Crochet Sleeping Ghost but Smiling Amigurumi Video Pattern

This tutorial guides you through crocheting a cute Halloween mini ghost wearing a nightcap. First, you crochet a white dome body from top to bottom, insert safety eyes, and leave back loops exposed on an intermediate round. Next, you crochet a separate flat circular base, insert a plastic disk inside, stuff the body, and sew the base to the body. Using the exposed front loops, you crochet a layered wavy skirt and glue down ridges with hot glue. After embroidering pink cheeks, eyelashes, and a smile, you crochet a pointed nightcap with a yellow trim, attach a pom-pom, and glue it to the ghost.

Sleeping Ghost but Smiling Amigurumi

Difficulty Level: Easy to Intermediate

• Why: The project uses simple circular amigurumi stitches, basic color changes, and easy shaping. However, sewing the flat base onto exposed inner loops, managing fine embroidery details for the face, and forming the glued wavy skirt require a small amount of extra assembly skill.

Pattern Abbreviations

• MR: Magic Ring (Anillo Mágico)

• sc: Single Crochet (Punto Bajo)

• inc: Increase (Aumento)

• dec: Decrease (Disminución)

• hdc: Half Double Crochet (Medio Punto Alto)

• ch: Chain (Cadena)

• sl st: Slip Stitch (Punto Deslizado)

• BLO: Back Loop Only (Hebra Trasera)

Materials Required

• Yarn: 8/6 cotton yarn in White (body), Purple/Lilac (nightcap), and Yellow (hat trim); Pink and Black embroidery thread

• Safety Eyes: 10 mm safety eyes

• Stuffing: Polyester fiberfill / siliconized fleece

• Tools: Crochet hook, tapestry needle, scissors, pins, plastic/cardboard circle insert, hot glue gun, and a small pom-pom

Difficult Stitch Detail: Back Loop Only Single Crochet (BLO sc)

The tutorial uses Back Loop Only stitches on round 17 of the body to leave front loops available for adding the wavy skirt later, and on the hat trim.

How to make a BLO Single Crochet:

1. Locate the Back Loop: Look down at the “V” shape at the top of the next stitch. The loop furthest from you is the back loop.

2. Insert Hook: Insert your crochet hook only under this rear loop, leaving the front loop unworked.

3. Pull up a Loop: Yarn over and pull a loop through the back loop (2 loops on your hook).

4. Complete Stitch: Yarn over again and pull through both loops on your hook to complete the single crochet.

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