Amigurumi Body Base

Hello everyone! Today I'm going to share a simple crochet pattern that I wrote for a basic amigurumi body.

[Please note: I wrote this pattern from memory, so it's largely untested. If you come across any mistakes, please let me know and I will fix them!]

Amigurumi Body Base

Skills needed: magic ring, crochet in the round, single crochet, increase and decrease

Yarn: Red Heart acrylic

Hook size: F/3.75 mm

Begin with the body color. I used black for this example, but use either a flesh tone (if adding fabric clothes) or the color you want the person's pants to be.)

1. Start with six single crochet stitches in a magic ring.

2. Single crochet twice in each stitch around, increasing to 12.

3. *Single crochet once, then single crochet twice in the next stitch.* Repeat ** six times, increasing to 18.

4. Single crochet once in the back loop of each stitch around.

5. Single crochet once in each stitch around.

6. *Single crochet twice, then single crochet twice in the next stitch.* Repeat ** six times, increasing to 24.

7-13. Single crochet in each stitch around.

(If you began with the color of the pants, change to the color of the shirt after row 9.)

14. *Single crochet twice, then crochet two together.* Repeat ** six times, decreasing to 18.

15. *Single crochet once, then crochet two together.* Repeat ** six times, decreasing to 12.

(Stuff the body before changing to a flesh tone for the head.)

16. *Single crochet once, then single crochet twice in the next stitch.* Repeat ** six times, increasing to 18.

17. *Single crochet twice, then single crochet twice in the next stitch.* Repeat ** six times, increasing to 24.

18. Single crochet in each stitch around.

19. *Single crochet twice, then crochet two together.* Repeat ** six times, decreasing to 18.

(If using snap on eyes, insert them at this time between the two rows of 24.)

20. *Single crochet once, then crochet two together.* Repeat ** six times, decreasing to 12.

(Stuff the head carefully.)

21. *Crochet two together.* Repeat ** six times, decreasing to six, and bind off.

You can sew the remaining hole together or do as I did and slip stitch in each stitch around before binding off, then tuck the tail inside. The tiny hole should be unnoticeable and will probably be covered with hair, anyway.

So there you go! Quick and easy. It'll end up being about 4 inches tall, if your stitches are as tight as mine end up being.

Oh, and here's an easy tutorial for adding hair to amigurumi heads, in case you wondered how!

See you next week(: