Bat

Free Bat crochet pattern by @iskorka_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a bat holding a pumpkin. To make this amigurumi toy, you will need YarnArt Jeans cotton blend yarn (or a similar yarn). The bat is decorated with a small crocheted pumpkin (the instructions are also included below). Use safety eyes with colored irises. Choose any color you like for the bat; the designer suggests two options.

The finished toy is approximately 14–15 cm (5.5–5.9 in) tall.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn: color 72 (purple) for the main color (one skein), color 85 (orange) for the ears and wings (half a skein), color 74 (pink) for the nose, color 01 (white) for the eyes, and color 53 (black) for the eyes
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 14 mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet bat amigurumi pattern

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 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. 54 sc (54)
11. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
12-17. 60 sc (60)
18. 25 sc, ch 2, skip 2 sc, 8 sc, ch 2, skip 2 sc, 23 sc (60)
19-25. 60 sc (60). Insert the eyes into the openings.
26. 30 dec (30)
27. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24).

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Body

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 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. (15 sc, inc) x 3 (51)
10. (16 sc, inc) x 3 (54)
11-12. 54 sc (54)
13. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
14-15. 48 sc (48)
16. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
17-18. 42 sc (42)
19. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
20-21. 36 sc (36)
22. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
23-24. 30 sc (30)
25. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
26. 24 sc (24)

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Arms

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3-10. 9 sc (9)

Stuff two-thirds full. Fold the piece in half and crochet through both layers with 4 sc. Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Legs

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. 18 sc (18)
5. 6 dec, 6 sc (12)
6. 12 sc (12)
7. (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
8-9. 9 sc (9)

Stuff two-thirds full.

If necessary, work 1–2 extra stitches to shift the round so that the feet point straight ahead when the piece is folded in half.

Fold the piece in half and crochet through both layers with 4 sc. Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Wings

1. 4 sc in MR (4)
2. 4 inc (8)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 4 (12)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 4 (16)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 4 (20)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 4 (24)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 4 (28)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 4 (32)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 4 (36)
10. (8 sc, inc) x 4 (40)
11. (9 sc, inc) x 4 (44)

Fold the piece in half and crochet through both layers: 5 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 tr in the same stitch, 1 dc, 1 hdc, sl st, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 tr in the same stitch, 1 dc, 1 hdc, sl st, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 tr in the same stitch, 1 dc. Fasten off, cut the yarn, and weave the end inside this wing.

Crochet the second wing slightly differently

Fold the piece in half and crochet through both layers: 1 dc, 2 tr in the same stitch, 1 dc, 1 hdc, sl st, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 tr in the same stitch, 1 dc, 1 hdc, sl st, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 2 tr in the same stitch, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 5 sc. Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Ears

For the increases on the ears, work 3 sc into the same stitch instead of 2 sc!

Crochet the first piece in orange.

1. 9 sc in MR (9)
2. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
3. (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
4. (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
5. (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30)

Crochet the second piece (in purple) in exactly the same way. Place the two pieces together with matching sides facing each other, pull the yarn through the orange piece (photo 1), and work sc around the edge.

Pumpkin

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. 18 sc (18)
5. 18 sc (12)
6. 6 dec

Pull the opening closed, but do not cut the yarn.

Shape the pumpkin with the remaining yarn. Bring the yarn out through the opposite side of the pumpkin and pull it slightly tight. Wrap the yarn around the pumpkin, insert it into the opening that you closed after the 6 decreases, and bring it out through the magic ring. Pull tight.

Repeat this shaping step several more times. Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Stem

Ch 3, starting in the second chain from the hook work 2 sl st. Cut the yarn and sew the stem to the center of the pumpkin.

Then sew the pumpkin to the head.

Assembly

Sew the arms between rounds 24 and 25, 8 sc apart. Sew the legs between rounds 9 and 10, parallel to the arms. Attach each wing by the 5 sc section between rounds 18 and 22. In the photo, the 7 sc spacing is marked with pink pins.

Sew each ear in a semicircle between rounds 4 and 14 so that it lies slightly flat.

Embroider the eyelashes and whites of the eyes.

Embroider the eyebrows at rounds 12–13 across 2 sc.

Embroider a V-shaped mouth at rounds 22–23.

Embroider the fangs.

Embroider the nose between rounds 20 and 21 across 2 sc.

Embroider lines on the wings.

Your crocheted bat is ready! Please tag the designer on social media: @iskorka_toys.