Mike Wazowski crochet amigurumi ► Free pattern ◄

I have to say, this amigurumi is a bit special to me. 

Why?

Because it was one of the very first amigurumi I made all by myself, without a pattern or anything ! 

Of course, at that time I didn’t know that crochet would become my full-time job and writing pattern my every day life. I didn’t take any notes… Because why would I have had to? 

Mike was proudly sitting over my computer speaker, and I was proudly looking at him everyday thinking “I made it ALL BY MYSELF” ! 

But time went by and Mike joined dozens of other amigurumis in the giant box where all the amigurumis I don’t have enough place to display sadly end up. Life went on and I forgot about the one who once was such a pride.

Then Mister Ahooka’s goddaughter came to visit us with her parents for a few days. When I saw her gigantic blue eyes opening wide in front of all my amigurumis, I thought I would open the magic box to see if she’d like some of them. That moment was kind of enchanting, we almost could hear a Disney song tinkling and see Mike reaching out to her arms. She instantly adopted him ! 

And even after their stay, Mike stayed her adventure buddy ! 

 

To the point where I received a kind letter asking me if I could fix her buddy because he was starting to get a bit old and even lost his legs during one of their trips.

Ah ah ! It was so much fun seeing Mike again, all worn out by a year of friendly adventures.  

 

And that’s how I started to count the stitches to make a brand new Mike. This time of course, I took notes and pictures and everything needed to make a tutorial. And today, it’s a pleasure for me to offer it to you ! Happy crocheting ! :) 

Material

• Yarn : I used cotton yarn (French brand Phil Coton 3) but any kind of yarn would do !
• a 2,5mm hook (or any other hook to match the yarn you chose)
• a bit of fiberfill
• a tapestry (or yarn) needle 

Abbreviations

st : stitch
sc : single crochet
slst : slip stitch
ch : chain
inc : increase
dec : decrease 
FO : Fasten of
(…,…)*x : repeat “x” times the instructions between brackets. 

Pattern

Body

With green :
R1 : 6sc in a magic ring(6)
R2 : inc*6 (12)
R3 : (sc, inc)*6 (18)
R4 : sc, inc, (sc2, inc)*5, sc (24) – I shift the increases every other row so they won’t show that much – see article “how to make a perfect circle” 
R5 : (sc3, inc)*6 (30)
R6-13 : sc in each st (30)
R14 : (sc3, dec)*6 (24)
Begin to stuff.
R15 : sc, dec, (sc2, dec)*5, sc(18)
R16 : (sc, dec)*6 (12)
R17 : dec*6 (6)
FO, weave the yarn tail through the front loop of each remaining stitches and pull tight in order to close the body. Then, weave in the end.

The eyes

• The pupil

With black yarn :
R1 : sc6 in a magic ring, slst to close the round (6) – change to blue – ch1
R2 : inc*6 (12) – close with an invisible finish or a slst if you’d rather. 
Leave a long tail for sewing. 

• White of the eye

With white :
R1 : sc6 in a magic ring (6)
R2 : inc*6 (12)
R3 : (sc, inc)*6 (18)
R4 : sc, inc, (sc2, inc)*5, sc(24) – Change for green with an invisible color change.
R5 : In the front loop only: (sc3, inc)*6 (30) – Close with an invisible finish or a slst if you’d rather.
Leave a long tail for sewing.

Place the pupil on the white of the eye, slightly off-centered and sew it in place.

Pin it on the body as shown in the pictures and sew in place. 

With a strand of white yarn, embroider a sparkle in the pupil. See article : How to embroider details on your amigurumis.

Arms and legs

For the arms and the legs, I used crocheted i-cords.  Here is a video by June Gilbank to show you how to do that. As this technique may take a bit of practice to be successful, I also wrote an alternative method you could use (see below). 

• With i-cord

Chain 10, slst in the first ch to make a circle then start your icord (14stitches for the arms, 30 for the legs) 

• Without i-cord

For the arms : ch 24, slst in the 10th chain from hook then slst in the 14 remaining stitches. 

For the legs : ch 40, slst in the 10th chain from hook then slst in the 30 remaining stitches. a

Leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew arms and legs to the body. 

Horns (*2)

R1 : sc4 in a magic ring (4)
R2 : (sc, inc)*2 (6) – aPlease note your horns will tend to curl up on the wrong side. Turn them right side out in order to get them nice and pointy. t
FO leaving a long tail for sewing. 

Pin at the top of the head and sew in place.

And that’s it !

 

I also made a brand new pair of legs to the first Mike ! So now she can have two of them ^^

See you soon !

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