One-Eyed Monster – Free Halloween Amigurumi Pattern

This purple monster is a one-eyed creature in a black hat, with a grey eyepatch stitched with an upside-down U, a black belly patch and a horn. He is about 22 cm tall, worked in a continuous spiral, and almost all of him is one piece: the body starts at 6 stitches, widens to 54, and closes again at 7.

The one construction detail worth knowing before you start is that the head is not a separate piece. Rounds 18 and 19 widen the top of the body into a skull, and the hat sits over those increases. That means no neck seam, but it also means the eyes have to go in early — between rounds 10 and 11 — so you can see the face before the top closes.

Everything is written out below, including the BLO rounds that give the hat its brim and the horn a place to sit.

What you need

• Yarn: purple, black, white and grey, plus white and black acrylic for the mouth
• Hook: 4 mm to 5 mm, matching your yarn
• Safety eyes: one, 10 mm to 12 mm
• Notions: stuffing, darning needle, stitch markers

Abbreviations

• MR magic ring, sc single crochet, inc increase, dec decrease
• BLO back loop only, FLO front loop only, slst slip stitch, dc double crochet, hdc half double crochet
• R round

Body and head (purple)

• R1: 6 sc in MR (6)
• R2: inc x6 (12)
• R3: (sc, inc) x6 (18)
• R4: (2 sc, inc) x6 (24)
• R5: (3 sc, inc) x6 (30)
• R6: (4 sc, inc) x6 (36)
• R7: (5 sc, inc) x6 (42)
• R8–17: sc around (42) — 10 rounds

After R10, add the single safety eye between R10 and R11. Stuff as you go.

• R18: (6 sc, inc) x6 (48)
• R19: (7 sc, inc) x6 (54)
• R20: sc around (54)
• R21: dec x27 (27)
• R22: dec x13, sc (14)

Finish stuffing.

• R23: dec x7 (7)

Fasten off leaving a long tail, thread it through the front loops of the last 7 stitches and pull tight.

Eye patch (grey)

• R1: 8 sc in MR (8), slst

Fasten off leaving a long tail. Embroider an upside-down U on the patch with black worsted weight yarn: that curve is the whole expression.

Hat (black, then grey)

• R1: 6 sc in MR (6)
• R2: inc x6 (12)
• R3: 3 sc, inc x3, 3 sc, inc x3 (18)
• R4: 3 sc, (sc, inc) x3, 3 sc, (sc, inc) x3 (24)
• R5: BLO sc around (24)
• R6–8: sc around (24) — 3 rounds
• R9: change to grey, BLO slst around (24)
• R10: BLO — 3 sc, (sc, dec) x3, 3 sc, (sc, dec) x3 (18)
• R11: change to black, BLO slst around (18)
• R12: BLO sc around (18)
• R13: FLO sc around (18)
• R14: ch 2, 2 dc in each stitch around (36)

Fasten off, long tail. Stuff the hat only slightly so the top stays flat.

Belly patch (black)

• R1: 3 sc in MR, ch 1, turn (3)
• R2: inc x3, ch 1, turn (6)
• R3: (sc, inc) x3, ch 1, turn (9)
• R4: 2 sc, hdc, dc x3, hdc, 2 sc (9)

Fasten off, long tail. Worked in turned rows, so it is a flat shield rather than a bowl.

Horn (black)

• R1: 4 sc in MR (4)
• R2: (sc, inc) x2 (6)
• R3: sc, 3 slst, 2 sc (6)
• R4: (2 sc, inc) x2 (8)
• R5: 2 sc, 4 slst, 2 sc (8)

Stuff the horn and shape it so it curves where the slip stitches are — that is what gives it the curled look.

Assembly

• Sew the horn onto the body at R5–R7.
• Sew the eye patch over R9–R13, leaving 5 stitches between its inner edge and the eye.
• Sew the belly patch over R15–R19, centred between the eye and the patch.
• Sew the hat on so the increases of R3 and R4 sit at the sides, covering R2–R7 of the body, opposite the horn. The stitches between R12 and R13 stay free so the brim stands out.
• Embroider the mouth in black between R12 and R13, 5 to 6 stitches wide, and add the teeth in white on R13.

Notes

The BLO rounds are what make the hat look like a hat: R5 folds the crown away from the brim, and R9 and R11 give you two grey bands without changing colour mid-round. Work them loosely — a tight BLO round is almost impossible to sew through afterwards.

For more Halloween makes, the Purple Zombie Bunny and Jack Skellington use the same felt-and-embroidery approach, and Plush Pumpkin Kitten is the plush one. Everything is on the patterns page.

Pattern source: one-eyed monster amigurumi, as shared by the original designer on the amigurumi pattern blogs.

If you want pumpkins in an evening rather than a weekend, Mini Ribbed Pumpkin is 24 rows of back-loop hdc.

A Halloween figure with a hat: Ghost with a Pumpkin Hat, 21 rounds and a tiny pumpkin on top.

For a monster in the same green, Doll Boo includes a Mike Wazowski backpack that is a 36-stitch round.