Keroppi loves to play games with his friends, try this crochet craft and play games with your very own Keroppi and Teruteru.
You can find more crochet crafts like this from The Hello Kitty Crochet: Supercute Amigurumi Patterns For Sanrio Friends by Mei Li Lee. Available online at Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3bqII8J
Before we get started, let’s go over what Amigurumi is:
In Japanese, amigurumi refers to knitted or crocheted stuffed dolls. Making amigurumi is a fine art that requires practice and patience. Having a whimsical imagination helps, too. For each step you will see abbreviations. Please see the chart below on what each abbreviation means.
CH = CHAIN
SC = SINGLE CROCHET
DC = DOUBLE CROCHET
HDC = HALF-SOUBLE CROCHET
DTR = DOUBLE TRIPLE CROCHET
INC = INCREASE
DEC = DECREASE
INV DEC = INVISIBLE DECREASE
SL ST(S) = SLIP STITCH(ES)
ST(S) = STITCH(ES)
In the patterns, brackets [ ] indicate a group of stitches to be made all at once or repeated a specified number of times. Parentheses ( ) within brackets further set off stitches. Curly brackets { } at the end of the line indicate the number of stitches you should end up with.
Let’s get started!
Keroppi
Skill level: 2
Materials
- Apple green, white, and red yarn
- Black embroidery floss
- Two 8-mm black brads
- Pink and black felt
- Crochet hook size 2.3 mm
- Darning needle Polyester fiberfill
Basics:
Head (Part 1)
- Use apple green yarn.
- Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
- Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
- Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}.
- Rounds 4–6: Sc around {18}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.
Head (part 2)
- Use apple green yarn.
- Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}. Round 2: [Inc] around {12}. Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}. Rounds 4–6: Sc around {18}.
- Round 7: Sc in the next 9 sts. Join to Head (Part 1) by making the next sc in Head (Part 1). Continue for 17 more sts. Make the next 9 sc in Head (Part 2) {36}.
- Round 8: [Inc, sc 5] around {42}.
- Round 9: [Inc, sc 6] around {48}.
- Rounds 10–11: Sc around {48}.
- Round 12: [Inv dec, sc 6] around {42}.
- Round 13: [Inv dec, sc 5] around {36}.
- Round 14: [Inv dec, sc 4] around {30}.
- Round 15: [Inv dec, sc 3] around {24}.
- Round 16: [Inv dec, sc 2] around {18}. Stuff.
- Round 17: [Inv dec, sc 1] around {12}.
- Round 18: [Inv dec] around {6}. Fasten off and weave in ends. Use the long tail end from Head (Part 1) to close gaps between the two head- joins.
Eyes
- Make 2 with white yarn.
- Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}. Round 2: [Inc] around {10}. Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {15}. Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around {20}.
- Round 5: [Inc, sc 3] around {25}. Clean fasten off and leave a long end for sewing.
Body
- Use red yarn.
- Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}. Round 2: [Inc] around {12}. Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}. Round 4: [Inc, sc 2] around {24}. Rounds 5–9: Sc around {24}.
- Round 10: [Inv dec, sc 2] around {18}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing. Stuff.
Arms
- Use apple green yarn and make 2 Basic Arms:
- Round 1: Sc 7 in magic ring {7}.
- Rounds 2–5: Sc around {7}. Fasten off and leave a long end for sewing. Flatten.
Feet
- Use apple green yarn and make 2 Basic Webbed Feet:
- Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring {5}. Round 2: [Inc] around {10}.
- Rounds 3–5: Sc around {10}. Flatten. The following will be made by working across both sides of the piece.
- Round 6: Start with sc 1 in the same st where your hook is now attached. Ch 2, sl st to the next st, 3 hdc in next st, sl st to the next st, sc in the next st, ch 2, sc in the same st.
- Fasten off and thread the tail end through to the center of the feet.
TIP: To give the cheeks a slight jutting edge (and a slight indentation to the area near the eyes), gently press the sides of the head near Round 8.
Details
• Stitch eyes onto the front of the head, at each of the tips. Glue on black brads.
• For the lips, use black embroidery floss to sew a V: Start at the center of the head, at a point below Round 14. Bring thread diagonally upward to a point below Round 12. Repeat on other side. Knot off at the bottom of the head.
• Cut out two small pink felt circles. Glue onto cheeks.
• Cut out a small bow with black felt.
Assembly
- Stitch head and body together.
- Glue on black bow.
- Stitch arms to the sides of the body.
- Stitch feet onto the bottom front of the body.
Teruteru
- Use white yarn.
- Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring {6}.
- Round 2: [Inc] around {12}.
- Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {18}.
- Rounds 4–6: Sc around {18}.
- Round 7: [Inv dec, sc 1] around {12}. Stuff.
- Round 8: [Inv dec] around {6}. Fasten off and weave in ends.
- Bring another strand of white yarn onto the hook. Surface crochet onto the bottom of the head:
- Round 1: Sc around {9}. Sl st to the first st.
- Round 2: [Inc] around {18}. Round 3: [Inc, sc 1] around {24}.
- Clean fasten off. (how-to page 10)
- For the bow, use red yarn and make 2: Ch 4, sc from second ch on hook in the next 3 sts, fasten off. Fold in half. Sew onto the back left of the head