#chomp kitty

Materials used:

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•4mm crochet hook (any will do, 4mm was the only size I had. KEEP IN MIND that hook size plays a role in determining the size of your plushie)

•Vibrant green wool/yarn (I got a 100g ball from Woolcraft, but I don't know the exact colour name.)

•Purple wool/yarn (Same as above) *

•Baby blue wool/yarn (Brand unknown)

•White wool/yarn (Brand unknown) *

•Black wool/yarn (Brand unknown) *

•Darning needle

*If you want to do less crocheting, you can use felt instead!! Just skip the parts where you crochet the stripes (purple), the teeth (white), the eyes (white and black) and the whiskers (black)

Note: Try your best to keep the thickness of your wool/yarn consistent. Having chunky wool in one part and then thin wool in a later part can look a bit weird sometimes. ALSO!! MAKE SURE YOU GET ENOUGH WOOL. That being said, a ball of each colour should be plenty! :D

If you want to make Horn, just swap out the colours! :D

Pattern Key:

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•MC = Magic Circle (A technique used for starting pieces)

•Sc = Single Crochet (A single stitch)

•Inc = Increase (Two stitches into one)

•Dec = Decrease (Crochet two together. Use invisible decrease for better, more uniform result)

•2(sc, inc) (This is an example of format. This means that you single and then increase twice)

If you don't know how to do these, I suggest looking up a tutorial on YouTube!

Alright, with all of that out of the way, here's the pattern:

Legs (Make 4)

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The legs are done in green.

R1: Magic Circle - 6 (6)

R2: Inc 6 (12)

R3: 4(2sc, inc) (16)

R4-6: 16sc (48)

R7: 2(6sc, dec) (14)

R8: 14sc (14)

R9: 2(5sc, dec) (12)

R10-12: (12) (36)

R13: dec, 10sc (11)

R14-16: 11sc (33)

Stuff the legs firmly, especially at the paws, so they keep their shape properly. If you have beans, you can put them in the paws to weight them!

Body (Sorry but the rounds are really messy here in terms of formatting, apologies for any pattern mistakes)

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Start with baby blue

R1: Chain 5 (5)

R2: sc into current stitch, 4sc, inc (7)

Rotate piece. Into the other side of the chain: 4sc, 3inc, 3sc, 3inc (19)

R3: sc, 2inc, 3(sc, inc), sc, 2inc, 2(sc, inc) (25)

R4: 3sc, 3(inc, 2sc), 6sc, 3(inc, 2sc), inc (35)

R5: 11(2sc, inc) (44)

R6: 14sc, 3(dec, 2sc), 5sc, 3(dec, 2sc) (37)

R7: 2[inc, 2sc, inc, 3(sc, inc), 2sc, inc, 6sc] (50)

R8: 52sc (52)

We will now crochet rounds around the outside of the leg, skipping the stitches on the inside (the ones that are attached to the body). Still crochet into the "corners"

Switch to green

We're going to attach the legs this round, without sewing. Push the hook through the next stitch, and then into one of the stitches of one of the legs. Pull the green through and sc.

R9: another 3 sc, same as before, go through the body and the leg. 8sc, Attach another leg by crocheting 4sc into the body and the next next leg, 10sc, another leg with 4sc, 8sc, another leg with 4sc, 10sc

R10: 3sc, 2dec, 14sc, 2dec, 16sc, 2dec, 14sc, 2dec, 16sc

R11: Full round of sc (When I said messy, this is what I meant lmao, I didn't count the stitches in each round for the body so I'm doing it in post and it might be wrong, my bad y'all)

Unfortunately, the next round might be hard to follow because I got lazy with my notes.

Sorry </3

R12: Another round of sc BUT in each leg "corner" (the first and last stitch that joins the leg to the body), dc. There should be 8dc total

R13: sc around the leg, sc, dec, 2sc, dec, sc, sc around the leg, sc until next leg, sc around leg, sc, dec, 2sc, dec, sc, sc to finish round

R14: 2[dec, 4(2sc, dec)]

R14: 2(3sc, dec), 3sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 14sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 10sc

R15-16: all sc

R17: sc, dec, 2(4sc, dec), 5sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 4sc, dec, 5sc

R18: 3(dec, sc), 9sc, 3(dec, sc), 5sc

R19: all sc

Start stuffing if you haven't already. Stuff after each round after this if needed. Firmly stuffing keeps the pose better but less firm means more cuddly. Your choice!

R20: 2dec, sc, 2dec, 5sc, 2dec, sc, 2dec, 3sc

R21: 4dec, 2sc, 4dec, 2sc, 6dec

Leave a generous tail to sew up the body. Use the darning needle to sew, then snip the excess and hide the rest by either pushing it into the body with the hook or using the needle to pull it through the side.

Head

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Start with baby blue. The Dark Ages are over and I started writing down the pattern properly again lol. (Sorry once again for the nightmare of the body)

R1: MC - 6 (6)

R2: Inc 6 (12)

R3: 6(sc, inc) (18)

R4: sc, inc, 5(2sc, inc), sc (24)

R5: 6(3sc, inc) (30)

R6: 2sc, inc, 5(4sc, inc), 2sc (36)

R7: 6(5sc, inc) (42)

R8: 3sc, inc, 5(6sc, inc), 3sc (48)

R9: 6(7sc, inc) (54)

R10: 4sc, inc, 5(8sc, inc), 4sc (60)

R11: 6(9sc, inc) (66)

R12: 5sc, inc, 5(10sc, inc), 5sc (72)

R13-25 (13 rows): 72sc (936) Good luck, soldier. Switch to green at row 14.

R26: 5sc, dec, 5(10sc, dec), 5sc (66)

R27: 6(9sc, dec) (60)

R28: 4sc, dec, 5(8sc, dec) 4sc (54)

R29: 6(7sc, dec) (48)

R30: 3sc, dec, 5(6sc, dec), 3sc (42)

R31: 6(5sc, dec) (36)

R32: 2sc, dec, 5(4sc, dec), 2sc (30)

Start stuffing if you haven't already. Stuff well to ensure your Chomp Kitty's head keeps the spherical shape. Continue to stuff after each round if needed.

R33: 6(3sc, dec) (24)

R34: sc, dec, 5(2sc, dec), sc (18)

R35: 6(sc, dec) (12)

R36: 6(dec) (6)

Leave generous tail, sew, snip, hide tail.

Tail

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The tail is done in green.

R1: MC - 6 (6)

R2: Inc 6 (12)

R3-5: 12sc (36)

R6: 3(3sc, inc) (15)

R7: 15sc

R8: 3(3sc, dec) (12)

R9-11: 12sc (36)

R12: 3(2sc, dec) (9)

R13-16: 9sc (36)

R17: 4sc, dec, 3sc (8)

R18-20: 8sc (32)

Stuff firmly so it sticks up! Leave tail for sewing. Sew onto body, snip, hide. You know the drill by now :)

Ears (Make 2)

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The ears are done in green.

R1: MC - 6 (6)

R2: Inc 6 (12)

R3: 6(sc, inc) (18)

R4: sc, inc, 5(2sc, inc), sc (24)

6(3sc, inc) (30)

Fold the ears over in half, then in half again. Unfold the second fold (this should crease it a little to make it pointy). Leave tail for sewing. When sewing, sew the side with the crochet stitches down so the clean edge is up top.

Eye whites (Make 2)

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The eye whites are done in white.

R1: MC - 6 (6)

R2: Inc 6 (12)

R3: 6(sc, inc) (18)

R4: sc, inc, 5(2sc, inc), sc (24)

R5: 6(3sc, inc) (30)

R6: 15(sc, inc) (45)

Leave tail. Sew on.

Pupils (Make 2)

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The pupils are done in black.

R1: MC - 6 (6)

R2: Inc 6 (12)

R3: 6(sc, inc) (18)

R4: sc, inc, 5(2sc, inc), sc (24)

Leave tail. Sew on.

Mouth

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The mouth is done in white.

R1: MC - 3 (3)

R2: Chain 1 to turn, inc until end of round (6)

R3: Turning chain, (sc, inc) until end of round (9)

R4: Chain, (2sc, inc) until end (12)

R5: Chain, (3sc, inc) until end (15)

R6: Chain, (4sc, inc) until end (18)

R7: Chain, (5sc, inc) until end (21)

R8: Chain, (6sc, inc) until end (24)

R9: Chain, (7sc, inc) until end (27)

R10: Chain, (8sc, inc) until end (30)

Leave tail for sewing. Sew on. Use black wool to embroider the teeth.

Nose

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The nose is done in purple.

R1: MC - 6 (6)

R2: sc, triple inc (three stitches into one), 5sc, tripinc, 4sc

Leave tail. Sew.

Head Stripe

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The head stripe is done in purple.

R1: Chain 2

R2: sc into the first chain (2nd chain from the hook)

R3: Chain to turn, sc into current stitch, sc into each stitch (3)

R4: Chain to turn, sc into current, sc into each (4)

R5-10: Continue this process of building up until you have 10 stitches across

R11-13: 10sc (30) Chain before the start of each row, but don't sc into the chain

Now just sc until the end of each round, skipping the current stitch. This decreases the rows by one each time. Continue until you only have one stitch left. Leave tail for sewing, sew on.

Tail Stripes

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The tail stripes are done in purple.

Small one:

R1: Chain 3

R2: 2sc, inc

R3: 3sc, inc (into other side of chain)

Leave tail, sew

Big one:

R1: Chain 5

R2: 4sc, inc

R3: 5sc, inc (into other side of chain)

Leave tail, sew

Body Stripes (Make 2)

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The body stripes are done in purple.

R1: Chain 15

R2: 15sc

R3: inc, dec, 13sc, dec, inc, dec, 13sc, dec

Leave tail, sew.

Whiskers (Make 4)

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The whiskers are done in black.

R1: MC - 9 (9)

R2: 3(2sc, inc) (12)

R3: 3sc

R4-6: Chain 1 to turn, 3sc

R7: Chain, dec, sc

R8-9: Chain, 2sc

CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU ARE NOW THE PROUD OWNER OF A CHOMP KITTY CROCHET PLUSHIE!!!

Feel free to tweak the pattern for yourself if you want! However, please do not release my pattern elsewhere, repost it, or sell it. This pattern is free!! It should not be gatekept!! (Also, it's a little unfair if you get to make money off of my design rip) If you want to share, reblog or share a link :)