Material

Madam Frederiek is crochet with cotton. The colors I used are from

Boekenvoordeel, but you can off course crochet with the colors you like

Skin color elephant: Grundl Cotton Quick uni gray 128, 3 balls

Shoes and ribbon pouch bag: Grundl Cotton Quick uni pink 133, 25gr

Dress and hat: Grundl Cotton Quick print mix 198, 1 ball

Edges dress: leftover green, yellow, blue and red /pink

Pouch bag: scheepjes catona crème 130, 15gr

Safety eyes 12mm, stuffing, crochet hook 2.25mm or 2.5mm, long needle,

some pink eye shadow or blush for the cheeks and ears, some black

embroidery yarn for the eyebrows, invisible sewing yarn.

Translation: Elly Lijster

I made Madam Frederiek with hook 2.25; she becomes about 33cm then. She

is completely crocheted in 1 piece

You can adjust the thickness of your crochet hook if you want to make here

larger or smaller.

Abbreviations/ used stitches
ch= chain, 
slst=slip stitch, 
sc=single crochet, 
st=stitch, 
hdc=half double
crochet, 
dc=double crochet, 
() = repeat, together= crochet together, 
BLO=Back Loops Only, 
FLO= Front Loops Only

We start with the shoes, with pink

1 chain 6, start in the 2nd ch from the hook, 2sc in 1sc, 3sc, 4sc in the last

ch, continue at the other side of the chain, 3sc, 2sc in 1sc ( 14)

2 ( 2sc in 1sc) 2x, 3sc, ( 2sc in 1sc) 4x, 3sc, ( 2sc in 1sc) 2x (22)

3 ( 1sc, 2sc in 1sc) 2x, 3sc, ( 1sc, 2sc in 1sc) 4x, 3sc, ( 1sc, 2sc in 1sc) 2x(30)

4 9sc, ( 2hdc, 2hdc in 1 st ) 4x, 9sc (34)

5 BLO, sc (34)

6-7 sc 2 rounds (34)

8 9sc, ( 2sc, 2sc together) 4x, 9sc (30)

9 9sc, ( 1sc, 2sc together) 4x, 9sc (26)

10 9sc, ( 2sc together) 4x, 9sc (22)

11 7sc, ( 2sc together) 4x, 7sc (18)

12 FLO, ( 1hdc, 2hdc in 1 st) 9x, close with 1slst. Fasten off (27)

Stuff the foot firm!

Change color to gray

12 In BLO of round 11 , sc (18)

13 sc (18)

14 ( 2sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (24)

15-16 sc 2 rounds (24)

17 ( 3sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (30)

18-22 sc 5 rounds (30)

Fasten off. Make another leg, but don’t cut the yarn!! This is the RIGHT LEG!

Stuff the legs firm!

Crochet to the side of the leg, ca. 13 sts (this is the inside of the RIGHT LEG !!)

Put both legs next to each other with the “noses”pointing forwards

23 chain 3, insert the hook in the LEFT LEG and make 1sc, then 29sc in the

left leg, 3sc in the ch3, 30sc in the right leg, 3sc in the ch3. You are at the

MIDDLE BACK , place a marker (66)

Keep stuffing!

Stop stuffing after that. We will start with the dress; it is difficult to crochet it

when it is stuffed

24-33 sc 10 rounds (66)

34 ( 9sc, 2sc together) 6x (60)

35-38 sc 4 rounds (60)

39 ( 8sc, 2sc together) 6x (54)

40-43 sc 4 rounds (54)

44 (7sc, 2sc together) 6x (48)

45-48 sc 4 rounds (48)

49 (6sc, 2sc together) 6x (42)

50 sc (42)

Change color to mixed color

51 sc (42)

52 BLO, sc (42)

53 sc (42)

54 ( 5sc, 2sc together) 6x (36)

55-56 sc 2 rounds (36)

57 ( 4sc, 2sc together) 6x (30)

58 ( 3sc, 2sc together) 6x (24)

Fasten off.

Join mixed color in the FLO of round 52, with the legs away from you!

We crochet in rounds, close each round in the 1st ch with 1slst. This is not

mentioned further!

1 ch2= 1st dc, 1dc in the same st, ( 2dc in one st) 41x (84)

2-3 ch2= 1

st dc, dc 2 rounds (84)

4 BLO, ch2= 1

st dc, dc (84)

5-6 ch2= 1

st dc, dc 2 rounds (84)

7 BLO, ch2= 1

st dc, dc (84)

8-9 ch2= 1

st dc, dc (84)

10 BLO, ch2= 1

st dc, dc (84)

11-12 ch2= 1

st dc, dc (84)

Fasten off.

Join blue at the middleback in the FLO of round 4 of the dress.

1 (3sc in 1 st, slst in the next st) repeat around. Fasten off

Join yellow at the middleback in the FLO of round 7 of the dress.

1 ( 3sc in 1 st, slst in the next st) repeat around. Fasten off

Join green at the middleback in the FLO of round 10 of the dress.

1 ( 3sc in 1 st, slst in the next st) repeat around. Fasten off

Bottom edge of the dress

Join red/pink at the middleback ( 4sc in 1 st, slst in the next st) repeat around

We continue with the head now.

Stuff the body firm!

Change color to gray

59 ( 2sc in 1sc) 24x (48)

60 ( 7sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (54)

61 ( 8sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (60)

62 ( 9sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (66)

63 (10sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (72)

64-81 sc 18 rounds (72)

You can insert the eyes now between round 74 and 75 with 10 sts between

both eyes. I did it later and made eyesockets.

If it is a doll to play with, you can better insert the eyes now!! For safety

reasons.

82 (10sc, 2sc together) 6x (66)

83 ( 9sc, 2sc together) 6x (60)

84 ( 8sc, 2sc together) 6x (54)

85 ( 7sc, 2sc together) 6x (48)

86 ( 6sc, 2sc together) 6x (42)

87 ( 5sc, 2sc together) 6x (36)

88 ( 4sc, 2sc together) 6x (30)

89 ( 3sc, 2sc together) 6x (24)

Stuff the head firm!!

90 ( 2sc, 2sc together) 6x (18)

91 ( 1sc, 2sc together) 6x (12)

92 ( 2sc together) 6x (6)

Fasten off. Pull the yarn through the last sts and tighten.

Arms with gray 2x

1 ch2, start in the 2nd ch from the hook or in a magic ring, 6sc (6)

2 ( 2sc in 1sc) 6x (12)

3 ( 1sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (18)

4 ( 2sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (24)

5 BLO, sc (24)

6-16 sc 11 rounds ( 24)

Start stuffing!

17 ( 6sc, 2sc together) 3x (21)

18-22 sc 5 rounds (21)

23 (5sc, 2sc together) 3x (18)

24-28 sc 5 rounds (18)

Stuff. Don’t stuff too firm at the top!

Close the parts with 9sc and make the other arm

Sew the arms neatly to the body, about 3 rounds under the neck

Trunk, with gray

1 ch2, start in the 2nd ch from the hook or in a magic ring, 6sc (6)

2 ( 2sc in 1sc) 6x (12)

3 BLO, sc (12)

4-8 sc 5 rounds (12)

Start stuffing!

9-13 6hdc, 6sc 2 rounds (12)

14 ( 2sc, 2sc in 1sc) 4x (16)

15-16 8hdc, 8sc 2 rounds (16)

17 ( 3sc, 2sc in 1sc) 4x (20)

18-19 10hdc, 10sc 2 rounds (20)

20 ( 4sc, 2sc in 1sc) 4x (24)

21-22 12hdc, 12sc 2 rounds (24)

23 ( 5sc, 2sc in 1sc) 4x (28)

Fasten off. Stuff firm. Leave a long yarn to sew the trunk.

Finishing of the face

Place the eyes, between round 74-75, with ca. 10sc between both eyes. Insert

a long threaded needle from the neck to the place for the eyes, stitch 2 sts

next to it back to the neck. Tighten the thread and make some knots in it.

Repeat for the other eye. This way the eyes lay deeper and have more

expression!! Put a drop of glue on the eyes and push them in the eye sockets.

Hide the yarn ends in the neck.

Pin the trunk, 3 rounds under the eyes in the middle and sew it neatly to the

face. Embroider 2 eyebrows and put some blush on the cheeks.

Ears, with gray 2x

1 ch2, start in the 2nd ch from the hook or in a magic ring, 6sc (6)

2 ( 2sc in 1sc ) 6x (12)

3 ( 1sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (18)

4 ( 2sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (24)

5 ( 3sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6X (30)

6 ( 4sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (36)

7 ( 5sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (42)

8 ( 6sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (48)

9 ( 7sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (54)

10 ( 8sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (60)

11 ( 9sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (66)

12 (10sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (72)

13 (11sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (78)

14 (12sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (84)

15 (13sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (90)

Fasten off. Make the other ear

Fold the ear and close with ca. 45 sc.

Pin the ears, parallel, to the head, start at round 12 from the top, fold it a

little oval and end at the neck. Sew the ears. Put some blush at the inside of

the ears.

Hat, with mixed color

1 ch2, start in the 2nd ch from the hook or in a magic ring, 7sc (7)

2 ( 2sc in 1sc) 7x (14)

3 ( 1sc, 2sc in 1sc) 7x (21)

4 ( 2sc, 2sc in 1sc) 7x (28)

5 ( 3sc, 2sc in 1sc) 7x (35)

6 ( 4sc, 2sc in 1sc) 7x (42)

7 sc (42)

8 ( 5sc, 2sc in 1sc) 7x (49)

9-11 sc 3 rounds ( 49)

With blue

12 BLO, ch2, dc close with 1slst (49)

With mixed color

13 slst (49)

14 ( 6sc, 2sc in 1sc) 7x (56)

15 ( 7sc, 2sc in 1sc) 7x (63)

16 ( 8sc, 2sc in 1sc) 7x (70)

17 ( 9sc, 2sc in 1sc) 7x (77)

18 sc (77)

19 (10sc , 2sc in 1sc) 7x (84)

Fasten off.

Join red/pink

( 3sc in 1 st, slst in the next st) repeat around. Fasten off.

Pouch bag, with crème

1 chain 6, start in the 2nd ch from the hook, 4sc, 3sc in 1 st, continue at

the other side of the chain, 3sc, 2sc in 1 st (12)

2 2sc in 1sc, 3sc, ( 2sc in 1sc) 3x, 3sc, ( 2sc in 1sc) 2x (18)

3 1sc, 2sc in 1sc, 3sc, ( 1sc, 2sc in 1sc) 3x, 3sc, ( 1sc, 2sc in 1sc) 2x (24)

4 2sc, 2sc in 1sc, 3sc, ( 2sc, 2sc in 1sc) 3x, 3sc, ( 2sc, 2sc in 1sc) 2x (30)

5 (4sc, 2sc in 1sc) 6x (36)

6-14 hdc 9 rounds (36)

Close with 1slst

15 ` ch2, skip 1 st, 1dc, ch1, skip 1 st, 1dc, ch1…repeat. Close with 1slst

This is the seam for the cord.

16 ch2, dc in each st. Fasten off (36)

Crochet with pink a picot-edge, followed by 30 chains for the shoulder strap.

Fasten at the opposite to each other.

Picot = ch3, hdc in the 3rd ch from the hook, slst in the next st, sc in the next

st, ch3, hdc in the 3rd ch from the hook, slst in the next st, sc in the next st…

repeat around.

Make a cord: chain 75, hide the yarn ends and weave it through round 15.

Stuff the pouch a little, tighten the cord and make a nice bow in it. Sew the

pouch with invisible yarn to the arm.

Madam Frederiek is ready now. I hope you enjoyed making her, and I hope to

see a lot come by in my Crochet group.

Sweet crochet greetings, Adriënne