Why a set built from a bird, a pig and a fish in a helmet is more interesting on a shelf than six of the same silhouette.
Who is in the set
Six characters make up the Chicken Little crochet doll set: Chicken Little, Abby, Runt Of The Litter, Fish Out Of Water, Kirby and Buck Cluck.
Six silhouettes
Most sets are variations on one body — this one is not. A small round bird, a large pig, a fish inside a helmet and two taller figures means nothing repeats, so even three of them together look like a scene rather than a row of the same doll in different colours.
The helmet
Fish Out Of Water is the doll people order the set for. The helmet is crocheted as its own piece with the water worked behind the face in a paler yarn, which is fiddly at any size and genuinely hard at 6 inches. If this character is the reason you are buying, go one size up.
Which size
8 and 10 inches suit this set best: big enough for the pig and the bird to read as different animals, small enough that six of them fit one shelf. The crochet doll size guide sets out what changes between sizes.
Where they come from
A small bird is hit on the head, announces that the sky is falling, and spends the rest of the story being disbelieved by an entire town — until it turns out he was right the first time.
The cast around him is the reason this set looks the way it does: a large pig, a fish who lives in a water-filled helmet and an ugly duckling are not variations on one body, and no crochet shortcut works across all four.
See it at Chicken Little crochet doll set, more animal characters in cartoon crochet dolls, or another set of very different shapes at Henry Hugglemonster crochet doll set.