Make your own little Baby Yoda amigurumi with some basic crochet skills! This adorable project requires just a few soft yarns in greens and cream. You'll crochet small pieces like the head, body, ears, and arms, then stitch them together. Add a couple of cute safety eyes and a little stuffing to bring your Baby Yoda to life. Whether for you or as a gift, this charming little figure is sure to bring joy and a touch of whimsy to any Star Wars fan or collector of cute handmade crafts.
Crochet Baby Yoda Amigurumi
Materials Needed:
- Three colors of size 4 acrylic yarn: spearmint green, pistachio green, and vanilla cream.
- Crochet hook size 3.0 mm.
- Darning needle.
- Stitch marker.
- Safety eyes with backings.
- Polyester stuffing.
- Scissors.
- Optional pins.
Head:
- Begin with spearmint green yarn by making a magic circle with 6 stitches.
- Increase in every stitch for the next round, ending with 12 stitches.
- For the following round, single crochet and then increase in every other stitch around, reaching 18 stitches total.
- Perform single crochets for the next three rounds.
- Conclude the head by performing an invisible decrease in every other stitch, until you are back to 12 stitches. Cut your yarn, leaving enough to sew later.
Body:
- Switch to vanilla cream yarn. Start as you did with the head, by making a magic circle with 6 stitches.
- Increase in every stitch to get 12 stitches, then single crochet and increase in the round to get 18 stitches.
- For this part of the pattern, single crochet into the back loops only of each stitch around, maintaining 18 stitches.
- Continue by single crocheting around for five rounds.
- To align the starting stitch, add an extra single crochet in the next round.
- Begin decreases: alternate single crochet and invisible decrease around the round.
- Perform the single crochet invisible decrease sequence until you end up with nine stitches. Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for later.
Scarf:
- With vanilla cream yarn, create a slipknot and chain 20 stitches.
- Single crochet all the way down the chain, making an increase in the last stitch.
- Work back along the other side of the chain, single crocheting into each stitch and increasing in the last stitch. Cut the yarn, leaving enough to sew later.
Arms:
- Make a magic circle of four stitches using spearmint green.
- When changing to vanilla cream, perform a color change on the first stitch after the magic circle.
- Continue with an increase and then single crochet in the next stitch, and finish with an increase and a single crochet in the last stitch.
- Perform three rounds of single crochets, then cut the yarn with a long tail for sewing.
Ears:
- Start with a slipknot and chain seven.
- Work down one side of the chain with a variety of stitches: slip stitch, single crochet, half-double crochet, and then three double crochets.
- Chain and turn your work, then perform a half-double crochet in the first two stitches and finish with a slip stitch. Leave a tail for sewing.
Assembly:
- Place safety eyes two rows up on the head, three stitches apart, and secure.
- Fill the head with polyester stuffing to maintain shape.
- Attach the head to the body.
- Sew on the ears, ensuring they're securely fastened.
- Add a small piece of pistachio green yarn for the nose.
- Attach the arms using the left yarn tails, adjusting with pins if necessary for placement before sewing.
- Sew the scarf around Baby Yoda's neck and secure.
