MATERIALS

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

(not included)

Light Blue medium- White 
 Dark Blue and Blue
 Black
 Belly piece
weight yarn, with 3 medium-weight 
 medium-weight 
 medium-weight 

stitch markers in it 
 yarn (5 yds) yarn (3 yds) yarn (1 yd)
(43 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
tutorials at thewoobles.com/tutorials
What stitches to do this round, and 

how many times
ch
 chain

Total number of stitches in this round dec
 (invisible) decrease

inc
 increase (2 sc in the same hole)

rnd
 round

For round 3, repeat the pattern in the brackets 6 times.
sc single crochet
The pattern is: single crochet in 1 stitch, then increase
stitch in the next stitch. Because an increase is actually
2 single crochet stitches in the same stitch of the
previous round, the total number of stitches in this
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round is 18.

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BODY
With light blue yarn.

TIP To keep track of where you are, use a stitch

marker to mark the beginning of each round,
move the stitch marker to the first stitch of
that round.

Rnd 1.
 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)

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

TIP Your piece might start curling - that’s totally

normal. For a neater final look, push the
middle of your piece until it curls 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.

Rnds 7-9.
 28 sc (28)


Rnd 10.
 [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)

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

Rnd 17. 16 sc (16)

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

stitch space between them. If this amigurumi is for
a baby or pet, embroider the eyes instead. Attach
the belly piece centered between the eyes in front
of the body, between rounds 12 and 13. Stuff the
piece.

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. Hide the tail in the body.
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EARS Crochet the back piece to the front piece of the
ears together and sew them to the head:

With white and light blue (make two of each).

Step 1.

Front Piece
With the “wrong” sides of each piece facing each
other, insert the hook under the first stitch of the
With white yarn.
front piece, and under the last stitch of the back
Rnd 1. start 6 sc in a magic loop (6) piece. Sc.

Fasten off, leaving a short tail.

Step 2.

Sc, 2 inc, 2 sc in the next five pairs of stitches.

Back Piece
Step 3.

With light blue yarn. Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with
the tail; then use it to sew the ears to either side of
Rnd 1. start 6 sc in a magic loop, ch 1 and
the head with the white facing forward. The ears
turn (6)
should be four stitches behind each eye, spanning
Do not fasten off. rounds 3 to 5. Hide the tails in the body.

1 2

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TAIL Single crochet the open edge of the arm together,
and sew the arms to the body:

With light blue yarn.

Step 1. 

Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in a magic loop (6)
 Flatten the arms and insert the hook under the first
Rnd 2.
 [sc, inc] x 3 (9) 
 two stitches across from each other, so there are
Rnd 3. 9 sc (9) five loops on the hook.

Invisible fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a Step 2.


needle with a tail; then use it to sew the tail Sc both sides together.

centered on the back of the body, spanning rounds Step 3.


13 and 14. Hide the yarn tail in the body. Continue to sc together the next three pairs of
stitches. Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

Step 4.

ARMS Thread a needle with the tail and use it to sew the
With light blue yarn (make two). arms to either side of the body two stitches back
from the eyes, between rounds 9 and 10, and hide
Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in a magic loop (6)
 the yarn tail in the body.
Rnd 2.
 [2 sc, inc] x 2 (8) 

Rnds 3-4. 8 sc (8)

1 2

3 4

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PAW PADS Step 4. 

Insert the needle back into the bottom center point
With dark blue yarn (make two).
of the heart. Pull the needle out one round up and a
Embroider a heart under each arm: half stitch to the left, in the same hole pulled out in
step 3.

Step 1. 

Step 5. 

Hold the arm so that the magic ring is the top and
Insert the needle into the bottom center point of
the sealed edge is the bottom. Thread a needle
the heart. Pull the needle out of the same hole in
with a forearm’s length of yarn. Insert the needle
the arm that it originally went into, so that both
somewhere on the right side of the arm, and out
yarn tails are coming out of the same hole.

centered on the bottom side of the arm, between

rounds 3 and 4. Leave a 6-inch yarn tail. This is the Step 6. 

bottom center point of the heart. 
Tie a knot with both yarn tails, as close to the
surface of the arm as possible. Hide the tails in the
Step 2. 

arm.
Insert the needle one round up and a half stitch to
the right, in the middle of the stitch’s V. Pull the TIP Manipulate the strands to lay flat next to
needle out the bottom center point of the heart. 
each other, creating a heart shape.
Step 3.

Insert the needle one round up and a half stitch to
the right, in the same hole inserted in step 2. Pull
the needle out one stitch to the left, in the middle
of the stitch’s V.

1 2 3

4 5 6

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HEART Step 4. 

Insert the needle back into the bottom center point
With dark blue yarn. of the heart. Pull the needle out one round up and a
half stitch to the left, in the same hole pulled out in
Step 1. 

step 3.

Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of yarn.

Insert the needle somewhere on the right side of Step 5. 

the back of the body, and pull it out two stitches to Insert the needle into the bottom center point of
the right of the tail between rounds 13 and 14. the heart. Pull the needle out of the same hole in
Leave a 6-inch yarn tail. This is the bottom center the body that it originally went into, so that both
point of the heart.
yarn tails are coming out of the same hole.

Step 2. 
 Step 6. 

Insert the needle one round up and a half stitch to Tie a knot with both yarn tails, as close to the
the right, in the middle of the stitch’s V. Pull the surface of the body as possible. Hide the tails in
needle out the bottom center point of the heart. 
the body.
Step 3.
 TIP Manipulate the strands to lay flat next to
Insert the needle one round up and a half stitch to each other, creating a heart shape.
the right, in the same hole inserted in step 2. Pull
the needle out one stitch to the left, in the middle
of the stitch’s V.

1 2 3

4 5 6

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SNOUT Step 3.

Insert the needle one round down and a half stitch
With white yarn. to the right, in the same hole inserted in step 2. Pull
the needle out one stitch to the left, in the middle
Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in a magic loop (6)

of the stitch’s V.

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


Rnd 3. [2 sc, 2 inc] x 2 (12) Step 4. 

Insert the needle back into the bottom center point
Invisible fasten off, leaving a long tail. Continue to
of the nose. Pull the needle out one round down
embroider the nose and mouth before sewing on
and a half stitch to the left, in the same hole pulled
the snout.
out in step 3.

Step 5. 

Insert the needle into the bottom center point of
NOSE the nose.

With dark blue yarn. Step 6. 


Step 1. 
 Tie a knot with both tails. Hide the tails in the
Hold the snout so that the magic loop is facing up. snout.
Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of yarn. TIP Manipulate the strands to lay flat next to
Insert the needle between rounds 1 and 2, from each other, creating a heart shape.
back to front. Leave a 6-inch yarn tail. This is the
bottom center point of the nose. 

Step 2. 

Insert the needle one round down and a half stitch
to the right, in the middle of the stitch’s V. Pull the
needle out the bottom center point of the nose.

1 2 3

4 5 6
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MOUTH Step 4. 

Make sure the needle and yarn comes out below
With black yarn. the curve. Then bring up and over the curve, and
insert the needle into the same hole it just came
Step 1. 

out of and pull through. Pull tight to secure the
Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of yarn.
curve.

Insert the needle between rounds 1 and 2, from

back to front, two stitches to the right from the Step 5. 

bottom center point of the nose. Leave a 6-inch Tie a knot with both tails. Hide the tails in the
yarn tail.
snout.

Step 2. 
 Step 6. 

Insert the needle two stitches to the left on the Thread a needle with the white yarn tail of the
opposite side of the magic ring. Pull the needle out snout, and use it to sew the snout between the
the center of the magic ring. This is the bottom of eyes, spanning rounds 7 through 9.
the curve.

Step 3.

Pull the yarn just tight enough so that the curve
looks like you want it.

1 2 3

4 5 6

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BLUSH Step 4.

Insert the needle one round down. Pull the needle
With blue yarn. out one round up and seven stitches to the left.

Step 1.
 Step 5.


Thread a needle with an arm’s length of yarn. Insert Repeat steps 2-3.

the needle somewhere on the right side of the Step 6.


body, and out of the hole one round down and two Insert the needle one round down. Pull the needle
stitches to the right from the right eye, between out where it originally went into the piece, so that
rounds 7 and 8. Leave a 6-inch yarn tail.
both tails are coming out of the same hole.

Step 2.
 Step 7. 


Insert the needle one stitch to the left and one Tie a knot with both tails, as close to the surface of
round down. Pull the needle out one round up.
the body as possible. Hide the tails in the body.
Step 3.

Insert the needle one stitch to the left and one
round down. Pull the needle out one round up and
one stitch to the right.

1 2 3

4 5 6

7
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EYEBROWS Step 2.

Insert the needle one and a half stitches to the left.
With black yarn.
Pull the needle out the hole one round up and one
stitch to the right from the left eye.

Each eyebrow should be one and a half stitches

wide between rounds 5 and 6.
Step 3.

Insert the needle one and a half stitches to the left,
Step 1.

in the middle of the stitch’s V. Pull the needle out
Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of yarn.
where it originally went into the piece, so that both
Insert the needle somewhere on the right side of
tails are coming out of the same hole. 

the body, and out of the hole one round up and a

half stitch to the right, in the middle of the stitch’s Step 4.

V, from the right eye, between rounds 5 and 6. Tie a knot with both tails, as close to the surface of
Leave a 6-inch yarn tail. the body as possible. Hide the tails in the body.

1 2

3 4

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