MATERIALS

4mm crochet hook 10mm safety eyes Tapestry needle Stuffing Scissors 

(not included)

Tan medium-weight Red medium-weight Yellow medium-weight White medium-weight Black medium-weight 

yarn, with 3 stitch yarn (33 yds) yarn (8 yds) yarn (5 yds) yarn (5 yds)
markers in it (17 yds)

HOW TO READ 

A WOOBLES PATTERN ABBREVIATIONS

This pattern is written in US

Rnd 3. [sc, inc] x6 (18)
terminology, and crocheted in
Round
continuous rounds. Watch video
What stitches to do this round, and 

tutorials at thewoobles.com/tutorials
how many times
blo
 back loop only

Total number of stitches in this round ch
 chain

dec
 (invisible) decrease

inc
 increase (2 sc in the same hole)

For round 3, repeat the pattern in the brackets 6 times.
rnd
 round

The pattern is: single crochet in 1 stitch, then increase
sc
 single crochet

stitch in the next stitch. Because an increase is actually
sl st slip stitch
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2 single crochet stitches in the same stitch of the

previous round, the total number of stitches in this
round is 18.

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HEAD & BODY
With tan and red yarn.

TIP Keep track of where you are by placing a

stitch marker in the first stitch of the current
round.

Rnd 1.
 (tan yarn) start 6 sc in a magic loop (6)


Rnd 2.
 6 inc (12)

Start here if you’re using the pre-made piece

Rnd 3.
 [sc, inc] x 6 (18)


Rnd 4.
 [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)

Rnd 5. 24 sc (24)

TIP Your piece might start curling - that’s totally

normal. For a neater final look, push the
middle of your piece until it curves the other
way. This makes the “right side” face out.
Then keep crocheting to the left. If you’re a
lefty, keep crocheting to the right.

Rnd 6.
 [5 sc, inc] x 4 (28)


Rnds 7-9.
 28 sc (28)

Rnd 10.
 (switch to red yarn) [6 sc, inc] x 4 (32)

Rnds 11-13.
 32 sc (32)

Rnd 14.
 [2 sc, dec] x 8 (24)

Rnd 15. 24 sc (24)

Attach the eyes between rounds 7 and 8 with a 6-

stitch space between them. If this amigurumi is for
a baby or pet, embroider the eyes instead.

Rnd 16.
 [sc, dec] x 8 (16)


Rnd 17. 16 sc (16)

Stuff the piece, shaping it like an egg.

Rnd 18. 8 dec (8)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with

a tail; then use it to pull the yarn tail through the
front loops of each stitch. Pull tight to close the
remaining gap.
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BELT
With black yarn.

Surface crochet a belt between rounds 13 and 14 of

the body:

Step 1.

Sl st join into a stitch between rounds 13 and 14 on
the back of the body.
TIP sl st join means slip stitch join.

Step 2.

Sl st into the next 31 stitches around the body.
TIP sl st means slip stitch.

Step 3.

Invisible fasten off to the first slip stitch, and hide
the yarn tails.

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BELT BUCKLE Step 4.

Insert the needle back into the same stitch it went
With yellow yarn. into the piece in Step 3, and pull it out at the
bottom of the right line.

Embroider a buckle over the belt:

Step 5.

Step 1.

Insert the needle into the same hole as the bottom
Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of yarn.
of the left line. Pull the needle out of the same hole
Insert the needle anywhere on the right side of the
in the body that it originally went into, so that both
body, and pull it out just above the stitch to the
yarn tails are coming out of the same hole.

right of the center of the body, above the belt.

Leave a 6-inch yarn tail. Step 6.

Tie a knot with both yarn tails, as close to the
Step 2.
 surface of the body as possible. Hide the yarn in
Insert the needle one round below, just under the the body.
belt. Pull the needle out two stitches to the left,
under the belt.

Step 3.

Insert the needle one round above, just above the
belt. Pull the needle out two stitches to the right, in
the same hole as the top of the right line.

1 2 3

4 5 6

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ARMS Step 2.

Sc both sides together.
With tan, red, and yellow yarn (make two).
Step 3.

Rnd 1.

 (tan yarn) start 6 sc in a magic loop Continue to sc together the next three pairs of

(6)
 stitches. Fasten off leaving a long tail.

Rnd 2. [2 sc, inc] x 2 (8)
Step 4.

TIP You’re changing colors in the next step. Thread a needle with the t ail and use it to sew the

Remember to switch colors in the last step arms to either side of the body with 3-stitch space

of the stitch before the color change. from the eyes, between rounds 9 and 10. Hide the

tails in the body.

Rnd 3.
 (switch to red yarn) 8 sc (8)

Rnd 4. 8 sc (8)

Step 1.

(Switch to yellow yarn) Cut the red yarn and tie it to
the beginning yarn tail of the yellow yarn. Flatten
the arm and insert the hook under the first two
stitches across from each other, so there are five
loops on the hook.

1 2

3 4

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LINE EMBROIDERY Step 3.

Insert the needle five stitches to the right, and pull
With yellow yarn. it out one round down.

Embroider three lines on the body above the belt, Step 4.

between rounds 10 to 12 and five stitches wide: Insert the needle five stitches to the left. Pull the
needle out of the same hole in the body that it
Step 1.

originally went into, so that both tails are coming
Thread a needle with an arm’s length of yarn. Insert
out of the same hole.

the needle somewhere on the right side of the

body, and out between rounds 10 and 11, three Step 5.

rounds down and one stitch to the left from the Tie a knot with both tails, as close to the surface of
right eye. Leave a 6-inch tail. the body as possible. Hide the tail in the body.

Step 2.

Insert the needle five stitches to the left, and pull it
out one round down.

1 2 3

4 5

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BEARD
With white yarn.

Step 1.

Ch 2. Mark the first chain with a stitch marker.

Step 2.

[inc, ch 2, inc] in the chain marked by the stitch
marker.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with

the tail and use it to sew the beard to the head
between rounds 8 and 9, centered between the
eyes. After the beard is secure, hide the tail in the
piece.

1 2

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MUSTACHE Step 4.

Sl st in the first ch in step 1.
With black yarn.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with
Step 1.
 the tail and use it to sew the mustache with the
Ch 5.
“wrong” side facing out, on top of the beard
Step 2.
 between rounds 7 and 8. After the mustache is
Sl st in the second ch from the hook, sc, sl st.
secure, hide the tail in the piece.

Step 3.

Repeat step 1-2 to make the other side of the
mustache.

1 2 3

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EYEBROWS Step 4.

Insert the needle two stitches to the right, and pull
With black yarn. it out the same hole it just came out of.

Embroider the eyebrows above the eyes, between Step 5.


rounds 6 to 7 and two stitches wide: Insert the needle two stitches to the right. Pull the
needle out of the same hole in the body that it
Step 1.

originally went into, so that both tails are coming
Thread a needle with an arm’s length of yarn. Insert
out of the same hole.

the needle somewhere on the right side of the

body, and out between rounds 6 and 7, one round Step 6.

up and one stitch to the left from the right eye. Tie a knot with both tails, as close to the surface of
Leave a 6-inch tail. the body as possible. Hide the tail in the body.
Step 2.

Insert the needle two stitches to the right, and pull
it out the same hole it just came out of.
Step 3.

Insert the needle two stitches to the right, and pull
it out the hole one round up and one stitch to the
left from the left eye.

1 2 3

4 5 6

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HAIR
With white yarn.

Step 1.

Sl st join into the hole between rounds 9 and 10,
two rounds down and five stitches to the right from
the right eye. Insert the hook from the bottom to
the top of the body.

Step 2.

3 sl st up the head so the working yarn is coming
out of the same round as the eyebrow.

TIP Make sure to crochet loose enough so that

the slip stitches don’t distort the body’s
rounds.

Step 3.

Ch 3 and turn, sc in the second ch from the hook.

Step 4.

Sl st to the next sl st on the head.

Step 5.

Ch 2, sc in the second ch from the hook.

Step 6.

Sl st to the next sl st on the head.

Step 7.

Repeat steps 5-6 to make the third strand. Fasten
off and hide the tail in the body.

Step 8.

Sl st join into the hole between rounds 6 and 7, one
round up and five stitches to the left from the left
eye. Insert the hook from the top to the bottom of
the body.

Step 9.

3 sl st down the head so the working yarn is coming
out of the hole where the color change is.

Step 1 0.

Repeat steps 3-7 to make the left side of the hair.
TIP There's a so-called "right" and "wrong" side
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of crochet.

The “wrong” sides should be facing front.

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4 5 6

7 8 9

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HAT HAT ACCESSORY
With red and yellow yarn. With yellow yarn.

Rnd 1.

 (red yarn) start 8 sc in a magic loop Step 1.


(8)
 Ch 8. Mark the first chain with a stitch marker.
Rnd 2.
 8 inc (16)

Step 2.

Rnd 3.
 [sc, inc] x 8 (24)

Sl st in the chain marked by the stitch marker.
Rnd 4.
 24 sc (24)

Rnd 5. [11 sc blo, inc blo] x 2 (26) Step 3.

Ch 7.
TIP blo means to do the stitch through the back
loop only. Step 4.

Sl st from back to front in the chain marked by the
Rnd 6.
 26 sc (26)

stitch marker.
Rnd 7.
 [12 sc, inc] x 2 (28)

Rnd 8.
 28 sc (28)
 Step 5.

Rnd 9. (switch to yellow yarn) 28 sc (28) Ch 7.
Invisible fasten off and weave in the tails. Step 6.

Sl st in the chain marked by the stitch marker.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with

the tail and use it to sew the hat accessory to the
top of the hat, in the center of the magic loop.
Secure with a knot and weave in the tails. Place the

hat on top of the nutcracker.

1 2 3 4

5 6

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