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It's here! A new mini doll design, just in time for the Christmas holidays.  This Nutcracker Tiger is my second mini doll since the Jodi Challenge. (I learned that yarn brands make such a difference in doll width and height. I wanted Daniel to turn out wider. Instead, he turned out taller.🤔 I think that I should shop for different yarn next time and give this one a second try.) He measures around 11 inches tall. More details in my etsy shop.

I have focused on designing amigurumi 10 inches and up. Lately, viewers seem interested in a smaller version. So I gave it a try. Starting with a test pattern for a mini Daniel doll that never got completed, I made a mini Jodi doll. Which version do you like best? Instead of double yarn strand I used a single strand with a 5mm hook. Not only will you save $$ on yarn and stuffing but also you shrink the chibi doll size from 13 inches to about 9.
 
Larger version of Jodi doll

Use the Daniel chibi doll pattern for the arms to finish the sweater. Making the sleeves is simply a change of color or two and leaving out the stripes. Everything else remains the same in the pattern. You can make one arm differ from the other by adding a watch band in dark brown. Either arm therefore includes a color change in Round 5.

Rnd 5 of the arm: in the 2nd decrease (dec), switch to dark brown for arm 1 and to the sweater color for arm 2.  Continue with pattern instructions. For arm 1 only, in the last sc of Rnd 6 switch to the sweater color. Finish the remaining rounds in the sweater color for both arms.