CROCHET PATTERN: The Little Match Girl (English Only)

Once upon a winter night, there was a little girl walking in the snowy streets. Her “long golden hair… curled so prettily about her neck” and “her tiny bare feet… were red and blue with the cold.”
The little girl was holding matches in her torn apron and was trying to sell them desperately. For she knew that she could not go home until she sold at least one…

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CROCHET PATTERN: The Little Match Girl (English Only)

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This is a crochet PATTERN, a PDF file, an INSTANT DOWNLOAD file that you need to download yourself from your Etsy account once you have purchased the pattern.

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NOTHING will be mailed or emailed to you.

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MATERIALS
1. Thread:
a. DMC Baroque size 10, ecru – head, hands, legs, and matches
b. DMC Baroque size 10, white – apron
c. Aunt Lydia’s size 10, navy – dress
d. Aunt Lydia’s size 10, golden yellow - hair
e. Aunt Lydia’s size 10, grey - shawl
f. Aunt Lydia’s size 10, dark brown – basket and matches
g. DMC single strand floss (various colors) – fabric patches
h. Optional: Lizbeth 40 or DMC single strand floss – matchbox and matches
2. Hooks:
a. 1.5 mm hook (doll, outfit, and basket)
b. 1.00 mm hook (fabric patches and matchbox)
3. Plastic eyes – 3 mm (optional; you can also use beads or sew them with thread)
4. Prismacolor hard pastels (or other hard pastels, eyeshadow or blush works too) – red and blue
5. Optional: wire
6. Clear Tacky glue


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ABBREVIATIONS:

MR – magic ring
Ch – chain
Sl st – slip stitch
Sc – single crochet
Hdc – half double crochet
Dc – double crochet
Inc – increase
Dec – decrease (invisible)
BLO – back loop only
FLO – front loop only


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The finished doll is about 3 inches tall. Please note that the finished size depends on the materials you use as well as your tension.


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Every pattern I sell has been tested and proof-read. But if you have any questions, please message me. I'd be more than happy to help you! :-)

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COPYRIGHT: You are welcome to sell your finished items however you like, but please do not copy and/or redistribute this pattern including translations to other languages. Please provide a link to my Etsy store if you are selling your finished toys online.