Green Dino with a Red Saddle
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A crochet amigurumi inspired by the Grinch from How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss: a sly green Christmas grump in a red Santa hat and suit. About 18 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 Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
How to crochet the Green Christmas Grump
Advanced · 18 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 10 pieces in rounds: Body in a Santa suit, Head, White fur trim, Arm in a sleeve ×2, Leg ×2, Santa cap, Hat tip, Pompom (111 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 8 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 8 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 91 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 7.4 cm at the widest, 4.7 cm long; 17 rounds.
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R7).
- Change to red (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 9.3 cm at the widest, 7.7 cm long; 30 rounds.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 12 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 8 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 5 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 2.6 cm long; 8 rounds.
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
- 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 3.8 × 3 cm at the widest, 2.7 cm long; 9 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.
- With red: ch 4.
- 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 9.4 cm at the widest, 3.7 cm long; 19 rounds.
- Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R18).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 3.9 cm at the widest, 6 cm long; 17 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. Bend ≈ 110° around round 10<!-- the bend spreads over 5 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces toward the toy's left on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 10, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left <!-- st 5.35 left -->). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 6 to round 13, one stitch in every round along one column, then pull the yarn until the piece bends to the angle (the inner side gathers by about 7 rounds) and fasten off inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 6 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- 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.
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