THE LITTLE RED DEVIL

design by serah basnet | tales of twisted fibers

A FREE AMIGURUMI PATTERN BY TALES OF TWISTED FIBERS 1
Materials
Instructions
Sock weight yarn in red, light peach (or
flesh color of your choice) black, light grey, LEG (make 2)
orange, green Cut out a long length of red yarn, thread a needle and
Fingering weight crochet thread in dark keep it aside.
brown Round 1: With red yarn, 8 sc in a magic ring. (8)
2.5mm crochet hook Round 2: inc in all 8 st. (16)
Fiber fill for stuffing Round 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 8 times. sl st
12 mm sew on eyes into the back loop of the next st to join. (24)
A small piece of plastic sheet and a pair of
scissors for making sole base Make sole: On a small plastic sheet, lay the circle you just
Yarn needle made. Trace an outline around it and cut out the base.
Pearl headed pins Check if it stays within the circle. Trim further if required.
Make 2 holes a few millimeters apart in the center (Pic 1).
Finished size: 7 inch to the top of dolls head Repeat for the other shoe. Keep these aside.
(not including the horns)
Round 4: ch 2 and working in BLO, hdc in all 24 st. sl st
Skill level: Easy in the next st and mark it as the end of the round. (24)
Round 5: sc in all 24 st. (24)

Terminology (US) Insert sole: Place the plastic sole inside the shoe. With
Magic ring the yarn needle and red yarn, and holding both the
Single crochet (sc) pieces together, insert needle from inside to out from
Increase (inc) the hole (Pic 2) and from outside to in from the other
Back loops only (BLO) hole (Pic 3). Knot the yarn ends together to secure the
Half double crochet (hdc) plastic sole (Pic 4).
Slip stitch (sl st)
Decrease (dec) Round 6-7: sc in all 24 st. (24)
Fasten off (FO) Round 8: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 8 times. (16)
Bobble stitch Round 9-13: sc in all 16 st. (16)
Yarn over (YO) Round 14: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 8 times. (24)
Skip (sk) Round 15-17: sc in all 24 st. (24)
Fasten off. Make the other leg but do not fasten off.

NOTE: Step-by-step pictures on page 6-7. BODY

Round 1: In this round, we will join the legs. Hold both
legs together with the working piece on the right.
Insert hook in the second leg and make an sc (Pic 5).
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Continue making sc in the remaining 47 st around both
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legs. (48)
You may not sell/redistribute/publish this pattern.
Finished products made from this pattern may be
Round 2: inc in the next 2 st, sc in the next 20 st, inc in
sold by indie crafters provided you credit Tales of the next 4 st, sc in the next 20 st, inc in the last 2 st. (56)
Twisted Fibers as the designer. Round 3-4: sc in all 56 st. (56)

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Round 5: (sc in the next 5 st, dec) repeat 8 times. (48) HEAD
Round 6: sc in all 48 st. (48) Round 1: With light peach (or the flesh color of your
Round 7: (sc in the next 4 st, dec) repeat 8 times. (40) choice), 8 sc in a magic ring. (8)
Round 8: sc in all 40 st. (40) Round 2: inc in all 8 st. (16)
Round 9: (sc in the next 3 st, dec) repeat 8 times. (32) Round 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 8 times. (24)
Round 10-14: sc in all 32 st. (32) Round 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 8 times. (32)
Round 15: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 8 times. (24) Round 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 8 times. (40)
Round 16: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 8 times. (16) Round 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 8 times. (48)
Round 17-18: sc in all 16 st. (16) Round 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc) repeat 8 times. (56)
Fasten off, weave in yarn end. Round 8-16: sc in all 56 st. (56)
Stuff body firmly, thoroughly filling in the pelvis and If using safety eyes with washer, insert eyes between
buttock areas. It is important to stuff well to give the Round 14 and 15, with an interspace of 8 st.
body a pudgy look. Round 17: (sc in the next 5 st, dec) repeat 8 times. (48)
Round 18: (sc in the next 4 st, dec) repeat 8 times.(40)
Round 19: (sc in the next 3 st, dec) repeat 8 times. (32)
ARM (make 2) Round 20: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 8 times. (24)
Round 1: With red yarn, 6 sc in a magic ring. (6) Round 21: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 8 times. (16)
Round 2: inc in all 6 st. (12) Fasten off, leaving a long tail to sew. Stuff.
Round 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times. (18) If using sew on eyes, attach eyes between Round 14
Round 4: sc in all 18 st. (18) and 15, with an interspace of 8 st.
In the next round, we will shape thumb with a bobble
stitch. If you are unfamiliar with this stitch, a how-to is
included at the end of this section. HAT
Round 5: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 3 times, bob- Round 1-7: With red yarn, follow Round 1 to 7 of
ble stitch in the next st, dec, (sc in the next st, dec) the head.
repeat 2 times. (12) Round 8-16: sc in all 56 st. (56)
Round 6: sc in all 12 st. (12) Round 17: sl st in the next st, ch 2 and hdc in all st
Round 7: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 3 times. (9) around. Sl st to the beginning of the round to join. (56)
Stuff. Fasten off, leaving a long tail.
Round 8-19: sc in all 9 st. (9)
Stuff till you reach the last 2 rounds. Leave these two
rounds unstuffed. Pinch the top of the arm flat and Embroider Hair
sew close top opening. Pin both arms on either side Slip hat on the head and mark the area falling outside
of the body, 2-3 rounds below the neck opening, and the hat with pearl headed pins (Pic 6). The area falling
sew in place. outside this line (towards the face and not the scalp
area) is where you will be embroidering hair (Pic 7).
Since the hat will be covering most of the head, you
How to Make a Bobble Stitch dont need to embroider hair inside of this line.
YO, insert hook into next st, pull yarn through
(loops on hook = 3), YO, pull through 2 loops Thread a yarn needle with fingering weight crochet
(loops remaining on hook = 2), [YO, insert thread in dark brown. Insert needle from the neck
hook into the same st, YO, pull through, YO, opening (leaving a small length of tail behind) and
pull through 2 loops] X 2 (loops remaining on bring it out a little above the pin on the right side of
hook = 5), YO, pull yarn through all 5 loops. the face. From here on, make slanting lines of varying
lengths until you cover the left side of the head (Pic

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8-14). Repeat this on the right side of the head (Pic sc in next 2 st, inc in last 2 st. (16)
15). After you embroider the last strand of hair, insert Round 3: inc in first st, sc in next 4 st, inc in next 4 st,
needle in and bring it out from the neck opening. Tie sc in next 4 st, inc in the last 3 st. (24)
yarn tails together to secure. Cut off excess yarn. Slip Round 4: inc in the first 2 st, sc in the next 7 st, inc in
hat on head and sew on head. the next 4 st, sc in the next 8 st, inc in the last 3 st. (33)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Sew in place.

HORN (make 2)
Round 1: With red yarn, 4 sc in a magic ring. (4) SCARF
Round 2: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 2 times. (6) With light grey yarn, ch 61. Start in third ch from hook
Round 3: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 2 times. (8) and hdc 58. (58)
Round 4: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 2 times. (10) Tie scarf around neck.
Round 5-7: sc in all 10 st. (10)
Round 8: inc in the next 4 st, sc in the next 6 st. (14)
Round 9: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 4 times, (sc in PUMPKIN
the next st, dec) repeat 2 times. (16) Round 1: With orange yarn, 8 sc in a magic ring. (8)
Round 10: sc in all 16 st. (16) Round 2: inc in all 8 st. (16)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff lightly and sew Round 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 8 times. (24)
horns on the hat between Round 7 and 13, with an Round 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 8 times. (32)
interspace of 12 st. Round 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 8 times. (40)
Round 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 8 times. (48)
Make Eyes on the Hat: Embroider eyes on the hat as Round 7-13: sc in all 48 st.
shown in Pic 16. Round 14: (sc in the next 4 st, dec) repeat 8 times.(40)
Round 15: (sc in the next 3 st, dec) repeat 8 times. (32)
Round 16: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 8 times. (24)
TAIL Round 17: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 8 times. (16)
Round 1: With red yarn, 3 sc in a magic ring. (3) Stuff.
Round 2: inc in all 3 st. (6) Round 18: dec 8 times. (8)
Round 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 3 times. (9) Fasten off, leaving an extra long tail. Thread the yarn
Round 4: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 3 times. (12) tail onto your yarn needle, pick up the front loop only
Round 5: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 3 times. (15) of these 8 stitches. Pull tight to close the hole. Do not
Round 6: sc in the next 3 st, sk the next 5 st, sc in the fasten off. We will use the reminder of the yarn tail to
next 2 st, sk the next 5 st, join with a sl st to the be- shape the pumpkin.
ginning of the round. (5)
Round 7-17: sc in all 5 st. (5) Shaping the pumpkin: Thread a yarn needle with the
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Sew on the seat of yarn tail and insert it from the centre of the pumpkin
the jumper. top, bringing it out from the center of the bottom
(Figure 1). Insert yarn again from the top center and
bring it out from the bottom center like you did last
FRONT PATCH time (Figure 2) and pull the yarn tight. Keep doing
Round 1: With black yarn, ch 5. Start in second ch this around the ball until you get six segments
from hook. sc in next 3 st, 3 sc in last st. Continuing on (Figure 3-8).
the other side of the foundation chain, sc in next 2 st,
inc in last st. (10) Once all six segments have been made, your pumpkin
Round 2: inc in first st, sc in next 2 st, inc in next 3 st, should look like Pic 17.

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 Making pumpkin segments

STEM Hang out with the Little Red Devil!

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Round 2: Using BLO, sc in all 6 st. (6)
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Round 3-4: sc in all 6 st. (6)
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STEP-BY-STEP PICTURES

Make sole

Join legs

Embroider hair

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 Shaping pumpkin

Embroider eyes on hat

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 USING & SHARING MY PATTERNS

USING: You can use this pattern and make

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its always a pleasure to see what you guys do
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that works for animal welfare in Nepal? DONT: Please do not sell this pattern or publish
Animal Nepal is a not for profit organization it in its entirety in any digital or print format,
committed to improving the lives of animals make unauthorized translations, or store them
in Nepal. This small, yet fiercely committed in any retrieval system because that would
organization has been treating, neutering/spaying make me very sad and force me to send my
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Thank you for caring. Kathmandu, October 2014

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