Sid is a quirky and lovable crochet sloth with a playful expression and a personality all his own. Featuring long limbs, a rounded body, oversized eyes, and a cheerful smile, this amigurumi character brings a fun and lighthearted touch to any handmade collection.

Stitches used in this tutorial are single crochet stitches and some crochet techniques like increasing and decreasing.

Materials used are Alize Cotton Gold yarn, a 2 mm crochet hook, 6 mm safety eyes, and wire for the neck. The long floppy limbs are surprisingly simple to make and the oversized eyes do all the character work.

You can give it as a handmade gift for animal lovers and movie fans, or add it to a collection of crochet animals and character-inspired amigurumi. This one is going to make every 90s kid absolutely lose it.

Materials

• 2 mm crochet hook
• Brown yarn (body): Alize cotton gold-262
• White: Alize cotton gold-55
• Dark Brown: Alize cotton-gold-493
• Black thin yarn for mouth
• 6 mm safety eyes
• Wire for neck 1.5 mm (optional)

Abbreviations

Mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
BLO – back loops only
sl st – slip stitch
hdc – half double crochet
ch – chain

Body & Head

With brown yarn.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, 1 inc, (2 sc, 1 inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: 2 sc, 1 inc, (4 sc, 1 inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Rnd 7: BLO, 36 sc (36)
Rnd 8-11: 36 sc (36)
Rnd 12: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 13: 1 sc, 1 dec, (3 sc, 1 dec) x 5, 2 sc (24)
Rnd 14: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 15: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 16: 18 sc (18)

Fill the fiber until here.

Rnd 17: 9 dec (9)
Rnd 18-77: 9 sc (9)

Don’t fill the fiber in the neck part (9)

Rnd 78: 9 inc (18) Starting the head.
Rnd 79: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 80: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 4 (28)
Rnd 81: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 4 (32)
Rnd 82-85: 32 sc (32)
Rnd 86: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (24)
Rnd 87: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 8 (16)

Fill with fiberfil.

Rnd 88: 8 dec (8)

Leave a long tail and close with a needle.

Arms x2

With brown yarn.

Rnd 1: 4 sc in a Mr (4)
Rnd 2: 4 inc (8)
Rnd 3: BLO: 8 sc (8)
Rnd 4-7: 8 sc (8)
Rnd 8: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 2, 2 sc (6)
Rnd 9: 6 sc (6)

Sl st. Leave a long tail.

Fingers, on BLO part, use white yarn and make (2 ch, 1 sl st) x 3.

Sew the arms on 18 row.

Legs x2

With brown yarn.

Rnd 1: 5 sc in a Mr (5)
Rnd 2: 5 inc (10)
Rnd 3: BLO: 10 sc (10)
Rnd 4-6: 10 sc (10)
Rnd 7: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 3, 1 sc (7)
Rnd 8: 1 sc, crochet both side together for closing.

Fingers, on BLO part, use white yarn and make (2 ch, 1 sl st) x 3.

Sew the legs on BLO part on body.

Nose

With dark brown yarn.

Rnd 1: 4 sc in Mr (4)
Rnd 2: 4 inc (8)
Rnd 3: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 2

On the head, 6-8 rows, sew or glue.

Eyes x2

Inside part with white yarn:

Rnd 1: 7 sc in a Mr (7)
Rnd 2: 7 inc attached the eyes (14)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 3m 2 sc (11)

Outside part with brown yarn:

Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr (8)
Rnd 2: 8 inc (16)
Rnd 3: (6 sc, 1 dec) x 2, 1 sl st (14)

Finish.

Put the white part to inside brown part. Glue or sew.

On the head, 5-6th rows, from the nose count 6 stitches and glue or sew.

Teeth

Use white yarn.

Make a magic ring, 1 hdc, 1 sl st, 1 hdc, sew.

Finished!

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Materials needed for this tutorial are Parfait chunky yarn, a 5mm crochet hook, safety eyes, stuffing, a darning needle, scissors, and stitch markers.

This tutorial starts from the top of the head, working on the body part in one piece, then adds ears and nose at the end.

It’s perfect for baby gifts, nursery décor, seasonal gifts, amigurumi character plush collections, fans of fantasy movies, cartoons, or pop culture characters.

Designer: Chanel’s Crochet

Materials

• Yarn (parfait chunky featured)
• 5 mm crochet hook
• 14 mm safety eyes
• Needle
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Fiberfill
• Pink yarn for cheeks (optional)

Abbreviations

Mr – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
ch – chain
bbl – bobble (5)

Head

Starting in green (bold text).

Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr (8)
Rnd 2: 8 inc (16)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 8 (24)
Rnd 4-7: 24 sc (24) (4 rounds)

Next rounds, we will be changing color to brown and the bobbles will stay green (bold text)

Rnd 8: 6 sc, bbl, 10 sc, bbl, 6 sc (24)
Rnd 9: 24 sc (24)

Safety eyes to be placed between rounds 6-7, 3 sts apart.

Change color to white.

Rnd 10: 24 sc (24)

Round 11 bobbles well be green (bold text)

Stuff.

Rnd 11: (sc, dec) x 3, bbl, dec, sc, dec, bbl, (dec, sc) x 2, dec (16)
Rnd 12: 8 dec (8)

Fasten off and close opening.

Ears x2

Using green.

Rnd 1: 5 sc in a Mr (5)
Rnd 2: 5 sc (5)
Rnd 3: 5 inc (10)

Fasten off, using yarn tail, sew down inside and out the bottom of the magic ring. Use this tail to sew ears to head between rounds 4-5 on either side of the head.

Nose

Using body color green and needle, create a nose between the eyes going over 3 sets 5 times.

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It’s crafted with any sport weight yarn with a 2 mm crochet hook, 10 mm safety eyes, stitch marker, glue, scissors, and felt in white and yellow.

It’s easy to make and can be customized in any color or any weight of yarn with a suitable hook to make different sizes of the toy; and it’s great for beginners and experienced crocheters.

It’s ideal as a handmade toy, nursery decoration, or unique gift for kids who love cars, a cute desk decoration for car lovers of all ages.

Designer: Studiogurumi

Materials

Mr – magic ring
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch
hdc – half double crochet
dec – decrease
inc – increase
FLO – frony loops onl

Abbreviations

• 2 mm crochet hook
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Felt white and yellow
• Glue
• Stitch merkers
• Yarn in color: red, light blue, white and black

Body

Red/blue colors.

Rnd 1: 8 sc in a Mr (8)
Rnd 2: (inc around) x 8 (16)
Rnd 3: (2 inc, 2 sc) x 4 (24)
Rnd 4: 1 sc, 2 inc, (4 sc, 2 inc) x 3, 3 sc (32)
Rnd 5: 2 sc, 2 inc, (6 sc, 2 inc) x 3, 4 sc (40)
Rnd 6-11: sc around 6 rounds (40)
Rnd 12: FLO: 3 sc, 2 inc, (8 sc, 2 inc) x 3, 5 sc (48)
Rnd 13-17: sc around 5 rounds (48)
Rnd 18: 3 sc, 2 dec, (8 sc, 2 dec) x 3, 5 sc (40)
Rnd 19: 2 sc, 2 dec, (6 sc, 2 dec) x 3, 4 sc (32)

Stuff as you go.

Rnd 20: 1 sc, 2 dec, (4 sc, 2 dec) x 3, 3 sc (24)
Rnd 21: (2 dec, 2 sc) x 4 (16)
Rnd 22: 8 dec (8)

Fasten off and do not leave a long tail.

Front

Red/blue colors.

Rnd 1: 11 ch, in the second chain after the hook 9 sc, 1 inc, 9 sc (20)
Rnd 2: 1 inc, 8 sc, 2 inc, 8 sc, 1 inc (24)
Rnd 3: BLO: sc around 1 round (24)
Rnd 4-5: sc around 2 rounds (24)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Back

Red/blue colors.

Rnd 1: 11 ch, in the second chain after the hook 10 hdc

Fasten off and leave a long tail.

Wheels x4

Black color.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a Mr (6)
Rnd 2: (1 inc, 1 sc) x 3 (9)

Fasten off and do not leave a long tail.

Assembly

• Lightly fill and sew the front part, just below where the line we made in FLO in marked.

• Sew the back, right where the line we made in FLO is markerd.

• Glue the wheels to the sides.

• With white felt make the shape of the eyes.

• Glue the eyes onto the felt.

• Make a lighting bolt shape with felt and glue it to the sides.

• Embroider the lanterns in the corners with white.

• For Sally’s rearview mirrors, make 3 ch, starting from the second 2 sc and sew to the sides.

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This tutorial contains how to make this cute toy with step-by-step instructions, how to switch between colors, how to make eyes, and how to assemble all parts.

To finish this tutorial, the materials needed are any yarn with yellow, blue, black, light grey, and white colors, 10 mm safety eyes, a 5.5 mm crochet hook, and stuffing.

This pattern is a playful amigurumi project that’s great for kids, collectors, or anyone who loves these cheeky little characters.

Designer: Crocheting Old Lady

Materials & Tools

• Yarn: yellow, blue, black, light, gray and white
• 10 mm safety eyes
• 5.5 mm crochet hook
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Yarn needle
• Stuffing

Abbreviations

Mr – magic ring
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
st – stitch
bo – bobble stitch (5 dc)
inc – increase
dec – decrease
sl st – slip stitch
dc – double crochet
FO – fasten off

Minion

Rnd 1: with yellow: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: 24 sc (24)

Switch to black.

Rnd 6: 24 sc (24)

Switch to yellow.

Rnd 7-8: 24 sc (24)

Switch to blue.

Rnd 9: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 10: 7 sc, BO with yellow, with blue sc 8, BO with yellow, with blue sc 7 (24) (rest is worked in blue)
Rnd 11-12: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 13: 10 sc, BO, 4 sc, BO, 8 sc (24)
Rnd 14: dec x 12 (12)

Stuff.

Rnd 15: dec x 6 (6)
FO sew hole closed.

Eye x2

With white yarn.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)

Switch to gray.

Rnd 2: inc x 6 (12)

FO and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

• Add safety eye in the middle of the white of the eye.
• Center eye so the black stripe is in the middle. Sew to body.

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This tutorial includes how to make an eye, body, legs, arms, and antennas. It also includes how to attach these parts to the body.

This pattern uses basic crochet stitches like single crochet stitches and crochet techniques like increase and decrease.

To complete this tutorial, you need any weight of yarn with green and yellow colors, a suitable hook for the yarn weight, safety eyes, and some stuffing.

Let’s start!

Designer: Angelfish Creations

Materials & Tools

• Yarn – green 25 yards, yellow – 1 yard
• 4.5 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill stuffing
• Stitch marker, scissors, darning needle

Size: 3.5″

Abbreviations

R – round
Mr – magic ring
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch
inc – increase
dec – decrease
FO – fasten off

Eye

In yellow color.

Rnd 1: ch 3. Work around the ch starting in the 2nd ch from the hook: 4 sc in the same stitch, inc (8)

Fasten off with 3″ yarn tail and an invisible fasten off.

Body

In green color.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Mr (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (5 sc, inc) x 2 (14)
Rnd 4-6: 14 sc (14)
Rnd 7: 4 sc, Arm, 6 sc, Arm, 4 sc
(14 + 8 sts in the arms)
Rnd 8-9: 14 sc (14)
Rnd 10: 4 sc, Leg, 6 sc, Leg, 4 sc
(14 + 6 sts of the legs)

Arm: ch 5, starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, 2 slt st, sc
Leg: ch 4, starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, sl st, 2 sc

Sew the yellow eye piece from R4 to R6, evenly spaced between the arms. Knot the yarn tails inside the body. Place the safety eye in the center of the eye or embroider a red pupil. Stuff the body.

Rnd 11: 7 dec (7)

Fasten off, finish stuffing and sew close.

Antennae x2

In green yarn.

Insert hoor between R1 and R2. Attach yarn with a sl st. Ch 8. Fasten off and knot the end to prevent shedding.

Embroider a mouth and an eyebrow.

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