Free amigurumi pattern

Sirius Black

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MR: Magic ring
ch: Chain
sc: Single crochet
inc: Increase
dec: Decrease
hdc: Half double crochet
BLO: Back loop only

Legs + body

Round	Stitches	Total
1	Black: MR 6sc	6
2	(2sc, inc)x2	8
3	8sc	8
4	(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	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	Black: 8sc	8
4–14	8sc	8

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

Both finished arms, black with skin-tone hands.

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.

Medallion

In red: chain 3 and start in the second chain from the hook:

Round	Stitches	Total
1	sc, 3hdc in the last chain, sc	5

Finish with a ss into the first stitch. Leave a tail for sewing.

Finished red medallion, small and teardrop-shaped.

Jacket

Chain 19 and start in the second chain from the hook:

Round	Stitches	Total
1	(2sc, 3sc in one stitch)x2, 6sc, (3sc in one stitch, 2sc)x2	26
2	3sc, 4ch, skip 5 stitches, 10sc, 4ch, skip 5 stitches, 3sc	24
3	24sc	24
4	4sc, inc, 14sc, inc, 4sc	26
5	5sc, inc, 14sc, inc, 5sc	28
6	6sc, inc, 14sc, inc, 6sc	30
7	7sc, inc, 14sc, inc, 7sc	32
8–14	32sc	32

Fasten off and weave in the end.

Finished green jacket laid flat, with the sleeves out to the sides.

Jacket sleeves

There are 11 stitches around each sleeve opening: 5 at the top, 4 at the bottom and 1 on each side. Join the yarn to a stitch as shown in the photo and work:

Round	Stitches	Total
1–12	11sc	11

Fasten off and weave in the end.

Crochet hook inserted into a stitch of the sleeve opening to join the yarn.

Hair

For the hair, cut 18 cm strands of brown yarn. 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 shoulder length and separate the yarn strands for a wavier look.

First brown 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.

Finished long hair with the yarn strands separated and wavy.

Finishing touches

To finish Sirius, embroider a gray chain around his waist and sew the medallion to its center.

Finally, add a little color to his cheeks. And don't forget to embroider Sirius's little beard!

Gray chain embroidered around the waist with the red medallion sewn in the center.