MATERIALS
4mm crochet hook 10mm safety eyes Tapestry needle Stuffing
Glitter Pink
Tan medium-weight Black medium-weight
Scissors
medium-weight
yarn, with 3 stitch yarn (1 yd) (not included)
yarn (35 yds) markers in it (20 yds)
HOW TO READ
A WOOBLES PATTERN ABBREVIATIONS
This pattern is written in US
Rnd 3. [sc, inc] x6 (18)
terminology, and crocheted in
Round
continuous rounds. Watch video
tutorials at thewoobles.com/tutorials
What stitches to do this round, and
how many times
ch
chain
Total number of stitches in this round dec
(invisible) decrease
inc
increase (2 sc in the same hole)
rnd
round
For round 3, repeat the pattern in the brackets 6 times.
sc
single crochet
The pattern is: single crochet in 1 stitch, then increase
sl st slip stitch
stitch in the next stitch. Because an increase is actually
2 single crochet stitches in the same stitch of the
previous round, the total number of stitches in this
round is 18.
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HEAD & BODY Rnd 11.
[6 sc, dec] x 2 (14)
Rnd 12-13. 14 sc (14)
With tan yarn.
Stuff the head and lightly stuff the body as you
TIP Keep track of where you are by placing a continue.
stitch marker in the first stitch of the current Rnd 14.
[5 sc, dec] x 2 (12)
round. Rnd 15-16. 12 sc (12)
Rnd 1.
start 6 sc in a magic loop (6)
Invisible fasten off, leaving a long tail.
Rnd 2.
6 inc (12)
Start here if you’re using the pre-made piece
Step 1.
Rnd 3.
[sc, inc] x 6 (18)
Rnd 4-5. 18 sc (18) Thread a needle with the yarn tail. Flatten the last
round of the body and line up the stitches so that
TIP Your piece might start curling - that’s totally the eyes are facing the right side. The end should
normal. For a neater final look, push the not be parallel with the eyes.
middle of your piece until it curves the other
way. This makes the “right side” face out. TIP Weave the yarn tail to either end, if the
Then keep crocheting to the left. If you’re a invisible fasten off is not aligned to one end.
lefty, keep crocheting to the right. Step 2.
Rnd 6.
[7 sc, dec] x 2 (16)
Whip stitch the end of the body together. Leave a
Rnds 7-10. 16 sc (16) long tail.
Attach the eyes to the body between rounds 4 and
5 with a 4-stitch space between them. If this
amigurumi is for a baby or pet, embroider the eyes
instead.
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MOUTH
Step 3.
Pull the yarn just tight enough so that the curve
With black yarn.
looks like you want it.
Step 4.
Embroider a curve between the eyes, spanning Make sure the needle and yarn come out below the
round 5 and two stitches wide:
curve. Then bring up and over the curve, and insert
the needle into the same hole it just came out of.
Step 1.
Pull the needle out of the same hole in the body
Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of yarn. that it originally went into, so that both tails are
Insert the needle somewhere on the right side of coming out of the same hole. Pull tight to secure
the body, and out between rounds 4 and 5, one the curve.
stitch to the left from the right eye, where you want
the right end of the curve to be. Leave a 6-inch tail.
Step 5.
Tie a knot with both tails, as close to the surface of
Step 2.
the body as possible. Hide the tails in the body.
Insert the needle two stitches to the left, where you
want the left side of the curve to be. Pull it out
between the two ends of the curve and one round
down. This is the bottom of the curve.
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4 5
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ANTENNA
With tan yarn (make two).
TIP When crocheting into a chain, remember to
crochet only into the back loops.
Rnd 1.
ch 5
Rnd 2. sl st in the second chain from hook, 3
sl st
TIP sl st means slip stitch.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with
the yarn tail and sew the antennas to either side of
the head spanning round 2 inline with each eye.
Hide tails in the body.
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SHELL Step 1.
Flatten the piece and insert the hook under the
With glitter pink yarn. first two stitches across from each other, so there
are five loops on the hook.
TIP This is an oval.
Step 2.
Rnd 1.
ch 4 (4)
Sc both sides together.
Rnd 2.
inc in the second ch from hook, sc, inc
in the last st. Rotate the piece to work Step 3.
on the other side of the foundation Continue to sc together the next six pairs of
chain. inc, sc, inc (10)
stitches. Fasten off leaving a long tail.
Rnd 3. inc, 3 sc, 2 inc, 3 sc, inc (14) Step 4.
Stuff the piece very lightly until halfway through Starting from the opposite end, start to tightly curl
the piece then stuff slightly more towards the end. the shell piece. Continue to curl until the last single
crochet row aligns with round 15.
Rnds 4-36. 14 sc (14)
Step 5.
Keep the overall shape flat. Single crochet the Thread a needle with the tail and use it to sew the
open edge of the piece together, and sew the shell single crochet end to round 15 on the curled shell.
into itself to hold the curl: Hide the tails in the shell.
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4 5
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ASSEMBLY Step 4.
Insert needle into the head/ body and pull it out
Align the head & body piece on the curled shell and between rounds 8 and 9, on the left side of the
sew together:
body.
Step 1.
Step 5.
Hold the shell so that the swirl is going clockwise Insert the needle into the holes on the shell that
starting from the center.
lines up with the hole it was pulled out from, and
Step 2.
pull it out two stitches over where the body and
Thread a needle with the tail end of the head/body. head meet.
Line up the bottom of the body along round 19 on Step 6.
the curled shell.
Insert the needle into the hole between 8 and 9 that
Step 3.
lines up with the hole it was pulled out from, and
Sew the bottom edge of the body into the curled pull it out the same hole it was pulled out of in
shell. step 4.
Step 7.
Repeat step 4-6 until the shape is secure. Hide the
yarn tail in the body.
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