Minion Amigurumi Crochet Pattern
Bright yellow, potato-shaped, gibberish-speaking creatures that are easily excited. What's not cute about that?
I didn't know until one of Jason's co-workers asked if I would crochet a Minion for him. I watched the movies and instantly fell in love so how could I not make a Minion amigurumi?
I came up with a fun pattern for a Minion and I've chosen to make Dave because aside from being so damn adorbs, he - like me - likes ice cream, video games, and he bakes!
Not sure how big he would be in real life but for now, enjoy this 8.5 inch version of Dave the Minion. Oh! And did I mention he comes with a cupcake?
Minion Crochet Pattern
Materials:
Minion – Size: approx. 8.5’’ tall
Worsted weight (4) yarn, such as Bernat Super Value in yellow, black, blue, white, brown, and grey or silver.
Size 2.5mm, 3.00mm, 3.5mm, and 4.00mm hooks
Yarn needle for joining parts
Polyfil for stuffing
Embroidery thread in black and light blue
Embroidery needle
Small black buttons (2)
Cupcake – Size: approx. 3” tall
Worsted weight (4) yarn, such as Bernat Super Value in pink, aqua, yellow, white, and black
Size 3.00mm hook
Yarn needle for joining parts
Polyfil for stuffing
Embroidery thread in black
Embroidery needle
Abbreviations (US terms)
sts - stitches
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
inc - increase (2 sc in the same st)
dec - decrease (sc 2 sts together)
sl st - slip stitch
Notes: Unless otherwise stated, this pattern is worked in continuous rounds using stitch markers to locate the beginning/end of a round. Work in somewhat tight stitches. All colour changes start in the stitch of the previous round.
Head/Body
Using yellow yarn and 4.00mm hook.
Round 1: start 6sc in magic ring
Round 2: inc in each st (12 sts)
Round 3: [sc in next st, inc in next st] repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Round 4: [sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st] repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Round 5: [sc in next 3 sts, inc in next st] repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Round 6: [sc in next 4 sts, inc in next st] repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Round 7: [sc in next 5 sts, inc in next st] repeat 6 times (42 sts)
Rounds 8-22: sc in each st (42 sts)
Switch to blue yarn
Rounds 23-28: sc in eact st (42 sts)
Round 29: [sc in next 5 sts, dec in next st] repeat 6 times (36 sts)
Begin to stuff body with fibrefill
Round 30: [sc in next 4 sts, dec in next st] repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Round 31: [sc in next 3 sts, dec in next st] repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Round 32: [sc in next 2 sts, dec in next st] repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Round 33: [sc in next st, dec in next st] repeat 6 times (12 sts)
Round 34: dec in each st (6 sts)
Dec to close, fasten off and weave in ends.
Overall Flaps – Make 2
Using blue yarn and 4.00mm hook.
Row 1: Leaving a long tail ch 13, sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across, turn (12 sts)
Row 2-5: ch 1, sc across, turn (12 sts)
In last row ch 16 and fasten off leaving long tail for sewing.
Shoes/Legs – Make 2
Using black yarn and 4.00mm hook.
Round 1: ch 7, sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across, sc 3 in last ch, continue working into the bottom of the foundation ch and sc across to the last st, inc in last st (14 sts)
Round 2: sc in each st (14 sts)
Round 3: sc in next 4 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in next 5 sts (12 sts)
Round 4: sc in next 3 sts, dec, sc in next st, dec, sc in next 4 sts (10 sts)
Round 5: sc in next 3 sts, dec x 2, sc in next 3 sts (8 sts)
Switch to blue yarn
Round 6: sc in each st (8 sts)
Stuff foot with fibrefill
Round 7: [sc in next st, inc in next st] repeat 4 times (12 sts)
Rounds 8-9: sc in each st (12 sts)
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.
Arms – Make 2
Using yellow yarn and 3.50mm hook.
Leave a long tail for sewing later.
Round 1: start 6sc in magic ring
Round 2: sc in each st (6 sts)
Round 3: [sc in next st, inc in next st] repeat 3 times (9 sts)
Rounds 4-12: sc in each st (9 sts)
Fasten off.
Hands – Make 2
Starting with hand base, using black yarn and 3.00mm hook.
Round 1: start 6sc in magic ring
OR
Ch 2 and 6 sc in second ch from hook.
Round 2: inc in each st (12 sts)
Rounds 3-4: sc in each st (12 sts)
Round 5: [sc in next st, dec in next st] repeat 4 times (8 sts)
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.
Fingers - Make 6 in total, using black yarn and 2.50mm hook.
Round 1: start 5sc in magic ring
Round 2-3: sc in each st (5 sts)
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.
Eyes – Make 2
Using brown yarn and 3.00mm hook.
Round 1: start 5sc in magic ring
Switch to white yarn.
Round 2: inc in each st (10 sts)
Round 3: [sc in next st, inc in next st] repeat 5 times (15 sts)
Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.
Goggles
Using grey or silver yarn and 3.50mm hook.
Round 1: ch 21, sl st to 1st ch and sc in each ch around (20 sts)
Round 2: sc in each st ending with sl st. Fasten off and weave in ends.
Repeat to make second piece but leave a long tail – sew in the middle to create goggles.
Goggle Strap
Using black yarn and 3.50mm hook.
Ch 46, sc in 2nd ch from hook and across. Fasten off and sew to goggles.
Assembly
Sew overalls flap to body where blue yarn begins. Attach buttons and embroider pants detail with lighter blue embroidery thread.
Sew legs to body.
Sew fingers to hands, hands to arms, arms to body just under the overalls strap.
Embroider mouth and hair.
For goggles, sew eyes to inside goggle piece then attach the straps and then stitch to head.
Cupcake
Using pink yarn and 3.00mm hook.
Round 1: start 6 sc in magic ring
Round 2: inc in each st (12 sts)
Round 3: [sc in next st, inc in next st] repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Round 4: BLO sc in each st (18 sts)
Round 5: sc in each st (18 sts)
Round 6: [sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st] repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Rounds 7-8: sc in each st (24 sts)
Switch to aqua yarn.
Round 9: BLO [sc in next 3 sts, inc in next st] repeat 6 times (30 sts)
Round 10: sc in each st (30 sts)
Round 11: [sc in next 3 sts, dec in next st] repeat 6 times (24 sts)
Round 12: [sc in next 2 sts, dec in next st] repeat 6 times (18 sts)
Round 13: [sc in next st, dec in next st] repeat 6 times (12 sts)
Stuff with fibrefill.
Round 14: dec in each st (6 sts)
Dec to close, fasten off and weave in ends.
Minion Icing
Using yellow yarn and 3.00mm hook.
Round 1: start 4 sc in magic ring
Round 2: inc in each st (8 sts)
Round 3: [sc in next st, inc in next st] repeat 4 times (12 sts)
Round 4: [sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st] repeat 4 times (16 sts)
Rounds 5-8: sc in each st (16 sts)
Round 9: [2 dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st] repeat 5 times, sl st in last st. Fasten off and leave tail for sewing.
Eye and Goggle
Using white yarn and 3.00mm hook.
Round 1: start 5sc in magic ring
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Goggle Strap
Using black yarn and 3.00mm hook.
Ch 20. Fasten off and sew to eye. Attach to body.
Stuff the body with stuffing and sew on to the cupcake.
Use embroidery thread for pupils and hair.
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