Tutorial on Face Sculpting by Tatyana Meshcheryakova

I present to you this magnificent tutorial by a russian crafter Tatyana Meshcheryakova. It does not include a lot of text, but there are many step-by-step photos.

To make understanding easy for you, I made an English cheat note for the head pattern (although I do not think it's necessary to crochet just such a head) and two paragraphs of the description.

Head

1 round – 6 sc in magic ring (6)

2 round – 6 inc (12)

3 round – (1 sc, 1 inc) – 6 time (18)

4 round – (2 sc, 1 inc) – 6 time (24)

5 round – (3 sc, 1 inc) – 6 time (30)

6 round – (4 sc, 1 inc) – 6 time (36)

7 round – (5 sc, 1 inc) – 6 time (42)

8 round – (6 sc, 1 inc) – 6 time  (48)                                 

9 round – (7 sc, 1 inc) – 6 time (54)

10 round – (8 sc, 1 inc) – 6 time (60)

11 – 21 rounds – 60 sc

22 round – 12 sc, 6 inc, 11 sc, 6 inc, 25 sc (72)

23 – 28 rounds – 72 sc

29 round – (10 sc, 1 dec) – 6 time (66)

30 round – (9 sc, 1 dec) – 6 time (60)

31 round – (8 sc, 1 dec) – 6 time (54)

32 round – (7 sc, 1 dec) – 6 time (48)

33 round – (6 sc, 1 dec) – 6 time (42)

34 round – (5 sc, 1 dec) – 6 time (36)

35 round – (4 sc, 1 dec) – 6 time (30)

36 round – (3 sc, 1 dec) – 6 time (24)

37 round – (4 sc, 1 dec) – 4 timeа (20)

38 – 40 rounds – 20 sc

Fasten off, cut the yarn

Sculpting for eyes

I use the same thread I have crocheted. Put the needle inside through the neck hole and get it out 1 round above the 6th increase of the 22nd round. Make a sewing stitch of length 2-3 loops. Get the needle out through the hole. Pull the thread (not tightly), knot the ends of the thread.

Make the same for the second eye. Put the needle inside through the hole, but bring it out one round above the 7th increase of the 22nd round.

For the sculpting of a nose I use a sewing thread. You can use also dental floss or monofilament of your choice. Mark the outline with pins. Top pins set approximately between 17 and 18 rounds. The distance between them is 6 loops. Place the lower pins between 26 and 27 rounds. The distance is 8 loops. Then work according to the photos. In the process, after each sewing stitch tighten the thread a little, trying to form a nose.