Crochet Skeleton Amigurumi Halloween Doll Pattern

This tutorial guides you through crocheting a Jack Skellington keychain accompanied by a small pumpkin. First, you crochet two small arms and two legs, joining the legs to build up the striped body. Next, you crochet a large round head, insert safety eyes onto eye patches, and embroider the nose and stitch mouth. After joining the head to the body, you make a bat bowtie and attach it at the neck. Finally, you crochet a small stuffed orange ball, wrap yarn around it to form pumpkin ridges, attach a green leaf, and fasten both onto a keychain ring.

Crochet Skeleton Amigurumi Halloween Doll

Difficulty Level: Easy to Intermediate

• Why: The project requires basic amigurumi techniques like continuous rounds, single crochets, increases, and decreases. However, it involves small parts, frequent color changes between black and white yarn on the body, joining two separate legs to form the torso, and precise facial embroidery details.

Pattern Abbreviations

• MR: Magic Ring

• sc: Single Crochet

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

• dec: Single Crochet Decrease (crocheting two stitches together)

• ch: Chain

• sl st: Slip Stitch

• hdc: Half Double Crochet

• BLO: Back Loop Only

Materials Required

• Yarn: 4-ply cotton yarn in White, Black, Orange, and Green

• Crochet Hook: 2.0 mm

• Safety Eyes: 7 mm plastic eyes

• Stuffing: Fiberfill / Polyester stuffing

• Hardware: Keychain ring

• Tools: Scissors, sewing needle, pins, glitter pen, and a hot glue gun

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

The project uses working into the Back Loops Only during color transitions on the arms, legs, and body to create sharp edges and distinct border lines.

How to make a BLO Single Crochet:

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

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

3. Pull up a Loop: Yarn over and pull up a loop through the back loop.

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

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