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Free crochet mothman pattern: a Mothman Keychain amigurumi, about 8 cm tall in fingering yarn with a 2.0 mm hook. This one is a tiny dark grey moth creature with huge red eyes, feathery antennae, small wings and a cream ruff, with a loop on top for a key ring. You need about 80 m of yarn: 25 m dark grey, 10 m slate grey, 10 m cream, 10 m charcoal, 5 m ebony, 5 m mid grey, 5 m blush pink, 5 m beige and 5 m red. Plan on roughly 3 hours. Clip it to keys or a bag as a cryptid charm, or give it to a friend who loves folklore mysteries. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Mothman Keychain
Advanced · 8 cm tall · about 3 h · fingering yarn · 2 mm hook
- Crochet the 21 pieces in rounds: Body, Foot ×2, Lower wing ×2, Fluffy ruff, Head, Upper wing ×2, Wing eyespot ×2, Face patch, Cheek ×2, Arm ×2, Antenna stalk ×2, Feather antenna ×2, Key ring loop (95 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 13 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 14 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 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 78 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 3.1 cm at the widest, 2.9 cm long; 13 rounds.
- 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 1 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 6 rounds.
- Change to dark grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
- 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 1.1 cm at the widest, 1.8 cm long; 7 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 3 mm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 75 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 8 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 4.8 cm at the widest, 1.4 cm long; 7 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 4.9 cm at the widest, 3.8 cm long; 21 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.
- Size before assembly: about 1.8 cm at the widest, 4.2 cm long; 16 rounds.
- Change to slate grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
- → Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Press the piece flat to about 3 mm thick (oval cross-section).<!-- press the piece flat by 85 % --> Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 8 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- A flat circle about 1.2 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Change to beige (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R1).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- A flat oval about 3.6 × 2.7 cm; 5 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running side to side. 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 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
- With mid grey: ch 5.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Insert the safety nose/eyes now, while the piece is open (positions: see “Face”). Do not stuff.
- A flat circle about 1.1 cm across; 2 rounds.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 6 rounds.
- Change to dark grey (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
- 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 0.4 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 6 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 ≈ 45° around round 4<!-- the bend spreads over 3 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 4, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left <!-- st 0.84 left -->). It is a slight bend: tilt the piece as you sew it on; optionally tack the inner side with 1–2 stitches drawing rounds 4 and 5 together. Bend the second piece as a mirror image.
- Flat motif — leaf (pointed leaf, worked in rounds, one layer of fabric), about 1.9 × 0.8 cm; 1 row.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
- Size before assembly: about 1.5 cm at the widest, 0.8 cm long; 3 rounds. Each piece is two circles (front and back): make 2 circles — 1 as below and 1 plain in charcoal (same rounds, no colour changes).
- Fasten off. Hold a front and a plain circle wrong sides together and sc around through both layers: 16 sc. Do not stuff. Leave a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing.
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