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Free Amigurumi Crochet Halloween Pattern
Pumpkin, Bat & Monster

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Yarn

COL A: Pale Peach
COL B: Red
COL C: Orange
COL D: Purple
COL E: Green
COL F: White
COL G: Black
COL H: Grey

Small amounts of each colour required. Each character needs approx 30g-40g of 4 ply cotton. I used Scheepjes Catona on a 2mm hook.
Scheepjes Catona. 100% Cotton. 125m per 50g

​A cotton yarn works well for Ami as it gives good stitch definition and creates a firm structure so body parts hold their shape well. Scheepjes Catona is a relatively thick 4 ply (US: Sport) - you can substitute a DK Cotton (US: DK/Light Worsted) with a similar amount of metres per 50g.

You can scale this pattern up or down by altering the yarn and hook. Use a heavier weight yarn and larger hook for a bigger Goose and a lighter weight yarn and smaller hook for a little one.

To read more about scaling an Amigurumi pattern up or down, check out my guide HERE

Hook
2 mm - for the yarn specified above.
Other Supplies 
Yarn needle, toy stuffing, stitch marker/waste yarn, pins and scissors. 
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Tension
27 st x 30 rows = 10 cm measured over UK dc using 2mm hook with Scheepjes Catona 4 ply cotton.
Tension is not critical for this project but stitches should be tight enough to avoid stuffing showing through.
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Size
11-12 cm (4.5 in) approx from top to toe plus any hats.
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Pattern Notes
Unless otherwise specified these patterns are worked in the amigurumi style, in a continuous spiral without slip stitching or turning chains. 

Use a stitch marker or waste yarn to keep track of the first stitch of each round. You can find a Photo Tutorial about using waste yarn as a stitch marker HERE.

If you don't want to make a Magic Ring you can start each piece by making a chain of 2 and then work the first round into the second chain from the hook.

If you'd like to start with a Magic Ring but don’t know how, you can find a Photo Tutorial HERE.

The characters are made of multiple separate pieces sewn together. Unless otherwise stated, finish each piece by pulling the yarn through the last loop and leave a long tail for sewing. Any loose tails at the end can be easily woven in.

The characters share some common basic parts. The patterns for these are shown first. Please refer to the sections for the individual characters for colours etc.
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Making Up Guide
Using the photographs as a guide, pin the pieces together before sewing, checking from all angles to make sure you’re happy with the positioning, then use the long yarn tails or a length of yarn with a yarn needle to stitch the pieces together.

There's a Photo Tutorial about sewing Amigurumi parts together seamlessly, you can find it HERE.

Before you start positioning the pieces, you may find it helpful to insert a line of pins running down the front centre line of the Body, taking them under the base and up the back - this will help you to position everything else evenly in relation to the central line. Remove any pins that are in the way of the pieces you are attaching as you go.

There's a Photo Tutorial about using Pin Lines to help position amigurumi parts, you can find it HERE.

Instructions specific to making up the individual characters are at the end of each of the patterns.
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UK Crochet Terms - Abbreviations
This pattern is written using UK Crochet Terms - they are NOT the same as US ones - please familiarise yourself with the UK terms to avoid your character’s shape distorting!
The “dc” abbreviation used in this pattern refers to UK double crochet. The equivalent stitch in US terms is single crochet - if you are used to US patterns you need to work single crochet everywhere this pattern says “dc”. If you work US dc (equivalent to UK Treble) the finished item will be elongated and the stuffing will show through. 
This pattern also uses UK tr - treble crochet, the equivalent US stitch is US dc - double crochet and it uses UK htr - half treble crochet, the equivalent US stitch is US hdc - half double crochet.
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If you are used to working in US Crochet Terms you can find a conversion chart HERE.
If you are unfamiliar with any of the terms used in this pattern, you can find a chart of the UK Crochet terms used HERE.

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Increasing and decreasing 
You may use either standard increases and decreases in this pattern or, for a much neater finish, invisible ones. FLO = Front loop only.

Decrease
- "dc2tog" in pattern.
Invisible decrease: Insert hook in FLO of the two stitches to be decreased, yrh, pull through both front loops, yrh, draw through two loops on hook.

Increase - "2 dc in next st" in pattern.
Invisible Increase: Work 1 dc in FLO of next st and 1 dc in both loops of same st.
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Basic Parts
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Basic Head
Made from bottom up. Stuff as you go.

Rnd 1: With chosen colour and working into a magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
Rnd 2: 2 dc in each st around. 12 sts
Rnd 3: [1 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 18 sts
Rnd 4: [2 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 24 sts
Rnd 5: [3 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 30 sts
Rnd 6: [4 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 36 sts
Rnd 7: [5 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 42 sts
Rnds 8-12: Dc around.
Rnd 13: [5 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 36 sts
Rnd 14: [4 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 30 sts
Rnd 15: [3 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 24 sts
Rnd 16: [2 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 18 sts
Rnd 17: [1 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 12 sts
Rnd 18: 6 dc2tog. 6 sts

Fasten off. Weave yarn tail through FLO of rem 6 sts and pull to close hole. Weave in end.
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Basic Body
Made from bottom up. Stuff as you go.

Rnd 1: With chosen colour and working into a magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
Rnd 2: 2 dc in each st around. 12 sts
Rnd 3: [1 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 18 sts
Rnd 4: [2 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 24 sts
Rnd 5: [3 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 30 sts
Rnd 6: [4 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 36 sts
Rnd 7: [4 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 30 sts
Rnds 8-10: Dc around.
Rnd 11: [3 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 24 sts
Rnds 12-14: Dc around.
Rnd 15: [2 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 18 sts
Rnds 16-17: Dc around.

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Body to the Head once you've made all the parts.
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Basic Arms - make 2
Worked from bottom up. Stuff as you go.

Rnd 1: With chosen colour and working into a magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
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Rnds 2-3: Dc around.
Change to second chosen colour.
Rnd 4: [2 dc, 2 dc in next st] twice. 8 sts
Rnds 5-6: Dc around.
Rnd 7: [2 dc, 1 dc2tog] twice. 6 sts
Rnds 8-9: Dc around.
Rnd 10: [1 dc, 1 dc2tog[] twice. 4 sts

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Arm to the Body once you've made all the parts.
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Basic Feet - make 2
Worked from front to back. Do not stuff.

Rnd 1: With chosen colour and working into a magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
Rnds 2-5: Dc around.
Rnd 6: [1 dc, 1 dc2tog] twice. 4 sts

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Feet to the Body once you've made all the parts.
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Basic Eyes - make 2

Rnd 1: With COL G and working into a magic ring, 4 dc, sl st in beg dc to join. 4 sts

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Eyes to the Head once you've made all the parts.
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Pattern 1: Pumpkin

Picture of Crochet Pumpkin - front
Pumpkin - front
Basic Parts to Make
Make Basic Head in COL A.
Make Basic Arms, starting with COL A, changing to COL C.
Make Basic Feet in COL C.
Make Basic Eyes in COL G.
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Pumpkin's Body
Made from the bottom up. Stuff as you go.

Rnds 1-6: With COL C, as pattern for Basic Body.
Rnd 6: [5 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 42 sts
Rnds 8-15: Dc around.
Rnd 16: [5 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 36 sts
Rnd 17: [4 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 30 sts
Rnd 18: [3 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 24 sts
Rnd 19: [2 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 18 sts

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Body to the Head once you've made all the parts.
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Picture of Crochet Pumpkin - right side
Pumpkin- right side
Picture of Crochet Pumpkin - left side
Pumpkin - left side
Pumpkin's Hat
Made as three parts - the Hat Base, Stalk and Leaf.

Hat Base
Rnd 1: With COL C and working into a magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
Rnd 2: 2 dc in each st around. 12 sts
Rnd 3: [1 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 18 sts
Rnd 4: [2 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 24 sts
Rnd 5: [3 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 30 sts
Rnd 6: 30 sl st in FLO.

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Hat Base to the Head once you've made all the parts.

Stalk
Do not stuff.
Rnd 1: With COL E and working into a magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
Rnd 2: Dc around in BLO.
Rnd 3: [1 dc, 1 dc2tog] twice. 4 sts
Rnd 4: Dc around.

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Stalk to the Hat Base once you've made all the parts.

Leaf
With COL E, chain 8.
Row 1: Starting in second chain from hook, *1 sl st, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 2 tr in next st, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 sl st**, rotating as you go, work * to ** again down the other side of the chain. 16 sts

Fasten off. Weave in starting tail. Leave a long finishing tail to sew the Leaf to the Hat Base once you've made all the parts.

Picture of back of Crochet Pumpkin
Pumpkin - back
Picture of base of crochet pumpkin
Pumpkin - base
Pumpkin's Ears - make 2
Do not stuff.
Rnd 1: With COL A and working into magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
Rnd 2: [1 dc, 2 dc in next st] 3 times. 9 sts
Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Ears to the Head once you've made all the parts. Flatten the Ear in half.
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Pumpkin's Collar
With COL E, chain 30.
Row 1: Starting in second chain from hook, 1 sl st, 1 dc, 1 htr, 1 tr, miss 2 sts, 1 sl st, *5ch, starting in second ch from hook, 1 sl st, 1 dc, 1 htr, 1 tr, miss 2 sts, 1 sl st **; rep from * to ** six more times.

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Collar to the Body once you've made all the parts.
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Picture of hat detail on crochet Pumpkin
Pumpkin - hat detail
Picture of face detail of Crochet Pumpkin
Pumpkin - face detail
Pumpkin- Making Up

Sew the Body in place on the bottom of the Head.

Sew Arms in place either side of Body.

Sew Feet in place on base of Body.

Sew Eyes in place on Head, sitting approx 5 stitches apart.

Sew Ears in place either side of Head.

Sew Hat Base in place on top of Head, sitting at an angle to one side.

Sew Stalk to centre of top of Hat Base.

Sew Leaf to base of Stalk.

Sew Collar to top of Body.
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Picture of Crochet Pumpkin, body detail
Pumpkin - body detail
Pumpkin- Embroidered Detail
Using the photos as a guide, with a yarn needle, embroider the following:

With COL A, the Nose.
With COL G, the Mouth on the Head and the Eyes, Nose and Mouth on the front of the Body.
With COL F, the single stitch highlight on each Eye.
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Pattern Two: Bat

Picture of crochet bat from front
Bat - front
Basic Parts to Make

Make Basic Head in COL A.
Make Basic Body in COL D.
Make Basic Feet in COL D.
Make Basic Eyes in COL G.

Bat's Hood
Worked from back to front. Do not stuff.

Rnd 1: With COL D and working into a magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
Rnd 2: 2 dc in each st around. 12 sts
Rnd 3: [1 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 18 sts
Rnd 4: [2 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 24 sts
Rnd 5: [3 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 30 sts
Rnd 6: [4 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 36 sts
Rnds 7-13: Dc around.
Rnd 14: [4 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 30 sts

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Hood to the Head once you've made all the parts.
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Picture of right side of Crochet Bat
Bat - right side
Picture of left side of Crochet bat
Bat - left side
Bat's Wings - make 2
Do not stuff.

Rnd 1: With COL D and working into a magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
Rnd 2: 2 dc in each st around. 12 sts
Rnd 3: [1 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 18 sts
Rnd 4: Dc around.
Rnd 5: [2 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 24 sts
Rnd 6: Dc around.
Rnd 7: [3 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 30 sts
Rnd 8: [2 sl st, miss next st, 5 dc in next st, miss next st] 6 times, sl st in beg st to join. 42 sts

Fasten off. Flatten the Wing in half, lining up the scallop shapes from the last round. Use the yarn tail to sew the open edge of the wing closed. Weave in end.

Bat's Ears - make 2
Worked from top down. Do not stuff.

Rnd 1: With COL D and working into a magic ring, 4 dc. 4 sts
Rnd 2: [1 dc, 2 dc in next st] twice. 6 sts
Rnd 3: Dc around.
Rnd 4: [2 dc, 2 dc in next st] twice. 8 sts

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Ears to the Hood once you've made all the parts.
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Picture of back of Crochet Bat
Bat - back detail
Picture of base of Crochet bat
Bat - base detail
Bat - Making Up
Insert the Head into the Hood and sew around the edge of the Hood to secure in place.

Sew the Body in place on the bottom of the Head/Hood.

Sew Feet in place on base of Body.
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Sew Eyes in place on Head, sitting approx 6 stitches apart.

Sew Ears in place on top of Head/Hood sitting approx 7 sts apart.

Sew Wings in place on back of Body, roughly in line with Rnd 12 of Body, sitting approx 4 sts apart.

Picture of belly detail on crochet bat
Bat - belly detail
Picture of ear detail on crochet bat
Bat - ear detail
Bat - Embroidered Details
Using the photos as a guide, with a yarn needle, embroider the following:

With COL A, the Bat's nose.
With COL B, the Bat's Hair, the V stitches on his chest and the line detail on the back of the Wings.
With COL G, the Mouth.
With COL F, the single stitch highlight on each Eye.
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Pattern Three: Monster

Picture
Basic Parts to Make

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Make Basic Arms, starting with COL E, changing to COL B.
Make Basic Feet in COL E.
Make Basic Eyes in COL G.

Monster's Head
Worked from the bottom up. Stuff as you go.

Rnds 1-14: With COL E, as for Basic head Pattern.
Change to COL G.
Rnds 15-17: Dc around.
Rnd 18: [4 dc, 2 dc in next st] 6 times. 36 sts
Rnd 19: [1 dc, 1 dc2tog] 12 times. 24 sts
Rnd 20: [2 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 18 sts
Rnd 21: [1 dc, 1 dc2tog] 6 times. 12 sts
Rnd 22: 6 dc2tog. 6 sts

Fasten off. Weave in end.
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Monster's Body
Made from the bottom up. Stuff as you go.

Rnds 1-9: With COL G, as for Basic Body pattern.
Change to COL B.
Rnds 10-17: As for Basic Body pattern but do not fasten off at the end of Rnd 17.
Change to COL E.
​Rnd 18: Dc around in BLO.
Rnd 19: Dc around.

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Body to the Head when you've made all the parts.

Picture of crochet monster front right view
Monster - front right
Picture of crochet monster left side
Monster - left side
Monster's Ears - make 2
Do not stuff.

Rnd 1: With COL E and working into magic ring, 6 dc. 6 sts
Rnd 2: [1 dc, 2 dc in next st] 3 times. 9 sts

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Ears to the Head once you've made all the parts. Flatten the Ear in half.
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Monster's Neck Bolt  - make 2
Made in two separate pieces (it doesn't go all the way through!). Worked from the neck end outwards. Do not stuff.

Rnd 1: With COL H and working into a magic ring, 4 dc. 4 sts
Rnd 2: Dc around in BLO.
Rnd 3: Dc around.
Rnd 4: 2 dc in each st around in FLO. 8 sts
Rnd 5: Dc around in BLO.

Fasten off. Weave the yarn tail through BLO of last 8 sts and pull to close hole. Weave in end.
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Monster's Jumper Trim

With COL B, chain 36.
Row 1: Starting in second chain from hook, *1 sl st, 3 ch, starting in second chain from hook, 1 sl st, 1 dc , miss next st; rep from * 16 more times, finish with sl st in first chain. 

Fasten off. Leave a long yarn tail to sew the Jumper Trim to the Body once you've made all the parts.
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Picture of back of crochet monster
Monster - back
Picture of base of crochet monster
Monster - base
Monster - making up

Sew the Body onto the bottom of the Head.

Sew Ears in place on either side of Head.

Sew Eyes in place approx 5 stitches apart.

Sew Neck Bolt pieces in place on either side of the Neck.

Sew Arms in place either side of Body, sitting just below the Neck Bolt pieces.

Sew Feet in place on base of Body.

Sew the Jumper Trim in place.
Picture of crochet monster face
Monster - face detail
Monster - Embroidered Details
Using the photos as a guide, with a yarn needle, embroider the following:

With COL E, the Monster's nose.
With COL B, the scar across the Monster's forehead.
With COL G, the Mouth.
With COL F, the single stitch highlight on each Eye.
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I started mycrochetchums at the end of 2020 to give me something to focus on during lockdown and to make creative use of a box of Amigurumi Yarn that was an impulse purchase I was feeling guilty about!
I’m loving creating these cute characters and sharpening my tech skills in the process as I wrangle with managing a website and social media.

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