The Ominous Stitch Podcast
Show Notes/Links for Episode 13: Creepy Dolls, VooDoo-Zombie Amigurumi Doll
Creepy Dolls Research Links
History vs. Hollywood: Annabelle (2014)
History vs. Hollywood: Ed and Lorraine Warren Occult Museum Tour Featuring Annabelle
Inside the Real Annabelle Doll's True Story of Terror
India Today: The truth about real-life haunted Annabelle doll escaping from its museum
Okiku: The Haunted Japanese Doll That Grows Human Hair
Japan's 8 Creepiest Shrines & Temples
The Ghost in My Machine: Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The Haunted Okiku Doll Of Mannenji Temple
Ghosts & Gravestones of Key West: Audubon House - The Lost Dauphin
Traveling Museum of the Paranormal & Occult: Ruby the Haunted Doll
Meet Ruby the Haunted Doll with a Poignant Past
The Courier Mail: Meet one of Australia's most haunted dolls in Warwick
YouTube: Letta-Me-Out on State Fair 1981
Isla de las Mùnecas: The Island of the Dolls
Atlas Obscura: La Isla de las Munecas (The Island of the Dolls)
The sad legend behind Mexico's creepy Island of the Dolls
VOODOO-ZOMBIE DOLL FREE WRITTEN PATTERN
PROJECT NEEDS:
*G-Hook (Size 4.0)
*Medium-worsted weight yarn (smaller/lighter yarn, smaller hook!)
*Black yarn
*Darning needle (I found curved-tip ones that are easier to use!)
*Black Embroidery Floss
*Scissors
*Stitch marker or yarn of different color
*Embroidery/Sewing Needle
*Optional: Button for eye (can use safety eyes)
*Optional: Button heart
(KEY: MR=Magic Ring; SC=Single Crochet; INC=Increase; DEC=Decrease (I do an invisible decrease where enter Front-Loop Only); BLO = Back-Loop Only)
HEAD
R1: MR, 6 SC (6)
R2: INC x 6 (12)
R3: 1 SC + INC x 6 (18)
R4: 2 SC + INC x 6 (24)
R5: 1 SC, (INC + 3 SC) x 5, INC, 2 SC (30)
R6: 4 SC + INC x 6 (36)
R7-13: 36 SC
R14: 2 SC, DEC, (4SC + DEC) x 5, 2 SC (30)
R15: 3 SC + DEC x 6 (24)
R16: 1 SC + DEC, (2SC + DEC) x 5, 1 SC (18)
STUFF MOSTLY WITH POLYFIL
R17. 1SC + DEC X 6 (12)
STUFF MORE IF NEEDED
R18. DEC X 6 (6)
BODY
R1. MR, 8 SC (8)
R2. INC x 8 (16)
R3. SC + INC x 8 (24)
R4. 1 SC, (INC + 3SC) x 5, INC, 2 SC (30)
R5. 4 SC + INC (36)
R6. 5 SC + INC x 6 (42)
R7-12. 42 SC
R13. 5 SC + DEC (36)
R14. 4 SC. + DEC (30)
R15. 3 SC + DEC (24)
R16. 24 SC
R17. 24 SC
R18. 2 SC + DEC (18)
STUFF WITH POLYFIL
When finishing off Body, Legs & Arms:
-Cut off long strand to be able to weave
-Attach Darning needle
-Find 2nd Stitch from where you finished
-Insert needle into that stitch completely
-Wrap back around and find the Back-Loop of the stitch where you left off
-It should like continuous stitches!
LEG/FOOT x 2
R1. MR, 6 SC (6)
R2. INC x 6 (12)
R3. 2 SC + INC X 4 (16)
R4. SC 12 BLO (16)
R5. 2SC + DEC x 3 (12)
R6. SC 12
R7. SC + DEC (8)
R8. 8 SC (8)
STUFF WITH POLYFIL
ARMS x 2
R1. MR, 6 SC (6)
R2. 2 SC + INC (8)
R3. 8 SC (8)
R4. 8 SC (8)
(if needed, turn inside out)
R5. 2 SC + DC (6)
R6-8. 6 SC (6)
Slightly stuff with polyfil
Sewing on Head to body:
-Roughly on bottom in row 3-4 of head, sew to bottom
-Attach legs – bottom hits roughly 6th row from bottom
-Arms attached to where I sewed on head but can go anywhere
-Stitches can go anywhere
-Sew heart with DMC floss and embroidery needle