MATERIALS

4mm crochet hook Tapestry needle Stuffing Scissors 


(not included)

Yellow medium-weight 
 White medium-weight Black medium-weight 


yarn, with 3 stitch yarn (21 yds) yarn (1 yd)
markers in it (13 yds)

HOW TO READ 

A WOOBLES PATTERN ABBREVIATIONS

This pattern is written in US

Rnd 3. [sc, inc] x6 (18)
terminology, and crocheted in
Round
continuous rounds. Watch video
tutorials at thewoobles.com/tutorials
What stitches to do this round, and 

how many times
ch
 chain

Total number of stitches in this round dec
 (invisible) decrease

hdc
 half double crochet

inc
 increase (2 sc in the same hole)

For round 3, repeat the pattern in the brackets 6 times.
rnd
 round

The pattern is: single crochet in 1 stitch, then increase
sc
 single crochet

stitch in the next stitch. Because an increase is actually
sl st slip stitch
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2 single crochet stitches in the same stitch of the

previous round, the total number of stitches in this
round is 18.

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 HEAD
With yellow yarn.

TIP Keep track of where you are by placing a

stitch marker in the first stitch of the current
round.

Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in a magic loop (6) 


Rnd 2.
 6 inc (12) 

Start here if you’re using the pre-made piece

Rnd 3.
 [sc, inc] x 6 (18)


Rnd 4.
 [5 sc, inc] x 3 (21)

Rnd 5. 21 sc (21)

TIP Your piece might start curling - that’s totally

normal. For a neater final look, push the
middle of your piece until it curves the other
way. This makes the “right side” face out.
Then keep crocheting to the left. If you’re a
lefty, keep crocheting to the right.

Rnd 6.
 [6 sc, inc] x 3 (24)


Rnd 7. [5 sc, inc] x 4 (28)

Invisible fasten off and weave in the tail.

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EGGSHELL Step 2. 

Sc flo.

With white yarn.

Step 3.

Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in a magic loop (6) 
 Hdc flo.
Rnd 2.
 6 inc (12) 

TIP hdc means half double crochet.
Rnd 3.
 [sc, inc] x 6 (18)

Rnd 4.
 [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
 Step 4.

Rnd 5.
 [5 sc, inc] x 4 (28)
 Ch 2.

Rnds 6-9.
 28 sc (28)

Step 5.

Rnd 10:
Sc in the second ch from the hook.

Step 1. 

Step 6.

Sl st flo.
Sc in the next front loop stitch of round 9.

TIP sl st means slip stitch.
 Step 7.


flo means to do the stitch through the front Repeat steps 1-6 six more times.

loop only.
Invisible fasten off, leaving a tail at least four times
the circumference of the eggshell.

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4 5 6

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ASSEMBLY Step 3.

Sew the edges of the eggshell to the bottom of the
Step 1.
 head, so the eggshell is flat against the side of the
Thread a needle with the ending yarn tail from the head.

eggshell.

Step 4.

Step 2.
 Hide the tail in the piece.
Sew the edges of the head and eggshell together,
through the remaining back loops of round 9 of the
eggshell, and both loops of round 7 of the head.
Sew all the way around the head and eggshell.
When you have a few stitches remaining, stuff the
piece.

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3 4

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ARMS Step 6.

Insert the needle two stitches to the right, and pull
With yellow yarn (make two). it out of the same hole it just came out of. Make
sure the line is straight on the bottom of the white
TIP When crocheting a new row, remember to
yarn.

skip the first stitch from the hook. And for

the first row after a chain, remember to Step 7.

crochet in the back loops only. Insert the needle two stitches to the right. Pull the
needle out of the same hole in the body that it
Row 1.
 ch 3 (3)

originally went into, so that both tails are coming
Row 2. sl st in the second ch from the hook,
out of the same hole. Make sure the line is making a
sl st (2)
curve on the top of the white yarn.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with Step 8.

the tail, then use it to sew the arms between where Tie a knot with both tails, as close to the surface of
the head and eggshell meet, with 5-stitch space in the body as possible. Hide the tails in the body.
between and on each side of a triangle of the
eggshell.

MOUTH
With white and black yarn.
Step 1. 

Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of white
yarn. Insert the needle somewhere on the right side
of the body, and pull it out the hole between rounds
5 and 6, two rounds up and one stitch to the right
from the left arm. Leave a 6-inch tail. 

Step 2.

Insert the needle two stitches to the right, and pull
it out of the same hole it just came out of.

Step 3.

Insert the needle two stitches to the right. Pull the
needle out of the same hole in the body that it
originally went into, so that both tails are coming
out of the same hole.

Step 4.

Tie a knot with both tails, as close to the surface of
the body as possible. Hide the tails in the body. 

Step 5.

Thread a needle with an arm’s length of black yarn.
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Insert the needle somewhere on the right side of

the body, and pull it out the same hole it was pulled
out in step 1. Leave a 6-inch tail.

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4 5 6

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EYES Step 3.

Insert the needle into the hole behind the right side
With black yarn. of the upside down V on the stitch directly to the
right. Pull the needle out of the same hole in the
Step 1.

body that it originally went into, so that both tails
Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of yarn.
are coming out of the same hole. 

Insert the needle somewhere on the right side of

the body, and pull it out the hole on round 4, one Step 4.

round up and one and a half stitches to the right Make sure the eyes are slanted from the inner
from the right corner of the mouth, in the middle of corner of each eye downward to the outer corner of
the stitch’s V. Leave a 6-inch tail. 
each eye. Tie a knot with both tails, as close to the
surface of the body as possible. Hide the tails in
Step 2.

the body.
Insert the needle into the hole behind the left side
of the upside down V on the stitch directly to the
left, and pull it out the hole on round 4, one round
up and one and a half stitches to the left from the
left corner of the mouth.

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