Mini Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) Crochet Tutorial
Overview: many individual spaghetti strands and two stuffed meatballs are sewn onto poseable
eyestalks (pipe cleaner gives support).
Skills needed: crocheting in the round, increasing, decreasing, slip stitch (sl st), single crochet (sc),
double crochet (dc) and half double crochet (hdc).
Size E crochet hook
Size G crochet hook
Worsted weight yarn in white, brown and “pasta” color. Example is acrylic yarn from local craft store.
Yarn needle
PUPILS – Make 2
Using brown yarn, make a slip knot. Chain 3, join with slip stitch to form a circle.
Chain 1 and make 4 sc, join with slst to ch 1. Cut yarn, leaving 4” tail. Pull tail
through to opposite side of circle.
SCLERA – Make 2
Using white yarn, make a slip knot. Chain 3, join with slst to form a circle.
Chain 2, 6 dc, join with sl st to ch 2. Cut yarn leaving 4” tail. Pull tail through to
opposite side of circle.
EYESTALKS
Add pupils to sclera by pulling brown tails through edges of white circles.
Bend pipe cleaner as shown.
Using brown tails, tie eyeballs onto bent ends where shown by arrows below.
Row 1: With pasta color yarn, dc around white circle in back loop
only so white will show, will be 6 or 7 sts. Join with sl st.
Row 2: Ch 2, dc one row around, join with sl st.
Row 3: Repeat row 2.
Row 4: Ch 2, *dc, dc 2 tog, repeat from star until end of row, join
with sl st. Five stitches remain.
Rows 5-18: dc continuously around until you reach
the middle of the pipecleaner. Grasping middle of
pipe cleaner, slide stitches toward eyeball to make
eyeball look rounder.
Repeat rows 1-18 on second eyestalk. Join by sc
around middle. Cut yarn leaving 12” tail. Shape
eyestalks as shown below.
MEATBALLS
[Meatball stuffing: you can use regular polyfill stuffing, but I like to use brown yarn and make a
crocheted rectangle to use for stuffing since the stuffing inevitably shows through. To make crocheted
stuffing, chain 12, turn, dc to end, turn and dc to end. Knot and cut ends.]
Ch 3, join with sl st.
Ch 2, dc 7, join with sl st in ch 2. [Tip for experienced
crocheters: I like to carry the tail around with the ch 3 loop
so I can cinch the hole shut.]
Increase row: ch 2, *dc 2 in one dc, 1 dc in dc, repeat from
star for whole row.
Ch 2, dc in all stitches, join with sl st in ch 2.
1st Decrease row: ch 2, *dc joining 2, one dc, 1 dc, repeat
from star for whole row.
Stuff with stuffing of your choice.
2nd Decrease row: dc joining 3, dc joining 3, sl st to join, bind
off and weave in ends.
NOODLEY APPENDAGES
To make noodles, chain stitch 20 sts. Turn and slip stitch back to beginning. Bind off and weave in ends.
Using same technique make eight five inch noodles and two seven inch noodles.
ASSEMBLY
Using long tail from eyestalks, sew on noodles two at a time by threading through the middle and
stitching to center seam of eyestalks. Position noodles and stitch down to surround meatballs and so
they look cute.
Original crochet pattern by Susan Henry. Contact with questions at [email protected].
I do not own the copyright to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Visit www.venganza.org for copyright
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