Doll
of Maleficent from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
I made
this for a friend’s birthday. As I was absolutely terrified of Maleficent as a
child (and still am a bit!), knitting the Mistress of All Evil was something of
a cathartic experience! Though I’m still scared of her.
Materials
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50g of green DK
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50g of black DK
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50g of purple DK
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50g of black cotton
4-ply
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Oddments of white,
red and orange yarn.
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Doll stuffing
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Set of 5
double-pointed 4mm needles
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Small crochet hook
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Yarn-darning needle
Body
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Using green for the
body and purple for the boots, follow the instructions
from these lovely people here.
Cloak
For one side: (make two alike)
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Using purple DK,
cast on 10 sts.
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Starting with a K row,
st.st. 2 rows
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Increase row: inc.
into every st. (20 sts.)
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St.st. 2 rows
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Change to black DK,
starting with a P row, st.st. 7 rows
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Increase row: inc.
into every st. (40 sts.)
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St.st. 11 rows
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Divide for arm hole:
K20, turn
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On these 20 sts. st.st. 11 rows
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Break yarn, rejoin to other side and st.st. 12 rows.
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Break yarn, rejoin
to other side and work a joining row and st.st. 16 rows.
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To make purple
underskirt: *using black K1, using purple M1, repeat from * to last st., K1
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*Using black, P1
onto one needle, using purple, P1 onto another needle, repeat from * to last
st., using black, P1 (20 sts. on each needle)
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Work on black:
st.st. 8 rows. Cast off.
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Work on purple:
st.st. 11 rows.
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K 3 rows.
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Increase row: *K2,
inc. into next st., repeat from * to last st., K1
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K 1 row, cast off.
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Sew the two pieces
together. Using purple, d.c.
the two pieces together at the front, then tr. around the edge of the collar.
For sleeves (make two alike)
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Cast on 30 sts.
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Starting with a K
row, st.st. 4 rows
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Next row: Inc. into
first st., K to last st., inc.
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Next row: P
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Repeat these two
rows a further 5 times, then the first row again. (44 sts.)
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Change to purple;
starting with a P row, st.st. 2 rows.
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Cast off. Sew edges
together and sew onto cloak, around the armhole.
Head-dress
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Ch. 5, join with sl.st. to form a ring.
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7 d.c. into ring, join with sl.st.
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Round 2: 2 d.c. into every st. join with sl.st
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Round 3: * 2 d.c. into next st., 1 d.c. into
next st., rep. from * to end
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Round 4: * 2 d.c. into next st., 1 d.c. into
next 2 sts., rep. from * to end
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Round 5: * 1 d.c. into next st., repeat from * to end
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Round 6: * 2 d.c. into next st., 1 d.c. into
next 3 sts., rep. from * to end
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Round 7: as Round 5
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Round 7: * 2 d.c. into next st., 1 d.c. into
next 4 sts., rep. from * to end
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Stop working in the
round – turn work and 1 d.c.
into next 34 sts. Turn.
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Next row: *1 d.c. into next 5 sts., 2 d.c.
into next st., rep. from * to last 3 sts., 1 d.c.
into last 3 sts.
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1 d.c. into every st. until the
head-dress is desired length – i.e. comes down to the doll’s back neck. Fasten
off.
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Work triangle at the
front by 1 d.c. into each of
7 sts. where you stopped working in the round. Next
row –d.c. 2tog, 1 d.c. into each of next 3 sts., d.c.
2tog Next row: d.c. 2tog, 1 d.c.
into next st., d.c. 2tog. Next row: d.c. 3tog. Fasten off.
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For horns (two
alike): 15 ch., 1 d.c. into each st., join to form a ring.
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Work 2 rows of 1 d.c. into each st. Next row: * 1 d.c. into each of next three sts.,
d.c. 2tog, rep. from * to end. Next row: * 1 d.c. into each of next three sts.,
d.c. 2tog, rep. from * to end.
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Then 1 d.c. into each st. until desired
length. Next row: d.c. 2tog
to end. Fasten off.
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Sew the horns to the
head-dress as illustrated and sew it on to the head.
Diablo the Raven
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Using black DK cast
on 18 sts. K 4 rows. Then K2tog, K to end on every row
until 6 sts. remain. Cast
off. Fold piece diagonally. Sew up and stuff. Embroider on eyes and beak.
Finishing
For the staff with orb I broke
an old bronze coloured knitting needle in half, and stuck it into a tiny ball
of shiny white yarn (which I had fixed by threading the end through with a
sharp needle)
Embroider on the facial
features as illustrated.
