Swamp Monster Amigurumi Pod Person

In this tutorial, we’ll be crocheting a Swamp Monster amigurumi pod puppet. My girlfriend tends to think he’s got a mustache, but it’s supposed to be his gills!

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What you'll create

What you'll learn

What you'll need

Cotton Yarn

Weight

Colors

Green (Main)
Pink (Gills)
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)

FLO/BLO

Front / Back Loops Only

bo

Bobble Stitch (4-dc bobble)

Other Useful Info

Gauge

5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1”
Finished piece is about 2.5” tall

Worked

In the Round (Body)
Flat (Fins)

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The Pattern

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

01Ear Fins

[All in Green]
Ch 3

Row 1: Skip the first ch, slst in the next 2 chs (2)

Row 2: Turn, ch 1, working in the BLO, slst in each st across (2)

Row 3: Turn, ch 2, skip the first ch, slst in the next ch and each st across (3)

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

02Mohawk Fin

[All in Green]
Ch 3

Row 1: Skip the first ch, sl.st in the first ch, sc in the next ch (2)

Row 3: Turn, ch 2, skip the first ch, slst in the next ch, sc in the back loop of the next st (2)

Repeat Rows 2 and 3 two more times.

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

03Body

[All in Green]
Magic loop

Rnd 1: sc 6 in a magic loop (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each st (12)

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

Rnds 4-8: sc in each st (18 x 5)

Underlined = Working in the back loop only (BLO)

Rnd 9: sc 2, sc 4, sc 2, sc 10 (18)

bo = Bobble Stitch
Step 1: Yarn over and insert hook into the stitch
Step 2: Yarn over again and pull through
Step 3: Yarn over a 3rd time and pull through 2 loops
Step 4: Repeat steps 1 – 3 four times total for a classic bobble stitch.

Rnd 10: bo 1, sc 7, bo 1, sc 9 (18)

Adding the Face:
Start by adding the eyes. Both eyes go in Rnd 7 The right eye goes in stitch 2, and the left goes in stitch 6. Try to get the eye into the center of the stitch, it helps to use a darning needle poked through and twisted to create space to more easily fit the eye into.
You can use an extra strand of Green yarn sewn from behind the eyes to create bags under the eyes or an angry emotion.
Now add a mouth between the eyes by simply embroidering it using a strand of Pink yarn.
Sew on the Ear Fins 3 sts away from each eye.
Sew on the Mohawk Fin going from the center of the top down to Rnd 9.

Rnd 11: sc 4, sc 1, sc 8, sc 1, sc 4 (18)

Rnd 12: sc 2, bo 1, sc 4, bo 1, sc 10 (18)

Rnd 13: [sc 1, dec 1] repeat 6 times (12)

Rnd 14: dec in each st (6)

Cut the yarn, and pull through. Stuff fully sew closed.

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