Difficulty Level: Easy

This is a free crochet pattern for Grinch by Alena Zelendinova. Using this description, you can crochet a cute Grinch in a Christmas outfit. You can use any cotton-blend yarn and an appropriate crochet hook for this amigurumi. The collar, cuffs, and hat trim can be made using fluffy yarn like Alize Softy. To embroider the face, use the same yarn in a darker shade. The clothing on this toy is non-removable.

Materials and Tools:

• Yarn Alize Cotton Gold: green, red, dark green
• Yarn Alize Softy: white (for trim)
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 12 mm toy eyes
• Stuffing for toys
• White felt
• Small pompom
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations:

• MR – magic ring
• ch – chain
• sc – single crochet
• inc – increase
• dec – decrease
• (…) x n – repeat n times

Grinch Amigurumi Crochet Instructions

Head:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
   7-8. 36 sc (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
   10-11. 42 sc (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9. 20 sc, ch, skip 1 stitch, 5 sc, ch, skip 1 stitch, 21 sc (48)
10. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
11. 54 sc (54)
12. (3 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
    17-18. 66 sc (66)

Insert toy eyes into felt circles, then insert eyes into the holes made in round 13.

19. (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
20. (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
21. (2 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
22. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
23. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
24. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
25. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Arms (Make 2):

Main color for body:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
   3-4. 9 sc (9)
   Switch to the sweater color:
3. 9 sc (9)
4. Working in back loops: 9 sc (9)
   7-13. 9 sc (9 rounds)

Stuff only the part made with the body color. Fold the arm in half and work 4 sc through both layers.
Make the white fluffy trim using Alize Softy in round 6, working 1 sc into each stitch.

Legs (Make 2):

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 sc (6)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
4. 9 sc (9)
5. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
   6-7. 12 sc (12)

Fasten off after the first leg, but don’t cut the yarn on the second leg. You’ll continue crocheting the body from here.

Body:

Join the legs together with 1 ch:

1. 12 sc on the first leg, inc (from 3 ch), 12 sc on the second leg, inc (from 3 ch) (30)
2. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
   3-5. 36 sc (36)
3. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
   Switch to the sweater color:
4. 42 sc (42)
5. 42 sc working in back loops (42)
   9-10. 42 sc (42)
6. 36 sc (36)
7. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
8. 30 sc (30)
9. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)

Make slip stitches in the 15th row to ensure the marker is in the middle of the back.

16. Attach the arms, 4 sc, 4 sc along with the arm, 8 sc, 4 sc along with the arm, 4 sc (24)
17. 24 sc (24)
18. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18) working in back loops
19. 18 sc (18)

Fasten off and cut the yarn.
Make the fluffy trim using Alize Softy in rounds 8 and 18, working 1 sc into each stitch.

Hat:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
   2-4. 6 sc (6)
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
   6-8. 9 sc (9)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
   10-12. 12 sc (12)
4. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
   14-16. 15 sc (15)
5. (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
   18-19. 18 sc (18)
6. (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
7. 21 sc (21)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
10. (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30)
11. 30 sc (30)
12. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
13. 36 sc (36)
14. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
15. 42 sc (42)
16. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
    31-32. 48 sc (48)
17. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
    34-35. 54 sc (54)

Make the fluffy trim using Alize Softy on the front loops of round 35, working 1 sc into each stitch.

Finishing the Toy:

Embroider the nose, eyebrows, and smile using dark green yarn. Embroider the eyelashes in black.

Author: Alena Zelendinova / translated by onrecip
Enjoy!