Maia B doll

Maia B Doll Crochet Pattern

What Is Being Made

The Maia B doll is an amigurumi-style crocheted doll designed by Cidália Vilela of Maia's Bees. This is an original handmade toy pattern that allows crafters to create a finished stuffed doll suitable for play or display. The pattern is presented as a downloadable PDF format, making it accessible for independent makers and small business owners who wish to create and sell finished handmade dolls based on this design.

Crochet Techniques and Stitches

The Maia B doll pattern employs fundamental amigurumi construction techniques, which is the Japanese art of crocheting small stuffed toys and dolls. The pattern uses essential crochet stitches and shaping methods to create a three-dimensional doll form. Amigurumi construction typically involves working in continuous rounds, using single crochet stitches as the primary stitch for building structure, and strategic increases and decreases to shape body parts such as the head, body, limbs, and facial features. The intermediate difficulty level indicates that crafters should have foundational crochet knowledge, including familiarity with basic stitches, working in rounds, and techniques for seamlessly joining pieces or working in a spiral.

Materials and Yarn Specifications

The Maia B doll pattern calls for Hobbii Rainbow Cotton 8/8 yarn, which is classified as 8 ply DK weight (equivalent to 4 ply in some regions). The yarn requirements include:

• 2 skeins (50 gr/75 m each) of yellow yarn for the primary doll color
• 1 skein (50 gr/75 m) of cream yarn for accent details
• 1 skein (50 gr/75 m) of brown yarn for additional features

The pattern specifies a 3 mm crochet hook as the appropriate tool size for working with this yarn weight. Additional materials include polyester fiberfill for stuffing the doll to create its three-dimensional form, and small amounts of black and white thread for embroidering or attaching eyes to complete the doll's facial expression.

Pattern Details and Licensing

This pattern is an original design by Cidália Vilela/Maia's Bees, copyrighted in 2020. The pattern permits crafters to create and sell finished handmade dolls based on the design, provided that product descriptions credit the pattern source. Finished dolls must be identified as being based on the Maia's Bees pattern by Cidália Vilela. However, the pattern itself cannot be sold, altered, translated, or distributed in any format.