Minions

Author: Yulia T
Difficulty Level: easy

Crochet amigurumi Minions

Free Minions crochet pattern by Yulia T @club212135695.

With this pattern, you can crochet a Minion. To make this amigurumi, you will need any plush yarn and a suitable crochet hook. The entire toy is worked in a continuous spiral as one piece. The designer provides two Minion options: one with one eye and one with two eyes.

Materials and tools

  • Plush yarn in yellow, blue, black, and white
  • Black embroidery floss
  • 3 mm crochet hook
  • 3 mm safety eyes
  • Fiberfill
  • Stitch markers
  • Pins
  • Glue
  • Needle for sewing the pieces together
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet amigurumi Minion pattern

Start with blue yarn.

1. work 8 sc, starting in the 2nd ch
2. 8 inc (16)
3. (sc, inc) x 8 (24)
In the next round, make the legs with black yarn: work a puff stitch of 3 dc into one stitch, closing them together at the top.
4. 8 sc, puff, 6 sc, puff, 8 sc (24)
5-6. 24 sc
Change to yellow yarn and work the next round through the back loops only.
7. 24 sc, +1 offset st
In the next round, make the arms.
8. 8 sc; arm — ch 5, starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 4 sl st; 8 sc; arm; 8 sc (24)
9-10. 24 sc (+ one more round for the one-eyed Minion)

Change yarn and work one round in black. Make the eye with white yarn: work a puff stitch of 4 dc into one stitch, closing them together at the top.

11. 12 sc, eye puff, 11 sc (one eye)
10 sc, puff, sc, puff, 11 sc (two eyes)
Continue with yellow yarn.
12. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
13. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
14. 6 dec

Join yarn to the front loops of round 7 and work around in slip stitches, making the straps with chains. Glue on the eyes. Embroider the mouth.

Your crocheted Minion is ready! Please tag the designer on social media — Yulia T @club212135695.