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Create your own fun and cute crochet crab with this free amigurumi pattern. Christian the crab amigurumi is made with semi-cotton yarn and 2.0 mm crochet hook. The size of this sea animal crab amigurumi is approximately 9 cm high x 8 cm wide (3.5″ x 3.1″).
Designed and photos by @teirin_evenstar
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m): red/brown/blue, pink, white and black colors
- Hook size: 2.0 mm
- Needle with a large eye
- Stitch marker
- Tailors pins
- Scissors
- Fiberfill stuffing
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
F. o. = fasten off
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
(…)*6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Free amigurumi crab crochet pattern
Head and body (one piece)
Top part
With red yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5, 3 sc (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
R 8: 2 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc (48)
R 9: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
R 10: 3 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*5, 5 sc (60)
R 11: (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
R 12: 4 sc, inc, (10 sc, inc)*6, 6 sc (72)
R 13-15: 72 sc (3 rows)
Place a stitch marker in the last loop on your hook.
Do not cut the yarn.
Bottom part
With pink yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5, 3 sc (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
R 8: 2 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc (48)
R 9: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
R 10: 3 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*5, 5 sc (60)
R 11: (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
R 12: 4 sc, inc, (10 sc, inc)*6, 6 sc (72)
Sl st in the next st.
F .o.
Fold the bottom and top parts with the edges facing each other.
Continue crocheting from the top part with the red yarn: 72 sc around through both sides, joining two parts together. Add fiberfill stuffing when you are 3⁄4 done with crocheting it on.
F. o.
Hind legs (make 6)
With red yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: 6 sc
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
R 4-5: 2 sc, 5 hdc, 2 sc (2 rows)
R 6: 9 sc
Sl st in the next stitch.
Stuff the leg.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Claws (make 2)
The claw is made of two parts, joined together.
With red yarn:
Part #1
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
R 3: 5 sc, inc (7)
R 4: 6 sc, inc (8)
Sl st in the next stitch.
F. o.
Part #2
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: 4 sc, inc (6)
R 3: (2 sc, inc)*2 (8)
R 4: (3 sc, inc)*2 (10)
R 5: (4 sc, inc)*2 (12)
R 6: (5 sc, inc)*2 (14)
R 7: 14 sc
Do not cut the yarn.
Continue crocheting from the part #2, join with the part #1:
R 8: 8 sc on the part #1 (starting from the sc after the sl st), then 14 sc on the part #2 (22)
Stuff both parts with fiberfill.
R 9: 3 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec, 6 sc (20)
R 10: 20 sc
R 11: (1 sc, dec)*2, 5 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 4 sc (16)
Add some fiberfill.
R 12: dec, 1 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 2 sc – we do not crochet the last sc at the row – here will be a new beginning of the row (12)
R 13: (dec, 1 sc)*4 (8)
Add some fiberfill.
R 14-15: 8 sc (2 rows)
Add some fiberfill.
R 16-19: 4 sc, 4 hdc (4 rows)
Sl st in the next stitch.
Finish stuffing.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the claws to the front side of the body at the distance of 20 sc from each other. Sew them to the bottom part between the row joining two parts and the 10th row.
The short part (part #1) of the claw should face inward.
Then sew the hind legs: three on one side, three on the other side of the body. Sew the legs one after the other, without any space between them, to the bottom part between the row joining two parts and the 10th row.
Eyes (make 2)
With red yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (inc, 2 sc)*6 (24)
R 5-7: 24 sc(3 rows)
R 8: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 9: (dec, 1 sc)*6 (12)
Stuff the eye.
R 10: (1 sc, dec)*4 (8)
R 11-13: 8 sc (3 rows)
Sl st in the next stitch.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Eyeballs (make 2)
With white yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc, sl st in the first st of the row (6)
R 2: 1 ch, 6 inc, sl st in the first st of the row (12)
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Pupils (make 2)
With black yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc, sl st in the first st of the row (6)
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the pupil on the eyeball, then sew the eyeball on the red detail of the eye between R 3 and R 10 as shown in the picture.
Sew the finished eyes on the top part, at the center, between R 2 and R 6.
