Cockroach

Difficulty Level: medium

Amigurumi cockroach crochet

Free Cockroach crochet tutorial by Elena Konstantinova.

With this pattern, you can crochet a cockroach. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. The cockroach antennae are made from wire with beads on the ends.

Materials and Tools

Yarn
Crochet hook
Fiberfill
Safety eyes
Beads
Wire
Stitch markers
Needle for sewing pieces
Scissors

Abbreviations

MR - magic ring
ch - chain stitch
sc - single crochet
dc - double crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease
(...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Cockroach Crochet Pattern

Arm (make 2)

1: 6 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, along the other side: 3 sc, inc (12)
2: (dec, 1 sc) x 4 (8)
3: dec, 4 sc, dec (8)
4-13: 6 sc
14: crochet two stitches together all around (3)

Leg (make 2)

1: 6 ch, from the 2nd ch from hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, along the other side: 3 sc, inc (12)
2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (18)
3: 18 sc in the back loops only
4: 18 sc
5: 4 sc, (1 sc, dec) x 4, 2 sc (14)
6: 3 sc, (1 sc, dec) x 3, 2 sc (11)
7: 2 sc, 4 dec, 1 sc (7)
8-18: 7 sc
19: dec, 5 sc (6)
20: crochet two stitches together all around (3)

Head-Body

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-15: 30 sc
16: 5 sc, 5 dec, 5 sc, marker 2, 10 ch, skip 9 stitches - insert the hook into the 10th stitch - 1 sc
17: 15 sc, 10 sc along the chain, 1 sc (26)
18-20: 26 sc
21: 9 sc, inc, 16 sc (27)
22: 8 sc, 3 inc, 16 sc (30)
Eyes
23-24: 30 sc
25: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
26: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
27: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
28: 6 dec (6)
29: Pull the 6 stitches closed through the front loops. Fasten off.

Return to round 15 and start crocheting from the marker.

1: cast on 22 stitches
2: 22 sc
3: 9 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec (20)
4-15: 20 sc. Stuff
16: (4 sc, inc) x 4 (24)
17: 24 sc
18: (5 sc, inc) x 4 (28)
19: 28 sc
20: 5 sc, 3 sc together with the arm through the back loops, 9 sc, 3 sc together with the arm through the back loops, 8 sc (28)
21: 5 sc, 3 sc together with the arm through the front loops, 9 sc, 3 sc together with the arm through the front loops, 8 sc (28)
22: (6 sc, inc) x 4 (32)
23: (7 sc, inc) x 4 (36)
24-25: 36 sc
26: (8 sc, inc) x 4 (40)
27: 40 sc
28: (5 sc, inc) x 5, 10 sc (45)
29-33: 45 sc
34: (14 sc, inc) x 3 (48)
35-36: 48 sc
37: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
38: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36). Stuff
39: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
40: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
41: 7 sc, 3 sc together with the leg, 3 sc, 3 sc together with the leg, 9 sc (24)
42: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
43: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
44: 6 dec
45: Pull the 6 stitches closed through the front loops

Eyes (make 2)

Main color (green)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: 12 sc
White yarn
4: 12 sc in the back loops only
5: 12 sc
Black yarn
6: 6 dec (6)
7: Pull the 6 stitches closed through the front loops