Free Grinch Crochet Masterclass by Victoria Matveeva (@matvееvа_tоys)
In this free masterclass, you can learn how to crochet a small Grinch – a Christmas thief wearing a hat and scarf. The instructions are designed for amigurumi, and you can use any semi-cotton yarn such as Alize Cotton Gold, YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, or others.
The finished toy size will be approximately 10 cm.
Materials and Tools
- Yarn:
- YarnArt Jeans: Color 60 (green), Color 90 (red), White
- Alize Softy: White
- Crochet Hook: 2-2.5 mm
- Thin Black Thread
- 6 mm Safety Eyes for toys
- Toy Filler
- Needle for sewing parts together
- Scissors
You can purchase all necessary materials here.
Abbreviations
- KA – Magic ring (ring for amigurumi)
- ch – Chain stitch
- sl st – Slip stitch
- sc – Single crochet
- inc – Increase
- dec – Decrease
- (…) x n – Repeat n times
How to Crochet the Grinch
Head
- 6 sc in a magic ring (KA)
- 6 inc (12)
- (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
- (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
- (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
- 30 sc
- (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
- 36 sc
- 8 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3, 11 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc (42)
10-11. 42 sc - (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
- (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
- (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
- (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
- (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Attach eyes (6 mm) between rows 9 and 10, with 3 sc between the eyes.