Ghost Keychain

Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi ghost keychain crochet

Free Ghost crochet tutorial by Elena @migurumi_land.

With this pattern, you can crochet a ghost-shaped keychain. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. You can use the toy as a keychain for a bag/backpack or as Halloween decor.

Materials and Tools

  • White yarn
  • Crochet hook
  • Black embroidery thread
  • Safety eye
  • Toy stuffing
  • Keychain hardware
  • Dry pastels or blush
  • Needle for sewing parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Ghost Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Ears (2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc (8)
Rounds 3-5: 8 sc

Arms (2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Rounds 2-3: 6 sc

Head-Body

Work from the top in continuous rounds:

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: 30 sc
Round 7: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Round 8: 36 sc
Round 9: (11 sc, inc) x 3 (39)
Round 10: 39 sc
Round 11: (12 sc, inc) x 3 (42)
Rounds 12-15: 42 sc

Round 16: 10 sc, crochet 3 sc together with one arm, 16 sc, crochet 3 sc together with the other arm, 10 sc
Round 17: 42 sc
Round 18: (12 sc, dec) x 3 (39)
Round 19: 39 sc
Round 20: 8 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 12 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 7 sc (39)
Round 21: 39 sc
Round 22: 6 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 11 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 9 sc (39)
Round 23: 39 sc
Round 24: 6 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 13 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 10 sc (39)
Round 25: 7 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 15 sc, inc, 11 sc (38)
Round 26: 5 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 13 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 10 sc (38)
Round 27: 3 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 14 sc, inc, 12 sc (36)
Round 28: (1 sc, dec) x 4, 9 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec (29)
Round 29: (dec, 1 sc) x 3, 18 sc, dec (25)
Round 30: (1 sc, dec) x 3, 14 sc, dec (21)
Round 31: 5 sc, 3 dec (18)
Round 32: 18 sc
Round 33: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 2, 2 sc (15)
Round 34: 15 sc
Round 35: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
Round 36: (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
Round 37: (1 sc, dec) x 3 (6)

Cut the yarn, pull it through the 6 remaining stitches, tighten, and hide the tail.

Toy Assembly

  • Sew on the ears.
  • Insert one safety eye between rounds 12 and 13.
  • Embroider the second eye as a cross.
  • Embroider the mouth on round 15.
  • Add the cheeks.