A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face
Free crochet skeleton pattern: a Chill Skeleton with Coffee amigurumi, about 13 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. A cream-white skeleton sits cross-legged with a stitched rib cage, big black eye sockets and a relaxed stitched smile, hugging a teal coffee cup.
You need about 85 m of yarn: 70 m cream, 10 m teal and 5 m brown. Plan on roughly 3 hours.
A friendly Halloween shelf sitter that also suits coffee lovers and anyone who is a little bit tired. Spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern.
How to crochet the Chill Skeleton with Coffee
Intermediate · 13 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
Crochet the 7 pieces in rounds: Ribcage, Skull, Arm ×2, Leg ×2, Coffee cup (91 rounds in all).
Stuff and put it together in 5 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
Tick things off as you gather them.
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.
Size before assembly: about 5.9 cm at the widest, 6.8 cm long; 21 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 8.4 cm at the widest, 6.9 cm long; 28 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 1.2 cm at the widest, 4.6 cm long; 13 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 2 cm at the widest, 5.6 cm long; 16 rounds.
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.
Size before assembly: about 3.3 cm at the widest, 3.6 cm long; 13 rounds.
Change to brown (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
→ 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.
The whole face is embroidered. Order: the eyes (black satin), then the white glints over them, then the nose and mouth, blush last. Mark the centres with pins first and compare with the picture. Bring thread ends out where a sewn-on piece will cover them, or bury them in the stuffing.
Satin stitch (on the skull) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in black thread, a oval about 16 mm wide and 17 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 15, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .
Satin stitch (on the skull) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in white thread in several layers so it stands out, a oval about 3.6 mm wide and 3.6 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 16, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left .
Satin stitch (on the skull): in black thread, a triangle about 4 mm wide and 5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 18 and 19, on the centre front line .
Embroidery in black thread (on the skull), straight stitches through: (in round 21, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 22, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 22, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 22, on the centre front line ) → (in round 22, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 22, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 21, 3.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in black thread (on the skull), straight stitches through: (between rounds 21 and 22, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 22 and 23, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in black thread (on the skull), straight stitches through: (between rounds 21 and 22, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 22 and 23, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ).
Embroidery in black thread (on the skull), straight stitches through: (between rounds 21 and 22, on the centre front line ) → (between rounds 22 and 23, on the centre front line ).
Embroidery in black thread (on the skull), straight stitches through: (between rounds 21 and 22, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 22 and 23, 1 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in black thread (on the skull), straight stitches through: (between rounds 21 and 22, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 22 and 23, 2 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in grey thread (on the ribcage), straight stitches through: (between rounds 13 and 14, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 12, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 12, on the centre front line) → (in round 12, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 12 and 13, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 13 and 14, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in grey thread (on the ribcage), straight stitches through: (in round 16, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 15, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 14 and 15, on the centre front line) → (between rounds 14 and 15, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 15, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 16, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Embroidery in grey thread (on the ribcage), straight stitches through: (between rounds 18 and 19, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 17, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right ) → (in round 17, on the centre front line) → (in round 17, 1.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 17 and 18, 2.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 18 and 19, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
Blush about 9 mm, dry pastel or blush (on the skull, both sides): in round 19, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left . Colour blush.
× scV incΛ dec
Abbreviations
MR
magic ring
sc
single crochet
inc
2 sc in the same stitch
dec
single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
