Mini Grinchmas

Author: Miranda Aivazyan
Difficulty Level: easy

Crochet Mini Grinchmas amigurumi

A free Mini Grinchmas crochet pattern by Miranda Aivazyan @zayka_mi_amigurumi.

With this pattern, you can crochet a tiny Grinch. This crocheted Christmas toy can be used as a keychain or a Christmas tree ornament. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi project, including YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others.

The finished toy is about 4.5 cm (1.8 in) tall.

Materials and Tools

  • YarnArt Jeans yarn: 69 green (main color)
  • Iris thread: black and yellow (for the facial features)
  • 1.5 mm crochet hook
  • 6 mm safety eyes
  • Fiberfill
  • Needles for sewing the pieces together
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Mini Grinchmas Amigurumi Keychain and Christmas Ornament Crochet Pattern

Head

Crochet in green. Stuff as you go.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-9. 4 rounds (30)
10. 7 sc, 4 inc, 8 sc, 4 inc, 7 sc (38)
11. 38 sc

Insert the eyes between rounds 10 and 11, 5 stitches apart.

12. 13 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 13 sc (36)
13. 13 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 13 sc (34)
14. 13 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 13 sc (32)
15. 13 sc, dec, 2 sc, 13 sc (30)
16. 30 sc
17. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
18. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
19. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
20. 6 dec

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Weave in the end.

Finishing and Assembly

First, needle-sculpt the face. Thread a long needle with Iris thread that matches the head. Secure the thread at the bottom of the head where you finished crocheting, then bring the needle out at the outer corner of one eye. Insert it at the inner corner of the same eye and bring it out at the bottom of the face, where you first inserted the needle. Move over 1 stitch and repeat for the other eye. Pull the thread to shape the face. Secure and cut the thread, then hide the end inside the toy.

  • Embroider yellow highlights on the outer sides of the eyes.
  • Embroider the eyelids with green thread.
  • Embroider the eyelashes with black thread.
  • Embroider the nose with black thread at eye level.
  • Using the photo as a guide, embroider the mouth with black thread.
  • Holding 2 strands of green thread together, embroider the eyebrows.
  • Make the hair tuft from short lengths of green yarn. Use a crochet hook to loop them through the MR. Fluff the strands with a needle.
  • You can sew a ribbon, cord, or similar loop to the hair tuft area.

Your toy is finished!

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