Free Crochet Ghost Pattern
This spooktastic friendly ghost is easy to make with my Free Crochet Ghost Pattern! Ghosts, witches, and trick or treating oh my! Add this crochet ghost pattern to your crochet Halloween arsenal.
Materials
Abbreviations (US terms)
- Magic ring - mr
- Chains - ch
- Single crochet - sc
- Increase (inc) - 2 stitches in the same stitch
- Decrease (dec) - 1 stitch in 2 stitches
- Slip stitch - sl st
- Half double crochet - hdc
- Double crochet - dc
- Front loop only (flo)
- Back loop only - blo
Notes
- Yarn Choice: I made the crochet ghost amigurumi with acrylic yarn since it's what I had on hand, but this project can be completed with any type of yarn. I highly suggest cotton, acrylic, or chunky yarn. If you use chunky yarn, it will be quite enormous.
- Finished Size: The finished size of the free crochet ghost pattern is about 14 inches high, including the hat, using a 4mm hook size.
- Updated Pattern: This is an updated pattern for my free crochet ghost pattern. The original pattern had a different method creating the indents of the ghost and it seemed really tricky for others to recreate. For the update, I went with a scalloped edge to make the pattern easier and added witchy legs to make it extra cute.
Instructions
- For the free crochet ghost pattern, we will mostly be working in rounds.
Ghost Body:
- Round 1: Using white yarn, make a mr and then make sc x6 in the circle. If you find it difficult making a magic ring you can chain 2 and then crochet sc x6 in the second chain from the hook (6).
- Round 2: Inc in every sc (12).
- Round 3: Inc and then sc. Then repeat for the rest of the round (18).
- Round 4: Inc, then sc x2. Then repeat for the rest of the round (24).
- Round 5: Inc, then sc x3. Then repeat for the rest of the round (30).
- Round 6: Inc, then sc x4. Then repeat for the rest of the round (36).
- Round 7: Inc, then sc x5. Then repeat for the rest of the round (42).
- Round 8: Inc, then sc x6. Then repeat for the rest of the round (48).
- Round 9: Inc, sc x7. Then repeat for the rest of the round (54).
- Round 10: Inc, sc x8. Then repeat for the rest of the round (60).
- Round 11-33: Sc in every stitch (60). Add the eyes between rounds 17-18 roughly 5-6 stitches apart.
- Round 34: In flo for this round, inc, sc x9. Then repeat for the rest of the round (66).
- Round 35: Inc, sc x10. Then repeat for the rest of the round (72).
- Round 36: We are making the little scalloped edge this round. *Sl st, sc, hdc, dc inc, hdc, sc. Repeat from * for the rest of the round. Fasten off the yarn and then weave in the ends.
- Round 37: Rejoin your yarn to the blo of round 34. Sc in every stitch (60).
- Round 38: Dec, sc x8. Repeat for the rest of the round (54).
- Round 39: Dec, sc x7. Repeat for the rest of the round (48).
- Round 40: We are going to start reducing the rounds by 8 instead of 6. Dec, sc x4. Repeat for the rest of the round (40). Begin to stuff the ghost if you haven't already.
- Round 41: Dec, sc x3. Repeat for the rest of the round (32).
- Round 42: Dec, sc x2. Repeat for the rest of the round (24).
- Round 43: Dec, sc. Repeat for the rest of the round (16).
- Round 44: Dec. Repeat for the rest of the round (8). Fasten off and sew the bottom of the ghost closed, weave in any ends.
Crochet Witch Shoes:
- Round 1: Using black yarn, ch x4. In the second ch from the hook make a sc. In the next stitch make a sc. In the last stitch sc x3. Sc in the next st. Inc in the last chain. Sl st to the first sc you made (8). This is the only sl st you'll make when making the shoes.
- Round 2: Hdc inc x5, sc inc x3 (16).
- Round 3: Hdc inc, hdc. Then repeat for the entire round (24).
- Round 4: Sc inc, sc x2. Then repeat for the rest of the round (32).
- Round 5: Sc in every stitch (32).
- Round 6: Sc x6, sc dec x2, hdc dec x6, sc dec x2, sc x6 (22).
- Round 7: Sc x5, sc dec x2, hdc dec x2, sc dec x2, sc x5 (16). Fasten off the black and join the orange.
- Round 8-10: Sc in every stitch (16). Fasten off the orange and join the purple yarn.
- Rounds 11-28: Repeat rounds 8-10 (16), but switch colors every 3 rounds. At the end of round 28, fasten off the orange yarn and stuff the leg a little, and sew the leg closed.
Crochet Witches Hat:
- Round 1: Using black yarn, make a mr and sc x3 in the circle (3).
- Round 2: Inc in every stitch (6).
- Round 3: Inc, then sc. Then repeat for the rest of the round (9).
- Round 4: Inc, then sc x2. Then repeat for the rest of the round (12).
- Round 5: Sc in every stitch (12).
- Round 6: Inc, then sc x3. Then repeat for the rest of the round (15).
- Round 7: Sc in every stitch (15).
- Round 8: Inc, then sc x4. Then repeat for the rest of the round (18).
- Round 9: Sc in every stitch (18).
- Round 10: Inc, then sc x5. Then repeat for the rest of the round (21).
- Round 11: Sc in every stitch (21).
- Round 12: Inc, then sc x6. Then repeat for the rest of the round (24). Fasten off the black yarn and join the orange yarn.
- Round 13: Sc in every stitch (24). Fasten off the orange yarn and rejoin the black yarn.
- Round 14: For this round, work in flo. Inc, then sc x2. Then repeat for the rest of the round (32).
- Round 15: Inc, then sc x3. Then repeat for the rest of the round (40).
- Round 16: Inc, then sc x4. Then repeat for the rest of the round (48).
- Round 17: Inc, then sc x5. Then repeat for the rest of the round (56).
Sewing:
- Sew the legs to the bottom of the ghost, about a ΒΌ of the way back from the front.
- Sew the hat to the ghost. I like to stuff the hat a little bit and then have it off to the side a little bit.
- You are all finished with my free crochet ghost pattern! And now you have a crochet ghost amigurumi ready for Halloween and snuggling!
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