teeny Lurvkin... mini mini ami

tiny... chubby... sweet little dolls that can be fruits or vegetables with round bodies, or just super cute round little babies... mini mini amigurumi

Supplies
3mm crochet hook
dk or sock weight yarn, I used Painbox DK cottons
darning needle
scissors
polyfil stuffing
safety eyes

Abbreviations
CH = Chain
SC = single crochet
DC = Double Crochet
HDC = Half Double Crochet
F/O = Finish Off
MR = Magic Ring
INC = Increase
DEC = Decrease
BLO = Back Loop Only (when you view a crochet stitch from the top it forms a V... BLO means to pick up only the back side of this V with your hook or needle)
FLO = Front Loop Only (when you view a crochet stitch from the top it forms a V... FLO means to pick up only the front side of this V with your hook or needle)
SL ST = Slip Stitch

Arms
(make 2)
Round 1: 6 SC in MR (6) - draw tight and sew in after this round
Push the end of your starting thread down into the hand once you've worked a couple of Rounds, you're not going to stuff the arm
Rounds 2-10: SC around (6) F/O and leave a long tail for attaching to body

Legs
(make 2)
Round 1: 6 SC in MR (6) - draw tight and sew in after Round 2
Round 2: INC in each around (12)
Rounds 3-5: SC around (12)
Round 6: SC 4 then DEC and repeat (10)
Get a little stuffing in the foot now, you aren't going to stuff the leg
Round 7: SC 3 then DEC and repeat (8)
Round 8: SC 2 then DEC and repeat (6)
Rounds 9-12: SC around (6) F/O and leave a long tail for attaching to body

Head and Body
Round 1: 6 SC in MR (6) - draw tight and sew in after Round 2
Round 2: INC in each around (12)
Round 3: SC then INC and repeat around (18)
Round 4: 2 SC then INC and repeat around (24)
Round 5: 3 SC then INC and repeat around (30)
Round 6: 4 SC then INC and repeat around (36)
Rounds 7-13: SC around (36)
Round 14: 4 SC then DEC and repeat around (30)
Round 15: 3 SC then DEC and repeat around (24)
Add the safety eyes... for a more natural looking face add the between Rounds 8 and 9 with 6 stitches between... for the more alien look that I prefer I placed the eyes between Rounds 10 and 11 with 9 stitches between.
Round 16: 2 SC then DEC and repeat around (18)
Round 17: SC then DEC and repeat around (12)
Stuff the head firm and round without stretching the spaces between the stitches
Round 18: DEC in each around (6)
Round 19: INC in each around (12)
Round 20: SC then INC and repeat around (18)
Round 21: 2 SC then INC and repeat around (24)
Stuff a little stuffing up into the little hole that is the doll's neck now
Rounds 22-26: SC around (24)
Round 27: 2 SC then DEC and repeat around (18)
Round 28: SC around (18)
Round 29: BLO SC then DEC and repeat around (12)
Stuff the doll's little body fat and round without stretching the spaces between the stitches
Round 30: DEC in each around (6)
F/O by sewing closed in the FLO of each of the stitches of the final row then drawing tightly closed and hiding end into the body of the doll

Leaf Hat
Work all in MR: CH 3, 3 DC, 3 HDC, DC, 3 HDC, 3 DC, CH 3 and SL ST into MR - do not end off or cut yarn yet
Draw ring tight and sew end into the back of the leaf to tighten
Using uncut working end of your yarn CH 14 and work your way back along the chain: SL ST into the 2nd CH from hook then 2 SC in next 12 CH and SL ST in last CH then F/O and leave a tail for attaching to the doll's head

Assembly
Attach the doll's arms at the sides of his body one row below the neck.
Attach the doll's legs at the front side of his body in the BLO row centering them under his mouth.
I attached the doll's leaf right in the middle and added a tack stitch at the point of the leaf and in the middle of his little spiral, just to keep them in place.

I did not add the black stitching on the now very popular pumpkin mini doll because I am making a whole group of these dolls and do not want them to resemble anyone else's designs.