Crocheted Day of the Dead Skeleton (Free Amigurumi Pattern)

Posted by CraftFoxes Staff on Oct 31, 2011

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Celebrate Dias De Las Muertos with this unique skeleton amigurumi. Don't forget to make her a mate with our Day of the Dead Fellow.

Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Gauge: 5 sc x 5 rows = 1” x 1”

Materials:

-U.S. size E crochet hooks
-Almond, charcoal and terracota size 4 yarn
-Black and red embroidery floss
-Thread and needles
-Scissors
-Toy stuffing
-1/2" buttons

Pattern excerpted from "Creepy Cute Crochet" by Christen Haden.

Source: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GNJ3E0/ref=as_li_qf_sp...

Step 1

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Head:

Use almond-colored yarn and make 1 Basic Head:
Row 1: Sc 6 in magic ring', sl st to close round {6}.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc 1 in same, [inc] around, sl st to close round {11}
Row 3: Ch 1, sc 1 in same, inc, inc, sc 3, [inc] 3 times, sc 3, sl st to close round {17}
Row 4: Ch 1, sc 1 in same, sc 3, inc, sc 4, inc, sc 3, inc, sc 4, sl st to close round {21}.

Row 5: Ch 1, sc 1 in same, sc 3, inc, sc 6, inc, sc 3, inc, sc 6, sl st to close round {25}
Row 6: Ch 1, sc around, sl st to close round {25}
Row 7: Ch 1, sc around, sl st to close round {25}
Row 8: Ch 1, sc around, sl st to close round {25}
Row 9: Ch 1, sc 1, dec, sc 6, dec, sc 3, dec, sc 6, dec, sc 1, sl st to close round {21}
Row 10: Ch 1, dec, sc 4, dec, sc 3, dec, sc 4, dec, sc 2, sl st to close round {17}.
Row 11: Sc 4, [dec] 3 times, sc 3, [dec] twice, sl st to close round {12}.
Row 12: [Dec] around to close {6}. Fasten off and stitch base closed.

Step 2

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Body:

Use almond-colored yarn.
Row 1: Sc 6 in magic ring.
Row 2: [inc] around {12}.
Row 3: [inc, inc, sc 1] around {20}.
Row 4: [inc, sc 1] around {30}.
Row 5: Sc around {30}.
Row 6: Sc around in back loops in pattern. Stitch, using almond- and terracotta-colored yarns.
Row 7: Sc around {30}.
Row 8: Sc around {30}.
Row 9: [Sc 13, dec] around {28}.
Row 10: [Sc 5, dec] around {24}.
Row 11: [Sc 4, dec] around {20}.
Row 12: [Sc 8, dec] around {18}.
Row 13: Sc around, sl st, sl st {18}. Clean fasten off.
Join again in the front loops left from row 6. Work as follows:
[Skip 1, dc 5 in 1, skip 1, sl st] around.
Clean fasten off.

Step 3

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Crown:

Make one in terracotta-colored yarn and one in charcoal-colored yarn.
[Ch 4, sc 3 in 1, sl st in same] 12 times. Fasten off.

Step 4

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Assembly:

1. Stuff head and body and stitch together.
2. Using black embroidery floss, stitch mouth.
3. Twist the two differently colored pieces of the crown around each other.
4. Coil the spiral around the head, like a wreath, and stitch in place, with the join at the back of head.
5. Attach eyes.

Excerpted from "Creepy Cute Crochet" by Christen Haden, published by Quirk Books. Images by Chad VanPelt.

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Oct 11, 2024 by crochetma

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On Row-3 the final stitch count is listed as 17. I come up short 1 sc at the end of the row.

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Mar 11, 2012 by englejenengle

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I had a question.....on step 6 of the body you do sc in back loop only around and it says stitch with the red and white colors?? do i do the back loop only with those colors or after?
I love these little guys!!

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- Mar 16, 2012 by craftfoxes
  
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  Hi Englejenengle, We contacted Christen Haden who wrote this pattern for her book "Creepy Cute Crochet." She explained: "Row 6 of the Body for the Day of the Dead Gal is worked entirely in just the back loops, alternating between the red and white yarn. For all subsequent rows, go back to working in both loops as usual. "Actually, as luck would have it, I put together a tutorial on this very topic, which I have on my website, here: http://needlenoodles.com/home/node/135." If you have any more questions. Let us know.