Creating a handmade Vincent van Gogh amigurumi doll is a charming way to celebrate one of history’s most influential artists. This detailed crochet pattern allows you to craft a pocket-sized Vincent complete with his iconic features – orange beard, bandaged ear, blue jacket, and even a miniature sunflower. The finished doll stands approximately 22 cm tall and makes for a delightful project for intermediate crocheters.
Vincent van Gogh Materials Needed
For this project, you’ll need:
- 3.00 mm and 2.00 mm crochet hooks
- 100% cotton yarn in DK weight (for main body) and fingering weight (for sunflower)
- Colors required: skin tone, beige (pants), light blue (vest), blue (jacket), orange (hair), white (shirt), ochre (straw hat), dark yellow and brown (sunflower)
- A pair of 8 mm safety eyes
- Tapestry needle
- Polyfiber fill for stuffing
- A strip of white fabric or gauze (for bandage)
Vincent van Gogh Understanding the Pattern
This amigurumi doll is worked primarily in continuous rounds using single crochet stitches. You’ll begin with the legs, then join them to form the body, continuing upward to create the torso, neck, and head. The arms, ear, jacket, hair, sunflower, and straw hat are created separately and then attached to complete the doll.
Creating Vincent van Gogh Base
Start with Vincent’s legs, working in beige yarn. Each leg begins with a magic ring of 6 single crochet stitches, increasing to 12 in the second round, and then maintaining that count for 8 more rounds. The first leg is set aside while the second leg remains on your hook to join them together.
When joining the legs to form the body, you’ll create a chain of 3 stitches between them, forming a total of 30 stitches in the round. Continue working in rounds to form the torso, with strategic increases and decreases to shape the body.
At round 19, change to light blue for Vincent’s vest, working through back loops only for the first round to create a visible seam. After several rounds in light blue, you’ll incorporate a white triangle in the neck area by alternating between light blue and white in specific stitch sequences.
Crafting Vincent’s Head
For the head, change to your skin tone yarn and work through back loops only for the first round. Increase gradually to form the spherical shape, reaching 42 stitches at the widest point. Create a nose using a 5-double crochet popcorn stitch, positioned carefully to align with the middle of the legs and the white triangle in the neck.
Place safety eyes one round above the nose, with 8 stitches between them, and embroider eyebrows with orange yarn. Continue decreasing to close the head, stuffing firmly as you go.
Vincent van Gogh Adding Details
The arms, jacket, ear, hair, sunflower, and straw hat all require separate construction. The arms begin with the skin tone and transition to blue for the jacket. Vincent’s distinctive ear is a simple magic ring of 6 stitches that gets sewn to one side of the head.
The jacket is worked in rows rather than rounds, with chain spaces for the armholes. The orange hair creates the distinctive look of Vincent, including his beard which is embroidered using long stitches. The sunflower requires a smaller hook and thinner yarn to create a proportional embellishment for the jacket.
The straw hat is constructed in rounds with increases to create the iconic wide brim, finished with fringe trim around the edge for texture and visual interest.
Vincent van Gogh Final Assembly
Wrap a strip of white fabric around Vincent’s head to represent his famous bandage, covering where his second ear would be. Sew the sunflower to his jacket lapel, attach the arms to the sides of the body, and slip the jacket up Vincent’s arms. Weave in all loose ends to complete your amigurumi masterpiece.
This pattern creates a recognizable representation of Vincent van Gogh that captures his essence while maintaining the charming simplicity of amigurumi style. Whether displayed on a shelf or gifted to an art lover, this handcrafted creation brings a touch of artistic history to your crochet collection.
Remember that this pattern is designed for personal use only, respecting the original designer’s creative work and copyright.
Vincent van Gogh Working in Rounds
Vincent van Gogh The Body Rounds (11-32)
After joining the legs, continue with round 11 which combines both legs with a chain-3 bridge between them. In round 12, increase to 36 stitches, then maintain this count through round 17. For round 18, decrease to 30 stitches. In round 19, change to light blue for Vincent’s vest, working through back loops only to create definition.
Continue with rounds 20-21 in light blue, decrease to 24 stitches in round 22, maintain for rounds 23-24, and decrease again to 18 stitches in round 25. Stuff the body firmly at this point. Maintain 18 stitches for rounds 26-27, then decrease to 12 stitches in round 28, maintaining that count for round 29.
For rounds 30-32, create the white shirt collar by strategically alternating between light blue and white yarn. In round 30, work 7 stitches in light blue, 1 in white, and 4 in light blue. For round 31, work 6 in light blue, 3 in white, and 3 in light blue. In round 32, work 5 in light blue, 5 in white, and 2 in light blue.
Vincent van Gogh The Head Rounds (33-54)
In round 33, change to skin tone and work through back loops only. Increase to 24 stitches in round 34, then to 30 in round 35. Stuff the neck area firmly. Continue increasing to 36 stitches in round 36 and 42 stitches in round 37.
Maintain 42 stitches through round 48. In round 39, position the nose (popcorn stitch) carefully, ensuring alignment with previous elements. For round 49, decrease to 36 stitches, then to 30 in round 50. Insert safety eyes above the nose with 8 stitches between them, and embroider the eyebrows.
Continue decreasing to 24 stitches in round 51, 18 in round 52, 12 in round 53, and finally to 6 in round 54. Close the opening, stuff firmly throughout the process.
Vincent van Gogh The Arms Rounds (1-17)
For each arm, start with skin tone yarn. Begin with 4 single crochets in the second chain from hook, increase to 8 stitches in round 2, and maintain for rounds 3-5. In round 6, change to blue for the jacket, working through back loops only. Continue with 8 stitches through round 16. In round 17, close the tube by crocheting the opposing sides together.
Vincent van Gogh The Hair Rounds (1-17)
Using orange yarn, begin with a magic ring of 6 stitches. Increase gradually through rounds 2-7, reaching 42 stitches, then to 45 in round 8. Maintain 45 stitches through round 16. For round 17, work slip stitches, single crochets, half double crochets, double crochets, and treble crochets in sequence to form the hair’s shape, leaving the remaining stitches unworked.
Vincent van Gogh The Straw Hat Rounds (1-21)
Using ochre yarn, start with a magic ring of 6, increasing gradually through rounds 2-7 to reach 42 stitches. Maintain this count through round 10, then increase to 48 in round 11, maintain for rounds 12-13, and increase to 50 in round 14. Maintain for rounds 15-16.
In round 17, work through back loops only, increasing to 75 stitches. Work 75 stitches in round 18, increase to 90 in round 19, maintain for round 20, and finish with slip stitches in round 21 to create the hat brim.
Vincent van Gogh Final Assembly
Wrap a strip of white fabric around Vincent’s head to represent his famous bandage, covering where his second ear would be. Sew the sunflower to his jacket lapel, attach the arms to the sides of the body, and slip the jacket up Vincent’s arms. Weave in all loose ends to complete your amigurumi masterpiece.
This pattern creates a recognizable representation of Vincent van Gogh that captures his essence while maintaining the charming simplicity of amigurumi style. Whether displayed on a shelf or gifted to an art lover, this handcrafted creation brings a touch of artistic history to your crochet collection.
Remember that this pattern is designed for personal use only, respecting the original designer’s creative work and copyright. Happy crocheting!Réessayer
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Conclusion
Creating an amigurumi Vincent van Gogh doll allows you to combine the art of crochet with a tribute to a legendary artist. The detailed pattern produces a recognizable figure with characteristic elements – the orange beard, blue jacket, bandaged ear, and iconic sunflower – all carefully scaled to create a harmonious finished piece.
The construction technique, working from the legs upward in continuous rounds, provides stability and proper proportions. The separate elements – arms, ear, jacket, hair, and hat – come together to complete the artistic representation.
For best results, pay close attention to the placement of features, particularly aligning the nose with the central axis of the body and positioning the eyes properly. Take care when changing colors and working through back loops to create clean transitions and visible seams where needed.
When your Vincent is complete, he’ll stand approximately 22 centimeters tall – a pocket-sized homage to the master painter who gave the world “Starry Night,” “Sunflowers,” and countless other masterpieces. This amigurumi creation serves as both a decorative piece and a conversation starter, bringing a touch of art history into your home through the medium of crochet.
