Amigurumi dolls can sometimes be tricky to make because of the unique shape of human bodies. One of the more challenging steps is connecting the doll legs to form the body.
I always use the same technique which I’ll describe in the tutorial below. This technique can be adapted for larger or smaller dolls simply by adding chains in between the legs to make the body longer or shorter.
Step 1: Make the first leg, invisible finish off, and weave in the end. (This will be leg 1.)
Step 2: Make a second leg identically, but do not finish off. Place a stitch marker in the last stitch. (This will be leg 2.)
Step 3: With your hook still connected to leg 2, pick up a stitch anywhere on leg 1.
Step 4: Work all the remaining stitches around leg 1. Then, pick up the stitch immediately after the last stitch worked on leg 2, i.e. the stitch immediately after the stitch marker.
Step 5: Work all the remaining stitches around leg 2 until you’ve worked the final stitch (marked by the stitch marker).
The total number of stitches should be exactly double the number of stitches for each leg. You have now connected the legs and formed one seamless round for the body.
If you want to add space between the legs to make the body wider, just chain one or two off the side of leg 2 in step 3 before picking up a stitch on leg 1. When you finish working around leg 1, work single crochet stitches into the connecting chains in the center before continuing back around leg 2.
Below is a video tutorial demonstrating all the steps that I described above:
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