A doll that is essentially a sphere, why that is difficult, and what separates the three versions.
Three of the same character
The Kakamora crochet doll set is one character in three styles — Kakamora 1, Kakamora 2 and Kakamora 4 — each with its own markings. They are the same body worked in different face patterns, so they sit together as a group without repeating.
A sphere hides nothing
A round doll is the hardest simple thing to crochet. The increases and decreases have to be spaced evenly the whole way round or the body goes lopsided, and there is no dress, hair or limb to distract the eye from it. The markings then have to land square on the front of a shape with no obvious front.
It stays where you put it
No legs means nothing to fall over. This is the doll that ends up on a desk, a windowsill or a shelf edge where a standing doll would need leaning against something.
Which size
Small works here in a way it does not for most dolls — at 6 inches a Kakamora is a complete object rather than a shrunken one. The larger sizes are for when the face markings are the point.
Where they come from
Coconut-armoured pirates who sail in swarms and are far more dangerous than anything that small should be. They speak no lines and are all silhouette and painted face.
For a crochet studio that is close to a perfect brief and close to the hardest one. There is no costume, no hair and no limbs to carry the character — only a sphere that has to be round enough to be funny.
See it at Kakamora crochet doll set, the other seated work at Digital Circus Sit crochet doll set, and more in cartoon crochet dolls.