Gleeful Ghost- Fall Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day 2

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Today is Day 2 of the Fall 2023 Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. Yesterday started off the crochet along with a little pumpkin, and today a a little Gleeful Ghost is joining the group.

Like the pumpkin, the ghost was one that I used in the announcement posts, so many of you have already seen it and it isn't a big surprise. But now that we got those two out of the way the next 10 will be surprises. 

My little gleeful ghost is made in a very similar way to the way I have made a lot of the little animals and characters I have made in previous crochet alongs. Working with these small sizes I kind of just found some proportions that worked and stuck with them, so you will see similar shapes repeated again and again throughout the mini amigurumi crochet alongs. 

However, this little ghost starts out a little different than the rest because of the little twisty tail at the end. It is worked bottom up so you start with the tail, then continue the body and head similar to the other patterns. The little arms are made separately and sewn on at the end.

The little ghost is quick to make because it only used one color, and the only additional piece to sew on is the arms. I used safety eyes and a little embroidered smile for the mouth so that it would be consistent with the other items in the series, but you could embroider the whole face, or cut out little pieces of felt to make an open mouth, the options are totally up to you.  

*Ebook with all 12 patterns included available for purchase on Etsy and Ravelry

How to Crochet a Gleeful Ghost

Finished Size: about 4" tall

You will need:

• medium weight yarn in white (sample made in Lion Brand Basic Stitch in White)
• G crochet hook (4 mm)
• 2- 6 mm safety eyes
• black embroidery floss and embroidery needle
• Polyfil fiberfill
• yarn needle
• stitch markers 
• scissors

Instructions:

All of the pieces are made in the round beginning with a magic ring

Ghost

Make 1 with white yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat (6 sc)

Round 3: 2 sc in first st, 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next 4 sts (8 sc)

Round 4: 1 sc in first st, 2 sc in next 2 sts, 1 sc in next 5 sts (10 sc)

Round 5: 1 sc in first 2 sts, 2 sc in next 2 sts, 1 sc in next 6 sts (12 sc)

Round 6: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)

Rounds 7-11: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)

Begin stuffing body and continue to stuff as you go

Round 12: sc2tog around (9 sc)

Round 13: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)

Round 14: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Rounds 15-18: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)

Round 19: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 16 and 17 about 3 stitches apart, embroider a little smile below/between the eyes (you can embroider the mouth now, or wait until it is finished, the nice thing about doing it before you finish is that you can tie off the ends and stuff them inside the head)

Round 20: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)

Round 21: sc2tog around (6 sc)

Finish off and weave around opening to close, weave in ends

Arms

Make 2 with white yarn beginning with magic ring

 

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat (9 sc)

Round 3: [[sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)

Rounds 4-5: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the arms to the sides of the ghost at the neck