Grinch

Free crochet tutorial for the Grinch by Viktoria Shishkova @vikavladi.toys.

Using this pattern, you can crochet the Grinch who stole Christmas. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project.

The finished toy is approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) tall.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Jeans or Alize Cotton Gold yarn (green)
• 2–2.5 mm crochet hook
• Embroidery floss for the facial features (dark green and red)
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Pins
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Crochet Grinch amigurumi pattern

Arms (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3-8. 12 sc (6 rounds)
9. (4 sc, dec) x 2 (10)
10-12. 10 sc (3 rounds)
13. (3 sc, dec) x 2 (8)
14-16. 8 sc (3 rounds)

Stuff only the bottom of each arm. Fold the piece in half and crochet 4 sc through both sides. Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Legs (make 3)

1. 6 sc in MR
2-3. 6 sc (2 rounds)
4. 6 inc (12)
5. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
6-8. 18 sc
9. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Stuff the piece
10. 6 dec

Close the opening. Bring the yarn out between rounds 7 and 8, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Body

1. 7 sc in MR
2. 7 inc (14)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 7 (21)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 7 (28)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 7 (35)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 7 (42)
7-10. 42 sc
11. (12 sc, dec) x 3 (36)
12-13. 39 sc
14. (11 sc, dec) x 3 (36)
15. 36 sc
16. (10 sc, dec) x 3 (33)
17. 33 sc
18. (9 sc, dec) x 3 (30)

Join the arms in the next round. Make sure the fingers point forward.

19. 6 sc around the body, 2 sc through the left arm and body together, 14 sc around the body, 2 sc through the right arm and body together, 6 sc around the body
20. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
21. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Stuff the piece. Continue directly with the head.

Head

22. 18 inc (36)
23. (1 sc, inc) x 18 (54)
24. (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
25-32. 60 sc (8 rounds)
33. 17 sc, (dec, 3 sc) x 6, 13 sc (54)
34. 16 sc, (dec, 2 sc) x 6, 14 sc (48)
35-38. 48 sc (4 rounds)
39. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)

Insert the 8 mm safety eyes between rounds 37 and 38, 5 stitches apart.

40. 42 sc
41. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
42. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
43. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
44. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
45. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
46. 6 dec

Close the opening, cut the yarn, and weave in the end.

Assembly and finishing

• Sew on the arms and legs
• Embroider the eyebrows, nose, and mouth
• Attach the hair to the top of the head and separate the yarn strands with a brush