Explore the magical world of Amigurumi with this free pattern for creating a delightful little witch. The little witch, with her adorable hat and broom, adds a whimsical touch to your handmade collection and is sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face.
Materials Needed
To crochet this charming little witch, you will need:
- Yarn in black, purple, orange, and skin tones
- 2.0 mm crochet hook
- Safety eyes
- Stitch marker
- Stuffing
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Black embroidery thread
Making the Little Witch
Begin by crocheting the head and body using basic stitches and a magic ring. Add safety eyes between the specified rounds and embroider features like the mouth for added character. Crochet the hat, dress, arms, and legs separately, ensuring each is finely detailed and properly stuffed. Follow the step-by-step instructions to bring your Amigurumi little witch to life, making it a fun and magical addition to your collection.
Materials
- Yarn: Feel free to be creative with colors and textures! The following colors of CÃrculo Amigurumi yarn were used in this pattern:
- Off White (8176)
- Black (8990)
- Orange (4456)
- Porcelain (7564)
- Lavender (6614)
- Mauve (9802)
- Crochet Hook: Size 2.5 mm
- Tapestry Needle
- Silicone Fiber: For stuffing
- Fabric Glue
- Stitch Marker
- Pins
- Safety Eyes: Size 8 mm
Abbreviations
- Pts: Stitches
- Pb: Single crochet
- Sl: Slip stitch
- Inc: Increase
- Dec: Decrease
- Hdc: Half double crochet
- Incmp: Half double crochet increase
Amigurumi Witch Free Pattern
Body and Head
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Start with Off White (8176): Begin with a magic ring and 6 sc.
- 6 inc (12 sts)
- (1 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 18 sts
- (2 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 24 sts
- (3 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 30 sts
- (4 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 36 sts
7-9. 36 sc- To make the base firmer, use a circular-shaped piece of cardboard and glue it to the base of the witch.
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Change to Black (8990):
7 sc + 2 dec + 14 sc + 2 dec + 7 sc = 32 sts
- Dec + 28 sc + Dec = 30 sts
- 30 sc in the back loop.
- 5 sc + 1 dec + 1 sc + 1 dec + 10 sc + 1 dec + 1 sc + 1 dec + 5 sc = 26 sts
- 1 dec + 22 sc + 1 dec = 24 sts
- 24 sc
- Add stuffing to the piece.
- (2 sc + 1 dec) x 6 = 18 sts
- 18 sc
- (1 sc + 1 dec) x 6 = 12 sts
- Change to Orange (4456): 12 sc
- Change to Porcelain (7564):
- (1 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 18 sts
- (2 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 24 sts
- (3 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 30 sts
- (4 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 36 sts
- (5 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 42 sts
- 25-29: 42 sts
- To make the neck firmer, place a tube of hot glue on the neck. Fill around with stuffing.
- Place the eyes between rows 26 and 27, 6 stitches apart, ensuring proper alignment.
- (5 sc + 1 dec) x 6 = 36 sts
- (4 sc + 1 dec) x 6 = 30 sts
- (3 sc + 1 dec) x 6 = 24 sts
- (2 sc + 1 dec) x 6 = 18 sts
- Add stuffing.
- (1 sc + 1 dec) x 6 = 12 sts
- 6 dec = 6 sts
- Close the piece using a tapestry needle to form an inverted magic ring.
Skirt
- On row 12 of the body (turned upside down), using Lavender (6614), make 30 sc.
- 30 inc = 60 sts
- (4 hdc + 1 hdc inc) x 12 = 72 sts
4-5. 72 hdc - Change to Orange (4456) and make 72 hdc. Fasten off and hide the yarn.
Legs
- Start with Black (8990): Make a magic ring with 4 sc.
- 4 inc = 8 sts
3-4. 8 sc
5-9. Change to Off White (8176): 8 sc - Fold in half and make 4 sc closing the leg (forming the knee fold).
- The rest of the leg will be worked in flat crochet (back and forth):
11-13. 4 sc - Sew the legs to the bottom of the body.
- The rest of the leg will be worked in flat crochet (back and forth):
Arms
- With Porcelain (7564): Make a magic ring with 6 sc.
2-3. 6 sc
4-5. Change to Black (8990), 6 sc
6-10. 6 sc- Fold in half and close with 3 sc.
- For the blouse sleeves, with the arm turned upside down, use Orange (4456):
- 6 inc = 12 sc
- 12 sc
- (1 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 18 sts
- Fasten off and hide the thread.
- Sew the arms to the side of the body on row 17.
Hair
- With Mauve (9802): Make a magic ring with 6 sc.
- 6 inc
- (1 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 18 sts
- (2 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 24 sts
- To make the hair strands, we will work in each stitch of round 4:
- For points 1 to 11:
- 17 chain stitches, return the chain skipping the first st, and make 16 sc.
- For points 12 and 13:
- Make 2 sl st.
- For points 14 to 24:
- Repeat 17 chain stitches, return the chain skipping the first st, and make 16 sc.
- For points 1 to 11:
- Start marking from points 12 and 13 at the center of the head.
- The three strands next to point 12 and the three strands next to point 13 will be glued to the side of the witch’s hair.
- To make the hair strands, we will work in each stitch of round 4:
Hat Amigurumi Little Witch
- With Black (8990): Make a magic ring with 4 sc.
- (1 sc + 1 inc) x 2 = 6 sts
- 6 sc
- 6 inc = 12 sts
- 12 sc
- (1 sc + 1 inc) x 6 = 18 sts
- Change to Orange (4456): 18 sc
- Change to Black (8990): Only in the back loop, make 18 inc = 36 sts