Crochet Mini Ghost Pattern (Animals In Ghost Costume)

Transform your space into a haunted haven with the Crochet Mini Ghost Pattern! This charming and easy project features a cute ghost shape made with simple half double crochets, detailed with a bubbly effect for arms, and finished with an adorable embroidered face. The ghost’s rounded bottom creates a classic haunting look, and you can customize it with tiny accessories like mini pumpkins or hats. Make several to create a cute ghostly ensemble for your festive decor!

Why Love This Pattern?

1. Magic Ring Technique: It demonstrates the magic ring technique, which is essential for creating tight, professional-looking crochet projects.
2. Half Double Crochet Mastery: The pattern consistently uses half double crochets, reinforcing this fundamental stitch through repetition, making it great practice.
3. Adorable Details: The pattern includes charming features like the big bubble stitches for the ghost's hands and specific instructions for creating different ears, such as bear ears and cat ears, adding variety.
4. Customizability: You can personalize the face details with sewing or embroidery, adding unique touches to each creation.
5. Multi-Part Crafting: The project includes making accessories like a mini pumpkin and an optional mini hat or broomstick, linked through additional tutorials, allowing for a complete, themed crafting experience.

How To Crochet Ghost Amigurumi

Materials Needed:

• Yarn of your choice
• Appropriate size crochet hook
• Stitch marker
• Darning needle for sewing and weaving in ends

Abbreviations:

• ch: chain
• hdc: half double crochet
• sc: single crochet
• sl st: slip stitch
• yo: yarn over
• st: stitch
• inc: increase (2 stitches in one stitch)

Instructions:

Ghost Body:

1. Magic Ring:
   • Make a magic ring: Wrap the yarn around your fingers to create a loop.
   • Insert hook into the loop, grab the second one to the front, twist it, yarn over, pull through the loop to form the first chain.
   • Remove ring from fingers.
2. Round 1:
   • Make 2 ch in total.
   • Make 10 hdc into the magic ring.
   • Pull the tail to close the ring.
   • Sl st into the second chain of the starting ch-2 to join the round.
3. Round 2:
   • Ch 2.
   • Make 2 hdc in each stitch around to the end (total 20 stitches).
   • Sl st to the second ch of the starting ch-2.
4. Round 3:
   • Ch 2.
   • 1 hdc in first stitch, 2 hdc in next stitch; repeat from * to * around (total 30 stitches).
   • Sl st to the second ch of the starting ch-2.
5. Rounds 4-8:
   • Ch 2.
   • hdc in each stitch around.
   • Sl st to the second ch of the starting ch-2 at the end of each round.
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6. Round 9:
   • Ch 2.
   • hdc in next 10 stitches.
   • Make big bobble stitch for the hand of the ghost:
     1. yo, insert hook into next stitch, pull yarn through (3 loops on hook), yo, pull through 2 loops.
     2. Repeat this 6 times (total 7 loops on hook), yo, pull through all 7 loops, ch 1.
   • hdc in next 6 stitches.
   • Make another big bobble stitch in the next stitch.
   • hdc in each stitch to the end.
   • Sl st to join.
7. Rounds 10-12:
   • Ch 2.
   • hdc in each stitch around.
   • Sl st to join.
8. Final Round:
   • Ch 1.
   • Skip 1 st, 5 dc in the next stitch, skip 1 st, sl st into the next stitch; repeat from * to * around.
   • Sl st to the first stitch to finish.
   • Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Ghost Face:

1. Base:
   • Make a slipknot, leave a long tail for sewing.
   • Ch 6.
   • Skip the first chain, in the second chain from the hook, make 2 sc.
   • Single crochet in the next 3 chains.
   • 3 sc in the last chain.
   • Rotate and work on the other side of the chain: 1 sc in next 3 st.
   • 2 sc in the last st.
   • Join with a sl st in the first sc and place a stitch marker.
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2. Second Round:
   • Sc in next st. Place marker back on this st.
   • 2 sc in the next st. Repeat once.
   • Sc in the next 3 st.
   • 2 sc in each of the next 3 st.
   • Sc in the next 3 st.
   • 2 sc in last st.
   • Join with a sl st.
3. Final Round:
   • Sc in each st.
   • Join with a sl st, leave long tail for sewing.

Bear Ears:

1. Instructions:
   • Make a magic ring, ch 2.
   • Make 5 hdc into the magic ring.
   • Ch 2 and sl st into the ring.
   • Pull the tail to close the ring.
   • Make two ears in total and attach them to the ghost face.

Cat Ears:

1. Instructions:
   • Make a magic ring, ch 1.
   • Make 1 hdc, 1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc, 1 hdc.
   • Sl st into the ring.
   • Pull the tail to close the ring.
   • Pinch to make cat ears pointy if desired.
   • Make two ears in total and attach them to the ghost face.

Mini Pumpkin:

1. Instructions:
   • For the first round, make 12 hdc into the magic ring.
   • For rounds 2 and 3, repeat hdc into each stitch.
   • Fasten off and glue it to the ghost if desired.

Face Assembly:

1. Sew the face to the ghost body using any technique you prefer.
2. Glue or sew eyes onto the face.
3. Use white thread to add eye details and embroider a nose and whiskers as desired.

Ending:

• Finish with fastening all the seams securely and hiding the excess yarn inside the body using a darning needle.

Optional Attachments:

• Mini Hat and Tiny Broomstick tutorials can be found in the video description linked to the video.

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