Designer: Koko Makes
Bring a favorite bedtime friend to life with this cuddly Makka Pakka amigurumi, inspired by the gentle character from In the Night Garden! With its chubby little body, funny antenna-like ears, and unforgettable face, this toy is just begging to be picked up and hugged.
To make Makka Pakka you will need chunky yarn in brown, toffee, and white, a 5 mm crochet hook, fiberfill, stitch markers, a yarn needle, and 5 mm safety eyes. If you want to make the unique eyes like in the photo, you will also need brown and white felt fabric.
The stitches used in this pattern are not difficult, like single crochet, increasing, decreasing, and bobble stitches (if you want chubby fingers).
The pattern starts with the little horns that go on top of the head, then the head, arms, legs, and body, and after that you just need to sew everything together.
Make this toy for a nursery or as a gift for a little one who loves the show, and it will become their best bedtime friend.
Materials
- Premier Parfait Chunky yarn in colors:
- brown, toffee and white
- Black yarn for embroidering mouth
- 5 mm crochet hook
- Polyester filling
- Stitch marker
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- 5 mm safety eyes
- Thin felt fabric in brown and white (for eyes)
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
Bo – bobble stitch
BLO – back loops only
FLO – front loops only
Horns x3
Start with brown yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Change to toffee yarn.
Rnd 2: BLO: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Change to white yarn.
Rnd 3: BLO: 9 sc (9)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Fasten off at the end of R4, leave a long tail for sewing on later, make three of these, one of the horn will be the tail
Head
Repeat R1-R4 of horn. Change to tofeee yarn/
Rnd 5: FLO: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 7-9: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 10: 12 sc, Bo, 11 sc (24)
Rnd 11-13: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 14: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 15: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Makka Pakka has a unique pair of eyes. Create them by cutting out round layers of felt fabric and attaching them to the back of the plastic eye before inserting them into the head.
Insert the eyes slightly above the nose, with the left eye between R7-R8 and the right eye between R13-R14, the two eyes should be 5 rounds apart with the bobble nose in the centre.
Begin stuffing firmly as you go.
Close the opening end by sewing one of the horns on, matching stitch by stitch, fasten off and weave in tail.
Sew the top horn on as well, shape and stuff lightly as you go, the top horn should be placed ideally in the top centre of thead between R8 and R12.
Arms x2
Start with toffee yarn.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Rnd 4-9: 12 sc (12)
Locate 4 stitch evenly at the round tip of each arm, and crochet a Bo on each stitch, this will be his chunky fingers. Sl st at the end of fourth Bo, pull tight, fasten off and tuck in ends.
Stuff the arms with fiberfill.
Flatten the arm, skip two of the stitches one at each end, close the arm by working 5 sc through both stitches, fasten off and leave long tail for sewing.
Legs & Body
Start with brown yarn.
Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr (8)
Change to toffee yarn.
Rnd 2: 8 inc (16)
Change to brown yarn.
Rnd 3: 16 sc (16)
Change to toffee yarn.
Rnd 4: BLO: 16 sc (16)
Rnd 5: 16 sc (16)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, dec) x 4 (12)
Rnd 7-8: 12 sc (12)
Fasten off, leave a tail and cut off yarn (this is leg 1).
Make the second leg by repeating R1-R8, but do not cut off yarn.
Rnd 9: crochet an inc on leg 1, then followed by 23 more inc to join the two legs together (48)
Rnd 10-14: 48 sc (48)
Rnd 15: (4 sc, dec) x 8 (40)
Rnd 16-17: 40 sc (40)
Rnd 18: (3 sc, dec) x 8 (32)
Rnd 19-20: 32 sc (32)
Rnd 21: (2 sc, dec) x 8 (24)
Rnd 22-23: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 24: (sc, dec) x 8 (16)
Rnd 25: 16 sc (16)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Stuff firmly.
Assembly
- Sew head first.
- Then sew tail, stuff tail lightly if needed, on the back between R13-R15 of body.
- Attach the arms to each side by sewing vertically between R17-R23 of body.
- Embroider the mouth on just below the nose, fasten off and weave in ends.
Done!
