Mei from My Neighbor Totoro
A free crochet pattern for Mei from My Neighbor Totoro by @lydiawlc.
With this pattern, you can crochet Mei from the anime movie My Neighbor Totoro. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project.
Materials and Tools
- Yarn: beige, white, yellow, red, and brown
- Crochet hook
- Safety eyes
- Fiberfill
- Needle for sewing the pieces together
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR – magic ring
- ch – chain stitch
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- dc – double crochet
- tr – treble crochet
- inc – increase
- dec – decrease
- (...) x n — repeat n times
Crochet Pattern for Amigurumi Mei from My Neighbor Totoro
Head and Body
Use yellow, beige (skin color), and white yarn. Start with the legs:
Round 1. With yellow yarn, 8 sc in MR (8)
Round 2. 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc (6)
Switch to beige yarn.
Rounds 3-7. Sc in each stitch (6)
Round 8. Join the legs as follows: ch 2 and join to the second leg. Work 6 sc around that leg, sc in the 2 ch, work 6 sc around the first leg, then sc in the 2 ch joining the legs.
Round 9. 16 sc (16)
Switch to white yarn.
Round 10. 16 sc in FLO (16)
Rounds 11-13. 16 sc (16)
Round 14. (2 sc, dec) around (12)
Round 15. (Sc, dec) around (8)
Round 16. 8 sc (8)
Switch to beige yarn.
Round 17. 8 inc (16)
Round 18. (Sc, inc) around (24)
Round 19. (2 sc, inc) around (32)
Round 20. (Sc, inc, 2 sc) around (40)
Rounds 21-24. 40 sc (40)
Round 25. 9 sc, (dec, 5 sc) x 3, dec, 8 sc. The section marked in red is the front of the face, so you may need to adjust its position (36)
Rounds 26-29. 38 sc (38)
Round 30. (4 sc, dec) around (30)
Round 31. (Sc, dec, 2 sc) around (24)
Round 32. (2 sc, dec) around (18)
Round 33. (Sc, dec) around (12)
Round 34. Dec around (6)
Insert the eyes between Rounds 24 and 25, with 7-8 stitches between them.
Ears (Make 2)
Use skin-color yarn:
Round 1. Ch 2, work 4 dc into the second ch (4)
Sew the ears between Rounds 22 and 23, 4 stitches away from the eyes.
Skirt
Use red yarn:
Round 1. Ch 18, join into a ring, work 18 sc (18)
Round 2. 18 sc (18)
Round 3. (2 sc, inc) around (24)
Round 4. (3 sc, inc) around (30)
Round 5. (4 sc, inc) around (36)
Rounds 6-7. 36 sc (36)
Leave a long tail to make the straps.
Hair
Use brown yarn:
Round 1. 7 sc in MR (7)
Round 2. 7 inc (14)
Round 3. (Sc, inc) around (21)
Round 4. (2 sc, inc) around (28)
Round 5. (3 sc, inc) around (35)
Round 6. (4 sc, inc) around (42)
Rounds 7-12. 42 sc (42)
Round 13. 12 sc, slightly elongate the 2 stitches just worked, 18 sc, slightly elongate the 2 stitches just worked, 12 sc
Pigtails
Row 1. Ch 8, starting in the second ch from the hook: sc, dc, 2 tr, dc, sc
Rows 2-3. Ch 7, starting in the second ch from the hook: sc, dc, 2 tr, dc, sc
The wrong side of each pigtail should face outward. Sew the pigtails to the hair between Rounds 9 and 10.
Arms (Make 2)
Start each arm with beige yarn:
Round 1. 5 sc in MR (5)
Rounds 2-5. 5 sc (5)
Round 6. Switch to white yarn, 5 inc (10)
Round 7. 5 dec (5)
Underwear
Use white yarn:
Round 1. Ch 9 and join into a ring, (sc, inc) x 8 (24)
Round 2. (5 sc, inc) around (28)
Round 3. 28 sc (28)
Round 4. 8 sc; begin dividing the piece into leg openings here
Left leg: skip 14 stitches, sc, 6 inc, 2 sl st along the inner thigh. For the right leg, work into the stitches you skipped: sc, 6 inc, sc, 2 sl st along the inner thigh.
Hat
Use yellow and red yarn:
Round 1. Starting with yellow yarn, 7 sc in MR
Round 2. 7 inc (14)
Round 3. (Sc, inc) around (21)
Round 4. (2 sc, inc) around (28)
Round 5. (3 sc, inc) around (35)
Round 6. (4 sc, inc) around (42)
Rounds 7-9. 42 sc (42)
Switch to red yarn.
Round 10. 42 sc (42)
Switch back to yellow yarn.
Round 11. Working in FLO, (2 sc, inc) around (56)
Round 12. (3 sc, inc) around (60)
Round 13. 60 sc (60)
Bag
Use yellow yarn:
Round 1. Ch 4, starting in the second ch from the hook: 2 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, sc, inc (8)
Rounds 2-4. 8 sc (8)
Round 5. 3 sc (3)
Row 6. Turn, 3 sc (3)
Row 7. Turn, 3 sc (3)
Leave a long tail to make the strap. Sew all the pieces together, and Mei is ready!
