october

Hey Lovelies! Do you enjoy fall so far?! Here there is a lot of wind and rain, but I love it, specially cause al lot of fruits and nuts are ready to collect. I love going out in nature and see what foods I can find. It’s a good feeling to work for your food =P. Do you do this as well? Or do you prefer to stay inside with this weather? ^_^
Since it’s getting darker faster now, every evening when I close my curtains, I see a bat flying around, it’s so fun to watch! This made me inspired to make a Bat amigurumi, it’s so cute~. I hope you will love it as well, do you see real bat’s flying sometimes?

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥ Yarn in the colors; Black and Purple (I used Budgetyarn.com).
♥ Crochet Hook (I used a 2,5mm hook).
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Scissors.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Safety Eyes, 9mm.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
HDC = Half Double Crochet.
DC = Double Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern

Work in continues rounds, use a stitch marker to mark your first stitch of every row. This is for every part, unless stated otherwise.

Head + Body
Use the color Black.

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc) 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc) 6 times. [24]
5: (3SC, inc) 6 times. [30]
6: 30SC. [30]
|
11: 30 SC. [30]
12: (3SC, dec) 6 times. [24]
13: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18] Insert the eyes between row 8 and 9, about 4 cm apart. Stuff the head here to make it easier for yourself. You can do it last but it’s harder to stuff nicely.
14: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
15: 12SC. [12]
16: (1SC, inc) 6 times. [18]
17: 18SC. [18]
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20: 18SC. [18]
21: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12] Stuff the body now as well.
22: Dec all around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Ears (Make 2)
Use the color black

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: (1SC, inc) 3 times. [9]
3: (2SC, inc) 3 times. [12]
4: 12SC. [12]
|
8: 12 SC. [12]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Inside of the Ears (Make 2)
Use the color Purple.
You won’t work in continues rounds.

1: Ch5, insert in second Ch from hook, 4SC, turn. [4]
2: 4SC, 3SC in the next st, 4SC. [11]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing, sew this to the outer ear.

Belly
Use the color Purple.

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs (Make 2)
Use the color Black.

1: 6SC in Magic Ring. [6]
2: (1SC, inc) 3 times. [9]
3: 9SC. [9]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Wings (Make 2)
Start with the color Black.
You won’t work in continues rounds.

1: Ch3, insert in second Ch from hook, 2SC, turn. [2]
2: Inc 2 times, turn. [4]
3: Inc, 2SC, inc, turn. [6]
4: Inc, 4SC, inc, turn. [8]
5: 8SC, turn. [8]
6: Inc, 6SC, inc, turn. [10]
7: 10SC, turn. [10]
8: Ch3, DC + HDC in the next st, 3SC, HDC + DC in the next st, Ch1, DC + HDC in the next st, 4SC.
Change to the color Purple.
Crochet along the edge of the wing now. In the middle of the wing you can either stitch on a line with Purple yarn of use the Surface Crochet Technique.

Assembling

By using sewing pins, you can position all parts before sewing them on. This way you can easily move them around until you are happy with how it looks.

Sew the ears on to of the head of the Bat and his belly to the body. His legs go right beside, slightly lower his belly. On His back you will sew his wings. Position them however you like.

If you want you can sew on a little mouth, I didn’t because I like it this way xD.

I hope you enjoyed this new bat pattern and let me know if you made it! I always love to see works that are made by you, using my patterns, I always feel so loved!

Have a wonderful day!

Love
Danielle