The Mary Poppins crochet doll

The Mary Poppins crochet doll set is one character in five styles, and a precise one: the coat, the hat, the bag and the umbrella all have to be there or she is just a woman in navy. Pick the style on the product page; the five differ in costume detail rather than in size.

A nanny who arrives on the wind to look after two difficult children and leaves once they no longer need her. Everything that identifies her is an accessory — the hat, the bag, the umbrella — which is why the doll is made with all of them.

The umbrella is the piece that makes the doll. It is crocheted as its own item with the handle shaped rather than added as a stick, so it can be held or set beside her. The hat brim is worked flat and shaped for the same reason Callie's is — so it does not droop.

A grown-up gift

This one is almost never bought for a child. It goes to collectors, to nannies and teachers as a leaving present, and to people buying a doll of something their mother loved.

Handmade to order in five sizes; the larger sizes carry the coat detail properly. More in cartoon crochet dolls, or a doll made of a real person at personalized look-alike crochet doll.