Devil Boy

Free Devil Boy crochet tutorial by JuliaHam.

With this tutorial, you can crochet a little devil with a pumpkin for Halloween. For this amigurumi project, any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work.

Materials and Tools

• Red, skin-tone, brown, black, and gray yarn, plus orange and green yarn for the pumpkin
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• A little cardboard or plastic for soles (so the toy can stand on its feet)
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• pc - popcorn stitch (5 double crochets joined at the top)
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Devil Boy Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Legs (2 pieces)

Red yarn.

1: 8 sc in MR (8)
2: 8 inc (16)
3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 8, 1 sl st in the back loop of the next stitch to join to the beginning (24)

Make the sole: take a piece of thick cardboard or plastic, place the circle you just crocheted on it, and trace it. Then cut out a circle slightly smaller than the one you traced. Place the cut circle on your crocheted piece and make sure the cardboard (or plastic) is not larger than the crocheted sole. Make 2 holes inside the cut circle with a large needle (it should look like a button). Then make the same sole for the second leg. Set the soles aside.

4: 2 ch, then 24 hdc in back loops. 1 sl st in the next stitch (mark this as the end of the round) (24)
5: 24 sc (24)
Attach the sole. Insert the plastic or cardboard circle inside the shoe and sew the "button" to the crocheted bottom.
6-7: 24 sc (24)
8: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)
9-13: 16 sc (16)
14: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (24)
15-17: 24 sc (24)

Finish crocheting.

Crochet the second leg, but do not finish off.

Body

Red yarn.

1: Join both legs together. Hold the legs side by side, with the unfinished leg in your right hand. Insert the hook into the second leg and crochet 1 sc. Continue crocheting this way through both legs. You should get 48 sc (48)
2: 2 inc, 20 sc, 4 inc, 20 sc, 2 inc (56)
3-4: 56 sc (56)
5: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (48)
6: 48 sc (48)
7: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (40)
8: 40 sc (40)
9: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (32)
10-14: 32 sc (32)
15: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (24)
16: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)
17-18: 16 sc (16)

Finish crocheting. Stuff the legs and body.

Arms (2 pieces)

Red yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
4: 18 sc (18)
5: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 3, 1 pc, 1 dec, (1 sc, 1 dec) x 2 (12)
6: 12 sc (12)
7: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 3 (9)
Stuff the arm.
8-19: 9 sc (9)

Stuff the arm, leaving the last 2 rounds unstuffed. Fold the top of the arm in half and sew the last round closed. Attach the arms to both sides of the body between rounds 2-3 from the top and sew in place.

Head

Skin-tone yarn.

1: 8 sc in MR (8)
2: 8 inc (16)
3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (24)
4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (32)
5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (40)
6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (48)
7: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (56)
8-16: 56 sc (56)
If you are using safety eyes, attach them between rounds 14 and 15, with 8 stitches between the eyes.
17: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (48)
18: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (40)
19: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (32)
20: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (24)
21: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)

Finish crocheting, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the piece.

Hat

Red yarn.

1: 8 sc in MR (8)
2: 8 inc (16)
3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (24)
4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (32)
5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (40)
6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (48)
7: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (56)
8-16: 56 sc (56)
17: 1 sl st, 2 ch, 56 hdc, 1 sl st to join to the beginning (56)

Finish crocheting, leaving a long tail.

Embroider hair.

Horns (2 pieces)

Red 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)
5-7: 10 sc (10)
8: 4 inc, 6 sc (14)
9: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 4, (1 sc, 1 dec) x 2 (16)
10: 16 sc (16)

Finish crocheting, leaving a long tail for sewing. Lightly stuff the horns and sew them to the hat between rounds 7 and 13, leaving 8 sc between them.

Embroider the eyes on the hat.

Tail

Red yarn.

1: 3 sc in MR (3)
2: 3 inc (6)
3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (9)
4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (12)
5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (15)
6: 3 sc, skip the next 5 stitches, 2 sc. Skip the next 5 stitches, join to the beginning of the round with sl st (5)
7-17: 5 sc (5)

Finish crocheting, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew to the body.

Front Patch

Black yarn.

1: 5 ch, starting from the second chain from the hook: 3 sc, 3 sc in the last chain. Continue crocheting on the other side of the chain: 2 sc, 1 inc (10)
2: 1 inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (16)
3: 1 inc, 4 sc, 4 inc, 4 sc, 3 inc (24)
4: 2 inc, 7 sc, 4 inc, 8 sc, 3 inc (33)

Finish crocheting, leaving a long tail. Sew to the front of the body.

Scarf

Gray yarn.

Chain 61 ch. Starting from the third chain from the hook, work 58 hdc (58)

Finish crocheting and hide the yarn tail. Tie the scarf around the neck.

Pumpkin

Orange yarn.

1: 8 sc in MR (8)
2: 8 inc (16)
3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (24)
4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (32)
5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (40)
6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (48)
7-13: 48 sc (48)
14: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (40)
15: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (32)
16: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (24)
17: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)
Stuff lightly so you can make shaping pulls later.
18: 8 dec (8)

Finish crocheting and leave a very long tail for making shaping pulls to form the pumpkin. Thread the tail onto a needle, pull the last 8 stitches tight, and close the opening. Insert the needle through the closed opening and pass it through the center to the opposite side of the pumpkin (to the beginning of the piece). Then insert the needle again at the end of the piece and pass it through the center back to the beginning. Repeat this to make 6 segments.

Stem

Green yarn.

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 sc in back loops only (6)
3-4: 6 sc (6)

Finish crocheting, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew the stem onto the pumpkin.