Forest Little Man

Free Forest Little Man crochet tutorial by Sabrina Stopat.

With this pattern, you can crochet a Forest Little Man. To make this forest little man with a ladybug, you can use any yarn and a suitable crochet hook.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn
• Crochet hook in a suitable size
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sc - single crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• BLO - back loop only

Amigurumi Forest Little Man Crochet Pattern

Arms (2 pieces)

Gray color

1: 6 sc in MR
2: inc, 5 sc = 7
3: inc, 6 sc = 8
4: 8 sc
5: inc, 7 sc = 9
6: 9 sc
7: inc, 8 sc = 10
8: 10 sc
9: inc, 9 sc = 11
10: 11 sc
11: inc, 10 sc = 12
12: 12 sc
13: (4 sc, dec) x 2 = 10
14: (3 sc, dec) x 2 = 8
15: (2 sc, dec) x 2 = 6, do not stuff, tighten the loops.

Legs (2 pieces)

Gray color

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 = 9
3: inc, 8 sc = 10
4: inc, 9 sc = 11
5: inc, 10 sc = 12
6: inc, 11 sc = 13
7: inc, 12 sc = 14
8: 7 sc to the middle of the leg

Now make 1 sl st, cut the yarn, and fasten off as shown in the photo.

Crochet the second leg. Without cutting the yarn, ch 4 and join to the first leg with 1 sl st.

Body

Gray color

9: (14 sc along the leg, 4 sc along the chain) x 2 = 36
10: (5 sc, inc) x 6 = 42
11: 8 sc, inc, 5 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 2, (1 sc, inc) x 2, 5 sc, inc, 14 sc = 48
12: (7 sc, inc) x 6 = 54
13-17: 54 sc (5 rounds)
18: (7 sc, dec) x 6 = 48
19: 48 sc
20: (6 sc, dec) x 6 = 42
21-22: 42 sc
23: 10 sc, dec, 4 sc, (dec, 1 sc) x 2, (1 sc, dec) x 2, 4 sc, dec, 8 sc = 36
24: 36 sc
25: (10 sc, dec) x 3 = 33
26: (9 sc, dec) x 3 = 30
27: 30 sc
28: (8 sc, dec) x 3 = 27, in this round the arms will be sewn on
29: 27 sc, stuff
30: dec, (3 sc, dec) x 5 = 21
31: 21 sc, then change to skin-tone yarn and continue crocheting the head

Head

Skin-tone color

32: 21 inc = 42
33: 42 sc
34: (6 sc, inc) x 6 = 48
35: (7 sc, inc) x 6 = 54
36: (8 sc, inc) x 6 = 60
37-47: 60 sc (11 rounds)

Place the eyes between rounds 40 and 41, with 14 stitches between them.

48: (8 sc, dec) x 6 = 54
49: (7 sc, dec) x 6 = 48
50: (6 sc, dec) x 6 = 42
51: (5 sc, dec) x 6 = 36
52: 36 sc
53: (4 sc, dec) x 6 = 30
54: (3 sc, dec) x 6 = 24, stuff firmly, then continue stuffing as you crochet
55: (2 sc, dec) x 6 = 18
56: (1 sc, dec) x 6 = 12
57: 6 dec = 6, tighten the loops.

Hat

Gray color

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: (8 sc, inc) x 6 = 60
11-21: 60 sc (11 rounds)
22: (8 sc, dec) x 6 = 54
23: (7 sc, dec) x 6 = 48, fasten off the yarn as shown in the photo.

Tail

Gray color

1: 7 sc in MR
2: in BLO, 7 sc
3: 1 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 2 = 9
4: 9 sc
5: (dec, 1 sc) x 3 = 6, leave a tail for sewing.

Branches

Gray color

OPTION 1

Small part

1: 5 sc in MR
2-3: 5 sc

Large part

1: 6 sc in MR
2-7: 6 sc (6 rounds), place the small part next to it and continue crocheting together
8: 11 sc
9: 4 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec = 9
10: 9 sc
11: 4 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc = 11
12: 11 sc
13: 5 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc = 13, leave a tail for sewing.

OPTION 2

Small part (2 pieces)

1: 6 sc in MR
2-4: 6 sc (3 rounds), fold both parts together and continue crocheting them together
5: 12 sc
6: (4 sc, dec) x 2 = 10
7: (3 sc, dec) x 2 = 8
8: 8 sc
9: (3 sc, inc) x 2 = 10
10: (4 sc, inc) x 2 = 12, leave a tail for sewing.

OPTION 3

Small part

1: 6 sc in MR
2: in BLO, 6 sc
3: 6 sc, leave a tail for sewing.

Large part

1: 5 sc in MR
2: 4 sc, inc = 6
3: 5 sc, inc = 7
4-7: 7 sc (4 rounds)
8: 6 sc, inc = 8
9: 8 sc, leave a tail for sewing. Sew both parts together.

Leaves

Small (7 light and 6 dark)

ch 4, from the 2nd chain: 1 sc, hdc inc, 1 sc, ch 2, on the other side 1 sc, hdc inc, 1 sc, leave a tail for sewing.

Large (3 light and 2 dark)

ch 5, from the 2nd chain: 1 sc, hdc inc, 2 sc, ch 2, on the other side 1 sc, hdc inc, 2 sc, leave a tail for sewing.

Ladybug

Body

Start with red.

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc = 12
3: 12 sc, switch to black
4: (1 sc, dec) x 4 = 8
5: (2 sc, dec) x 2 = 6

Head

Black

1: 5 sc in MR
2: 4 sc, inc = 6, sew the parts together, embroider the ladybug's back.