Mermaid Doll with Curly Hair – Free Crochet Pattern

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Designer: Karol Alvarenga
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I’ve got a sweet new pattern to share with you… 
Mermaid Marina Doll with Curly Hair – Free Crochet Pattern brings a touch of underwater charm to your amigurumi collection with this step-by-step, beginner-friendly mermaid design by Karol Alvarenga. Crafted using four colors of Balloon Amigo yarn—Pink (Fiama), Light Blue (Patina and Piscine), and Brown (Raiz)—along with black and white yarn for the embroidered eye details, this sweet mermaid measures around 12 cm when made with a 2.20 mm crochet hook. You’ll also need 9 mm safety eyes, stuffing, a tapestry needle, scissors, universal glue, and a little blush for the final soft touches. At the end of the pattern, you’ll also find beautiful amigurumi mermaid ideas for added inspiration. Thank you to the designer Karol Alvarenga.

This concise tutorial on penguinhobbies.com guides you smoothly through shaping, assembling, and detailing your mermaid from start to finish. Read the entire pattern before starting. Gather your Balloon Amigo yarn, crochet hook, safety eyes, stuffing, embroidery yarn, tapestry needle, glue, blush, and scissors—and enjoy creating your own charming curly-haired mermaid.

Materials

• Amigurumi yarn (Balloon Amigo) in the colors Pink (Fiama), Light Blue (Patina and Piscine) and Brown (Raiz). A piece of black and white yarn to embroider the eyes;
• Black eyes with safety lock 9 mm;
• 2.20 mm crochet hook;
• Tapestry needle;
• Stuffing;
• Scissors and universal glue;
• Blush (pastel chalk).

INFORMATION

Using the indicated material, your Mermaid will be on average 12 cm tall. READ THE ENTIRE PATTERN BEFORE STARTING!

Abbreviations

MR – Magic ring
st – stitch
ch – chain
slst – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet

AMIGURUMI MERMAID MARINA FREE PATTERN

Arms (2x)

With brown yarn
Do not stuff!
Round 1. 6 sc in the MR
Round 2-9. 6 sc (6 rows)
Flatten the piece and close with 3 sc, fasten off and hide the yarn.

Body and Head

Use brown yarn
Stuff as you weave
Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2. 6 inc (12)
Round 3. (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (18)
Round 4. (2 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (24)
Round 5. (3 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (30)
Round 6. BLO 30 sc (30)
Round 7. (3 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (24)
Round 8-10. 24 sc (3 rows)
Round 11. (2 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (18)

In the next row we will join the arms to the body:
Round 12. 4 sc, 3 sc with one arm, 6 sc, 3 sc with the other arm, 2 sc (18)
Round 13. (1 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (12)
Round 14. 12 inc (24)
Round 15. (3 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (30)
Round 16. (4 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (36)
Round 17. (5 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (42)
Round 18-27. 42 sc (10 rows)
Insert the eyes between rows 21 and 22 with 8 stitches apart (6 stitches visible). Take the opportunity to embroider the details of the eyes in black and white.
With brown thread, embroider the nose between rows 20 and 21.

Round 28. (5 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (36)
Round 29. (4 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (30)
Round 30. (3 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (24)
Round 31. (2 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (18)
Round 32. (1 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times (12)
Round 33. 6 dec (6)
Close with reverse mc.
With pink yarn, embroider the eyebrows on row 25.

Tail

With the patina blue yarn, insert the hook into the last free loop of row 5 of the body and make:
Round 1. 30 sl st
Round 2. 30 sc only in the back loops of the sl sts
Round 3. (4 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (36)
Round 4. 36 sc
Round 5. (3 sc, 1 dec) repeat 4 times, 5 sc, 2 dec, 7 sc (30)
Round 6. 30 sc
Round 7. (2 sc, 1 dec) repeat 4 times, 5 sc, 2 dec, 5 sc (24)

Round 8. 24 sc
Round 9. 5 sc, 1 dec, 17 sc (23)
Round 10. 5 sc, 1 dec, 16 sc (22)
Round 11. 5 sc, 1 dec, 15 sc (21)
Round 12. (5 sc, 1 dec) repeat 3 times (18)
Round 13. 18 sc
Round 14. 1 sc, 1 dec x 6 (12)
Round 15. 12 sc
Round 16. 6 dec (6)

Make 2 more sc to align the finish, flatten the piece and close with 3 sc. Do not fasten off, let’s make the fin:
Cross 3 ch, 1 picot stitch of 2, in the same base stitch make 1 dc, 1 hdc. In the next stitch make 1 sl st. In the next stitch make together 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 picot stitch of 2, 3 ch and 1 sl st in the base stitch to finish. Fasten off and hide the thread.

Top

Use the patina blue yarn
Make 9 ch and return, in the fourth ch and make: 3 dc together, 1 hdc, 1 sl st, 1 hdc, 3 dc together, 3 ch and finish with 1 sl st. Fasten off and leave a thread to sew in case you don’t want to glue. Glue two rows above the beginning of the tail.

Hair

Use pink yarn
Round 1. 6 sc in the MR (6)
Round 2. 6 inc (12)
Round 3. (1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (18)
Round 4. (2 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (24)
Round 5. (3 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times (30)
Round 6. 30 sc
We will make all the strands using hdc. So pay attention!

Strands 1-4

Chain 26 ch, return from the second ch from the hook and make 5 inc, 20 hdc, skip a base stitch and make 1 sl st. Repeat 3 more times to complete the 4 strands.

Strands 5-15

Chain 31 ch, return from the second ch from the hook and make (1 hdc, 1 inc) repeat 7 times, 16 hdc, skip a base stitch and make 1 sl st. Repeat 10 more times to complete the 11 strands.

Hair Assembling

With the help of pins, glue and lots of creativity, create a beautiful hairstyle for your mermaid. Let’s see in the photos how to start positioning the strands.
Center the middle of the hair in the middle of the head so that the first strands, which are a little smaller, are in the front of the head. Find the middle strand at the back and start securing it with glue, starting from there, one by one. When you finish the back strands, divide the front strands 3 to the left and 1 to the right and glue them in the position you want.

Hair star

With aquamarine blue yarn
In the magic ring, go up 4 ch and back, starting from the second ch from the hook and make 3 slst and 1 slst inside the magic ring. Repeat for another 4 times until you have 5 ends. Close the magic ring and finish with a knot at the back. Leave a thread to sew in case you don’t want to glue it.

Glue the little star to the front part of the strands.
Apply blush to the cheeks and above the nose and your Mermaid Marina is ready!

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