Amigurumi Cute Clown Free Crochet Pattern

MATERIALS NEEDED

Yarn

• Alize cotton gold 382 (skin color)

• Alize cotton gold 390 (cherry)

• Alize cotton gold 21 (grey melange)

• Alize cotton gold 17 (petrol color)

• Gazzal jeans 1101 (ecru, white)

• Yarnart jeans 29 (pea)

• Yarnart jeans 81 (turquoise)

We will need a half of a skein of each of these colors, and 2/3 of a skein of Yarnart jeans 29, which will be used for hair.

• Any black thread for eyes embroidery. You can use mouline threads or YarnArt Jeans (divide a yarn strand into two separate threads).

• Crochet hook, which is appropriate to your crochet density, I use 2 mm hook (US B).

• Needle for sewing the pieces

• Toy stuffing

• Scissors

• Two small buttons

• Good mood

For the clown with red hair

I used these colors:

• Yarnart jeans 80 (grey) as a substitute for Alize cotton gold 21 (grey melange)

• Alize cotton gold 40 (light blue) as a substitute for

Yarnart jeans 81 (turquoise)

• Yarnart Jeans 68 (dark blue) as a substitute for

Alize cotton gold 17 (petrol color)

For hair: Yarnart jeans 85.

We will need 2/3 of a skein

I use exactly these colors in this pattern. You can choose the yarn to your liking, but all the colors should have the same yarn weight.

Abbreviations:

sc – single crochet

st, sts – stitch, stitches

dc – double crochet

inc – increase

dec – decrease

MR – magic ring

ch – chain

sl st – slip stitch

Head

(…) – total number of stitches in the round In this pattern we use US terminology.

Work in skin color.

6 sc in MR

1 round: 6 inc (12)

2 round: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)

3 round: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)

4 round: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)

5 round: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)

6 round: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)

7 round: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)

8 round: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)

9 round: (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)

10-19 (10 rounds): 60 sc

20 round: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)

21 round: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)

22 round: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)

23 round: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)

24 round: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)

25 round: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)

26 round: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)

27 round: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)

28 round: 6 dec (6)

Stuff the piece firmly as you go.

Secure the thread, fasten off, pull the opening closed. Weave in the thread end inside of the head.

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Hair

Crochet in orange color.

Insert the crochet hook under one of the magic ring stitches. Make chain 21.

From the second chain from the hook: work 20 sc, this will be the first hair strand.

Crochet densely enough. Make sure the chain is not twisted, otherwise the strand wouldn’t be curled.

Then work 2 sc along the magic ring stitches and make another hair strand (ch21, from the second ch from the hook: 20 sc), 2 sc along the head round and make one more hair strand, 2 sc along the head round. This way we got three hair strands in the first round.

We are going to make hair strands skipping one round apart from other hairround. Skip the firstround ofthe head and start to crochetthe second round with hair strands along the second round ofthe head. In the nextrounds we will crochet 3 sc between two hair strands along the head.

Start to crochet the second round. We‘ve worked 2 sc along the head at the first round, work one more sc and make another hair strand, then 3 sc along the head, make a hair strand, 3 sc along the head, make a hair strand. Repeat till the end of the round.

Then go to the third round with hair (the head’s fourth round) and continue repeating the rapport. I will not write how many hair strands we should have in every round. It doesn’t matter much. Be attentive, don’t skip the head stitches, make increases into every increase, it means that we make two sc from one st.

Continue crocheting in rounds, until six rounds with hair strands are worked (the first round with three hair strands is taken into account).

Count 25 sts from the end of the last round and place a pin.

Turn the work. Now we are going to make hair at the head back, work in reverse direction, also skipping one head round.

Repeat the same rapport (3 sc along the head, a hair strand) till the pin. Turn the work again, skip one round and crochet till the beginning of the previous round. Secure the thread, fasten off, weave in end inside of the piece.

This way we crocheted our hair, making the face boundary.

The width of the face is 25 sts.

The hair is finished. We have 6 rounds and two turning rows.

Hair strands are curled by themselves, but you can curve them with your fingers. Also you can arrange them evenly so there won’t be spaces between them.

Nose

Crochet with the thread of cherry color.

6 sc in MR

1 round: 6 inc (12)

2-3 rounds (2 rounds): 12 sc

4 round: 6 dec

Secure the thread, fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Stuff the piece.

Face Details

Sew the nose, leaving 6 sts down from the hairline.

Embroider the eyes with black coloured thread. Mouline threads can be used, I used Yarnart jeans divided into two thread strands.

Insert the needle into the head bottom and bring out from the point 1. Skip 5 sts and reinsert the needle into the point 2, bring out from the point 3 (1 stitch higher and 1 diagonally to the right). Pick the stitch up and reinsert into the point 3 again, bring out from the point 4 (1 stitch higher and 1 diagonally to the right). Reinsert the needle into the point 4 and bring out from the point 5 (1 st to the right).

Pick the stitch up, insert the needle into the point 5 and bring out from the point 6 (1 st to the right and lower diagonally). Pick the stitch up, reinsert the needle into the point 6 and bring out from the head bottom. Secure the thread, fasten off and weave in ends inside of the piece.

The second eye is embroidered in the same way.

Count 2 rounds lower the eyes and embroider freckles with the red color, making horizontal stitches with the wide of 1 st.

To make the eyes sadly looking, move the 1st point 2 sts higher. Other points are located lower than the first stitch is and respectively to it.

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Legs (MAKE 2)

Crochet with the thread of cherry color.

Ch10.

1 round: From the second chain from the hook: 8 sc, 3 sc into one chain, 7 sc, inc (20)

2 round: inc, 7 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 2 inc (26)

3 round, 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, (sc, inc)*3, 7 sc, (sc, inc)*2 (32)

4 round: into back loops only 32 sc

5-6 rounds (2 rounds): 32 sc

Watch for the marker location: it should be located exactly at the heel middle. If it shifted to the left, then leave 2 sts unworked in the 6th round.

7 round: 10 sc, 6 dec, 10 sc (26)

8 round: 7 sc, 6 dec, 7 sc (20)

9 round: 7 sc, 3 dec, 7 sc (17)

Change to grey color.

10 round: 17 sc into back loops only

11 round: 17 sc

Change to light blue color.

Stuff the leg as you go.

12-13 rounds (2 rounds): 17 sc

Change to grey color.

14-15 rounds (2 rounds): 17 sc

Then change the thread color every two rounds.

16-25 rounds (10 rounds): 17 sc

Stuff the top of the piece slightly.

Change to grey color.

26 round: 15 sc (leave the last 2 sts unworked in this round to avoid the marker being shifted)

27 round: Fold the piece in half and work 8 sts through two layers.

Secure the thread, fasten off, weave in end inside of the piece.

In the 10th round work 17 sc into front loops only with the thread of red color, secure the thread, fasten off, weave in ends inside of the piece.

The second leg is crocheted in the same way, don’t fasten off the grey thread after finishing 26th round.

Crochet the body starting from the second leg.

Make ch 5 and join with the first leg into back loop. The legs are located with the heels facing towards us, therefore the back loop is the loop which is closer to us.

Work in rounds.

1 round: 8 sc into back loops of the first leg, 8 sc into front loops of the front loops of the first leg, 5 sc along one side of the chain, 8 sc into front loops of the second leg, 8 sc into back loops of the second leg, 5 sc along the second side of the chain.

Place marker to indicate the beginning of the round.

2 round: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)

Change to light blue color. Then change the color every two rounds.

3-11 rounds: (9 rounds): 48 sc

12 round: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)

13 round: 42 sc

14 round: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)

15 round: 36 sc

16 round: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)

Stuff the piece as you go.

17 round: 30 sc

18 round: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)

19 round: 24 sc

20 round: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)

21-22 rounds (2 rounds): 18 sc

Secure the thread, fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

SLEEVE RUCHE (MAKE 2)

Crochet in white color.

Make ch 14.

From the third ch from the hook: crochet 3 dc into every stitch. Repeat till the end of the round. Secure the thread, fasten off, leaving a long tail.

Arms (MAKE 2)

Start crocheting in skin color.

6 sc in MR

1 round: 6 inc (12)

2-5 rounds (4 rounds): 12 sc

Change to light blue color.

6 round: 12 sc

Stuff the piece as you go.

The arm top should be stuffed slightly.

Then we are going to join the ruche.

7 round: Put the ruche to the arm and work 12 sc in the next round through both the arm and the ruche, inserting the hook into the hole where we crocheted three dc.(12)

8 round: Crochet 12 sc into back loops only.

Change to grey color. Then make the color changing every two rounds.

9-23 rounds (15 rounds): 12 sc

Fold the piece in half and work 5 sc through two layers. Secure the thread, fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

In the 8th round crochet 12 sc with the light blue thead into front loops only. The second arm is crocheted in the same way.

Sew the ruche ends with the white thread. Weave in ends inside of the piece.

Cap

Crochet with the thread of cherry color.

4 sc in MR

1 round: 4 inc (8)

2 round: 8 sc

3 round: (1 sc, inc)*4 (12)

4 round: 12 sc

5round: (2 sc, inc)*4 (16)

6 round: 16 sc

7 round: (3 sc, inc)*4 (20)

8 round: 20 sc

9 round: (4 sc, inc)*4 (24)

10 round: 24 sc

11 round: (5 sc, inc)*4 (28)

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Pompom

Crochet in blue color.

6 sc in MR

1 round: 6 inc (12)

2-3 rounds (2 rounds): 12 sc

4 round: 6 dec (6)

Stuff the piece.

Secure the thread, pull the opening closed.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

12 round: 28 sc

13 round: (6 sc, inc)*4 (32)

14 round: 32 sc

Secure the thread, fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Collar

Crochet in white color.

The collar is crocheted in turning rows.

Make a chain 23.

1 row: from the third ch from the hook: work 3 dc into every ch.

Repeat till the end of the row.

2 row: 63 hdc

Secure the thread, fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Sew the pompom.

Embroider the “ticks” with the thread of white color in a random order.

Trousers

Crochet in blue color.

Make chain 48, join in a circle. Make sure that the chain is not twisted.

Begin all the rounds with 2 turning chains, finish with sl st.

1-5 rounds (5 rounds): 48 dc

Then we are going to make the first leg.

Work 24 dc and make sl st into the first st of the round.

Continue crocheting in rounds, work 3 more rounds with 24 dc in each round.

Secure the thread, fasten off.

Start to crochet the second leg.

Attach the thread to the fly’s (leave a thread tail long enough.

We will use this tail to sew the hole between the legs).

Work 4 rounds with 24 dc. Secure the thread, fasten off.

Weave in all thread ends.

Sew the hole formed between the legs closed.

Then we are going to make suspenders. Skip 6 sts from the beginning of the first round, attach the thread and make chain 26, work 25 sc starting from the second chain from the hook.

(Put the trousers on the clown and decide what length of suspenders you need.) Attach the suspender to the trousers, weave in ends.

The second suspender is crocheted in the same way, but you will need to skip 6 sts from the beginning of the round to the left side.

Sew the suspenders with buttons to the trousers.

The suspenders can be crossed at the back side.

Assembly

Find the most successful position for the cap. Spread the hair and mark the place for the cap attaching with pins. Sew to the hair, try to insert the hook closer to the hair base.

Sew the arms between the rounds 18 and 19. Watch the arms were attached symmetrically.

Mark the head position with pins, watch for the symmetry points. Sew the head.

Put the collar on the clown, make a seam at the back side.

Put the trousers on, sew the suspenders with buttons.

Our cute clown is finished! Thank you for crocheting with me!