Ann Walker

Ann Walker lived at the start of the 19th century and is most famous with her relationship with the famous diarist and landowner Anne Lister. She was portrayed by Sophie Rundle in the BBC/HBO series Gentleman Jack. A pattern to make Anne Lister can be found here.

This pattern is part of a series of LGBTQ+ icons I've been making to celebrate pride month. You can see the other projects I've been working on by following my Instagram page.

This pattern is made to be the same size as all of the animals and people in my 'little animals' collection, so the clothes will fit onto most of those animals. A full collection can be found here.

Difficulty:

Medium

The most difficult part of this is the hair, as it is very fiddly

You will need:

• A 2.5mm crochet hook
• A 2mm crochet hook
• A 1mm crochet hook
• dk yarn in beige
• 4py yarn in white and golden brown (although dk will also work for the brown, as will a slightly lighter weight)
• #10 crochet cotton in pink (you will need quite a lot of this)
• embroidery thread in dark pink, light pink, white, black, turquoise, beige (as closely matched to the skin colour as possible), and golden brown (as closely matched to the hair colour as possible)
• craft wire
• Light brown sewing cotton
• A darning needle
• An embroidery needle
• A pet brush

Note:

• This pattern includes the back-to-front single crochet stitch (bfsc). A video to show you how to do this can be found here. It's pretty simple but if you can't work it out you can just use a regular single crochet stitch, but this will give it a slightly different look.
• 'fasten off neatly' refers to a special way of fastening off which is neater and makes it easier to see where you should be crocheting on the next round (also known as invisible fastening off). This involves pulling up your yarn through your stitch, threading the yarn underneath the second stitch from where you pulled your yarn up, then threading your yarn back through the top of this stitch and down through the back of the work. There is a very helpful site that explains it clearly found here.

For the body: 
With beige make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep  to end (18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end(24sc)

Rounds 4 - 9: (6 rounds) sc in each st (24sc)

Round 10: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (18sc)
Round 11: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (12sc)
Round 12: sc in the first st, 2 tog, rep to end (8sc)
Stuff firmly
Round 13: (sc in the first 2sts, sc2tog) twice (6sc)
Rounds 14 - 15: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off

For the arms (make 2):
With beige make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (9sc)
Rounds 2 - 3: (2 rounds) sc in each st (9sc)
Round 4: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (6sc)
Round 5: sc in each st
Fasten off black yarn and fasten on grey yarn.
Rounds 6 - 9: (4 rounds) sc in each st (6sc)
Fasten off

Lightly stuff these arms and sew them to the sides of the body

For the legs (make 2):
With beige make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in the first 3 sts, 2cs in the next st, rep to end (15sc)
Rounds 3- 4: (2 rounds) sc in each st (15sc)
Round 5: sc2tog 3 times, sc in the last 9 sts (12sc)
Round 6: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (9sc)
Fasten off. Fasten on in grey yarn
Rounds 7 - 11: (5 rounds) sc in each st (9sc)

Fasten off
Stuff the legs and sew them to the underside of the body

For the head:
With beige make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: (Make 3hdc in the first st, sc) 3 times (12sc)
Round 2: sc, make 2sc in the next st, hdc3, make 2sc in the following st, sc6 (14sc)
Round 3: sc2, make 2sc in the next st, hdc3, make 2sc in the following st, sc7 (16sc)
Round 4: sc3, make 2sc in the next st, hdc3, make 2sc in the following st, sc8 (18sc)
Round 5: sc3, make 2sc in the next st, hdc5, make 2sc in the following st, sc8 (20sc)
Round 6: sc4, make 2sc in the next st, hdc5, make 2sc in the following st, sc9 (22sc)
Rounds 7 - 10: (4 rounds) sc in each st
Round 11: sc3, sc2tog, sc4, sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog, sc4, sc2tog (18sc)
Round 12: (sc, sc2tog) 6 times (12sc)
Stuff firmly
Round 13: sc2tog 6 times (6sc)
Fasten off

For the nose:
With a 2mm hook make a magic loop with 1sc. ch1, turn
Row 1: sc in this st. ch1, turn (1sc)
Row 2: make 2sc in this st
Fasten off
Sew the nose onto the centre of the face


For the ears (make 2):
With a 2mm hook ch3
Row 1: make 3sc in the 2nd loop from hook, then make 3sc in the following chain st
Fasten off

Sew the ears onto the sides of the head, then use repeated stitches through the head either side of the nose to make the eye sockets. Putt the yarn tight so that the crochet is pulled back into the head.


For the eyes:
Start by using white yarn to embroider the whites of the eyes. After this embroider the irises over the top using greeny-blue embroidery thread, before embroidering the pupils in the centre with back embroidery thread. Add eyelids to the upper side of the eye using beige embroidery thread.

For the hair:

Cut a section of cardboard approximately 6cm wide and wind the golden brown yarn around it multiple times. Cut down one side of this so that you have a number of 16cm long strands

Attach 4 or 5 strands to both sides of the head either side of the ear. You should attache them by folding each strand in half and pulling the looped end through a stitch in the head before threading the free ends through this loop you've created (there is a more detailed explanation of this on my David Bowie pattern if you're unsure what I mean).

Use the pet brush to brush these strands of hair to make them smoother, as can be seen below.

You now need to curl up these strands of hair into ringlets on the head. Secure them in place using small stitches with a regular sewing needle and light brown thread.

This process then needs to be repeated just above where you made the first ringlets. Attach several strands of hair just slightly higher up, brush them to make them smoother, then curl them up into ringlets and secure with a few small stitches.

After this you need to attach around 10 strands to the top centre of the head. These will create the hairline, so try to make sure they are arranged in 2 definite rows (although these rows should be very close together). Brush these strands until they are smooth. You then need to flatten them down until they meet the upper row of ringlets and secure them in place with a few stitches. The ends should then be fashioned into a third layer of ringlets just above the first two.

For the final part of the hair, attach yarn to the back of the head, roughly in line with the bottom of the ears, to where the hairline should be. Brush these strands to make them smooth, then fold them up and curl them around into a bun at the back of the head. Secure with small stitches using the light brown sewing cotton.

For the remaining facial features:

Embroider the eyebrows in place using a single strand of golden brown embroidery thread, then add the mouth using back embroidery thread.

For the dress:
For the skirt:
With pink #10 crochet cotton and a 1mm crochet hook ch40
Round 1: sc in the first chain st you made, (ch4, sc in the next 2 chain sts) 19 times, ch4, sc in the last chain st (120sc)
Rounds 2 - 4: (3 rounds) sc in each st
Round 5: (sc7, make 2sc in the next st) 15 times (135sc)
Rounds 6 - 9: (4 rounds) sc in each st
Round 10: (sc4, make 2sc in the next st, sc4) 15 times (150sc)
Rounds 11 - 14: (4 rounds) sc in each st
Round 15: (sc9, make 2sc in the next st) 15 times (165sc)
Rounds 16 - 19: (4 rounds) sc in each st
Round 20: (sc5, make 2sc in the next st, sc5) 15 times (180sc)
Rounds 21 - 22: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off neatly


You now need to create the pleats in the dress. Sew together the holes caused by all of the ch2 sections on the first round. This should be done in such a way that it creates small ruffles in the skirt (essentially the first chain st should be sewn to the 2nd one) 


You then need to sew down the entire length on the inside of each of these ruffles to create a sharp pleat, as can be seen below (the second image shows the inside of the dress)

For the left sleeve:
With #10 crochet cotton and a 1mm hook ch17
Round 1: sc in the first chain st you made, then sc in every following chain st to make a loop
Rounds 2 - 6: (5 rounds) sc in each st
Round 7: sc8, make 3sc in the next st, sc8
Round 8: sc9, make 3sc in the next st, sc9
Round 9: sc10, make 2sc in the next st, sc10
Round 10: sc10, make 2sc in the next st, sc11 (23sts)
Rounds 11 - 13: (3 rounds) sc in each st
Round 14: slip8, (sc, sc2tog) 5 times (18sc)
Round 15: slip8, sc4, sc2tog, sc4 (16sc)
Fasten off

For the right sleeve:
With #10 crochet cotton and a 1mm hook ch17
Round 1: sc in the first chain st you made, then sc in every following chain st to make a loop
Rounds 2 - 6: (5 rounds) sc in each st
Round 7: sc8, make 3sc in the next st, sc8
Round 8: sc9, make 3sc in the next st, sc9
Round 9: sc10, make 2sc in the next st, sc10
Round 10: sc10, make 2sc in the next st, sc11 (23sts)
Rounds 11 - 13: (3 rounds) sc in each st
Round 14: (sc, sc2tog) 5 times, slip8 (18sc)
Round 15: sc4, sc2tog, sc4, slip1 (16sc)
Fasten off

For the bodice:
With #10 crochet cotton and a 1mm hook ch7
Row 1: sc in the 2nd loop from hook and the next 5 chain sts. ch1, turn (6sc)
Row 2: (bfsc in the next st, ch2) 5 times, bfsc in the last st, ch1, turn (16sc)
Row 3: sc in each of these 16sts. ch1, turn
Row 4: bfsc in each st. ch1, turn
Row 5: make 2sc in the first st, sc15. ch1, turn (17sc)
Row 6: bfsc, (skip2, bfsc in the next st) 5 times, bfsc in the last st. ch2, turn (7sc)
Row 7: slip3, sc, hdc2, make 2hdc in the last st. ch1, turn (8sts)
Row 8: bfsc4. ch1, turn
Row 9: sc4. ch1, turn
Row 10: bfsc4. ch1, turn
Row 11: sc4. ch1, turn
Row 12: bfsc4. ch1, turn
Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to the first st of row 7.


Row 8: ch2, hdc in this same st. ch1, turn
Row 9: bfsc in this st. ch1, turn
Row 10: sc in this st. ch1, turn
Row 11: bfsc in this st. ch1, turn
Row 12: sc, ch4, sc in each of the 4sts of row 12 of the last section you made (just before you fastened off). ch1, turn (9sts)

Row 13: bfsc3, bfsc2tog between the next st and the following chain st, bfsc4. turn (8sts)
Row 15: slip4, hdc4. ch1, turn
Row 16: bfsc8. turn
Row 17: slip4, hdc4. ch1, turn
Row 18: bfsc8. turn
Row 19: slip5, sc, hdc2. ch1, turn
Row 20: bfsc8. ch1, turn
Row 21: sc8. ch1, turn
Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to the back loop of the first chain st you made when chaining 7 for the very first part of the bodice,

Row 1: sc in the back of this chain st and the next 5 chain sts. ch1, turn
Row 2: (bfsc in the next st, ch2) 5 times, bfsc in the last st, ch1, turn (16sc)
Row 3: sc in each of these 16sts. ch1, turn
Row 4: bfsc in each st. ch1, turn
Row 5:  sc15, make 2sc in the last st. ch1, turn (17sc)
Row 6: bfsc2, (skip2, bfsc in the next st) 5 times. ch2, turn (7sc)
Row 7: make 2hdc in the first st, hdc2, sc in the next st. turn (5sts)
Row 8: slip1, bfsc4. ch1, turn
Row 9: sc4. ch1, turn
Row 10: bfsc4. ch1, turn
Row 11: sc4. ch1, turn
Row 12: bfsc4. ch1, turn
Fasten off

Rejoin yarn to the first st of row 6.

Row 7: ch2, then hdc in this st. ch1, turn
Row 8: bfsc in this st. ch1, turn
Row 9: sc in this st. ch1, turn
Row 10: bfsc in this st. ch1, turn
Row 11: sc in this st. turn
Row 12: slip1, ch4, bfsc in each of the 4sts on row 12 of the section you made before you fastened off (9sts)
Row 13: sc3, sc2tog between the next st and the following chain st, sc4. ch1, turn
Row 14: bfsc8. turn
Row 15: hdc4, slip4. ch1, turn
Row 16: bfsc8. ch2, turn
Row 17: hdc3, sc5. ch1, turn
Row 18: bfsc8. ch1, turn
Row 19: sc8
Fasten off

Sew the sleeves to the armholes

For the belt:
With dark pink embroidery thread and a 1mm hook ch39
Row 1: sc in the 2nd loop from hook, then sc in each of the following chain sts to end. ch1, turn (38sc)
Row 2: bfsc38. ch1, turn 
Row 3: sc38
Fasten off

Embroider 2 stripes along the length of this belt with light pink embroidery thread.


For the buckle:
Wind the wire around several times to make a circle with a diameter approximately equal to the width of the belt. Fold over the end of this wire so that it passes through the centre of the buckle, separating it into 2 halfs, then fold it back the way it came and seccure it by winding it tightly around another wire section of the buckle. After you've done that tie a section of dark brown embroidery thread to the centre, and wind it round the wire to cover it, as can be seen in the diagrams below.

Thread the end of the belt through this buckle, then sew together the 2 ends of the belt.

 Sew the belt to the waistband of the skirt.

Place the bodice onto the figure and lace it up at the back using a scrap of #10 crochet cotton. 

Slide the skirt onto Ann and tuck the bodice in. You may with to sew the 2 sections together is you aren't bothered about being able to dress/undress your figure.

For the shoes (make 2):
Using a 2mm hook and white 4ply yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep  to end (18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch1, turn (24sc)
Rounds 4 - 5: (2 rounds) sc in each st
Rounds 6 - 7: (This is 2 rounds but I've included them in one line because of the sc3tog in the middle) sc3tog, sc in the next 20sts, sc3tog, sc in the next 19 sts (20sc)
Round 8: sc2tog,sc17
Round 9: sc17, ch9, skip7, slip2 
Fasten off

 Place these onto the feet. You may wish to sew them in place to prevent them from falling off.

That's all! I hope you have enjoyed this pattern - if you have any questions about this or any of my other patterns, please don't hesitate to get in contact with me, either by leaving a comment below, or via my Ravelry or Instagram pages. You are very welcome to sell finished products, but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Thank you!!!