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Yarn Yoshi Pattern
Yoshi 27s Woolly World Crochet Pattern Printable
Yoshi's Woolly World Crochet Pattern
Yarn Yoshi Crochet Pattern
Yoshi Pattern
Yoshi Pattern Crochet

Ever since Yoshi’s Woolly World(Amazon link) everyone knows Mario’s cute dinosaur. In Yoshi’s Woolly World everything is made of yarn – and you are playing a crochet Yoshi. A little fun fact of the Nintendo merchandise Yoshi Yarn Amiibo(Amazon link) like the one in the back of my Yoshi: It’s a knit Yoshi as it is impossible to crochet by machine. Anyway, I’m sure that most of the people who aren’t knitters or crocheters won’t notice the difference.

Poochy is a crazy looking dog that helps you in Yoshi’s Woolly World. I think he’s the cutest ugly dog I’ve ever seen. I made a couple of these as custom orders and then I listed a few in my shop where they quickly sold out. He has changed a little from his first form and I’ve been adjusting his pattern just a little every time I made one. Aug 10, 2013 - This is a large sized Yoshi pattern that's very cool to crochet. Yoshi is the loveable critter from Mario Bros game. He carries Mario on his back. He can jump really high and likes to eat apples. This is a listing for the PDF PATTERN only which is a set of instructions that tells you how to crochet the doll.

As part of a contest held by Nintendo Germany I‘ve been trying to crochet a Yoshi on my own and it really worked out fine.
I had the presence of mind to write down the pattern while I was working on my crochet Yoshi. So here it is:

Yoshi is a registered trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd. Therefore this pattern is for private use only. You are not allowed to sell this pattern or items made by using this pattern.

Material

My Yoshi made with the materials listed above is approx. 12.5 cm tall.

Yarn in bulky weight, hook size 6 (J) to 7 mm in Light Green (1 skein), White (1/3 skein) and some scrap yarn in Red, Yellow, Orange, *Light Blue and Dark Violet. I‘ve been using Gründl King Cotton(Amazon link) made of 55% Acrylic and 45% Cotton, length per skein ca. 78 meters.
*You can skip these colors if you like to do the spikes in their original orange color.
Hook 5 mm
Yarn needle for sewing and weaving in ends
Felt in Red and White, for eyes and mouth
Safety eyes approx. 9 mm – you may also use black circles of felt to sew or glue on instead
Sewing needle to sew on the felt elements
Sewing thread in Red and White; to avoid sewing on the felt elements by hand you can use glue suitable for wool instead.
Fibre fill for stuffing

Stitch Chart

st	stitch
ch	chain
sc	single crochet
sl	slip stitch
dec	decrease = to crochet 2 stitches together
inc	increase = to crochet 2 stitches into one stitch
dc	double crochet
flo	front loop
blo	back loop
rep	repeat
tog	together

The Nose (Green)

Start: sc 6 in magic ring, pull tight and sl to close ring (6)
Round 1: [inc] work 2 sc in each st (12)
Round 2: [inc] *sc, sc 2 in next st* rep (18)
Round 3: [inc] *sc 5, sc 2 in next st* rep (21)
Round 4-6: sc evenly (21)
Round 7: [dec] *sc 5, sc 2 st tog* rep until end, sl and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing (18)

The Cheeks 2x (White)

Start: sc 6 in magic ring, pull together and sl to close ring (6)
Round 1: [inc] work 2 sc in each st (12)
Round 2: [inc] *sc, sc 2 in next st* rep, sl and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing (18)

The Mouth Piece (White)

Start: ch 8
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and sc in following 6 st, ch 1, turn (7)
Row 2: sc evenly, ch 1 (7)
Row 3: [DO NOT TURN – working around for a smooth edge] sc in each of two side holes, do 2 sc in corner, sc 5, 2 sc in corner, sc in each of two side holes, sl in next sc, fasten off leaving a long tail

The Spikes 3x (Yellow, Light Blue, Violet / Orange*)

Start: sc 4 in magic ring, pull together and sl to close ring (4)
Round 1: [inc] work 2 sc in each st (8)
Round 2-3: sc evenly, sl and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing (8)

*Usually the spikes on the official pictures by Nintendo are orange only.

Felt Eyes and Mouth

Cut out some red felt for the mouth [1] itself and sew it onto the white Mouth Piece.
For the eyes cut out two pieces of white felt [2] and cut a tiny cross to put the safety eyes through it without the security ending put on it yet. When you are done doing round 11 of the head sew the eyes onto it and secure the safety eyes by adding their ends.

The Head (Green)

Start: sc 6 in magic ring, pull together and sl to close ring (6)
Round 1: [inc] work 2 sc in each st (12)
Round 2: [inc] *sc, sc 2 in next st* rep (18)
Round 3-6: sc evenly (18)
Round 7: [inc] *sc 2, sc 2 in next st* rep (24)
Round 8: [inc] *sc 3, sc 2 in next st* rep (30)
Round 9-11: sc evenly (30) Sew on white felt for the eyes now and put on safety eyes.
Round 12: [dec] *sc 3, sc 2 st tog* rep (24)
Round 13: sc evenly (24)
Round 14: [dec] *sc 2, sc 2 st tog* rep (18)
Round 15: [dec] *sc, sc 2 st tog* rep (12)

I recommend to stop here now to sew on the Cheeks, the Mouth, the Nose and the Spikes before stuffing the head and doing round 16.

Round 16: [dec] *sc 2 st tog* rep, sl and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing (6)

The Body (Green)

Start: sc 6 in magic ring, pull together and sl to close ring (6)
Round 1: [inc] work 2 sc in each st (12)
Round 2-3: sc evenly (12)
Round 4: [inc] *sc, sc 2 in next st* rep (18)
Round 5-6: sc evenly (18)
Round 7: [inc] *sc 2, sc 2 in next st* rep (24)
Round 8: [inc] *sc 3, sc 2 in next st* rep (30)
Round 9: sc evenly (30)
Round 10: [dec] *sc 3, sc 2 tog* rep (24)
Round 11: [dec] *sc 2, sc 2 tog* rep (18)
Round 12: [dec] *sc, sc 2 tog* rep (12)

Do stuff the body now. It should have the shape of a pear. The open side is down as it is the bottom. You will sew the head to the part where you have started with a magic ring.

Round 13: [dec] *sc 2 tog* rep, sl and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing (6)

Close the opening by weaving the yarn end in and out the remaining stitches, pull tight and weave in end.

The Tail (Green)

Start: sc 4 in magic ring, pull together and sl to close ring (4)
Round 1: sc evenly (4)
Round 2: [inc] work 2 sc in each st (8)
Round 3-4: sc evenly (8)
Round 5: [inc] *sc, sc 2 in next st* rep, sl and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing (12)

Do stuff the tail slightly and sew it to the body.

The Belly Patch (White)

Start: ch 3
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc, ch 1, turn (2)
Row 2: [inc] 2 sc in 1st st, sc in next st, ch 1, turn (3)
Row 3: [inc] sc 2, sc 2 in last st, ch 1, turn (4)
Row 4-9: sc evenly, do a ch 1 at each end and turn (4)
Row 10: [inc] sc 2 in 1st st, sc 2, sc 2 in last st, ch 1, turn (6)
Row 11: sc evenly, ch 1, turn (6)
Row 12: sc 2 in 1st st, sc 4, sc 2 in last st, ch 1, turn (8)
Row 13-17: sc evenly, ch 1, turn (8)
Row 18: [dec] sc 2 tog, sc 4, sc 2 tog, ch 1, turn (6)
Row 19: sc evenly, ch 1, turn (6)
Row 20: [dec] sc 2 tog, sc 2, sc 2 tog, ch 1, turn (4)
Row 21-22: sc evenly, ch 1, turn (4)
Row 23: sc evenly, fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing (4)

Sew the Belly Patch from tail up to the “neck” of the body.

The Turtle Shell (Red, White)

With red yarn:
Start: sc 4 in magic ring, pull together and sl to close ring (4)
Round 1: [inc] work 2 sc in each st (8)
Round 2: [inc] *sc, sc 2 in next st* rep, sl and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing (12)

With white yarn:
Round 3: [inc, DO ONLY WORK IN BLO NOW] join, ch 2, sc 2 in each st until end, sl to 1st st of 1st round

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