I made this for a friend’s birthday. As I was absolutely terrified of Maleficent as a child (and still am a bit!), knitting the Mistress of All Evil was something of a cathartic experience! Though I’m still scared of her.
Materials
50g of green DK
50g of black DK
50g of purple DK
50g of black cotton 4-ply
Oddments of white, red and orange yarn.
Doll stuffing
Set of 5 double-pointed 4mm needles
Small crochet hook
Yarn-darning needle
Body
Using green for the body and purple for the boots, follow the instructions from the word file which you can access pasting the following URL into your browser: http://angelfire.com/retro2/narnie/Basic_Doll.doc
Cloak
For one side: (make two alike)
Using purple DK, cast on 10 sts.
Starting with a K row, st.st. 2 rows
Increase row: inc. into every st. (20 sts.)
St.st. 2 rows
Change to black DK, starting with a P row, st.st. 7 rows
Increase row: inc. into every st. (40 sts.)
St.st. 11 rows
Divide for arm hole: K20, turn
On these 20 sts. st.st. 11 rows
Break yarn, rejoin to other side and st.st. 12 rows.
Break yarn, rejoin to other side and work a joining row and st.st. 16 rows.
To make purple underskirt: *using black K1, using purple M1, repeat from * to last st., K1
*Using black, P1 onto one needle, using purple, P1 onto another needle, repeat from * to last st., using black, P1 (20 sts. on each needle)
Work on black: st.st. 8 rows. Cast off.
Work on purple: st.st. 11 rows.
K 3 rows.
Increase row: *K2, inc. into next st., repeat from * to last st., K1
K 1 row, cast off.
Sew the two pieces together. Using purple, d.c. the two pieces together at the front, then tr. around the edge of the collar.
For sleeves (make two alike)
Cast on 30 sts.
Starting with a K row, st.st. 4 rows
Next row: Inc. into first st., K to last st., inc.
Next row: P
Repeat these two rows a further 5 times, then the first row again. (44 sts.)
Change to purple; starting with a P row, st.st. 2 rows.
Cast off. Sew edges together and sew onto cloak, around the armhole.
Head-dress
Ch. 5, join with sl.st. to form a ring.
7 d.c. into ring, join with sl.st.
Round 2: 2 d.c. into every st. join with sl.st
Round 3: * 2 d.c. into next st., 1 d.c. into next st., rep. from * to end
Round 4: * 2 d.c. into next st., 1 d.c. into next 2 sts., rep. from * to end
Round 5: * 1 d.c. into next st., repeat from * to end
Round 6: * 2 d.c. into next st., 1 d.c. into next 3 sts., rep. from * to end
Round 7: as Round 5
Round 7: * 2 d.c. into next st., 1 d.c. into next 4 sts., rep. from * to end
Stop working in the round – turn work and 1 d.c. into next 34 sts. Turn.
Next row: *1 d.c. into next 5 sts., 2 d.c. into next st., rep. from * to last 3 sts., 1 d.c. into last 3 sts.
1 d.c. into every st. until the head-dress is desired length – i.e. comes down to the doll’s back neck. Fasten off.
Work triangle at the front by 1 d.c. into each of 7 sts. where you stopped working in the round. Next row –d.c. 2tog, 1 d.c. into each of next 3 sts., d.c. 2tog Next row: d.c. 2tog, 1 d.c. into next st., d.c. 2tog. Next row: d.c. 3tog. Fasten off.
For horns (two alike): 15 ch., 1 d.c. into each st., join to form a ring.
Work 2 rows of 1 d.c. into each st. Next row: * 1 d.c. into each of next three sts., d.c. 2tog, rep. from * to end. Next row: * 1 d.c. into each of next three sts., d.c. 2tog, rep. from * to end.
Then 1 d.c. into each st. until desired length. Next row: d.c. 2tog to end. Fasten off.
Sew the horns to the head-dress as illustrated and sew it on to the head.
Diablo the Raven
Using black DK cast on 18 sts. K 4 rows. Then K2tog, K to end on every row until 6 sts. remain. Cast off. Fold piece diagonally. Sew up and stuff. Embroider on eyes and beak.
Finishing
For the staff with orb I broke an old bronze coloured knitting needle in half, and stuck it into a tiny ball of shiny white yarn (which I had fixed by threading the end through with a sharp needle)
Embroider on the facial features as illustrated.
