Today we will make a crochet monster with you. A small and cute sea monster. The Loch Ness monster is also known as Nessie. It is believed to live in Loch Ness in the Highlands of scotland. It is generally a water-dwelling monster with a long, large neck. From afar it looks like a dinosaur. However, it has frills on its back and head. These frills also make her look like a dragon. Now easily embroider this unique crochet monster step by step. If you want, you can turn this monster into a hugging amigurumi toy. What you need to do for this is not to fill the body too much. Now let’s see how to make this cute little amigurumi crochet monster.

Free crochet monster pattern

Designer: cozywonderscrochet

Materials

4.5 mm crochet hook
Weight 5-6 yarn, two colors
Safety eyes (16 mm)
Polyfill
Scissors
Threading needle

Abbreviations

mr: magic ring
sc: single crochet
inc: increase
dec: decrease
slst: slip stitch
fo: fasten off
blo: back loop only
flo: front loop only
ch: chain

Head

R1. chain 4
R2-3. working around the chain, sc around (8) (2 rounds)
R4. inc, 4sc, inc, 2sc (10)
R5. sc around (10)
R6. (3sc,inc)x2, 2 sc (12)
R7. Flo, 3sc, 6 inc, 3 sc (18)
The 6 inc in R7 are the forehead (beginning of the top of the head).
R8. (2sc,inc)x6 (24)
R9. sc around (24)
R10. Blo, sc around (24)
R11. (2sc,dec)x6 (18)
Place safety eyes between R6 & 7, 6 stitches apart.
Start stuffing.
R12. (sc,dec)x6 (12)
R13. dec x6 (6)
Fo, leave a tail to sew the hole closed. Hide the tail.

Body

R1. 4 sc mr (4)
Stuff as you go.
R2-5. sc around (4) (4 rounds)
R6. (sc,inc)x2 (6)
R7-10. sc around (6) (4 rounds)
R11. (2sc,inc)x2 (8)
R12-15. sc around (8) (4 rounds)
R16. (3sc,inc)x2 (10)
R17-20. sc around (10) (4 rounds)
R21. (4sc,inc)x2 (12)
R22-25. sc around (12) (4 rounds)
Continue stuffing until the end.
R26. 6 inc, 6 sc (18)
R27. (sc,inc)x6, 6sc (24)
R28-31. sc around (24) (4 rounds)
R32. (2sc,dec)x6 (18)
R33. sc around (18)
R34. (sc,dec)x6 (12)
R35-38. sc around (12) (4 rounds)
R39. (4sc,dec)x2 (10)
R40. sc around (10)
Fo, leave a long tail to sew the head onto the body.

Fins

Make four.
R1. 6 sc mr (6)
R2. (2sc,inc)x2 (8)
R3. 4inc, 4sc (12)
R4. sc around (12)
R5. sc, 2dec, 7 sc (10)
R6. sc, 2dec, 5sc (8)
R7. 2 dec, 4 sc (6)
R8. 2 sc, then fold the fin in half and 3 sc across to close, leaving a long tail to sew.

Head frills

The head frills are worked onto R10 where the blo is.
Make one on the right and one on the left side of the head.
Slst to side of head either onto the left or the right.
Ch 4, then from 2nd chain from the hook, 3 sc to the beginning of the chain.
Slst back into the same stitch you began your frill.
Repeat three more times going up (right) or down (left) the side of the face, then fo and hide the yarn tails.

Assembly

Sew the head onto the body with the snout facing forwards the same direction as the belly. Sew between R8-11 on bottom of the head.
Sew the upper fins onto the body on R31, about 4-5 visible stitches apart.
Sew the lower fins onto the body on R24, about 7-8 stitches apart.
Little crochet monster can also be made into a snuggler.
Just don’t stuff the body.

Spine frills

Slst into a stitch on R8, at the top of the head, centered. Chain 3, then slst into a stitch 1-2 rounds down working towards the tail.
Continue until you reach the end of the tail.

You’ve completed the free crochet monster pattern, congratulations!