Horsea Amigurumi Pattern

Hands up if you’re ready to make a Horsea! I’m so excited to finally share this pattern as I am so pleased with how it turned out. It’s not the most complicated pattern either, just lots of small pieces and a bit of sewing.

Let’s just get straight into it!

I’m sharing the pattern over on my channel. Please do head over there, subscribe, like and all that jazz! Every minute watched is truly appreciated!

The pattern will consist of two parts:

Part One | Head, Eyes, Spikes & Nose (Sun, 16 Feb at 17:00GMT)

Part Two | Body, Belly & Fin (Sun, 23 Feb at 17:00GMT)

I would love to see your makes over on my Instagram, so please don’t forget to tag me and use #loopycathrineamigurumi

YARN & HOOK

• 2mm hook

• Stylecraft Special DK in Sherbet and Cream (Shiny: Jade and Cream)

• 6.5mm black oval safety eyes

• White and Red felt

• Toy filling

• Pins to place pieces before sewing together

• Needle

• Stitch markers (I prefer using scrap yarn as “stitch markers”)

• Fibres in Black for needle felting*

• Needle felting tool*

* Please note that I have used needle felting to create the tip of Horsea’s nose. Needle felting is still quite new to me so I will not be including instructions on how to do this. You may want to look into alternative ways of adding this detail, i.e black felt and glue.

SIZE

Horsea is approximately 10cm tall, the body is 3cm in width and the head is 7cm in width (from spike to spike).

Weight: 15g (this includes all materials used to make Horsea. For reference one ball of Stylecraft Special DK is 100g, so as you can see you will only need a very small amount of yarn)

STITCHES & ABBREVIATIONS – UK ENGLISH

dc double crochet

tr treble

st/sts stitch/stitches

inc increase; dc 2 in one st

dec decrease; insert hook in the front loop of the next two sts, yarn over, pull through both loops, y.o. and pull through remaining two loops. This is also referred to as an invisible decrease.

y.o. yarn over

ws wrong side

rs right side

ASSEMBLY

Assemble in the same order the pattern is written. I would recommend using a photo of Horsea sourced from a card or a game as reference for best possible outcome (I like to screenshot the characters from Pokémon GO, as you can get all the angles). Pin all the pieces in place before sewing to make sure it looks right. You’d be surprised at how much even a millimetre can make a difference in accuracy. Once all the crocheted pieces are attached use fabric glue to glue down the felt fastened with the safety eyes.

THE PATTERN

PART ONE | HEAD & BODY

PART TWO | TAIL & BODY, BELLY PATCH & WING/FIN

Coming Sun, 23 Feb at 17:00GMT

THANK YOU & ENJOY!

Please do not reprint, sell or claim the pattern as your own.

I’ve loved creating this pattern so please don’t forget to credit the pattern designer when sharing online.

I would love to see your creations! Please remember to tag me in your social media posts and use the following hashtag #loopycathrineamigurumi

For any questions about the pattern, please comment below and I will do my best to help.