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Cute Chupacabra crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 110 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineFantasy

Difficulty
3/3
Time
~4 h
Size
16.5 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

Free crochet cryptid pattern: a Cute Chupacabra amigurumi, about 16 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. The toy is a small sage-green chupacabra with huge pink-lined ears, wide innocent eyes, tiny fangs and a row of olive spikes down its back. You need about 125 m of yarn: 85 m sage green, 15 m ivory, 10 m olive, 10 m pink and 5 m blush pink. Plan on roughly 4 hours. A friendly take on a legendary monster, it suits cryptid fans and anyone who likes a creature with big ears. You can turn the 3D model around and follow the pattern round by round.

How to crochet the Cute Chupacabra

Advanced · 17 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 16 pieces in rounds: Body, Head, Muzzle, Ear ×2, Arm ×2, Leg ×2, Tail, Back spike ×4, Cheek ×2 (110 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 12 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. 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

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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

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0 of 94 rounds done

  18. Size before assembly: about 7.4 cm at the widest, 5.5 cm long; 19 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.
  19. 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.

  27. Size before assembly: about 8.9 cm at the widest, 7.1 cm long; 29 rounds.
  28. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  29. 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.

  6. Size before assembly: an oval about 3.8 × 3 cm at the widest, 2 cm long; 7 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 side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
  7. With ivory: ch 4.
  8. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff moderately just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  16. Size before assembly: about 4.4 cm at the widest, 5.9 cm long; 17 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.
  17. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff it lightly — a thin layer, just enough to hold the walls apart: the ear about 10.8 mm thick, with thick rounded edges. Then shape it into a spoon: push the front wall toward the back wall — a concave spoon about 4.2 mm deep in front, a rounded back; about 44 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.<!-- (spoon 45 %) -->

  7. Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 2.5 cm long; 8 rounds.
  8. 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.

  10. Size before assembly: about 4 cm at the widest, 3.1 cm long; 11 rounds.
  11. Change to sage green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
  12. 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.

  9. Size before assembly: about 2.1 cm at the widest, 3.8 cm long; 11 rounds.
  10. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff moderately just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 50° around round 5<!-- the bend spreads over 3 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 5, on the centre top line). On the inner side draw rounds 4 and 6 together (2 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 3 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.

  7. Of these: on the head — 1; on the body — 2; on the tail — 1. Size before assembly: about 2.1 cm at the widest, 1.8 cm long; 6 rounds.
  8. 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.

  3. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

  • Safety eyes with a printed glint 16–18 mm (on the head): between rounds 15 and 16, 11 st apart (count along round 15: about 5.3 st each side of the centre front line).
  • Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in charcoal thread, a oval about 8 mm wide and 5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre top line .
  • Embroidery in charcoal thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (between rounds 1 and 2, on the centre bottom line) → (in round 2, on the centre bottom line ).
  • Embroidery in charcoal thread (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 2, on the centre bottom line ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).
  • Satin stitch (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in cream thread in several layers so it stands out, a triangle about 5 mm wide and 6 mm tall, horizontal stitches, turned 180° clockwise (looking at that surface); centred between rounds 2 and 3, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left .

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    Abbreviations

    MR
    magic ring
    sc
    single crochet
    inc
    2 sc in the same stitch
    dec
    single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
    BLO
    work the round in back loops only
    FLO
    work the round in front loops only
    ch
    chain
    sl st
    slip stitch
    st
    stitch
    R5
    round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
    (…) ×6
    repeat 6 times
    (24)
    stitches in the round when it is done