Do you believe in ghosts and mythological creatures? Now you have the opportunity to try a new and unusual forest spirit amigurumi pattern. This little guardian of the forest is not scary at all, rather cute. Beautifully embellished with mushrooms, this funny toy will be a perfect decoration for your garden! The forest spirit has the important task – he looks after the forest and its inhabitants. Enjoy the colorful atmosphere of a fairytale! Don’t forget to leave a comment on your results!

The size of this forest spirit amigurumi will be about 11-12 cm. Wish you easy crocheting and a great mood!

Materials:

• Yarn in 5 colors of similar weight (50 g / 165 m)
• 2.0 mm crochet hook
• Fiberfill
• Tapestry needle for sewing
• Sewing thread and a needle
• Some plastic (you can use plastic bottle or yogurt container)
• Scissors
• Red beads
• Any dark-green embroidery floss (or untwist the yarn #5 and embroider with it)

Skill level: intermediate

Forest spirit
Free amigurumi pattern

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec = decrease (two st together)
[..] = total number of stitches

Color #1 can be changed to yellow or light-brown. Try the nature colors for this amigurumi toy 🙂

All parts are crocheted in a spiral without sl st and a chain at the end of each round. Stuff the toy as you go. Take the yarn #1 and crochet the wood spirit’s body. Head, body, arms, legs  are crocheted as a single part.

Start with a head:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (sc in the next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 7: (sc in the next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 8: (sc in the next 6 st, inc) repeat 6 times [48]
Rnd 9: (sc in the next 7 st, inc) repeat 6 times [54]
Rnd 10: (sc in the next 8 st, inc) repeat 6 times [60]
Rnd 11-18 (8 rounds): sc in all 60 st
Rnd 19: (sc in the next 8 st, dec) repeat 6 times [54]
Rnd 20: (sc in the next 7 st, dec) repeat 6 times [48]
Rnd 21: (sc in the next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 22: (sc in the next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times [36]

Continue crocheting the body:
Rnd 23: sc in all 36 st in front loops only [36]
Rnd 24: (sc in the next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 25: (sc in the next 6 st, inc) repeat 6 times [48]
Rnd 26: (sc in the next 7 st, inc) repeat 6 times [54]
Rnd 27: (sc in the next 8 st, inc) repeat 6 times [60]

Start crocheting arms. Note: don’t stuff the arms!
Crochet 10 sc, fold, count back 10 stitches and join the circle. It’s the first round of the arm.
Rnd 2-4: sc in all 10 st
Rnd 5: (sc in the next 3 st, dec) repeat 2 times [8]
Rnd 6: sc in all 8 st
Rnd 7: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 2 times [6]

Insert thread in the needle and weave through the front loops. Pull off the opening.

The first arm is done. Count 20 stitches from it and join new yarn in the 21st stitch. Start crocheting the second arm:

Rnd 1: sc in the next 10 st. Join in a circle. Crochet rounds 2-7 like the first arm.

Don’t stuff the arms, but stuff tightly the head and the neck. Join yarn to one of the arms and start to crochet around the body, joining in a circle its both parts. We have 20 stitches between the arms at each side. That is:

Rnd 1: sc in all 40 st [40]
Rnd 2-7 (6 rounds): sc in all 40 st [40]

There are openings in the arm pits of the wood spirit, sew them neatly with the same yarn.

Let’s turn to the legs.
Crochet 9 sc, fold, count 18 stitches back, join in a circle and crochet 9 more sc. This is the first round of the leg.
Rnd 2-4 (3 rounds): sc in all 18 st [18]
Leave the tail for sewing the foot.
Count 2 stitches from the first leg and join yarn in the third stitch. Leave a long tail for sewing the opening between the legs. Crochet the second leg in the same way. That is: crochet 18 sc, join in a circle and crochet 3 more rounds of 18 sc.
Sew the opening between the legs. Tightly stuff the belly and the legs.

Feet:
Crochet two identical parts:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Cut the yarn and hide the tail.

Put one circle on the plastic and draw a circle. Cut two circles of a smaller diameter. Put them in the legs for better balance and sew feet in the following way: inserted a needle through both loops from the leg side and take it out through front loops of the feet.

The body of the toy is ready!

Crocheting additional parts

Mushrooms

Make a big and a small mushrooms. Stuff as you go.

Big mushroom:
Start with red yarn
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 2 times [8]
Rnd 3: sc in all 8 st
Rnd 4: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 4 times [12]
Change to white yarn:
Rnd 5: sc in all 12 st in back loops only
Rnd 6: (dec) repeat 6 times [6]
Rnd 7-9 (3 rounds): sc in all 6 st [6]
Rnd 10: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 2 times [8]
Leave a tail for sewing.

Small mushroom:
Start with red yarn
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 2 times [8]
Rnd 3: sc in all 8 st
Change to white yarn.
Rnd 4: sc in all 8 st in back loops only [8]
Rnd 5: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 2 times [6]
Rnd 6-8 (3 rounds): sc in all 6 st [6]
Insert the white yarn in the needle and embroider white spots on the mushrooms with simple straight stitches.

Belly with berries
Take the yarn #2 (light-green) and crochet:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]

Fasten off and hide the tail. You may leave a long tail for sewing, but it will be neater if you sew this part with sewing thread.

Now you should embroider with dark-green color simple branches with 3 berries. If you don’t have green embroidery floss, divide the yarn #5 into strands and embroider with them. Sew beads with red thread.

Ears
Take the yarn #2 and crochet two identical parts. Don’t stuff!
Rnd 1: 4 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (sc in the next 1 st, inc) repeat 2 times [6]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 2 times [8]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 2 times [10]
Rnd 5: (sc in the next 4 st, inc) repeat 2 times [12]
Rnd 6: (sc in the next 5 st, inc) repeat 2 times [14]
Rnd 7: (sc in the next 6 st, inc) repeat 2 times [16]
Rnd 8-9 (2 rounds): sc in all 16 st
Rnd 10: (sc in the next 6 st, dec) repeat 2 times [14]
Rnd 11: (sc in the next 5 st, dec) repeat 2 times [12]
Rnd 12: (sc in the next 4 st, dec) repeat 2 times [10]
Rnd 13: (sc in the next 3 st, dec) repeat 2 times [8]
Rnd 14: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 2 times [6]

Leave the tail for sewing. Insert thread in the needle and weave through the front loops. Pull off the opening.

When 2 leaves are ready, embroider the nerves on them with the thread that you used for branches. Do this with simple stitches. Embroider through the leave, so that nerves are visible from both sides and the leaf stays flat.

Assembly:
1) Sew the toadstools on the top of the head.
2) Sew the ears as shown in the picture through the edge of the leaves. Choose the place for the ears as you wish 🙂

3) Sew the belly with sewing thread. Embroider sleepy eyes 🙂

4) Cut the yarn #5 into strands and make grassy hair around the mushrooms and along the shoulder line. Do them like the scarf fringes.

Neatly divide the grass with a needle or comb. If you use acrylic yarn, you can make it fluffy. The forest spirit will be covered with moss 🙂 You can crochet an acorn or a cone and hang on his neck. You can also put a scarf for him not to catch a cold. Use your imagination! Hope you get everything very well!