Green Dino with a Red Saddle
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A crochet amigurumi inspired by Batman from DC Comics: a chibi hero in a grey suit with a black eared cowl, a cape, a yellow belt and a bat emblem. About 12 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A free pattern with every round counted, a 3D model to turn around and a printable PDF. Unofficial fan-made design, not affiliated with or endorsed by DC.
How to crochet the Little Bat Hero
Beginner-friendly · 12 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 8 pieces in rounds: Suit body, Cowled head, Cowl ear ×2, Arm ×2, Boot ×2 (64 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 6 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 10 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 55 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 6.6 cm at the widest, 4.9 cm long; 17 rounds.
- Change to suit (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
- Change to yellow (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
- Change to suit (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R9).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 8.3 cm at the widest, 6.6 cm long; 27 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Change to cowl (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R23).
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.8 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 7 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 1.2 cm at the widest, 2.4 cm long; 7 rounds.
- Change to suit (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: an oval about 2.5 × 2.1 cm at the widest, 1.8 cm long; 6 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs vertically, top to bottom; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is at a turn of the oval, on the piece's centre line; R1 starts there, so no shift is needed. The increases fall on the turns.
- With cowl: ch 3.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
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