Charly Seahorse

Charlythe seahorse

crochet amigurumi pattern

© 2008 Copyright by Diana BußAll rights reserved, not to be reprinted

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Skills neededYou need to know how to make a single crochet and how to increase / decrease a stitchYarn requirementsUse whatever yarn U like, tryeverything you can find. You might result in something very adorable.I use catania from Schachenmayr. It is a 100 % cotton yarn and a typical yarn to make potholders from. NeedlesUse the needle size to obtain gauge given on your yarn. If you find your tension to be very loose try using a needle size smaller. It is important to make tight stitches due to a firm and substantial form of your doll.StuffingStuff firmly! I tend to overstuff my dolls. Overstuffing leads to a well shaped look of your dolls and they hold their shape quite nicely.Finished sizeThe finished size of your amigurumi goes hand in hand with the yarn and needle you choose. However using a 3.5 mm needle / E hook you will receive dolls of about 4 to 7 inches high. Charly measures 9” / 23 cm high and 3” / 8 cm wide.Final TipUse a row counter or something else to keep track with your finished rounds. Also I recommend to use some waist yarn (maybe thread or pearl yarn) to mark the beginning of your row, it will make counting lot easier and it’s easily removable anytime.

Abbreviationsbeg - begin, beginningBO - bind offdr - double ring: prevents holes

at beginning of work: to make a double ring wrap yarn around your finger two times, remove resulting loops from finger and start crocheting desired number of stitches into these loops. Holding the stitches firmly with one hand, pull on the yarn tail with the other. One after the other both loops will drawn closed. Insert a marker at the beginning/end of the round.

esc - extended single crochet; Insert hook in next st, yo, pull up a loop, yo, draw through one loop, yo, and draw through all loops on hook

m2 - make 2, i.e. make two singlecrochets into one stitch

m2[x,y] - make 2, make stitches given in parenthesis into one stitch, follow given order

sc - single crochetsc2tog - decrease 1 stitchslst - slip stitchtog - together

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Before we get started a few more words on tension:The body shape of this seahorse is build with extended single crochet stitches (esc) and slipped stitches (slst); both different versions of a single crochet (sc). The esc as a bigger version and the slst as a smaller one. Both are worked on opposite sites of the specific body parts and therefore create the unique shape of the body (e.g. the bending of the seahorse’s tail).The esc are very similar to classic half double crochet stitches (hdc) but use a little less space and therefore don’t let as much stuffing shine through as hdc stitches possibly would. Still the esc’s leave enough spaces between the single stitches that stuffing might shine through if you don’t have pretty firm tension.Therefore it is important to really use a smaller needle size than your yarn asks for if your tension tends to be a little loose.Also it will help a lot to make the sc sts in the following rows (above the esc’s) as tight as possible, this way you just don’t allow the esc’s to stretch as much later on.Also it is very helpful to use a smaller hook to help you yarn over and draw a loop when crocheting into the slst’s. These are very small and tight and using a smaller hook to yarn over will prevent you from breaking your fingers, still you should make the required stitch itself with the normal working hook. I normally use a 3.5 mm / E hook and have a 2 mm / B hook to help me pull the yarn through those super tiny stitches.

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Head / Body / Tail

1 make a dr with 6 sts2 m2 x63 (m2, sc1) x64 sc1, (m2, sc2) x5, m2, sc15 (m2, sc3) x66 sc2, (m2, sc4) x5, m2, sc27 (m2, sc5) x68 sc3. (m2, sc6) x5, m2, sc3make 6 rows15 sc3, (sc2tog, sc6) x5, sc2tog, sc316 (sc2tog, sc5), x617 sc2, (sc2tog, sc4) x5, sc2tog, sc218 (sc2tog, sc3) x619 (sc2tog, sc2) x620 (sc2tog, sc1) x6make 2 rows (sc12)23 (sc2, m2) x2, sc624 sc2, m2, sc4, m2, sc625 sc3, m2, sc4, m2, sc726 sc4, m2, sc5, m2, sc727 sc5, (m2, sc2) x2, m2, sc828 sc5, m2, sc3, m2,

sc4, m2, sc2, slst629 slst3, sc3,

(m2, sc4) x2, m2, sc9

30 sc7, m2, sc4, m2, sc5, m2, sc5, slst5

31 slst3, (sc7, m2) x2, sc1332 (sc10, m2) x2, sc7, slst5


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33 slst4, sc6, m2, sc6, m2, sc6, m2, sc1134 sc3, m2, sc10, m2, sc8, m2, sc11, m2,

sc335 sc3, m2, sc35, m2, sc336 sc40, slst537 slst5, sc11, sc2tog, sc9, sc2tog, sc1638 sc20, sc2tog, sc16, slst539 slst6, sc10, sc2tog, sc6, sc2tog, sc1640 sc16, sc2tog, sc5, sc2tog, sc10, slst541 slst7, sc8, sc2tog, sc4, sc2tog, sc1542 sc11, sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog, sc3,

sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog, sc6, slst443 slst6, sc5, sc2tog, sc1, sc2tog, sc2,

sc2tog, sc1, sc2tog, sc944 sc11, sc2tog x4, sc6, slst345 slst5, sc5, sc2tog x3, sc8make 3 rows (sc21)49 sc12, sc2tog, sc750 sc9, slst7, sc4make 1 row (sc20)52 sc12, sc2tog, sc6make 1 row (sc19)54 sc10, slst2, slst2tog, slst2, sc3make 1 rows (sc18)56 sc3, sc2tog, sc1357 sc9, slst6, sc258 sc3, sc2tog, sc1259 sc9, slst6, sc160 sc3, sc2tog, sc1161 sc2, esc4, sc3, slst5, sc162 sc3, sc2tog, sc1063 sc1, esc5, sc3, slst4, sc164 sc3, sc2tog, sc965 sc2, esc3, sc4, slst3, sc166 sc2, sc2tog, sc9

67 sc2, esc3, sc3, slst3, sc168 sc3, sc2tog, sc769 sc2, esc3, sc2, slst3, sc170 sc3, sc2tog, sc671 sc2, esc3, sc2, slst372 sc3, sc2tog, sc573 sc2, esc3, sc2, slst274 slst1, sc2, sc2tog, sc2, slst275 slst2, esc4, sc276 sc7, slst177 slst2, sc1, esc3, sc1, slst178 slst2, sc679 sc4, esc3, sc180 slst3, sc581 slst3, sc1, esc3, sc182 sc883 sc1, slst3, sc1, esc384 sc1, slst3, sc485 sc5, esc386 esc1, sc1, slst2, sc2, sc2tog87 sc2, slst2, sc2, esc188 esc1, sc689 sc2tog, sc590 sc2BO


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Snout

1 make a dr with 6 sts2 m2 x63 (m2, sc1) x64 (sc2, m2) x6make 1 row (sc24)6 sc5, (sc2tog, sc2) x2, sc2tog, sc4

(row not finished)BO

When binding off leave a real long tail, about the length of your arm to sew the snout to the head:the decreases created a bending in the snout which resembles the top of the snout. Now place the snout to the head in a way that the bended end is on top and the flat end is at the lower side. Use pins to fix the snout in place before you sew it to the head. To sew the snout to the head use the BO yarn end. Secure yarn ends and hide within the seahorse.

Head ‘Pocks'

1 make a dr with 6 sts2 m2, sc5BO

make about 4 (or as many as you like) and add them to the head, all centered and lined up in a row, sew to head, secure and hide yarn ends.

Dorsal Fin

1 make a chain with smaller hook: chain 10, change back to normal working hook

2 start in 2nd chain from hook: sc8, m3 into last chain, turn, sc8

3 sc1, sc2tog, sc5, sc2tog x2, sc5, sc2tog

4 sc1, sc2tog, sc3, sc2tog, sc1, sc2tog, sc2, sc2tog

make 1 row (sc11)BO

Sew to lower back, opposite to belly, below bending of back and above beginning of tail (see front picture). Secure ends and hide them.

Side Fins / “Arms" make two

1 make a chain with smaller hook: chain 6, change back to normal hook size and start in 2nd chain from hook:

2 sc4, m3 into last chain, turn, sc43 sc1, (sc2tog, sc1) x3, sc1make 1 row (sc8)5 (sc2, sc2tog) x2make 1 row (sc6)BO

Sew to side of body, one thumb wide away from dorsal fin. Secure and hide yarn ends.


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Eyes

white1 make dr with 6 sts2 m2 x63 (m2, sc1) x6BO

dark/black1 make dr with 6 sts2 m2 x6BO

Embroider little sparkles onto the dark pupil parts of the eyes. See figure below for guidance. The figure also shows you how to sew both parts of the eye together.

left - - right

We’re finished.

Hope you had fun

Abbreviations for the following additional patterns

dc - double crochethdc - half double cochettrc - triple crochet

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Additional:

Two little patterns to decorate your Seahorse:

Staruse same yarn and hook as Charly(only a different color)

1 chain 4 and close to form a ring2 chain 3, sc into 2nd chain from

hook, hdc in last chain, sc into ring – repeat 5 times

BO

Sew to body, maybe onto the belly? Or how about right behind one eye?

Heartuse same yarn and hook as Charly(maybe a red color way?)

1 chain 4 and make all following sts into the first chain from hook:

2 trc3, dc3, chain 1, trc1, chain 1, dc3, trc3, slst2

BO


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