Explore the fun world of crochet by making a cute Ditto amigurumi! This famous Pokémon character is crocheted in a charming purple, designed to bring smiles and hugs to your kids.
Materials needed to finish this tutorial are sport weight yarn with lilac shade, 2mm crochet hook, safety eyes, embroidery needle, embroidery yarn for the mouth, and soft stuffing.
All you need to make this ditto is to know some basic crochet stitches like single crochet stitches, half double crochet stitches, and some crochet techniques like increase, decrease.
It’s super easy and fun to make as a gift or just for that special one; it takes no time to finish.
Let’s get started!
Designer: Pumpi Crochet
Materials & Tools
- Cotton yarn, in thickness 2 or sport, in colors: Lilac
- 2 mm crochet hook
- Flat safety eyes 4 mm
- Black embroidery thread fot he mouth
- Stuffing, needle, scissors
Size: 7 cm
Abbreviations
Mr – magic ring
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
hdc – half double crochet
hdc-inc – 2 hdc in the same stitch
Arm #1
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc) x 3 (12)
Rnd 4-5: 3 hdc, 6 sc, 3 hdc (12)
Fasten off.
Arm #2
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: 1 hdc-inc, 1 sc, 2 inc, 1 sc, 1 hdc-inc (10)
Rnd 3: 2 hdc-inc, 1 sc, 2 dec, 1 sc, 2 hdc-inc (12)
Fasten off.
Body
Piece #1
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: (1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (10)
Fasten off.
Piece #2
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: (1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (10)
Rnd 3: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 2 (12)
Do not cut the yarn, we will continue working from this piece.
Join piece 2 and piece 1
Rnd 4: (1 inc, 5 sc) in piece 2, (4 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc) in piece 1, (5 sc, 1 inc) in piece 2 (26)
Rnd 5: 1 inc, 11 sc, 2 inc, 11 sc, 1 inc (30)
Now we will join arm #1
Rnd 6: We will start by making 12 sc over arm 1 and then (14 sc, 2 inc, 14 sc) on the base of the body (44)
Join to arm #2
Rnd 7: 28 sc (5 sc, 2 inc, 5 sc) over amr 2, 16 sc (58)
The decreases in these rounds should go th the sides of the body.
Rnd 8: 4 sc, 2 dec, 25 sc, 2 dec, 21 sc (54)
Rnd 9: 54 sc (54)
Rnd 10: 4 sc, 1 dec, 25 sc, 2 dec, 21 sc (52)
Rnd 11-12: 52 sc (52)
Rnd 13: 4 sc, 1 dec, 23 sc, 1 dec, 21 sc (50)
Rnd 14: 50 sc (50)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 8-9 with 6 sc visible between them.
Rnd 15: 2 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 21 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 19 sc (54) The increases should be centered on the sided of the body.
Rnd 16: 54 sc (54)
Rnd 17: (4 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc) x 6 (60)
Rnd 18: (9 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (66)
Rnd 19: (5 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc) x 6 (72)
Rnd 20-23: 72 sc (72)
Do not cut the yarn. From here we will make 3 segments to start closing.
The stitches indicated in the 3 segrments (S1, S2, S3) are for reference only, as they may vary depending on your work. Each segment should consists of 24 sc.
Segment #1
Approximately in stitches 1 to 16 and 65 to 72
Rnd 21: 16 sc, skip 48 sc, 8 sc (24)
Rnd 22: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)
Rnd 23: 8 dec (8)
Clse with the help of a nedle through the fron loop of the 8 remaining stitches.
Segment #2
Approximately in stitchs 17 to 28 and 53 to 64. We will position ourselves at stitch 17 and make.
Rnd 21: 12 sc, skip 24 sc, 12 sc (24)
Rnd 22: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)
Rnd 23: 8 dec (8)
Close with the help of a needle through the front loop of the 8 remaining stitches.
Segment #3
Approximately at stitches 19 to 52. We will position ourselves on stitch 29 and on the stitches that are left free in round 21 we will make:
Rnd 21: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 22: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)
At this moment we will stuff the body completely.
Rnd 23: 8 dec (8)
Close with the help of a needle passing through the front loop of the 8 remaining stitches.
Finally, using black thread, we must embroider the mouth, which is located in round 10 with 10 sc in width.
