Five characters, skirts that have to flare and hold, and the trim worked in a finer yarn.
Who is in the set
Five in the Sofia the First Royal Magic crochet doll set: Sofia, Camila, Layla, Pepper and Zane.
A skirt that stands away
A royal skirt has to flare and then hold the flare. The increases are spaced so the fabric stands away from the body instead of hanging flat, and getting that wrong in either direction is obvious — too few and it droops, too many and it ruffles.
Trim in a finer yarn
The neckline and sleeve trim is added in a thinner yarn than the body. That is what makes it read as lace rather than as another round of the same stitch, and it is a change of tension mid-doll, which is fussier than it sounds.
A first collectible
This is often somebody''s first handmade doll — bought as a birthday present, then joined by a second later. The pattern does not change, so dolls bought a year apart still match at the same size.
Where they come from
A village girl becomes a princess overnight when her mother marries a king, and has to work out what the title actually asks of her while everyone watches.
The court is the setting, so the court is where the work goes: skirts that flare and hold, and trim fine enough to read as trim rather than as another row of stitches.
See it at Sofia the First Royal Magic crochet doll set, the single doll at Sofia Royal Magic crochet doll, and more princesses at Little Princess crochet doll set.