Tutankhamun and Nefertiti Crochet Pattern

At long last I have finished these two patterns - its taken about six months to design the dolls and write up the crochet pattern (in my spare time).  I have had it in mind to design these patterns for about 4 years (Charles Dickens wrote 'Procrastination is the thief of time' -from David Copperfield, and this really resonates with me.)

From the early designs in pencil:

 

Nefertiti

 

Tutankhamun

 

Nefertiti's fan (based on that found in Tutankhmun's tomb.

To the finished articles:

I found Nefertiti fairly straight forward to design as a whole but I had trouble constructing Tut's headdress.

At first I thought to do stripes with colour changes, a row first in dark yellow and then a row of blue and so on,  increasing and decreasing where necessary to construct the lapels.  But then I thought that this would be too complicated for others to follow and take all the fun out of making it.  I was a bit fed up of the many colour changes myself to tell the truth.  So I got a piece of paper and drew a front and back for the headdress (simplifying it). I cup out the paper shapes and tried them against the doll to see if it would work.  With the intention of joining two crochet shapes together.
The lines then became strips of chains in blue yarn sewn over the headdress.

Other challenges were the cobra and crook and flail:  The crook and flail in the end are pipe cleaners - although I toyed with the idea of using lengths of chains twisted round and then set stiff using wood glue.  But again I thought I should keep it simple as pipe cleaners are easy enough to buy. 

The cobra is just an 'essence' of the real thing as getting detail in for something that small would be tricky.

I hope you like the finished article!

The patterns can be purchased via my Etsy store