Free amigurumi pattern

Bellatrix Lestrange

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MR: Magic ring
ch: Chain
ss: Slip stitch
sc: Single crochet
inc: Increase
dec: Decrease
dc: Double crochet
incdc: Double crochet increase
BLO: Back loop only

Legs + body

Round	Stitches	Total
1	Black: MR 6sc	6
2	(2sc, inc)x2	8
3	8sc	8
4	Skin tone: (3sc, inc)x2	10
5	(4sc, inc)x2	12
6,7	12sc	12

Make two pieces. Fasten off the first and continue working on the second to join the legs:

Round	Stitches	Total
8	Black: 2ch, 12sc in the first leg, 2sc, 12sc in the second leg, 2sc	28
9	6sc, inc, 13sc, inc, 7sc	30
10	7sc, inc, 13sc, inc, 8sc	32
11 and 12	32sc	32
13	BLO 32sc	32
14	(6sc, dec)x4	28
15	28sc	28
16	(5sc, dec)x4	24
17,18	24sc	24

Stuff as you go.

Round	Stitches	Total
19	(4sc, dec)x4	20
20,21	20sc	20
22	(3sc, dec)x4	16

Fasten off and weave in the end.

Arms x2

Round	Stitches	Total
1	Skin tone: MR 6sc	6
2	(2sc, inc)x2	8
3–12	Black: 8sc	8
13–14	Skin tone: 8sc	8

Fasten off, leaving a tail to sew the arms between rounds 21 and 22 of the body.

The two finished arms, black with skin-tone hands and shoulders.

Head

Round	Stitches	Total
1	MR 8sc	8
2	8inc	16
3	(sc, inc)x8	24
4	(2sc, inc)x8	32
5	(3sc, inc)x8	40
6	(4sc, inc)x8	48
7–16	48sc	48

Place the safety eyes between rounds 12 and 13, 9 stitches apart.

Round	Stitches	Total
17	(4sc, dec)x8	40
18	(3sc, dec)x8	32
19	(2sc, dec)x8	24
20	(sc, dec)x8	16

Fasten off, leaving a tail to sew the head to the body as shown in the photo.

Embroider a nose between rounds 13 and 14.

Head sewn to the body, with safety eyes in place and an embroidered nose.

Skirt

Join the yarn to the loops left from round 13 and work:

Round	Stitches	Total
1	(7dc, incdc)x4	36
2–5	ss, 2ch, 36dc	36

Fasten off and weave in the end.

To finish the dress, embroider a V-neckline with a little skin-tone yarn.

Black dress with crocheted skirt and a V-neckline embroidered in skin-tone yarn.

Hair

For the hair, cut 24 cm strands of black yarn and a couple of white ones. You can sew them to the head as shown in the photos or knot them onto the head. It's up to you! To finish, trim the hair to waist length and separate the yarn strands for a wavier look.

First yarn strands sewn to the top of the head.

Needle sewing more hair strands next to the previous ones.

Hair strands sewn on both sides of the center part.

Fingers separating a strand of yarn to make it wavy.

Long black hair sewn in place, still straight before separating the strands.

Finished hair with the yarn strands separated and curled.

Finishing touches

To finish your Bellatrix, embroider her eyebrows, one higher than the other, to give her a more intense, evil look.

Finally, add a little color to her cheeks. And don't forget to embroider an angry little mouth!

Bellatrix's face with embroidered eyebrows, one higher than the other, and an angry mouth.