I bought amour fou crochet’s book, crochet 15 icones of women who changed the world
At the end of her book she suggests mixing and matching dolls to make our own icons. I felt like giving it a try !
I thought about making french judo champion Clarisse Agbegnenou.
You can also make it at the image of someone who loves judo😉
So if you have @amouramourfoucrochet book this is how I made it:
I followed Serena Williams pattern for the body:
rows 1 to 4 skin color
rows 5 to 29 en blanc (it will make a t-shirt)
rows 30 to the end of the head : skin color
for the hair: follow Billie Haliday pattern.
Kimono uniform pattern
Materials:
Crochet hook : 2 mm or 2.25 mm (US B, #1, UK Canada 13)
coton pour aiguilles ou crochet n° 2.5 – 3.5 mm
super fine 100% mercerized cotton, 50g / 125m (2oz / 137yd) 10x10 cm (4x4 inch) = 27 sts x 38 rows colors, black, white
embroidery thread, I used DMC red and blue for détails on the sleeves
4 mm plastic security eyes
Stitches used (US terminology):
St : stitch
sl st : slip stitch
sc : single crochet
ch : chain stitch
inc : increase : 2 stitches in the same stitch.
dec : decrease : 2 stitches crocheted together.
Kimono uniform pants
We start from the bottom
Leg 1
Chain 20 close with a sl st, (20 sc)
20 sc
20 sc
20 sc
Fasten off, invisible finnish.
Make the second leg of the kimono pants like the second one, DO NOT CUT THE YARN.
Chain 2, continue on the 1st leg 20 sc, 2 sc in the front loop of the two stitches chained to join the two parts of the pants, 20 sc (42 sc) place a stitch marker here so you can count the rows.
42 sc
42 sc
42 sc
42 sc
42 sc
42 sc
* 4 sc, 1 dec * repeat 6 times (36 sc)
36 sc
Put the pants on the doll, insert hook under the two loops of the stitch from the previous round, then insert the hook on the loop left on the doll, continue all the round, then fasten off. (There are 36 st).
kimono uniform jacket :
Chain 25 ch, 1 sc in the 2nd st from the hook, 23 sc, ch 1, Turn (24 sc)
skip 1 st, 23 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 22 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 21 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 20 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 19 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 18 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 17 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 16 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 15 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 14 sc, ch 1, Turn
skip 1 st, 13 sc, ch 1, Turn
(here starts right sleeve)
skip 1 st, 12 sc, ch 13 , Turn 1 sc in the 2 nd st from the hook, 11 sc in the chain, 12 sc, 1 sl st on the side of the st from the previos round, ch 13, Turn
1 sc in the 2nd st from the hook, 11 sc in the chain, ch 1, Fasten off. (36 sc)
From here on do not skip the first stitch of the row. (The 1st sc of the row is crocheted at the bottom of the chain of the begining of the previous row). With a boucle on the hook, join the top right part of the kimono : 1 sc, 35 sc, ch 1, Turn (36 sc)
36 sc, ch 1, Turn
36 sc, ch 1, Turn
36 sc, ch 1, Turn
36 sc, ch 1, Turn
36 sc, ch 1, Turn - now we start the 1/2 front part of the kimono
13 sc, ch 1, Turn
13 sc
12 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (14 sc)
14 sc
13 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (15 sc)
15 sc
14 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (16 sc)
16 sc
15 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (17 sc)
17 sc
16 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (18 sc)
18 sc
17 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (19 sc)
7 sc, ch 1, T
inc 1, 5 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (9 sc)
inc 1, 8 sc, ch 1, T (10 sc)
inc 1, 10 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (12 sc)
inc 1, 11 sc, ch 1, T (13 sc)
inc 1, 12 sc, ch 1, T (14 sc)
inc 1, 13 sc, ch 1, T (15 sc)
inc 1, 14 sc, ch 1, T (16 sc)
inc 1, 15 sc, ch 1, T (17 sc)
inc 1, 16 sc, ch 1, T (18 sc)
inc 1, 17 sc, 1ch, T (19 sc)
inc 1, 18 sc, ch 1, T (20 sc)
inc 1, 19 sc, ch 1, T (21 sc)
left sleeve and left side of the kimono
With the back of the kimono faceing you, a boucle on the hook :
1 sc in the first sc of the left sleeve : 13 sc, ch 1, Turn
13 sc, ch 1, T (13 sc)
12 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (14 sc)
14 sc, ch 1, T (14 sc)
13 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (15 sc)
15 sc, ch 1, T (15 sc)
14 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (16 sc)
16 sc, ch 1, T (16 sc)
15 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (17 sc)
17 sc, ch 1, T (17 sc)
16 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (18 sc)
17 sc, inc 1, 1ch, T (19 sc)
7 sc, ch 1, T
inc 1, 5 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (9 sc)
inc 1, 8 sc,ch 1, T (10 sc)
9 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (11 sc)
10 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (12 sc)
11 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (13 sc)
12 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (14 sc)
13 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (15 sc)
14 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (16 sc)
15 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (17 sc)
16 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (18 sc)
17 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (19 sc)
18 sc, inc 1, ch 1, T (20 sc)
This is how it looks like by now:
Startig from the right side of the kimono, in the bottom right corner, 1 sc in each begining of the rows all along the diagonal of the kimono.
On the horizontal part, wich is the back of the kimono behind the neck, crochet in front loops only. Continue on the other side of the V crocheting 1 sc in each stitch from the begining of the row. Fasten off.
Kimono belt :
With black yarn : chain 70, start in the second stitch starting from the hook, 1sc, 68 sc.
With blue and red yarn you can embroider stripes on the sleeves.
Et voilà !!!
Tag me in you posts so I can see your beautiful judokate! (You can send a picture if you don't wan to post it yourself). @isa_lafait for instagram.