Forest spirit amigurumi pattern

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.