Mr. Zombie
Free Mr. Zombie crochet tutorial by Galina Konysheva @konyshevatoys.
With this pattern, you can crochet a zombie. Any plush yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. The body and head are made as one piece. The arms are crocheted into the body.
Finished toy size is about 22 cm.
Materials and Tools
- Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn: 80345 for the head (1/2 skein), 80302 for the sweater and hood (1/2 skein), 80304 (for the pants)
- Vita Coco yarn (or similar) for assembly (I used reinforced thread)
- Black Vita Coco yarn for the mouth
- 3.5 mm crochet hook, 4.5 mm hook for the hood
- 10 mm and 12 mm safety eyes
- Toy stuffing
- Stitch markers
- Safety pins
- Tapestry needle and regular needle
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- ch - chain stitch
- sl st - slip stitch
- sc - single crochet
- inc - increase
- dec - decrease
- BLO - back loop only
- FLO - front loop only
- (...) x n - repeat n times
Mr. Zombie Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
Arms (2 pieces)
1. 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3-11. 9 rounds of 12 sc (12)
Switch to the sweater color
12. 12 sc (12)
Lightly stuff. Fold in half and crochet 6 sc through both layers. Cut the yarn, fasten off, and hide the tail. The arms will be crocheted into the body.
Legs (2 pieces)
1. 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3-6. 4 rounds of 12 sc (12)
Switch to the pants color
7-10. 4 rounds of 12 sc (12)
Do not cut the yarn on the second leg. Crochet 3 ch, join the legs, and start the body.
Body
Stuff the body as you go.
11. 12 sc along the right leg, 3 inc on ch, 12 sc along the left leg, 3 inc on ch (36)
12. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
13-18. 6 rounds of 42 sc (42)
19. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Switch to the sweater color
20. In BLO, 36 sc (36)
21. 36 sc (36)
22. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
23-24. 2 rounds of 30 sc (30)
25. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
26-27. 2 rounds of 24 sc (24)
28. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Now crochet in the arms. Make sure the arms are symmetrical with the legs.
29. 2 sc, 6 sc along the right arm, 3 sc, 6 sc along the left arm, 1 sc (18)
30. 18 sc (18)
Cut the yarn, fasten off, and hide the tail.
Head
Stuff as you go.
1. 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
11-15. 5 rounds of 60 sc (60)
16. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
17. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
18. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
19. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
20. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
21. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
22. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
23. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
24. 6 dec
Cut the yarn, fasten off, and hide the tail.
Eyes
Eye 1
1. 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc (12)
Eye 2
1. 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc (12)
4. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
5. 18 sc (18)
Insert safety eyes. Sew the eyes in place.
Face Shaping
Mark the mouth and nose line with pins. Insert the needle from the bottom of the head and bring it out at the corner of the mouth. Pull the thread over the pins and secure the thread position with stitches.
Toy Assembly
- Sew the head to the body.
- Sew on the hood.
Hood
1. 2 ch, 6 sc in the second chain from the hook (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc (12)
4. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
5. 18 sc (18)
6. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
7. 24 sc (24)
8. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
9. 30 sc (30)
10. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
11. 36 sc (30)
12. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
13. 42 sc (42)
14. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
15. 48 sc (48)
16. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
17. 54 sc (54)
18. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
19. 60 sc (60)
If the hood is too small, you can add one more increase round. Cut the yarn, fasten off, and hide the tail.
Go back to round 20 and crochet in FLO. Fasten off and hide the yarn tail inside the body.
1. 8 sc, ch, turn (8)
2-4. 3 rounds of 8 sc, ch, turn (8)
5. 8 sc (8)
Then crochet 18 ch, make a sl st on the back in FLO, crochet 18 more ch, and secure it at the front on the pocket with a sl st. Cut the yarn and hide the tail.
