Crochet Spider Pattern: Easy Free Halloween Amigurumi

Size: about 10 cm (3.9 in) tall in worsted yarn (approximate; it depends on your tension)

Yarn: Worsted weight (CYC 4). A (black) about 30 yd (27 m); B (white) small amount

Hook: 3.5-4.0 mm (smaller than the yarn label, for a tight fabric with no stuffing showing)

Notions: a little yarn for the embroidered details, 3 black pipe cleaners (chenille stems), cut into 8 pieces of 8 cm (3 in), fiberfill stuffing, stitch marker, yarn needle

ABBREVIATIONS (US terms): MR magic ring, sc single crochet, inc 2 sc in one stitch, dec single crochet 2 together (invisible decrease recommended), st(s) stitch(es), sl st slip stitch, FO fasten off, Rnd(s) round(s)

Notes: Worked in continuous spiral rounds; move your stitch marker up each round. The number in brackets is the stitch count at the end of the round.

PROPORTIONS: The head is smaller than the body on purpose. Sew it on firmly with many small stitches.

Body (make 1, colour A), about 6.7 cm (2.7 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
• Rnd 2 inc in each st around 12
• Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 18
• Rnd 4 (sc 2, inc) x 6 24
• Rnd 5 sc, inc, (sc 3, inc) x 5, sc 2 30
• Rnd 6 (sc 4, inc) x 6 36
• Rnds 7-10 sc in each st around 36
• Rnd 11 (sc 4, dec) x 6 30
• Rnd 12 sc, dec, (sc 3, dec) x 5, sc 2 24
• Rnd 13 (sc 2, dec) x 6 18

Stuff firmly, and keep stuffing as you close.

• Rnd 14 (sc, dec) x 6 12
• Rnd 15 dec in each st around 6

FO, weave the tail through the front loops of the last 6 stitches and pull closed.

Head (make 1, colour A), about 4.5 cm (1.8 in) across at its widest

• Rnd 1 6 sc in MR 6
• Rnd 2 inc in each st around 12
• Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 18
• Rnd 4 (sc 2, inc) x 6 24
• Rnd 5 sc in each st around 24
• Rnd 6 (sc 2, dec) x 6 18

Stuff firmly, and keep stuffing as you close.

• Rnd 7 (sc, dec) x 6 12
• Rnd 8 dec in each st around 6

FO, weave the tail through the front loops of the last 6 stitches and pull closed.

Assembly

1. Stuff the Body firmly before closing it, and leave a long tail of colour A.
2. Sew the head to the body between Rnds 8 and 10. On the front of the body, low down.
3. Embroider the two small eyes on the head at Rnd 4 with colour B. About 4 stitches apart.
4. Leg (make 8, colour A): ch 15. Sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch across (14 sl st). FO, leaving a long tail for sewing. The eight Legs use about 4 yd (4 m) of colour A.
5. Thread one piece of pipe cleaner through each Leg, under the slip stitches along its back, so the leg holds a bend.
6. Sew the Legs to the body between Rnds 8 and 9. Four on each side, spaced evenly from front to back, each bent up into a knee and down to a tip curled under.
7. Thread a length of colour A through the top of the body and tie into a hanging loop.
8. Weave in all ends.