Sanji Amigurumi Pattern
by Clare Heesh https://www.etsy.com/shop/53Stitches
Materials
Black Yarn Black Thread Beige Yarn Blue Felt White Felt Blue Felt Black Felt Polyester Filling 3.0mm crochet hook 1x 7.5mm safety eyes
Techniques and Abbreviations
ch = chain st = stitch/stitches SC = Single Crochet MR = Magic Ring inc = Increase, sc 2 in the same stitch dec = Invisible Decrease 4sc popcorn = Popcorn Stitch with 4 sc worked into it. See pictures. BLO = Back Loop Only [ sc, inc Jx 2 = repeat 2 times => sc, inc, sc, inc
There should be a file available for download with this one that details all of the stitches that I use and other references. If not, it is available for download here: http://53stitches.tumblr.com/post/ 54077987849/amigurumi-technique-reference My patterns are worked in continuous rounds, I recommend using a marker to mark the start of each round. I like to use a bobby pin, since it's easily removed and doesn't fall out or leave fluff as much as a stray piece of yarn does. To finish off each body part, I do a slip stitch for the last stitch of the round, then chain 1 and pull the tail into the next stitch to neaten it off. Sanji Amigurumi
BODY PARTS
HEAD Beige
1. (in Beige) MR 6 (6) 2. [ inc ]x 6 (12) 3. [inc, sc Jx 6 (18) 4. sc, inc, [ sc 2, inc Jx 5, sc (24) 5. [inc, sc 3 ]x 6 (30) 6. sc 2, inc, [ sc 4, inc ]x 5, sc 2 (36) 7-12. SC 36 (36) 13. sc 2, dec, [ sc 4, dec ]x 5, sc 2 (30) 14. [ dec, sc 3 Jx 6 (24) 15. sc, dec, [ sc 2, dec ]x 5, sc (18)
Insert the safety eye between rows 9 and 10. Leave tall tor sewing, tinish oft and stutt tirmly. Stitch on the mouth using a few threads of black embroidery or cross-stitch thread. Yarn works as well but leaves the mouth a bit thick. Embroider on the curly eyebrow above his eye.
HAIR CAP Black
1. (in Yellow) MR 6 (6) 2. [ inc Jx 6 (12) 3. [ inc, sc ]x 6 (18) 4. sc, inc, [ sc 2, inc ]x 5, sc (24) 5. [ inc, sc 3 ]x 6 (30) 6. sc 2, inc, [ sc 4, inc ]x 5, sc 2 (36) 7-12. sc 36 (36) Leave long tail for sewing, finish off.
ATTACHINGTHEHAIRTOTHEHEAD
I learnt this technique from Owlishly, so I don't want to take any credit for it, or imagine that I can explain it better then her. Here's the link to the tutorial: http://owlishly.typepad.com/owlishly/ 2007/08/amigurumi-hair.html Use the tail of the wig cap to attach it to the head. It only needs to attach at a few places so no need to be overly thorough. You can also use the tail to start embroidering the fringe to cover his othereye.
Sanji Amigurumi
ARM (make 2) Beige, Blue & Black
1. (in Beige) MR 6 (6) 2. [ inc, sc 2 ]x 2 (8) 3-4. sc 8 (8) 5. sc 3, 4sc popcorn, sc 4 (8) (on the second arm, row 5 is: 8. sc 4, 4sc popcorn, sc 3 (12) this gives a right and left arm. It can be easy to lose a stitch here.) 6. (in Blue) sc 8 (8) 7-15. (in Black) sc 8 (8)
The popcorn stitch in the arm is the thumb, if you prefer straight arms, simply replace the popcorn stitch with a sc. Leave tail for sewing, finish off. They don't need any stuffing because they're so thin. Cut out very small yellow circles using felt and glue them opposite the thumb.
LEG (make 2) Black
1. (in Black) MR 6 (6) 2. [ inc ]x 6 (12) 3. sc 3, inc 3, sc 3, inc 3 (18) 4. BLO sc 18 (18) 5-7. sc 18 (18) 8. sc 2, dec 6, sc 4 (12) (on the second leg, row 8 is: 8. sc 4, dec 6, sc 2 (12) this gives a right and left foot) 9-20. sc 12 (12)
Finish off the first one, but don't cut the yarn on the second leg. We'll continue to crochet, joining the legs together. Crocheting one round in the back loop only makes it easier to give the foot shape, as it's easier to make the base flat.
BODY
Black, Blue & Beige
Take the two legs and position them so that the feet are pointing corectly, I like to place two bobby pins in the stitches where the legs will join to make it easier to manage. Make a slip knot, insert hook in the stitch you are going to begin the round with, make sure to begin the round at the back of the doll so that the colour changes are kept out of sight. Put the slip knot on the hook, and pull it through. The next stitch will be a regular single crochet and will begin the round.
Join with two bobby pins, this is where you'll go from one leg to the other.
Make one sc in the right leg in the stitch the bobby pin marks. The next sc will be on the left leg, in the stitch the bobby pin marks.
Do the same thing when you reach the next bobby pin. This is what it should look like after 1 round. Sanji Amigurumi 1-7. (in Black) sc 24 (24) (at this point stuff the legs) 8. sc 3, dec, [ sc 6, dec Jx 2, sc 3 (21) 9. [dec, sc 5 ]x 3 (18) 10. sc 2, dec, [ sc 4, dec ]x 2, sc 2 (15) 11. (in Blue) [dec, sc 3 Jx 3 (12) 12. (in Beige) BLO sc 12 (12) 13. [ sc, inc ]x 6 (18) Stuff the legs before beginning the decreases. Make sure he's not stuffed so firmly that he can't still stand. Stuff the rest of the body. Take some blue yarn and embroider on the rest of his shirt, leaving a black hole that looks like a tie. This is the way I usually do it: The point of the "V' is about four rounds below the top row (where blue meets black). Then I embroider the blue to leave the dark shape of a tie. The pattern changes with each doll so I try to get a similar shape but there's no one method.
The finished product should look something like these, but if you can't get it to work have a play around until you're happy. Next, cut out four circles using yellow felt. These will be the buttons for his jacket. Glue them on using fabric glue.
Attach the arms. They are attached as a flattened piece. I pin them in place to make sure I know where they're going. Attaching them as a flattened' piece like this makes sure the arms rest against the sides of the body.
The last thing left to do is attach the head. Both the base of the head and the top of the body had 18 stitches in their last rounds. That means that each stitch in the head should match a stitch in the body, which gives it a nice neat finish. Done!
Hope you had fun and if there are any questions or problems don't hesitate to contact me through my etsy shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/53stitches/ or my tumblr http://53stitches.tumblr.com If you have any suggestions or designs you'd like to see in the future, drop a suggestion in my ask and Ill seewhat I cando! Please don't copy or resell this pattern or the dolls made from it online, but feel free to make as many as you want and distribute them amongst friends or sell them at markets. Thank-you! :)
