Kiki the Little Witch

Free crochet tutorial for Kiki the Little Witch by @kr.amigurumi.

Using this pattern, you can crochet the witch doll Kiki from the anime Kiki's Delivery Service. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project.

Materials and tools

• Yarn: beige, red, orange, coffee, blue/lead (depending on the dress), black and white for the eyes
• Crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Soft pastels or blush
• Wire
• Glue
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Kiki the Witch amigurumi crochet pattern

Legs (2 pieces)

Cut the yarn on the first leg. Do not cut the yarn on the second leg so you can join the legs and crochet the body.

Start with orange yarn and a 2 mm hook.

Round 1. 5 sc in MR (5)
Round 2. 5 inc (10)
Round 3. (1 sc, inc) x 5 (15)
Round 4. 15 sc in back loops only (15)
Round 5. 15 sc (15)
Switch to beige yarn.
Round 6. In back loops only: 5 sc, 2 dec, 6 sc (13)
Round 7. dec, 2 sc, 3 dec, 3 sc (9)
Rounds 8-17. 9 sc (9)

Stuff the leg. Join the legs:

Round 18: 3 sc on the 2nd leg, 2 ch, sc into the inside of the 1st leg, 8 sc in the stitches of the 1st leg, 2 sc in chain stitches, 6 sc on the 2nd leg (22)

Body and head

Rounds 19-21. 22 sc (22)
Round 22. 5 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec, 4 sc (20)
Round 23. 20 sc (20)
Round 24. 4 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 4 sc (18)
Round 25. 18 sc (18)
Round 26. 3 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 4 sc (16)
Round 27. 16 sc (16)
Round 28. 3 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 3 sc (14)
Round 29. 14 sc (14)
Round 30. 2 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 3 sc (12)
Stuff the body.
Round 31. 6 decreases (6)
Round 32. 6 sc (6)
Round 33. 6 inc (12)
Round 34. 12 inc (24)
Round 35. (sc, inc) x 12 (36)
Round 36. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 37. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Rounds 38-48. 48 sc (48)
Round 49. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 50. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)

Place the eyes between rounds 41 and 42, with 9 stitches between them. Also embroider the other facial details.

Round 51. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 52. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 53. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Start stuffing the head.
Round 54. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 55. 6 dec (6)

Hide the yarn tail.

Arms (2 pieces)

Skin-color yarn and 2 mm hook:

Round 1. 9 sc in MR (9)
Rounds 2-3. 9 sc (9)
Round 4. dec, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc (7)
Rounds 5-11. 7 sc (7)
Round 12. sc, 4 hdc, 2 sc (7)

The hdc stitches should be at the shoulder area. Now, if you have wire, insert it into the body and bend the end so you can sew on the arms later and keep them connected. You can also sew on the arms without wire.

Dress

Crochet with a 2 mm hook in turning rows (after each row, make 1 ch).

Row 1. 15 ch (14 + 1 turning chain)
Row 2. 14 sc (14)
Row 3. inc, skip 4 sc, 5 ch, 4 sc, skip 4 sc, 5 ch, inc (18)
Row 4. (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Row 5. (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
Rows 6-7. 24 sc (24)
Row 8. (2 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
Join the ends with sl st and continue crocheting.
Rows 9-10. 32 sc
Row 11. (7 sc, inc) x 4 (36)
Rows 12-14. 36 sc (36)
Row 15. (8 sc, inc) x 4 (40)
Row 16. 40 sc (40)

Fasten off. Crochet sleeves into the openings left in row 3, crochet 11 sc: 4 stitches in the skipped area + 5 in the chain + 2 (one on each side).

Then continue:

Row 1. 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc (13)
Row 2. 6 sc, inc, 6 sc (14)
Rows 3-4. 14 sc (14)

Fasten off. Put the dress on Kiki and sew it to the back.

Hair

Coffee-color yarn and a 3 mm hook. Start by crocheting the base.

Round 1. 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2. 6 inc (12)
Round 3. (inc, sc) x 6 (18)
Round 4. (sc, inc) x 6 (24)

Now start crocheting the strands. Close each strand with a sl st in the next stitch, then start the next strand. Total: 24 strands.

14 strands: 12 ch, 11 hdc from the 2nd chain from the hook
1 strand: 9 ch, 8 hdc from the 2nd chain from the hook
1 strand: 7 ch, 6 hdc from the 2nd chain from the hook
6 strands: 5 ch, 4 sc from the 2nd chain from the hook
1 strand: 7 ch, 6 hdc from the 2nd chain from the hook
1 strand: 9 ch, 8 hdc from the 2nd chain from the hook

Sew or glue the hair base to the back of the head. The 14 identical strands go at the back of the head. The 6 short strands are Kiki's bangs.

Bow

Red yarn and a 3 mm hook:

Band: 35 ch. Sew it onto the head.

Now crochet two pieces:

Row 1. 17 ch (16 + 1 turning chain)
Rows 2-6. 16 sc (16)
Sew both ends together and sew them onto the head.

For the center:
4 ch, 3 sc
Sew it over the join between the two bow pieces.