togedemaru pokemon

Difficulty: 

Easy - medium

You will need:

• A 2mm crochet hook
• dk yarn in light grey, dark grey, yellow, black and white
• scraps of 4ply yarn in white and black
• toy stuffing
• A darning needle or similar to sew up

For the body (starting at top):
with light grey make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end(18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Round 4: sc in the first 3sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (30sc)
Round 5: sc in the first 4sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (36sc)
Round 6: sc in the first 5sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (42sc)
Rounds 7 - 13: (7 rounds) sc in each st
Round 14: sc in the first 5sts, sc2tog, rep to end(36sc)
Round 15: sc in the first 4sts, sc2tog, rep to end(30sc)
Round 16: sc in the first 3sts, sc2tog, rep to end(24sc)
Round 17: sc in the first 2sts, sc2tog, rep to end(18sc)
Round 18: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end(12sc)
Round 19: sc2tog to end (6sc)
Fasten off

For the face:
with white make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end(18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Round 4: sc in the first 3sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (30sc)
Round 5: (this is slightly less than one round) slip the first 3sts, (sc in the first 4sts, 2sc in the next st) 5 times  (35sc)
Fasten off

Sew this to the front of the body

For the ears (make 2):

With white make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Rounds 2 - 3: sc in each st
Round 4: sc2tog to end (6sc)
Sew these to the top of the face, folding them together slightly to make it look more curved.

For the feet (make 2):
with white make a magic loop with 4sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (8sc)
Rounds 2 - 4: (3 rounds) sc in each st
Round 5: sc2tog 4 times to end (4sc)
fasten off

Sew these underneath the face

For the cheeks (make 2):
with yellow make a magi loop with 6sc
sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep twice more to end (9sc)
fasten off

For the hands (make 2):
with white make a magic loop with 4sc
Round 1: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (6sc)
Fasten off

For the snout:
with white make a magic loop with 4sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (8sc)
Round 2: sc in each st
Fasten off
Use black to embroider a nose onto the end of this snout
Sew all of these features onto the face in their correct positions

For the tail:

Image 1

with yellow make a magic loop with 4sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (8sc)
Round 2: sc in each st
Round 3: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (12sc)
Round 4: sc in each st
fasten off neatly
(fasten off by threading the loose yarn underneath the 2nd st from the final stitch and then back through the original stitch (a full explanation can be found here under the needle-join method))

join grey yarn to this round you just fastened off from
Rounds 5 - 10: (6 rounds) sc in each st

Image 2

Round 11: ch5, sc in the 2nd st from hook , sc in the next 3 chain sts, slip the following st after the last st you crocheted into before you made the chain 6 (Image 1/2) sc in this st and the next 11sts, then sc in the back of the 4 chain sts you made at the start of this round. These last 20 sts you crocheted form a new 'round' (image 3)
Round 12: sc in each of these 20 sts
Rounds 13 - 14: (2 rounds) sc in each st (20sc)
Round 15: sc in the first 3sts, skip the next 14sts, sc in the next 3sts. These last 6sts you crocheted into will form a new round
Round 14: sc in each of these 6sts

Image 3

Round 15: sc in the first st, sc2tog, sc in the next st, sc2tog (4sc)
Rounds 16 - 18: (3 rounds) sc in each st (4sc)
Fasten off

sew up the gap made when you skipped 14 sts
sew this bottom section of this tail to the back of the body

For the spikes (make 6 in grey and 8 in yellow):
make a magic loop with 2st. ch1, turn
Round 1: 2sc in each st. ch1, turn (4sc)
Round 2: 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 2sts, 2sc in the last st (6sc)
Fasten off

sew these onto the body point-down in three rows of alternating colours

For the eyes (make 2): 
with black dk yarn ch3
sc in 2nd chain st from hook and in the next chain st
fasten off

sew these to the face and embroider a speck of white into the centre of them using the 4ply yarn

Embroider a mouth underneath the snout using black 4ply yarn

I hope you have enjoyed this pattern; if you have any suggestions for further patterns you'd like me to make, or features you'd like me to add to this blog, please don't hesitate to contact me either below or on my ravelry page.

You are welcome to sell finished products but please don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Thank you!