color, make 2.

R1: 5 sc in magic circle (5 sc) R2-7: sc around (5 sc) Fasten off leave long tail to join arms to shoulder.

At this point add any details to dress you like. I used embroidery floss/ yarn to stitch in some details. This is totally optional, but looks pretty.

WINTER ANNA (torso and dress): It’s basically a repeat of the pattern with a few changes of when you change colors. Change to blue between R10 and R11. Change to black between R13 and 14, as stated in the pattern. Then change to blue instead of green.

WINTER ANNA (arms): Use the skin color for the R1 and R2, but switch to blue for the rest of the arm. Again attach at shoulder and add any dress details.

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Transforming Doll: Anna

by Marcia McFadden

Constructing the transforming doll: Flip the skirts of both dolls up over their heads. Use your needle to sew the dolls R17s together. It will look like two bells attached at the the top. Tie it off securely. You should be able to pull the skirt down over the other, revealing one of your dolls. Use one of the skirt colors to sew the two skirts together using a whip stitch through the loops that are closest together. (actually back loops of both skirts, but doesn’t look that way because one is facing wrong way out). Tie off and weave in the ends.

Structurally your doll is done, except for the hair.

HAIR: (sigh Through trial and error I figured out a way to do it, but I’m not sure it’s “right”) I cut multiple lengths of yarn a bit maybe double the height of the doll. Using a needle I inserted about where I thought anna’s bangs should be attached, then came up about a sc behind, pulling through so she basically had really long bangs. I re-inserted down at the base of her head and came back up a sc above, then re-inserted where I came in for her bangs (being careful to hold her bangs in place so they didn’t get pulled back into her head and came up some place behind that, leaving a long tail. I did this repeatedly, essentially zig zagging all over the head with lots of yarn tails all over. (It looks crazy) At this point I style it, braiding/ trimming/ wrapping it. I sewed it in place in some spots. (I kind of wish I’d taken pictures of the process, so when you think your doll looks nuts, you’d realize that it’s really supposed to look that crazy.)

That’s about it. A lot of the “magic” of this doll is the tiny details, so have fun with it. Elsa is structurally the same, just different colors and hair, but I hope to have more specific instructions for her soon.

If you want to make it for special people in your life, feel free, but please give my pattern credit if you use it. This is my original pattern and I worked really hard to write it down. If you find errors or something in my pattern isn’t written correctly, please let me know. Thanks!

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Transforming Doll: Anna

by Marcia McFadden