Create the ultimate crochet pieces with this Minions design, featuring a delightful yellow body, blue skirt, and red pom hat. It includes a big smile and googly eyes, enhancing its adorable appeal. The design also details yellow arms ending in black hands, and matching black feet. This makes it a perfect creation for all Minions fans and a fun project for crochet enthusiasts looking to add some animated charm to their collection.
Materials:
- yarn YarnArt JEANS, 55%-cotton, 45%-polyacrylic, 50 g/160 m
- WHITE (62)
- RED (51)
- BLACK (53)
- YELLOW (35)
- BLUE (17)
- GREY (46)
- yarn Alize softy, 100 % micro polyester, 50 g/115 m WHITE N°55
- hook 2 mm
- wire
- plaster
- pins
- stuffing material
- scissors
- needle for sewing
- markers
- black thread.
Abbreviations:
- MR - magic ring
- sc- single crochet
- ch - chain stitch
- dec - decrease
- inc - increase
- sl st - slip stitch
- (...)- the number of stitches
- dc - double crochet
- tr - treble crochet
- (...)*2, (...)*5, (...)*6-repeat the sequence in brackets (2, 5, 6) times
- BLO - back loops only
- FLO -front loops only
Step By Step Pattern
- Minion: with 2 eyes, Difference
- *** Crochet 1 row less
- *** crochet arms to the body in 11th row, not in the 14th. (that is, the body is three rows smaller).
Everything else is the same.
Arms:(make 2)
take black yarn
- 1 r: 5 sc in MR
- 2 r: 5 inc (10)
- 3-4 r: 10 sc
- 5 r: 5 dec (10)
change yarn to yellow
- 6 r: 5 sc
- 7 r: (inc+4sc) (6)
- 8-12 r: 6 sc (5 rows), fasten off, add stuffing till the 5th row.
Arms:(make 2)
take black yarn
- 1 г: 6 sc в MR
- 2 r: 6 inc (12)
- 3 r: 12 sc
- 4 r: 2 sc, 4 dec, 2 sc (8)
change yarn to blue
- 5 r: 8 sc
- 6-8 r: 8 sc (3 rows),
- first leg: fasten off, and cut the yarn.
- Second leg: do not cut the yarn. Stuff.
Body:
continue to crochet with blue yarn, make 4 ch, join legs, and put the marker (the beginning of the row),
- 1 r: work 8 sc on the first leg, 4 sc on the chain, 8 sc on the second leg, 4 sc on the opposite side of the chain (24)
- 2 r: (3 sc+inc)*6 (30)
- 3 r: (4 sc+inc)*6 (36)
- 4-7 r: 36 sc (4 rows)
Change color to yellow
- 8 r: BLO 36 sc
- 9-13 r: 36 sc (5 rows)
the main thing is that the arms are placed symmetrically
- 14 r: Crochet arms to the body 4 sc, 3 sc (arm+ body), 14 sc, 3 sc (arm+body), 12 sc. You may crochet different amount of stitches between arms. (36)
- 15 r: continue to crochet arms to the body 4 sc, 3 sc (arm+body), 14 sc, 3 sc (arm+body), 12 sc (36)
Add stuffing, insert wire to the arms.
- 16-26 r: 36 sc (11 rows)
- 27 r: (4 sc+dec)*6 (30)
- 28 r: (3 sc+dec)*6 (24)
- 29 r: (2 sc+dec)*6 (18)
- 30 r: (1 sc+dec)*6 (12)
- 31 r: 6 dec (6), pull to close the hole, fasten off, cut the yarn.
Then:
- 1 r: Take blue yarn, join to the 8th row, work FLO: 8 sc, 1 ch. turn
- 2-4 r: 8 sc, 1 ch, turn (8),
fasten off, cut the yarn.
Turn the minion, take blue yarn and crochet from the back:
- 1 r: 12 sc (FLO in 8th row), 1 ch, turn
- 2-4 r: 12 sc, 1 ch, turn (12)
Crochet a chain and join to the opposite side with sl st, make 7 sc, then again chain, and join to the opposite side with sl st
Eyes:
- Take white yarn
- 1 r: 6 sc in MR
- 2 r: 6 inc (12)
Change yarn to grey
- 3-6 r: 12 sc (4 rows)
Change yarn to black, make chain and join to the opposite side.
Sew the eye, add stuffing while sewing. Embroider the pupil and mouth with black yarn.
Сар:
Take white yarn
- 1 г: 6 sc B MR
- 2 r: 6 inc (12)
- 3-4 r: 12 sc, add stuffing.
- 5 r: 6 dec (6)
Change yarn to red
- 6 r: 6 sc
- 7 r: 6 inc (12)
- 8 r: 2 ch, (tr+inc)*6 (18),1 sl st
- 9 r: 2 ch (tr+inc)*6 (24), 1 sl st
- 10 r: 2 ch (tr+inc)*6 (30),1 sl st
Change yarn to white
- 11 r: 1 ch 30 DC, 1sl st, fasten off and cut the yarn.
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