Alice the Wasp

Difficulty Level: easy

Crochet amigurumi Alice the Wasp

Free crochet tutorial for Alice the Wasp by @ksysha.plysha.

With this pattern, you can crochet a wasp in a little skirt. Any cotton blend yarn works well for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others.

Materials and Tools

  • Alize Cotton Gold 60 yarn (black)
  • Alize Cotton Gold 110 yarn (yellow)
  • YarnArt Jeans 20 yarn (pink)
  • YarnArt Jeans 03 yarn (cream)
  • 2 mm crochet hook
  • Toy stuffing
  • Needle for sewing pieces together
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR — magic ring
  • ch — chain stitch
  • sl st — slip stitch
  • sc — single crochet
  • dc — double crochet
  • inc — increase
  • dec — decrease
  • (...) x n — repeat n times

Crochet Amigurumi Alice the Wasp Pattern

Crochet amigurumi Alice the Wasp

Legs (4 Pieces)

The legs can be crocheted into the body or sewn on, if desired. Place them in rounds 12 and 23, with 13-14 stitches between them. Crochet with black yarn:

6 ch, in the second chain from the hook work 5 sc into one stitch, 4 sc.

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Antennae (2 Pieces)

Crochet with black yarn:

8 ch, in the second chain from the hook work 5 sc into one stitch, 6 sc.

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. The antennae will be slightly longer than the legs.

Wasp Body

Crochet with black yarn:

1. 4 sc in MR (4)
2. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (6)
3. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (8)
4. (3 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (10)
Change to yellow yarn:
5. 10 sl st (10)
6. 10 inc (20)
7. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 10 (30)
8. 30 sc (30)
9. (2 sc, 1 inc) x 10 (40)
Change to black yarn:
10. 40 sc in BLO (40)
11. (4 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (48)
12. 48 sc (48)
Change to yellow yarn:
13. 48 sc in BLO (48)
14-15. 48 sc (2 rounds)
Change to black yarn:
16. 48 sc in BLO (48)
17. 48 sc (48)

Change to pink yarn:
18. 48 sc (48)
19. 48 sc in BLO (48)
Change to yellow yarn:
20. 48 sc in BLO (48)
21. 48 sc (48)
Change to black yarn:
22. 48 sc in BLO (48)
23-24. 48 sc (2 rounds)
Change to yellow yarn:
25. 48 sc in BLO (48)
26-27. 48 sc (2 rounds)
28. (6 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (42)
29. 42 sc (42)
30. (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (36)
31. 36 sc (36)
32. (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
33. (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)
34. (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
35. (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)
36. 6 dec (6)

Close the opening with a needle, fasten off, and cut the yarn.

Skirt

Crochet with pink yarn:

Turn the wasp so the stinger points up. Join the yarn to round 18 (where the pink front loops were left unused). Begin each round with 3 ch and finish the round with a sl st.

1. 1 dc inc in each stitch (96)
2. 96 dc (96)

Crochet amigurumi Alice the Wasp. Skirt

Wings (2 Pieces)

Crochet with cream or white yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
4-7. 18 sc (4 rounds)
8. (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)
9-12. 12 sc (4 rounds)

Fold in half and crochet through 2 stitches together (6). Leave a tail for sewing.

Bow

MR
3 ch, (1 dc in MR) x 3, 3 ch, 1 sl st in MR,
3 ch, (1 dc in MR) x 3, 3 ch,
1 sl st in MR.

Pull the MR tight, cut a long enough yarn tail, wrap the yarn around the center, and secure it.

Finishing the Toy

  • Sew the legs to rounds 12 and 23, with 13-14 stitches between them.
  • Sew on the antennae somewhere around rounds 3-4 from the top of the head.
  • Embroider the eyes with black yarn on round 29 (leave 5-6 stitches between the eyes).
  • Sew on the wings.
  • Sew or tie the bow onto the antennae.
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