Castle / Sandcastle AmigurumiLogin to save pattern
Overview
In this lesson, we’ll be crocheting a castle or sandcastle! This pattern is designed by @RavenCraft__Designs, and includes instructions on how to crochet your castle in different sizes and with a drawbridge that can actually be pulled up!
What you'll create
What you'll learn
What you'll need
Abbreviations
FLO/BLO
Front / Back Loops Only
Other Useful Info
Gauge:
5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1”
Finished piece is about 3.5” tall
Worked in the Round:
Except the drawbridge
Useful Tutorials:
The Lesson
Note:
These boxes are checkboxes
- (07:45)
These time codes correlate to the video for this lesson
[All in Main Color] Magic loop
Rnd 1
sc 6 into the magic loop, slst to join (6)
Rnd 2
ch 1, inc in each st around, slst to join (12)
Rnd 3
ch 1, working into the BLO, sc in each st, slst to join (12)
Rnd 4 – 9
ch 1, sc in each st, slst to join (12 x 6)
Rnd 10
ch 1, working into the BLO, dec in each st (6)
Cut the yarn, pull through, stuff and sew closed.
Note:
{} = worked in the same st
(21:08) Castle Edging:
Make a slip knot and pull your loop through the first FLO from Rnd 2. Working into the FLO, [{ch 1, hdc 1, ch 1, slst 1}, slst 2] repeat 4 times (24)
Cut the yarn and pull through.
Hide the end by going around the first ch 1 made and back into the top of the last slst made. Pull both tail into the piece and exit out the same stitch where you can double knot, cut the yarn close, and stuff the knot back into the piece.
02
Large Base Tower
- (28:16)
[All in Main Color] Magic loop
Rnd 1
sc 6 into the magic loop, slst to join (6)
Rnd 2
ch 1, inc in each st around, slst to join (12)
Rnd 3
ch 1, [sc 1, inc] repeat 6 times, slst to join (18)
Rnd 4
ch 1, [sc 2, inc] repeat 6 times, slst to join (24)
Rnd 5
ch 1, working into the BLO, sc in each st, slst to join (24)
Rnd 6 – 9
ch 1, sc in each st, slst to join (24 x 4)
Rnd 10
ch 1, working into the BLO, [sc 2, dec] repeat 6 times, slst to join (18)
Rnd 11
ch 1, [sc 1, dec] repeat 6 times, slst to join (12)
Rnd 12
ch 1, dec in each st (6)
Cut the yarn, pull through, stuff and sew closed.
Castle Edging:
Make a slip knot and pull your loop through the first FLO from Rnd 4. Working into the FLO, [{ch 1, hdc 1, ch 1, slst 1}, slst 2] repeat 8 times (48)
Cut the yarn and pull through. Hide the end.
03
Medium Tower
- (49:00)
[All in Main Color] Magic loop
Rnd 1
sc 6 into the magic loop, slst to join (6)
Rnd 2
ch 1, inc in each st around, slst to join (12)
Rnd 3
ch 1, [sc 1, inc] repeat 6 times, slst to join (18)
Rnd 4
ch 1, working into the BLO, sc in each st, slst to join (18)
Rnd 5 – 7
ch 1, sc in each st, slst to join (18 x 3)
Cut the yarn, pull through.
Sew this onto the Large tower. Make sure to stuff fully before you finish sewing it on.
Castle Edging:
Make a slip knot and pull your loop through the first FLO from Rnd 4. Working into the FLO, [{ch 1, hdc 1, ch 1, slst 1}, slst 2] repeat 6 times (36)
Cut the yarn and pull through. Hide the end.
04
Topmost Peak
- (1:05:10)
[All in Top Color] Magic loop
Rnd 1
sc 4 into the magic loop, slst to join (4)
Rnd 2
ch 1, [sc 1, inc] repeat 2 times, slst to join (6)
Rnd 3
ch 1, [sc 2, inc] repeat 2 times, slst to join (8)
Rnd 4
ch 1, [sc 3, inc] repeat 2 times, slst to join (10)
Rnd 5
ch 1, [sc 4, inc] repeat 2 times, slst to join (12)
Cut the yarn, pull through.
Sew this onto the Medium tower. Make sure to stuff fully before you finish sewing it on.
05
Attaching the towers
- (1:15:41)
Attaching 4 Skinny Towers to the Base Tower:
Make a slip knot using your Main Color yarn.
Turn one skinny tower upside-down and attach yarn in any front loop at the base (try to keep the seam towards the back), ch 1 and sc 8 in the back loops.
Now grab the base tower and turn that upside down, reach over and sc 8 in the back loops of the base tower.
Take another skinny tower and sc 11 those back loops. Now take your next skinny tower and sc 11 again.
Go back to the base tower, skipping 4 stitches, and sc 8. Take your last skinny tower and sc 11.
Reach over to the first tower and sc in the remaining 3 stitches. Slip sitch to the first sc to join.
Cut the yarn and hide the end into the first tower.
Use an additional strand of yarn to sew up the gaps–the 1 unworked stitch we left in each tower and the 8 unworked stitches on the base.
Embroider windows on the frontmost skinny towers (optional).
Attaching 2 Skinny Towers to the Base Tower:
Make a slip knot using your Main Color yarn.
Turn one skinny tower upside-down and attach yarn in any front loop at the base (try to keep the seam towards the back), ch 1 and sc 8 in the back loops.
Now grab the base tower and turn that upside down, reach over and sc 10 in the back loops of the base tower.
Take another skinny tower and sc 11 those back loops.
Go back to the base tower, skipping 2 stitches, and sc 10.
Reach over to the first tower and sc in the remaining 3 stitches. Slip sitch to the first sc to join.
Cut the yarn and hide the end into the first tower.
Use an additional strand of yarn to sew up the gaps–the 1 unworked stitch we left in each tower and the 4 unworked stitches on the base.
Embroider windows on the frontmost skinny towers (optional).
06
Drawbridge
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[All in Brown Yarn] Make a slip knot and ch 6. Make sure to leave a long tail.
Row 1
skip the 1st ch, sc in each ch across (5)
Row 2 – 3
turn, ch 1, sc in each st across (5 x 2)
Row 3
turn, don’t ch, skip the 1st st, sc 1, hdc 1, sc 1, slst 1 (4)
Cut the yarn and pull through. Hide the end.
Using the first tail end sew this onto the front of your castle using the FLO from the base chs.
Using a second strand of brown yarn. Enter from the back of your castle through the front. Enter into one end of the top of your drawbridge, and hide the end into each st across the last Row. Re-enter into the castle and exit through a stitch next to where you entered.
Lay your drawbridge flat and tie a knot in the two strings so that when they’re cut they wont be pulled into the castle. Cut the ends and pull the knot to close the drawbridge!
