Grinch

Free Grinch crochet pattern by Viktoria Matveeva @matveeva_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a small Grinch—the Christmas thief—wearing a hat and scarf. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi, including Alize Cotton Gold, YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others.

The finished toy is approximately 4 in (10 cm) tall.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn: 60 green, white, and 90 red
• Alize Softy yarn: white
• 2-2.5 mm crochet hook
• Thin black thread
• 6 mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR – magic ring
• ch – chain stitch
• sl st – slip stitch
• sc – single crochet
• inc – increase
• dec – decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Grinch amigurumi crochet pattern

Head

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. 30 sc
7. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
8. 36 sc
9. 8 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3, 11 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc (42)
10-11. 42 sc
12. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
13. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
14. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
15. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
16. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Insert the 6 mm eyes between rounds 9 and 10, with 3 sc between them.

Shaping the head

• Embroider the nose with green yarn between rounds 10 and 11.
• Make 3-4 stitches spanning 2 sc.
• Embroider the whites of the eyes with one white stitch each.
• Embroider triangular eyebrows in green, making 4-5 stitches on each side.
• Embroider the mouth with thin black thread (the white needles are between rounds 11 and 12, and the purple needle is between rounds 14 and 15).
• Make a straight line with thin black thread from the bottom of the mouth to the nose.

Legs and body

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3-5. 9 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Crochet the second leg in the same way. Do not cut the yarn on the second leg. Ch 3 and join the first leg with a sl st.

6. 9 sc around the leg, 3 inc across the ch, 3 sc around the second leg, 3 inc across the ch (30)
7-10. 30 sc (4 rounds)
11. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
12-13. 24 sc
14. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
15-16. 18 sc
17. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
18. 12 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Arms (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR
2-8. 6 sc (7 rounds)

Do not add any fiberfill. Fold the piece in half and crochet 3 sc through both sides. Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew the head to the body. Sew the arms between rounds 17 and 18.

Hat

With red YarnArt Jeans:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. 9 sc
4. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
5-6. 12 sc
7. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
8-9. 15 sc
10. (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
11-12. 18 sc
13. (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
14. 21 sc
15. (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
16. (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
17. (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30)
18. (9 sc, inc) x 3 (33)
19. (10 sc, inc) x 3 (36)
20. (11 sc, inc) x 3 (39)
21. (12 sc, inc) x 3 (42)
22. 42 sc with white Alize Softy

Pompom

With white Alize Softy:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 sc

Pull the stitches closed. Sew the pompom to the hat.

Scarf

Start with red. Work in turning rows, making 1 ch at the end of each row:

Ch 4 and begin in the second chain from the hook.

1-2. 3 sc
With white
3-4. 3 sc
With red
5-6. 3 sc

Continue alternating 2 rows of white and 2 rows of red until the scarf reaches the desired length. Finish with red. Cut six 3/8 in (1 cm) pieces of red yarn and add fringe to both ends of the scarf. Trim the fringe evenly.