Cinderella Doll

Cinderella Doll by Andrew Lucas

What is Being Made

This is a knitted Cinderella doll standing approximately 15 centimeters tall. The doll is constructed as a complete figure with separate legs, body, head, and accessories, designed as a beginner-friendly knitting project suitable for crafters new to doll making.

Techniques Used

The Cinderella doll employs several fundamental knitting techniques that make it accessible to beginners while creating a three-dimensional finished form. Increasing stitches is used to shape the foot sections by increasing knitwise into every stitch, expanding the stitch count to create wider fabric areas. Decreasing stitches through knit-two-together reductions shapes the foot and refines the silhouette of various body parts. Stitch manipulation including slip stitches and passing slip stitches over creates shaping details throughout the construction. The doll is built in separate sections—right foot, left foot, body, and head—which are then assembled together, a common modular approach in doll knitting that allows for easier construction and consistent results.

Stitches Used

• Stocking Stitch (st st) – The primary fabric structure, created by alternating knit rows and purl rows to produce a smooth, flat surface that forms the main body of the doll
• Garter Stitch (gs) – Created by knitting every row, used for textured sections
• Knit Stitch (k) – The fundamental stitch forming the base of all knitted fabric
• Purl Stitch (p) – Used in alternation with knit stitches to create stocking stitch
• Knit Two Together (k2tog) – A decrease technique that reduces stitch count and shapes the doll's form
• Increase Knitwise (inc) – Expands stitch count to widen fabric sections
• Slip Stitch (sl) and Pass Slip Stitch Over (psso) – Advanced shaping techniques
• Yarn Round Needle (yrn) – Creates decorative or structural elements
• Bind and Tie (B and T) – Finishing technique using a tapestry needle to thread wool through stitches, draw them up, and secure off

Materials

The Cinderella doll requires 3.25mm knitting needles as the primary tool. Double knitting wool in multiple colors provides the yarn base: blue for the shoes, beige for the skin tone, dark blue for clothing details, lemon yellow, white, orange, green, and black for various design elements and features. Additional materials include a small amount of polyester stuffing to give the doll its three-dimensional form and structure, and thin elastic for securing joints or creating flexible connections between body sections. A tapestry needle is essential for the bind and tie finishing technique and for assembling the separate knitted pieces together.