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Nessie in a Scarf crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 100 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineFantasy

Difficulty
2/3
Time
~4 h
Size
15 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

Free crochet nessie pattern: a Nessie in a Scarf amigurumi, about 15 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. It is a teal Loch Ness monster with a thick neck, a round smiling head, a long low body with two humps and a tail, small flippers and a red-and-cream striped scarf with a hanging end. You need about 110 m of yarn: 55 m teal, 25 m dark teal, 10 m red, 10 m pale teal, 5 m dark red and 5 m cream. Plan on roughly 4 hours. A cosy gift for anyone fond of Scotland, cryptids or winter scarves. You can spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.

How to crochet the Nessie in a Scarf

Intermediate · 15 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 8 pieces in rounds: Body with tail, Neck with head, Hump ×2, Small hump, Flipper ×2, Scarf (100 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 8 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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  1. Size before assembly: about 6.8 cm at the widest, 12.1 cm long; 37 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre top 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.
  2. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. 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.

  1. Size before assembly: about 6.7 cm at the widest, 9.4 cm long; 29 rounds.
  2. 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”). Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 35° around round 10<!-- the bend spreads over 6 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces forward on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 10, on the centre front line). It is a gradual bend: with the needle and matching yarn run a line of stitches along the inner side from round 8 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 5 rounds) and fasten off inside.

  1. Size before assembly: about 3.9 cm at the widest, 2.8 cm long; 12 rounds.
  2. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. 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.

  1. Size before assembly: about 2.4 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 8 rounds.
  2. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  3. 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.

  1. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 7 rounds.
  2. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly only and press it flat to about 6 mm thick.<!-- flattened 50 % -->

  1. Size before assembly: about 4.1 cm at the widest, 2.9 cm long; 7 rounds.
  2. Change to dark red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R1).
  3. Change to cream (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
  4. Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
  5. Change to dark red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
  6. Change to cream (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R5).
  7. Change to red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
  8. 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 12 mm (on the neck with head): in round 9, 10 st apart (count along round 9: about 5.1 st each side of the centre front line).
  • Blush about 8 mm, dry pastel or blush (on the neck with head, both sides): in round 12, 7.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left . Colour pink.
  • Embroidery in charcoal thread (on the neck with head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 14, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 14, on the centre front line).

Body with tail · R1–R5

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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