How to Crochet Pocket Ghost Plushie With Velvet Yarn

Crafting a charming Halloween plushie, this tutorial demonstrates how to create a mini pocket ghost featuring a tapered tail base, bobble stitch arms, and dark safety eyes. Worked continuously from the bottom up without any sewing, this lightweight soft toy takes roughly ten minutes to complete. The completed figure functions perfectly as a palm-sized ornament, backpack charm, or festive keychain accessory.

Crochet Pocket Ghost Plushie

Difficulty Level

Beginner

Why this difficulty:

The pattern uses basic single crochet rounds with standard increases and decreases. The entire body is worked in one continuous piece without separate parts to sew, making it quick and easy to complete.

Pattern Abbreviations

• MR: Magic ring / Magic circle

• sc: Single crochet

• inc: Increase (two single crochets in the same stitch)

• dec / inv dec: Invisible decrease (single crochet two stitches together)

• FLO: Front loop only

Materials

• White plush chenille yarn

• 5.0 mm crochet hook

• 6 mm safety eyes

• Fiberfill stuffing

• Tapestry needle and scissors

Detailed Stitch Instructions

• Bobble Stitch (Arm Nub):

  1. Yarn over your hook.

  2. Insert hook into the designated stitch, yarn over, and pull up a loop.

  3. Yarn over and pull through the first 2 loops on your hook (2 loops remain).

  4. Repeat steps 1–3 into the same stitch 2 more times until you have 4 loops on your hook.

  5. Yarn over and pull through all 4 loops at once to form the bobble.

• Invisible Decrease (inv dec):

  1. Insert hook into the front loop of the next stitch.

  2. Insert hook into the front loop of the following stitch (2 front loops on hook).

  3. Yarn over and pull through the first 2 loops on your hook.

  4. Yarn over again and pull through the remaining 2 loops to complete the stitch.