Mothman

Amigurumi pattern by Crafty Tibbles

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 Color Palette Materials
Black 3.75mm (F) hook
Red (eyes) Worsted Weight (4) yarn
Safety eyes (24mm) (optional)
You will need ~165 yards of
Fiberfill stuffing
black. (About half a 7oz skein)
Wire Pet Brush
Aluminum wire (14-16g)

Stitches Used (US Terms)

magic ring BLO: Back loops only
slst: slip stitch FLO: Front loops only
sc: single crochet hdc: half double crochet
inc: single crochet increase Surface slip stitches
dec: single crochet decrease Dc: double crochet
Hdc: half-double crochet
Hdcinc: half-double crochet increase {hdc, hdc}

Read me!
•Right side vs Wrong side:
craftytibbles.com/tibz-kool-tipz/2020/12/28/right-side-vs-wrong-side

•I painted my own safety eyes. You can read about how I did it on my blog.
There are also instructions for crochet eyes.
http://www.craftytibbles.com/tibz-kool-tipz/painting-safety-eyes
•Unless noted otherwise, crochet in a continuous spiral. Mark the last stitch of each round.
(I mark with a different-colored scrap of yarn.)
•Don't put too much stuffing in pieces. Too much fiberfill stuffing can distort crochet shapes.
You don't need to use a lot!
•I make dolls with basic, cheap acrylic yarn. Red Heart, Caron (One Pound), and store brands make up
most of my collection. For my amigurumi, stiff and “itchy” yarns work best.
www.craftytibbles.com/tibz-kool-tipz/2021/2/16/gauge-tension-hooksize

•I do not have any other language translations available. I try to write as simple as possible for Google
translate to be helpful.
•New to Amigurumi? Planet June is where I learned to crochet! Check out all her great tutorials!
https://www.planetjune.com/blog/tutorials/crochet-tutorials/
Example (F) Hook size used
for the piece
(Only if pattern uses
multiple hooks)
Round numbers
r1 sc 6 in magic ring (6) Total number of available
stitches in the round
r2 *inc* (12)
r3 *1sc, inc* (18)
r4 *2sc, inc* (24)
Repeat directions *in asterisks* to
r5 *3sc, inc* (30) the end of the round. When working
in multiples of 6, it will be repeated
r7a slst around (30) 6 times.
r7b sc around (30) Example: *2sc, inc* (24) =
r8 2sc, inc, *4sc, inc* x5, 2sc (36) Sc, sc, inc, sc, sc, inc, sc, sc, inc,
sc, sc, inc, sc, sc, inc, sc, sc, inc
r9 5sc, {sc, hdc, sc}, 30sc (38) For a total of 24 stitches

Example 2: *8sc, inc* (20) =

Sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, inc,
{Stitches grouped in brackets} sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, inc
all go into the same space For a total of 20 stitches
In this case you can fit in only 2
Cleanly changing to a new color repeats.
takes two rounds- but it only looks like
one round when you're done.
I call these A and B so you can still
easily count the rounds on your piece
if you lose track. (I do all the time)
http://www.craftytibbles.com/tibz-kool-tipz/2stepcolor

Repeat what's in *asterisks* x5 (five times).

Example: 2sc, inc, *4sc, inc* x5, 2sc (36) =

Sc, sc, inc, [Repeat *sc, sc, sc, sc, inc* 5 times], sc, sc
For a total of 36 stitches
Head (F)
r1 6sc in magic ring (6)
r2 *inc* (12)
r3 *1sc, inc* (18)
r4 *2sc, inc* (24)
r5 *3sc, inc* (30)
r6 *4sc, inc* (36)
r7-14 sc around (36)
r15 *4sc, dec* (30)
•Attach eyes and gently stuff.
http://www.craftytibbles.com/tibz-kool-tipz/painting-safety-eyes
r16 *1sc, dec* (20) Attach eyes between r10 and r11,
r17 *dec* (10) about 8 stitches apart.)
r18 *dec* (5)
•Finish off, sew shut

Ears x2 (F)
r1 3sc in magic ring (3)
r2 inc, 2sc (4)
r3 *sc, inc* (6)
r4 *2sc, inc* (8)
r5 *3sc, inc* (10)
r6 sc around (10)
r7 dec, sc, dec, dec, sc, dec (6)
r8-10 sc around (6)
r11 *dec, sc* (4)

•Finish off and leave tails for sewing

•Brush with a wire pet brush
•Sew onto rounds 2-4 of the head, slightly behind the
center.

Crocheted Eyes (F)

•If you don't have giant safety eyes, or don't want to paint
them, make these instead.
r1 10sc in magic ring (10)
r2 *inc, 4* (12)

•Finish off and leave tails for sewing

•Sew through BLO on rounds 9-12 of the head, about 3-4
stitches apart.
Feet & Legs (F)
r1 6sc in magic ring (6)
r2 *inc* (12)
r3 3sc, big toe, sc, big toe, 4sc, small toe, sc (12)
r4 3sc, sc3 tog, 4sc, dec (9)
r5-11 sc around (9)

•Finish off and leave tail for sewing sc3tog: insert hook,
pull up loop in next 3
stitches. Yarn over,
pull through all 4
loops on hook.
•His fingers and toes are a variation on the
popcorn stitch
•Stitches {in brackets} all go into the same stitch

Picot: ch2, slst into second ch from hook

Small toe:
{hdc, picot, hdc}
Remove hook, reinsert hook into first hdc as shown
Pull working loop through Making a big toe stitch
Ch1 to close

Big toe:
{dc, dc, picot, dc, dc}
Remove hook, reinsert hook into first dc as shown
Pull working loop through
Ch1 to close (this is the space for next round)

Neck Ruff (F)

r1 6sc in magic ring (6)
r2 *inc* (12)
r3 sc, hdcinc, hdc, hdcinc, sc, inc, sc, hdcinc,hdc, hdcinc, sc, inc (18)
r4 2sc, hdcinc, 2hdc, hdcinc, 2sc, inc, 2sc, hdcinc, 2hdc, hdcinc, 2sc, inc (24)
r5 3sc, inc, hdc, {dc, picot, dc}, hdc, inc, 3sc, inc, 3sc, inc, hdc ,{dc, picot, dc},
hdc, inc, 3sc, inc (32)

•Finish off and leave tail for sewing

•Brush with a wire pet brush
Torso (F)
r1 6sc in magic ring (6)
r2 *inc* (12)
r3 *1sc, inc* (18)
r4 *2sc, inc* (24)
r5-8 sc around (24)
r9 *6sc, dec* (21)
r10 sc around (21)
r11 *5sc, dec* (18)
r12 sc around (18)
r13 *4sc, dec* (15)
r14 sc around (15)

•Finish off and leave a tail for sewing the head on

Arms x2 (F)
r1 4 sc in magic ring (4)
r2 inc, inc, inc, sc (7)
r3 sc around (7)
r4 small toe, 6sc (7)
r5-13 sc around (7)
Shoulder:
r14 4hdc blo outside (shoulders), 3slst inside (armpits) (7)
•Finish off and leave a tail for sewing
•Make two more fingers on the end of the hand.
•Insert hook as shown, and make two big toe stitches onto On r14, make sure they are
the surface. (You might have to ch1 between the two) a mirrored pair
Wings x2 (F)
r1 6sc in magic ring (6)
r2 hdcinc, *inc*x4, hdcinc (12)

•Hdcinc in first and last stitch of round, otherwise sc

r3 hdcinc, 10sc, hdcinc (14)

r4 hdcinc, 12sc, hdcinc (16)
r5 hdcinc, 14sc, hdcinc (18)
r6 hdcinc, 16sc, hdcinc (20)
r7 hdcinc, 18sc, hdcinc (22)
r8 hdcinc, 20sc, hdcinc (24)
r9 hdcinc, 22sc, hdcinc (26)
r10 hdcinc, 24sc, hdcinc (28)
r11 hdcinc, 26sc, hdcinc (30)
r12 hdcinc, 28sc, hdcinc (32)
r13 hdcinc, 30sc, hdcinc (34)
r14 hdcinc, 32sc, hdcinc (36)
r15 hdcinc, 34sc, hdcinc (38)
r16 hdcinc, 36sc, hdcinc (40)
r17 hdcinc, 38sc, hdcinc (42)
r18 hdcinc, 40sc, hdcinc (44)
r19 hdcinc, 42sc, hdcinc (46)
r20 hdcinc, 44sc, hdcinc (48)
r21 hdcinc, 46sc, hdcinc (50)
•Finish off

Fringe:
•Flatten the shape, and insert hook at end as shown.

•Work through BLO of both stitches, stitching it closed.

Repeat 7 times: Optional: Wire will make him more poseable.

The piece in the bottom left will be inserted
*Ch5, skip 2, 3hdc, slst in next stitch, slst* into the body.

Starting the feather fringe

Assembly
•Sew the legs onto rounds 2-4 of the body,
slightly apart.

•Sew arms to the body, just below the last

round. If you have a skeleton, jab the arm
stick through the shoulders, and slip the arms
over it.
•HDC's of the arm r14 (“shoulder”) go
up/out, to give it a more natural shape.
Everything about to be sewed together.
•Sew the neck ruff to the body, mostly tacking
the front and back points down.

• Sew the head onto the neck ruff. If you can,

also get it through the body on a couple
stitches. (Sew through the last couple rounds
of the head.)

•Sew the wings onto his back. Attach the

fringeless part to his shoulder blades.

Skeleton
•A typical skeleton I make in my dolls.
•14g or 16g aluminum craft wire, twisted. (A thicker
10-12g would also work without the twisting. Loop the
ends so nothing pokes out.)
•I insert it right after the leg join, stuff lightly around it,
then continue stuffing as the torso takes shape.
•I make it a little longer than necessary, then trim the
excess once the doll is done up to the neck. The two
ends are plugged into the head, and internally bent to
90° with a hook.
•The arm bar is separate, and I stab that through the
torso when I'm ready to sew the arms on.
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