Coral the Mermaid || Creator Challenge Intro

Dear fellow crocheters,

Welcome to Sweet Softies' second annual Creator Challenge, featuring Coral the Mermaid!  She's the perfect amigurumi doll to make this summer! 

Coral is a sweet, baby mermaid who is very excited to meet all her brothers and sisters very soon.  Interested in making one of her siblings?  Read on for the FREE pattern, rules, and important information pertaining to this Creator Challenge!  


Introduction
A Creator Challenge is an event made up by Sweet Softies where crocheters can enter to:

1. Join a CAL featuring one of my new pattern designs (Coral!)
2. Complete the project
3. Customize their creations however they'd like!  

In this crochet-a-long (CAL), crocheters are encouraged to add their own unique flair to finish the doll.  All acceptable submissions (that follow the rules below) will be shown on my website, and one will be handpicked by me for a prize!

Join the Community!
Participants are encouraged to share work in progress (WIP) photos in the Sweet Softies FB Group!

You can also save this pattern or add your project on Ravelry!

 

Timeline & Links for Coral's Pattern
Note: Links will be added/updated as the information becomes available.
Coral's pattern is FREE on my blog, but a printable pattern PDF is also available for purchase. (Thank you for supporting Sweet Softies!)

• Part 1: Materials preparation, design and color planning
  Post Date: 5/26/2019
   
• Part 2: Head and upper body
  Post Date: 6/1/2019
   
• Part 3: Lower body and tail fin
  Post Date: 6/8/2019
   
• Part 4: Hair cap and bun
  Post Date: 6/15/2019
   
• Part 5: Arms and finishing touches
  Post Date: 6/22/2019
   
• When you're done, please share your finished mermaid with me! 
  Read "How to Submit Entries" after the "Rules" section below~

Don't want to wait for all CAL instructions? Want a printable, ad-free, and easy-to-read PDF file with photo references? Want to also get a bonus hair tutorial for making a "hair down" variation for your mermaid? If so, you can purchase the PDF file for a small fee. Thank you for supporting Sweet Softies!

Rules

1. You must follow the pattern stitches and rows exactly as they are written.
   Note: You may choose to do the hair using my Hair Bun method, the Hair Down method (included in the PDF pattern file), or with with only the hair cap for a short-haired mermaid. 
2. You may change the yarn color used.
3. You may add any embellishments you'd like.
4. You may submit as many entries as you'd like.
5. Entries must be submitted by the end of this month: June 30, 2019 at 11:59pm PST.

How to Submit Entries
Note: Your entry will not count unless it has the tag! (I must be able to find it to include it!) 

• Submit a photo of your finished doll on the Sweet Softies Facebook Page or Facebook Group with the tag, #sweetsoftiescreatorchallenge
• OR, post on Instagram with the tag, #sweetsoftiescreatorchallenge
  

Prize
The winner will receive a premium doll pattern!  Winner can choose one of the following dolls:

• Little Red Pandora
• Hana the Korean Hanbok Doll
• Primrose the American Prairie Doll
• Sanjana the East Indian Doll

Update

7/1/2019: Creator Challenge is closed!

7/22/2019: Results are out!

Thank you so much for reading, and I hope you'll join in on this fun Creator Challenge!