Hello to everyone,
You will love Baby Grinch, the beloved hero of Christmas stories. You can make this pattern while watching TV after having breakfast on Sunday morning. Although it is 1 day before we enter June, the weather is still a bit cold. It is a great pleasure to make this amigurumi at home with the smells of hot coffee and freshly baked cookies.
Baby Grinch is a candidate to be your favorite toy with its smiling and loving eyes. It will impress you with its green color and red ribbon around its neck. The eyebrows and mouth are clearly made on the face. The hair on his head looks good on the toy. The red heart detail on the Baby Grinch is thoughtful. You can gift this toy on Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
Baby Grinch Amigurumi Free Crochet Pattern
Designer
Instagram: sweetoddityart
Ravelry: sweetoddityart
Pattern Details
Size:
15 inches from foot to top of head with weight 4 yarn and a 3.25 mm hook
Skill Level Needed:
Intermediate- suitable for novice crocheters, requires patience and precisions when assembling the grinch and max and basic crochet skills.
Materials Needed:
• Yarn: Worsted Weight #4, approximately 100g of main color, 50-75g of accent colors
• Color A: Green
• Hook Size: D Hook or 3.25 mm
• 24 mm safety eyes, One 21 mm safety eye(For nose)
• Scissors, sewing needle, stitch marker, fiberfill stuffing
• Black embroidery thread, green acrylic paint, nail sealer
Abbreviations:
mr= magic ring- crochet single crochet stitches in to the adjustable loop
BLO= back loops only
ch= chain stitch
F/O= Fasten off
sc= single crochet stitch
hdc= half double crochet
sl= slip stitch
dc= double crochet stitch
inc= increase- make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch
dec=decrease- crochet two stitches together using the decrease method (4 sc, inc) x 6= repeat the pattern between parentheses 6 times
Notes:
• Do not join rounds unless stated, work in a continuous spiral
• Use a stitch marker to mark the beginning of each round
• All stitches are worked in both loops unless stated otherwise in the pattern
Nose:
Before you get started:
Take your 21 mm safety eye.
Get some water based green acrylic paint. This is all optional. You can also crochet a version
Sand your eye a little if you want. Paint the eye green. Then seal it with nail polish sealer.
Crochet Nose:
With a darker or lighter green yarn:
1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6
2. Increase in each st around= 12
3. sc in each st around
4. Dec x 6= 6
F/O and leave a long tail for sewing
You will need to stuff the nose.
Head/Body:
Crocheted from top of head to bottom
With Color A:
1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6
2. Increase in each st around= 12
3. (sc, inc) x 6= 18
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6= 24
5. sc in each st around
6. (3 sc, inc) x 6= 30
7. (4 sc, inc) x 6= 36
8. (5 sc, inc) x 6= 42
9. (6 sc, inc) x 6= 48
(Place a stitch marker on the 1st increase and last increase of round 18)
10-16. sc in each st around
17. (inc, 7 sc) x 6= 54
18. inc x 3, 32 sc, inc x 3, 16 sc= 60
19. (inc, 9 sc) x 6= 66
20-21. sc in each st around
22. (dec, 9 sc) x 6= 60
23. sc in each st around
24. (dec, 8 sc) x 6= 54
Stuff the head as you work
25. (dec, 7 sc) x 6= 48
26. sc in each st around
27. (dec, 6 sc) x 6= 42
28. sc in each st around
29. dec x 3, 21, dec x 3, 9 sc= 36
TIP! You may have to adjust the eye placement depending on yarn and hook size you use.
Place your eyes between rounds 16 and 17. Place the 1st eye before the 1st increase. Where you placed your first stitch marker, one hole before that stitch marker. Count 11 holes after that eye and Place the 2nd after the last increase. Stuff the head well. Cut a long piece of yarn and remove the eyes. Place the needle in the hole where the first eye was and thread the needle into a hole next to the eye hole. Go back and forth between each eye hole repeating the process from the first eye. Pull slightly on the yarn after going through each hole. Do this about 3 times on each side until you reach the look you want. Follow the pictures for help. There is also a youtube video I have for extra help on this process. Place the nose in between the eyes. Place the backs of the eyes. You may need to remove some of the stuffing the place the backs of the eyes on.
30. (dec, 4 sc) x 6= 30
31. (dec, 3 sc) x 6= 24
32-34. sc in each st around
35. (3 sc, inc) x 6= 30
36. (4 sc, inc) x 6= 36
37-39. sc in each st around
40. (5 sc, inc) x 6= 42
41-42. sc in each st around
43. (6 sc, inc) x 6= 48
44-45. sc in each st around
46. (7 sc, inc) x 6= 54
47. sc in each st around
48. (inc, sc) x 2, 42 sc, (inc, sc) x 4= 60
49-56. sc in each st around
57. (dec, 8 sc) x 6= 54
58. sc in each st around
59. (7 sc, dec) x 6= 48
60. (6 sc, dec) x 6= 42
61. (5 sc, dec) x 6= 36
62. (4 sc, dec) x 6= 30
63. (3 sc, dec) x 6= 24
64. (2 sc, dec) x 6= 18
65. (sc, dec) x 6= 12
66. dec x 6= 6
F/O and sew the hole closed
Legs(Make 2):
With Color A:
1. Make 4 sc into a magic ring= 4
2. inc, sc, dec= 4
3. inc x 2, 2 sc= 6
4. inc x 2, 4 sc= 8
5. inc x 2, 6 sc= 10
6. inc x 2, 8 sc= 12
7. sc in each st around
8. (sc, inc) x 6= 18
9. sc in each st around and work an additional 6 sc. (This is to move the starting point for future rounds)
10. Ch 1, turn, work 16 sc across
11. ch 1, turn, sc across
12. ch 1, turn, 6 sc, dec x 2, 6 sc= 14
13. ch 1, turn, dec, 3 sc, 4 hdc, 3 sc, dec= 12
14. ch 1, turn, dec, 3 sc, 2 hdc, 3 sc, dec= 10
15. ch 1, turn, dec, 6 sc, dec= 8
16. ch 1, turn, dec, 4 sc, dec= 6
17. ch 1, turn, work 6 sc across the top, work 6 sc up the side of the foot, work 3 sc across the front, work 6 sc down the side of the foot= 21
18. sc in each st around
19. (5 sc, dec) x 3= 18 
20. (4 sc, dec) x 3= 15
Start stuffing the feet and legs
21-24. sc in each st around
25. Dec, 13 sc= 14
26-28. sc in each st around
29. Dec, 12 sc= 13
Stop stuffing the leg
30-31. sc in each st around
32. Dec, 11 sc= 12
F/O and leave a long tail for sewing
Arms(Make 2):
With Color A:
Fingers(Make 3):
1. Make 4 sc into a magic ring= 4
2. sc in each st around
3. (inc, sc) x 2= 6
4-6. sc in each st around
Do not stuff the fingers
7. (inc, 2 sc) x 2= 8
8-9. sc in each st around
Do not F/O the 3rd finger!
You are going to join the fingers together now.
1. Work a sc on the 2nd finger to join them, work 3 more sc across the 2nd finger, work a sc on the 1st finger to join them, work 7 more sc on the 1st finger, work 4 sc on the back of the 2nd finger, work 8 sc around the 3rd finger= 24
2. (6 sc, dec) x 3= 21
3. (5 sc, dec) x 3= 18 
4-5. sc in each st around
6. (4 sc, dec) x 3= 15
7. (3 sc, dec) x 3= 12
8-12. sc in each st around
Start stuffing the hand
13. Dec, 10 sc= 11
14-17. sc in each st around
Stop stuffing the arms
18. Dec, 9 sc= 10
19-22. sc in each st around
Work 2 sc, Fold the arm in half and sc the opening closed. (You may need to work less or more stitches to close the opening depending on your tension) F/O and leave a long tail for sewing
Assembly
Head and Body:
1. Thread your needle with a long strand of white yarn. Insert the needle into a spot on the head near the eye. Bring the needle to a lower corner of the eye. Wrap the needle around the eye and insert the needle into a hole on a top corner of the eye. Pull slightly. Not too tightly or you will lose the yarn for the eye highlight.
2. Optional: Take a wire pet brush and brush the yarn lightly on the grinch. I did not brush too much, just enough to give him a slight brushed out look. Brush the arms, legs and body and head.
3. Thread your needle with a long strand of black embroidery thread. Insert the needle approximately between rounds 20 and 21. Embroider a smile line on both of the sides of the face. Embroider a smile line going across the face. Embroider a line in the middle of the face. Take your needle and embroider some eyebrows.
Hair:
1. Cut approximately 12 strands of green yarn approximately 8 inches in length.
2. Insert the hook into the top of the head, double strand your yarn pieces. Make a knot with the yarn to attach the hair. Take your wire brush and brush out the yarn.
Trim the yarn. Twist the yarn into 4 pieces.
Arms:
1. Pin the arms at an angle, facing forward. You will be placing the approximately between rounds 32 and 36.
2. Sew the arms onto the body.
Legs:
1. Turn the body upside down and pin the legs approximately between rounds 5 and 6.
2. Sew the legs onto the body.
Heart:
1. Cut a heart out of red felt. You can make it smaller than mine or bigger.
2. You can sew or hot glue the heart onto the body. You can also use fabric glue.
Helpful Tips:
Exact Colors and Brand of Yarn Used:
1. Green: I love this yarn Limelight
You can use different eye and nose sizes. You might have to adjust the placements if you change the sizes.
You can use different hook sizes and weights of yarn. It will just change the size of your grinch and you might need to adjust eye and nose placement.
How you stuff matters! The type of stuffing you use, how you stuff, all this matters on how your grinch turns out. I prefer Polyfil stuffing but you can use other types.
