LITTLE CAPTAIN AMERICA

This is rendering of the famed Captain America character from MARVEL  Captain America comics.  It is the continuing series of dolls depicting popular comics book characters.  I starting on comics characters as a respond that I was making characters that were for girls.  This pattern can be used to make any version of Captain America from the TV series to the movies.

MATERIALS:
Worsted weight yarn:  Buff, white, blue, red and gray.
D crochet hook
White and black embroidery floss
Polyester fiberfill
Tapestry needle

DOLL:
BODY:
Rd 1: With blue, ch 2, 5 sc in second ch from hook working around ch.  (5)
Rd 2: 2 sc in next 2 sc, sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc.  (9)
Rd 3: (sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (12)
Rd 4 (sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (15)
Rds 5-6: sc in each sc around.  (15)  Change to buff.
NOW WORKING JOINED ROUNDS.
Rd 7: slip st in next sc, ch1, sc in same sc as slip st, sc in next 5 sc, change to blue, sc in next 9 sc, join with slip st in first sc.  (15)
Rd 8: Ch 1, turn; sc in next 9 sc, change to buff, sc in next 6 sc, join.  (15)
Rd 9: Ch 1, turn; (sc2tog) 3 times, change to blue, (sc2tog) 4 times, sc in next sc.  (8)
NOW WORKING IN UNJOINED ROUNDS AGAIN.
Rds 10-11: sc in each sc around.  (8)
Rd 12: (sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (12)
Rd 13: 2 sc in next 5 sc, sc in next 7 sc.  (17)
Rd 14: sc in each sc around.  (17)
Rd 15: (sc2tog) 5 times, sc in next 7 sc.  (12)  Change to red
NOW WORKING IN ALTERNATING RED AND WHITE SC FOR NEXT 3 ROUNDS.
Rd 16: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, join  (12)
Rd 17: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc around, join.  (12)
Rd 18: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc around, join changing to blue.  (12)
Rds 19-20: sc in each sc around.  (12)
BEGIN STUFFING BATMAN DOLL AT THIS POINT AND CONTINUE TO STUFF AS YOU GO.
RIGHT LEG:
Rd 21: sc in next 3 sc, skip next 6 sc, sc in next 3 sc.  (6)
Rds 22-26: sc in each sc around.  (6)  Change to red.
Rds 27-28: sc in each sc around.  (6)
Rd 29: sc2tog, sc in next 4 sc.  (5)
Rd 30: sc in next sc, 2 sc in next 2 sc, sc in next 2 sc.  (7)
Rd 31: sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next 2 sc, sc in next 3 sc.  (9)
Rd 32: sc in each sc around.  (9)
Rd 33: Working in back loops only, (sc in next sc, sc2tog) around.  (6)
Finish off.  Whipstitch the opening closed lining the stitches up.  Weave in ends.
LEFT LEG:
Rd 21: Attach black in first skipped sc f Rd 20 with slip st, ch 1, sc in same sc as slip st and in next 5 sc.  (6)
Rds 22-33: Repeat instructions of RIGHT LEG.

ARMS (MAKE 2):
STUFF ARMS AS YOU GO.
 Rd 1: With red, ch 2, 5 sc in second ch from hook working around ch.  (5)
Rds 2-4: sc in each sc around.  (5)  Change to white after Rd 4.
Rds 5-6: sc in each sc around.  (5)  Change to blue after Rd 6.
Rds 7-9: sc in each sc around.  (5)
Rd 10: sc2tog, sc in next 3 sc.  (4)
Finish off leaving a long tail to sew ARMS to BODY.

EARS WINGS:
LEFT:
Rw 1: Working on side of HEAD, attach gray, ch 1, sc in next 2 sc.  (2)
Rw 2: Ch 1, turn; sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc.  (3)
Finish off.  Weave in ends.
RIGHT:
Rw 1: Working on side of HEAD, attach gray, ch 1, sc in next 2 sc.  (2)
Rw 2: Ch 1, turn; 2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc.  (3)
Finish off.  Weave in ends.

SHIELD:
Rd 1: Working in joined rounds and with blue, ch 2, 5 sc in second ch from hook working around ch, join with slip st with first ch.  (5)
Rd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc around, join changing to red.  (10)
Rd 3: Ch 1, (sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc) around, join changing to white.  (15)
Rd 4: Ch 1, (sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around, join changing to red.  (20)
Rd 5: Ch 1, (sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around, join.  (25)
Finish off.  Weave in ends.  Embroider a star in center f SHIED.  Attach SHIELD to LEFT ARM.

ASSEMBLY:
Sew ARMS to BODY.

Use embroidery floss to embroider star on chest, A on forehead, nose, eyes, and mouth on doll.

Captain America is copyright MARVEL Entertainment and their respective creators.

This crochet pattern is an original pattern and is © by Christjan Bee (April 2014).  Please do not claim this pattern as your own.  If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but please do not reprint/repost it on your site.  You may print and keep a copy for your own personal use but you may not sell or distribute it, or sell items made from this pattern.