DIY: Free Pattern
I saw this cute little guy/gal on Pinterest and just had to try it. If you want to see how they did it
I decided though that I wasn't going to follow the pattern they had, and so I partially made up my own. I did however follow a pattern for the round part of his/her head. I found the sphere/head pattern
here
I chose to do the 18 Row Sphere to get a smaller size head. I like that she did all the math so that I didn't have to!here
Before you begin, please note that the pattern may need adjustments. For the sphere I know that the pattern is correct and worked. If you do not understand my pattern or if it doesn't work I apologize. I am new to making patterns. I am not selling this pattern, it is free, I just thought I would share how I made mine. If there are errors, again I apologize. I wrote the pattern down as I went, so it should be correct.
To start off the pattern you will need:
Crochet hook
Yarn Needle
Yarn
For The Crochet Hook I used a 3.5 E hook
For Yarn I used: Caron Simply Soft in soft green (which happens to be a popular color, I tried finding it yesterday and everywhere I looked it was all sold out)
Caron Simply Soft Heathers in Grey Heather
I did not use a yarn needle, I just crocheted it on with slip stitches.
NOTE*** IF you have not done Amigurumi before, you do not slip stitch. My best advice is to youtube so you can get an idea of what it is like. I use a piece of string, or some sort of marker to show where my last spiral row was.
sc: single crochet
inc: increase in same loop (2 sc in a loop)
dec: decrease in same loop (join 2 sc)
***When the head/arms/trunk gets to a size thats small enough (yet large enough) to stuff with the material you choose, stop. Stuff the head and then continue to finish off the pattern***
Head
18 Row Sphere
Row 1) Ch 2. 6 Sc in second Ch from hook. (6) Row 2) inc in each stitch around. (12)
Row 3) 1, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc (17) Row 4) 2, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc, 2, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc, 1 (23)
Row 3) 1, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc (17) Row 4) 2, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc, 2, inc, 2, inc, 1, inc, 1 (23)
Row 5) 3, inc, 5, inc, 5, inc, 5, inc, 1 (27) Row 6) 4, inc, 6, inc, 6, inc, 6, inc, 1 (31) Row 7) 8, inc, 9, inc, 9, inc, 2 (34)
Row 8) 10, inc, 16, inc, 6 (36)
Row 8) 10, inc, 16, inc, 6 (36)
Row 9) 17, inc, 18 (37)
Row 10) even (37)
Row 11) 18, dec, 17 (36)
Row 12) 6, dec, 16, dec, 10 (34)
Row 13) 2, dec, 9, dec, 9, dec, 8 (31)
Row 14) 1, dec, 6, dec, 6, dec, 6, dec, 4 (27) Row 15) 1, dec, 5, dec, 5, dec, 5, dec, 3 (23) Row 16) 1, dec, 1, dec, 2, dec, 2, dec, 1, dec, 2, dec, 2 (17)
Row 10) even (37)
Row 11) 18, dec, 17 (36)
Row 12) 6, dec, 16, dec, 10 (34)
Row 13) 2, dec, 9, dec, 9, dec, 8 (31)
Row 14) 1, dec, 6, dec, 6, dec, 6, dec, 4 (27) Row 15) 1, dec, 5, dec, 5, dec, 5, dec, 3 (23) Row 16) 1, dec, 1, dec, 2, dec, 2, dec, 1, dec, 2, dec, 2 (17)
Row 17) (dec, 1) repeat () around (12)
Row 18) 4 scdec. Fasten off. Weave loose end through each stitch in the opening. Pull tightly to close.
Row 18) 4 scdec. Fasten off. Weave loose end through each stitch in the opening. Pull tightly to close.
Ears
Heather Grey
1: Make a magic ring, chain 1, 6 sc in magic ring (6)
1: Make a magic ring, chain 1, 6 sc in magic ring (6)
2: sc (Inc in all 6) (12)
3:Inc in next 8 (16) (NOTE*you will leave those next 4 so that you can reverse back on those 16 loops you just made, making an almost semi-circle)
3:Inc in next 8 (16) (NOTE*you will leave those next 4 so that you can reverse back on those 16 loops you just made, making an almost semi-circle)
4,5,6:Reverse/turn around, sc in 16
7: Sc 10 across the bottom(so it's easier to attach to head)
Arms
1st color (Soft green)
1: Make a magic ring, chain 1, 6 sc in magic ring (6)
2: sc (Inc in all 6)(12)
3: sc (1,inc, 1, inc, 1, inc, 1, inc, 1, inc, 1, inc)(18)
2nd color (Heather grey)
2nd color (Heather grey)
4: sc in Back chain only all the way around(18)
5: sc around (18)
6: sc (4,dec,4,dec,4,dec) (15)
7: sc around (15)
8:3,dec,3,dec,3,dec
9:13 sc around (12)
For the arms you are not going to tie them off like you would the head. Instead you are going to flatten the arm and stitch it together, or crochet the end shut flat.
For the arms you are not going to tie them off like you would the head. Instead you are going to flatten the arm and stitch it together, or crochet the end shut flat.
Trunk
(Heather grey)
(Heather grey)
1: Make a magic ring, chain 1, 6 in magic ring (6)
2: sc (Inc in 6) (12)
3: sc in back loops only (12)
4: Around (12)
5: 4,dec,4,dec(10)
6,7,8:Around (10)
For the trunk you are not going to tie it off either. Instead you are going to flatten the arm and stitch it together, or crochet the end shut flat.
When you have your pieces stuffed and ready to be put together, you can choose to either use your yarn needle to stich them on to the head or crochet them on with a slip stitch. Again I am not the authority on how to do Arigurumi, so feel free to google/youtube "how to..." to find out the way you would prefer to do it.
For the Granny Square Blanket I forgot to write down the pattern. If you have done granny squares before then this will make sense to you. I just watched a youtube video to learn how here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFovV2kTNsk and then when i went to go start a new row, instead of keeping the same color I switched to a new color.
3dc in each stitch
1,2: Caron simply soft green
3: Caron simply soft heathers in heather grey
4: Caron simply soft dark country blue
5: Caron simply soft white
6:Caron simply soft green
7:Caron simply soft heathers in heather grey
8:Caron simply soft dark country blue
9: Caron simply soft white
10:Caron simply soft green
11:Caron simply soft heathers in heather grey
12:Caron simply soft dark country blue
Once your blanket is done stitch your head onto the blanket and you are done!
For the trunk you are not going to tie it off either. Instead you are going to flatten the arm and stitch it together, or crochet the end shut flat.
When you have your pieces stuffed and ready to be put together, you can choose to either use your yarn needle to stich them on to the head or crochet them on with a slip stitch. Again I am not the authority on how to do Arigurumi, so feel free to google/youtube "how to..." to find out the way you would prefer to do it.
For the Granny Square Blanket I forgot to write down the pattern. If you have done granny squares before then this will make sense to you. I just watched a youtube video to learn how here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFovV2kTNsk and then when i went to go start a new row, instead of keeping the same color I switched to a new color.
3dc in each stitch
1,2: Caron simply soft green
3: Caron simply soft heathers in heather grey
4: Caron simply soft dark country blue
5: Caron simply soft white
6:Caron simply soft green
7:Caron simply soft heathers in heather grey
8:Caron simply soft dark country blue
9: Caron simply soft white
10:Caron simply soft green
11:Caron simply soft heathers in heather grey
12:Caron simply soft dark country blue
Once your blanket is done stitch your head onto the blanket and you are done!
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