Tatiana Paddubskaya’s toy crochet pattern

Firefly
 Hello!
Nice to meet you, my name is Tania!
True miracles are happening on the pages of this crochet pattern! No wonder, because it is
difficult to find more fabulous insects than fireflies. Their bright tummies attract the views of
anyone who has ever seen this magic. Do you want a magic tipster?
Then, grab faster hook and yarn and create…
I hope, you will got a pleasure not only from the process of crocheting but from the result too.
Important:
 Crochet pattern does not contain crocheting lessons; you must have the basic amigurumi
crocheting skills.
 All the details are crocheting in the spiral unless the other is noted.
 If you are using the same materials and hook number – the toy will be 30 cm in height.
Feel free to contact me whether you have any questions.
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 Materials and instruments:
1. Yarn:
Main color Alize Cotton Gold № 612 ( acid color)
For nose, mouth and eyebrows Jeans YarnArt №50 ( violet)
For mustaches and boots Alize Cotton Gold № 126 ( green grass)
For wings Alize Cotton Gold № 610 ( emerald color)
For tummy Nako Paris №11872 ( yellow)
For flashlight Jeans YarnArt №49 ( dark blue)
Alize Cotton Gold № 110 ( yellow)
2. Hook №2
3. Stuffing ( I have hollowfibre in the form of balls)
4. A pair of safety eyes 13/14 mm ( I have transparent/clear with colored rainbow )
5. Circles of white color felt d 20 mm
6. Wire d - 0,5 mm for mustaches and 1,5 mm for neck, adhesive tape
7. Dental floss thread for thread joining.
8. 2 beads, d 15 mm ( I have from food grade silicone)
9. Glue
10. Gobelin needle for sewing details and longer thread for thread joining.
11. Textile sip Velcro or slicker brush (for belly combing)
Abbreviations:
Ch. – chain
Sl.st. – slip stitch
MR – magic ring
Sc – single crochet
Inc – increase ( crochet 2 sc in one loop)
Dec – decrease ( crochet 2 sc together)
 Head and body
Crochet with main color yarn.

1 6 loops in MR 6
2 6 increases 12
3 ( 1 sc, inc) х6 18
4 1 sc, inc, ( 2 sc, inc) х5, 1 sc 24
5 ( 3 sc, inc) х6 30
6 2 sc, inc, ( 4 sc, inc) х5, 2 sc 36
7 ( 5 sc, inc) х6 42
8 3 sc, inc, ( 6 sc, inc) х5, 3 sc 48
9 ( 7 sc, inc) х6 54
10 4 sc, inc, ( 8 sc, inc) х5, 4 sc 60
11 ( 9 sc, inc) х6 66
12 5 sc, inc, ( 10 sc, inc) х5, 5 sc 72
13-
13 rows 72 sc
25

Put your crocheting aside and prepare the eyes. To do this, wear the colored rainbows on the
eyes, make the holes in the felt circles and insert the eyes in those holes. You can use any
other eyes if you do not have colored.
 Count 16 rows from the top of the head and insert the marker-pin in the center between the
16-17 rows. Go 6 sc to the both side from the center and mark these places with pins. You
should insert the eyes there and fix them on the back with plugs.

26 5 sc, dec, ( 10 sc, dec) х5, 5 sc 66

27 ( 9 sc, dec) х6 60
28 4 sc, dec,( 8 sc, dec) х5, 4 sc 54
29 ( 7 sc, dec) х6 48
30 3 sc, dec,( 6 sc, dec) х5, 3 sc 42
31 ( 5 sc, dec) х6 36
32 2 sc, dec,( 4 sc, dec) х5, 2 sc 30
33 ( 3 sc, dec) х6 24
Start to stuff the head gradually after 31/32 row, keep adding the stuffing in the process
of crocheting.
 34 24 sc 24
35 ( 3 sc, inc) х6 30
36 30 sc 30
37 ( 9 sc, inc) х3 33
38 33 sc 33
39 5 sc, inc, ( 10 sc, inc) х2, 5 sc 36
40 36 sc 36
41 ( 11 sc, inc) х3 39
42 39 sc 39
43 6 sc, inc, ( 12 sc, inc) х2, 6 sc 42
44 ( 13 sc, inc) х3 45
45
2 rows 45 sc 45
46
47 7 sc, inc, ( 14 sc, inc) х2, 7 sc 48
Important! Especially carefully and tightly you need to stuff the lower part of the head and
neck.
 48
2 rows 48 sc 48
49
50 ( 15 sc, inc) х3 51
51
2 rows 51 sc 51
52
53 8 sc, inc, ( 16 sc, inc) х2, 8 sc 54
54
6 rows 54 sc 54
59

Now we need to strengthen the neck. Take the 1,5 mm wire or another similar, I do not take
out the isolation. The section is 25 cm, fold in half, forming a loop, and twist two ends of the
wire relative to each other. Sharp tips isolate using the adhesive tape. Finished twisted wire
with screwing movements insert into the neck and head, add the some filler.
 60 ( 7 sc, dec) х6 48
61 48 sc 48
62 ( 6 sc, dec) х6 42
63 42 sc 42
64 ( 5 sc, dec) х6 36
65 ( 4 sc, dec) х6 30
66 ( 3 sc, dec) х6 24
67 ( 2 sc, dec) х6 18
68 ( 1 sc, dec) х6 12
69 6 decreases 6

As crocheting the decreases and narrowing of the lower part of the body, add stuffing and
distribute it so that the body is filled evenly and symmetrically. At the end of crocheting, leave a
long thread to pull off the opening and hide the tail.
 Nose
Crochet with violet color yarn.
Pick up 4 ch., crochet inc into the second loop from the hook, than 1 sc, 4 sc in 1 loop, on the
other side 1 sc, increase ( 10)
Leave a long tail, because after we will sew the nose it will be comfortable to use the same
thread for eyebrows and mouth embroidering.
Poll out the thread from the last loop, insert it into the needle and make a decorative loop as
it has shown on the photo, so that the nose was smooth.
 Belly/tummy ( hairy)
Crochet with Nako Paris yarn, hook 2.0 mm
Pick up 7 ch. , and start crocheting into the second loop from the hook
1 6 sc, ch., turn 6
2 Inc, 4 sc, inc, ch.., turn 8
3/5 3 rows 8 sc 8
6 Inc, 6 sc, inc, ch.., turn 10
7 10 sc, ch., turn 10
8 Inc, 8 sc, inc, ch.., turn 12
9 12 sc, ch., turn 12
10 Inc, 10 sc, inc, ch.., turn 14
11 14 sc, ch., turn 14
12 Inc, 12 sc, inc, ch.., turn 16
13/20 8 rows 16 sc 16
21 Dec, 12 sc, dec, ch., turn 14
22 Dec, 10 sc, dec, ch., turn 12
23 Dec, 8 sc, dec, ch., turn 10
24 Dec, 6 sc, dec, ch., turn 8

I do not crochet round the belly, because after combing the edge will hide.
Leave the thread for sewing.
Arms ( 2 details)
Crochet with main color yarn. Stuff the arms in the process of crocheting.
1 6 loops in MR 6
2 6 increases 12
3 ( 1 sc, inc) х6 18
4/5 2 rows 18 sc 18
6 3 sc, 6 dec, 3 sc 12
7/20 14 rows 12 sc 12
21 6 decreases 6
 Stuff the arm in the upper part not too tight, pull of the opening and hide the thread.
Legs ( 2 details)
Start crocheting with “green grass” color yarn; stuff the leg in the process of crocheting.
1 6 sc in MR 6
2 6 inc 12
3 ( 1 sc, inc) х6 18
4 ( 2 sc, inc) х6 24
5/6 2 rows 24 sc 24
7 6 sc, 6 dec, 6 sc 18
8 6 sc, 3 dec, 6 sc 15
9 15 sc 15
Change to the main color yarn
 10/26 17 rows 15 sc 15
27 (3 sc, dec) х3 12
28 6 decreases 6
As we did with arm, stuff the leg not too tight in the upper part, pull off the opening and hide
the thread.
 Wings ( 2 details)
Crochet with emerald color yarn.
1 6 loops in MR 6
2 6 inc 12
3 ( 3 sc, inc) х3 15
4 2 sc, inc, ( 4 sc, inc) х2, 2 sc 18
5 ( 5 sc, inc) х3 21
6 3 sc, inc, ( 6 sc, inc) х2, 3 sc 24
7 ( 3 sc, inc) х6 30
8/10 3 rows 30 sc 30
11 ( 9 sc, inc) х3 33
12/23 12 rows 33 sc 33
24 ( 9 sc, dec) х3 30
25 ( 8 sc, dec) х3 27
26 ( 7 sc, dec) х3 24
27 ( 6 sc, dec) х3 21
28 ( 5 sc, dec) х3 18
29/30 2 rows 18 sc 18
31 ( 1 sc, dec) х6 12
Do not stuff the wings, fold them in half and crochet 5 sc through both side of the loops.
Leave the thread for sewing.
 Mustaches ( 2 details)
For the best form of the beads on the antennae, I crocheted round the food grade, silicone
beads 15 mm in diameter that I have. You can replace them with any other similar in the sizes
or do without them at all, and use stuffing.
Start crocheting with “green grass” yarn.
1 7sc in MR 7
2 7 increases 14
3/4 2 rows 14 sc 14
Now I insert the bead into the crocheted detail
5 14 sc 14
6 7 decreases 7
Dec, change to the main color,
7 6
5 sc
8/25 18 rows6 sc 6
Crochet the second mustache in the same way, but crochet 14 rows with main color yarn.
 For the greater strength and possibility to give different shapes for mustache, I insert the
wire inside.
Take 2 wire with 0,5 mm in diameter, the length
of each is 25 cm. Fold the ends and twist rele-
vantly to each other.
Isolate on both sides and insert into the mustache
until it stops. The second isolated end we will insert
into the head when we willl sew them.
If you desire, you can do without wire. In this
way the mustaches will stick up.
 Flashlight
Start crocheting with dark blue color yarn.
1 7 loops in MR 7
2 7 increases 14
3 ( 1, inc) х7 21
4 21 sc through back loops only 21
5 21 sc 21
Change to yellow color yarn without cutting the blue one.
8 rows 21 sc
6/13 21
+1 sc floating loop
Change to blue color yarn and cut the yellow..
14 21 sc 21
15 21 sc through back loops only 21
16 ( 5 sc, dec) х3 18
17 ( 4 sc, dec) х3 15
Stuff the flashlight
18 ( 3 sc, dec) х3 12
19 6 decreases 6
20/21 2 rows 6 sc 6
Leave a long thread, I left 1,5-2 meters, we will crochet the boarders and embroider partitions
for the flashlight and will do a loop for holding.
Insert the thread into the needle, pull off the opening and take the thread back to the upper row
of front loops.
2 ch. up, and then, crochet into front half loops of the 15 row ( 6 half double crochet, inc) х3
– 24 hdc.
Take the thread off from the last loop, and join the ends of the rows with decorative loop as it
was displaying for nose. With the help of needle take the thread to the lower row of the front
loops.
 2 ch. up, and then, crochet into half front loops of the 4th row ( 6 sc, inc) х3 – 24 sc.
Take the needle out from the last loop, join the ends of the row with decorative loop as it was
displaying for nose.
Then, start embroidering the partitions using the thread which has left, you should get 4
straight, and make the crossed partitions between them.
Then, withdraw the thread to the top of the flashlight, tie a knot and hide the end of the thread.
The flashlight is ready!
 Assembling and decoration
Start assembling from nose sewing.
Find the most appropriate place between the
eyes and fix with pin.
I sew the nose for the outer half loops, in this
way it will be more narrow and voluminous.
Using the same yarn embroider the eyebrows
and mouth.
 Place the mustaches on the head, stepping back
6/7 from the center, the distance between the
mustaches 8 sc.
These guidelines are conditional; you can al-
ways place the mustaches in the place where you
like the most.
Then fix the tummy in the position that will be
symmetrical, and sew it to the body.
Comb it using the velcro.
 Thread joining of the arms
Fasten the arms between 37and 38 rows of the body, counting from the top of the head.
For joining I use white dental floss thread folded in two and long Gobelin needle.
You can pin the arms with pins to find the most symmetrical place for them.

1. Puncture the body at the point 1, withdraw at the point 2.

1 2 1

Puncture the arms through, step back 2 sc forward, and puncture again, withdrawing the
needle at the point of first puncture. Pull on the thread.
2. Puncture the body withdrawing the needle
to the opposite side, in the place of joining the
second arm. Follow the symmetry of the arms
location.
3. Puncture the second arm through, step back
2 sc, puncture, withdrawing the needle in the
place of first puncturing. Pull on the thread.
Check the symmetry. If everything is okay
then, puncture the body, going back to the initial point, pull on the thread and tie a knot.
4. Repeat all actions again for greater strength, hide the thread.
 Thread joining of the legs
We join the legs between the 9 and 10 row of the body, count from the bottom.
Everything is done on the same principle as arms.
Prepare double dental floss thread.
1. We mark the symmetrical points for the legs on the sides of the body. Puncture the body
through, getting 2 ready points with threads that outgo from them. You can attach the legs to
these points and check the symmetry. Find another points if you do not like something.
2. Puncture the leg through, step back 2 sc forward, puncture again, withdrawing the needle
at the point of first puncturing. Pull on the thread, so that the leg adjoin to the body closely.
3. Puncture the body, withdrawing the thread to the opposite side, to the place of first leg joining.
4. Puncture the second leg through, step back 2 sc, puncture, withdrawing the thread in the
place of first puncturing. Pull on the thread. Check the symmetry. If everything is okay, then
pull on the thread and tie a knot.

5. Repeat all actions for greater strength. Hide the thread.

I sew the wings not exactly along the line, but at an angel, as on the photo, then they are
very beautiful from the front.
Congratulations! Your
firefly is ready!...