How to Crochet an Amigurumi Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness Monster 

2 x Knitcraft Lime Tiny Friends Yarn 25g

1 x Knitcraft Pink Tiny Friends Yarn 25g

Hat

1 x Knitcraft Blue Tiny Friends Yarn 25g

1 x Knitcraft Yellow Tiny Friends Yarn 25g

Other Supplies

2.5mm crochet hook

Toy stuffing

8mm safety eyes

Black embroidery thread

Tapestry needle

Stitch marker

Weighted beads/ceramic baking beads (optional)

Finished Size

5.5 inches (14cm)

Abbreviations

Dc- double crochet

Sl st - slip stitch

Dc2tog - decrease - double crochet 2 stitches together

St(s) - stitch/stitches

BLO - back loops only

Rnd (s) - round/rounds

[] - section to be repeated the specified amount of times

() - total number of stitches

Using Knitcraft Tiny Friends in Lime, start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into a magic ring (6)

Round 2. [2dc in each st] 6 times (12)

Round 3. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (18)

Round 4. [2dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (24)

Round 5. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (30)

Round 6. [4dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (36)

Round 7. [5dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (42)

Round 8. [6dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (48)

Round 9 - 14. Dc in each st for 6 rnds (48)

Round 15. 1dc in the next 12 sts, skip the next 24 sts and attach your yarn to the opposite side of the body with a dc, dc in the next 11 sts (24) 

Round 16. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (30)

Round 17 - 20. Dc in each st for 4 rnds (30)

Before we start shaping the neck, check that your last stitch of the previous round is central to the body, if not, add or remove an additional dc.

Start stuffing the body firmly with toy stuffing and continue to stuff throughout this section.

Round 21. Dc2tog, 12dc, [2dc in the next st] 2 times, 12dc, dc2tog (30)

Round 22. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 23. Dc2tog, 12dc, [2dc in the next st] 2 times, 12dc, dc2tog (30)

Round 24. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 25. Dc2tog, 12dc, [2dc in the next st] 2 times, 12dc, dc2tog (30)

Round 26. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 27. Dc2tog, 12dc, [2dc in the next st] 2 times, 12dc, dc2tog (30)

Round 28. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 29. Dc2tog. 12dc, [2dc in the next st] 2 times, 12dc, dc2tog (30)

Round 30. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 31. Dc2tog, 12dc, [2dc in the next st] 2 times, 12dc, dc2tog (30)

Round 32. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 33. Dc2tog, 12dc, [2dc in the next st] 2 times, 12dc, dc2tog (30)

Round 34. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 35 - 37. Dc in each st for 3 rnds (30)

Round 38. [4dc, 2dc in the next st] 6 times (36)

If you’d like to add an additional weight to your Loch Ness Monster, you can now add a mixture of toy stuffing and weighted beads/baking beads.

Round 39 - 46. Dc in each st for 8 rnds (36)

Round 47. Working in BLO, [4dc, dc2tog] 6 times (30) 

Round 47. [3dc, dc2tog] 6 times (24)

Round 48. [2dc, dc2tog] 6 times (18)

Finish stuffing the body.

Round 49. [1dc, dc2tog] 6 times (12)

Round 50. [dc2tog] 6 times (6)

Tie off and weave yarn end through the front loops of the remaining stitches.

Pull to close and weave in yarn ends.

Using Knitcraft Tiny Friends in Lime, hold the body upside down, insert your hook into the first stitch left over from rnd 15 of the body.

Round 16. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (30)

Attach your yarn to the other side of the head with a dc, this will now be the first st of the rnd. 

Round 17. Dc in each st around (30)

Insert safety eyes between rnds 11 - 12 on each side of the head.

Round 18. 12dc, [2dc in next st] 6 times, 12dc (36) 

Round 19 - 20. Dc in each st for 2 rnds (36)

Start stuffing the head firmly and continue to stuff throughout this section.

Round 21. [4dc, dc2tog] 6 times (30)

Round 22. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 23. [3dc, dc2tog] 6 times (24)

Round 24. Dc in each st around (24)

Round 25. [2dc, dc2tog] 6 times (18)

Round 26. [1dc, dc2tog] 6 times (12)

Finish stuffing the head.

Round 27. [Dc2tog] 6 times (6)

Tie off and weave yarn end through the front loops of the remaining stitches.

Pull to close and weave in yarn end. 

You will notice there is a small gap between the head and the body, with a tapestry needle take a 20cm length of lime yarn and sew this gap together. 

With Knitcraft Tiny Friends in Lime, start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into a magic ring (6)

Round 2. [2dc in each st] 6 times (12)

Round 3. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (18)

Round 4. [2dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (24)

Round 5. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (30)

Round 6. Working in BLO, dc in each st around (30)

Round 7 - 20. Dc in each st for 14 rnds (30)

Stuff firmly with toy stuffing.

Tie off.

Repeat rnds 1 - 20 for the second part but do not tie off. We’ll now join the two sections together.

Round 21. Join your second section to the first through a st on the first section, [8dc, dc2tog] 3 times, join your first section to the second through the next st [8dc, dc2tog] 3 times (54)

Round 22. Dc in each st around (54)

Round 23. [7dc, dc2tog] 6 times (48)

Round 24. Dc in each st around (48)

Round 25. [6dc, dc2tog] 6 times (42)

Stuff the middle section firmly with toy stuffing.

Round 26. Dc in each st around (42)

Round 27. [5dc, dc2tog] 6 times (36)

Round 28. Dc in each st around (36)

Round 29. [4dc, dc2tog] 6 times (30)

Round 30. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 31. [3dc, dc2tog] 6 times (24)

Round 32. [2dc, dc2tog] 6 times (18)

Round 33. [1dc, dc2tog] 6 times (12)

Finish stuffing.

Round 34. [dc2tog] 6 times (6)

Tie off and weave yarn end through the front loops of the remaining stitches.

Pull to close and weave in yarn end. 

With Knitcraft Tiny Friends in Lime, start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into magic ring (6)

Round 2. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (9)

Round 3. Dc in each st around (9)

Round 4. [2dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (12)

Round 5. Dc in each st around (12)

Round 6. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (15)

Round 7. Dc in each st around (15)

Round 8. [4dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (18)

Round 9. Dc in each st around (18)

Stuff the tail firmly with toy stuffing.

Round 10. 2dc in next st, 6dc, [dc2tog] 2 times, 6dc, 2dc in the next st (18)

Round 11. Dc in each st around (18)

Round 12. 2dc in next st, 6dc, [dc2tog] 2 times, 6dc, 2dc in the next st (18)

Round 13. Dc in each st around (18)

Round 14. 2dc in next st, 6dc, [dc2tog] 2 times, 6dc, 2dc in the next st (18)

Round 15. Dc in each st around (18)

Round 16. [5dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (21)

Round 17. Dc in each st around (21)

Round 18. [6dc, 2dc in next st] 3 times (24)

Round 19 - 20. Dc in each st around for 2 rnds (24)

Round 21. Dc2tog, 9dc, [2dc in next st] 2 times, 9dc, dc2tog (24)

Round 22. Dc in each st around (24)

Round 23. Dc2tog, 9dc, [2dc in next st] 2 times, 9dc, dc2tog (24)

Round 24. Dc in each st around (24)

Round 25. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (30)

Round 26. Dc in each st around (30)

Round 27. Working in BLO, [3dc, dc2tog] 6 times (24)

Round 28. [2dc, dc2tog] 6 times (18)

Round 29. [1dc, dc2tog] 6 times (12)

Round 30. [Dc2tog] 6 times (6)

Tie off and weave yarn end through the front loops of the remaining stitches.

Pull to close and weave in yarn end. 

With Knitcraft Tiny Friends in Blue, start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into magic ring (6)

Round 2. [2dc in each st] 6 times (12)

Round 3. [1dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (18)

Round 4. [2dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (24)

Round 5. [3dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (30)

Round 6. [4dc, 2dc in next st] 6 times (36)

Round 7. Dc in each st around (36)

Round 8. 1dc [dc2tog] 3 times, 18dc, [1dc, dc2tog] 3 times (30)

Round 9. [1dc, dc2tog] 3 times, 12dc, [1dc, dc2tog] 3 times (24)

Round 10. [2dc, dc2tog] 6 times (18)

Round 11. 5dc, 9 sl st, 4dc (18)

Tie off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Do not stuff the hat.

Hat Bobble

With Knitcraft Tiny Friends in Yellow, start with a magic ring and work in a spiral.

Round 1. Work 6dc into magic ring (6)

Round 2 - 3. Dc in each st for 2 rnds.

Do not stuff the hat bobble.

Tie off and weave yarn end through the front loops of the remaining stitches.

Pull to close.

Sew the bobble to the top of the hat and weave in yarn end.

The hat will have a sloped effect, ensure that the hat slopes downwards before sewing.

Sew the hat to the top of the head between rnds 2 - 9 at a slight angle and weave in yarn ends.