Boo Ghosts from Super Mario Bros.

Louie's Loops

Medium difficulty

Medium

45 minutes

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In the third lesson for how to crochet ghosts we’ll be making Boo the ghost from Super Mario Bros!

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What you'll create

What you'll learn

What you'll need

Cotton Yarn

Weight

Colors

White
Maroon (Mouth)
Pink (Tongue)
Crochet Hook Size G6 / 4.00mm

Crochet Hook

G6 / 4.00 mm

Safety Bead (x2)

6 mm

Stuffing

Darning Needle

Abbreviations

ch

Chain Stitch

st

Stitch

slst

Slip Stitch

sc

Single Crochet

inc

Increase

dec

Decrease (Sharp)

invdec

Invisible Decrease

FLO/BLO

Front / Back Loops Only

hdc

Half-Double Crochet

Other Useful Info

Gauge

5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1”
Finished piece is about 2” tall

Worked

In the Round unless otherwise stated

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The Pattern

Use the checkboxes to track your progress
(1:23) The time codes match to the pattern video

01Tongue

[All in Pink]
Ch 4

Row 1: Starting in the 3rd ch from the hook, hdc 2 (2)

Ch 1, cut the yarn and pull through leaving a long enough end to sew onto the mouth.

02Tail (optional)

The following Tail pattern is optional. You can, instead, use a repeat of the arm while making the body to limit the amount of sewing.
See Rnd 8 of the body.

[All in White]
Ch 2 or use magic loop method

Rnd 1: Work 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook or into magic loop (3)

Rnd 2: Working in BLO, inc 1, working in both loops, sc 2 (4)

Rnd 3: sc 1, inc 1, sc 1, inc 1 (6)

Sc 1, slst 1, cut the yarn and pull through leaving enough to sew onto the body.

03Body

[Starting in White]
Ch 2 or use magic loop method

Rnd 1: Work 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook or into magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each st (12)

Rnd 3: [sc 1, inc] repeat 6 times (18)

Rnds 4-5: sc in each st (18 x 2)

Underlined = Worked into the BLO

Rnd 6: sc 8, arm (ch 3, starting in 2nd ch from the hook, sl.st, hdc), sc 2

[Change to Maroon] sc 5

[Change to White] sc 2, arm, sc 1 (18 +2 arms)

Rnd 7: Working around the arms from Rnd 6, sc 11

[Change to Maroon] sc 1

[Change to Pink] sc 2

[Change to Maroon] sc 1

[Change to White for the rest of the pattern]

Rnd 8: sc in each st (18)

Embroider on teeth using white yarn over the Maroon stitches in Rnd 6.

Embroider around the front loops from Rnd 5 for an extra thick upper lip.

Sew the tongue on over the pink sts from Rnd 7.

Add eyes in Rnd 5 just over the mouth. Use a black thread to embroider on the eyebrow (See video for detailed instructions)

Rnd 9: [sc 1, invdec] repeat 6 times (12)

Stuff the head and body fully.

Sew on tail if necessary.

Rnd 10: dec in each st (6)

Cut the yarn, stuff if necessary, and sew together.

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