Step-by-Step Instructions to Crochet Eugene

A slipknot makes a loop you can pull bigger or smaller. It’s the first loop you’ll put on your hook. Let’s make one together!

A slipknot makes a loop you can pull bigger or smaller. It’s the first loop you’ll put on your hook. Let’s make one together!

Learn how to hold your yarn so it can slide through your fingers without getting too loose or too tight. Try a few simple tricks to keep your fingers relaxed.

🪝 More help holding your yarn and hook

Learn how to hold your yarn so it can slide through your fingers without getting too loose or too tight. Try a few simple tricks to keep your fingers relaxed.

🪝 More help holding your yarn and hook

Get to know the parts of your crochet hook, then try holding it like a knife or a pencil. Choose the hold that feels comfortable in your hand.

🪝 More help holding your yarn and hook

Get to know the parts of your crochet hook, then try holding it like a knife or a pencil. Choose the hold that feels comfortable in your hand.

🪝 More help holding your yarn and hook

Learn to make a chain stitch, then make two chains to create a chain-2 start for your plushie’s first round. Keep these two chains, or make extras for practice—the next lesson shows how to undo the extras.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Foundation: Chain-2 Start

🪝 Alternative: a magic ring is an adjustable starting loop you can pull closed to avoid a hole in the center.

Learn to make a chain stitch, then make two chains to create a chain-2 start for your plushie’s first round. Keep these two chains, or make extras for practice—the next lesson shows how to undo the extras.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Foundation: Chain-2 Start

🪝 Alternative: a magic ring is an adjustable starting loop you can pull closed to avoid a hole in the center.

Learn to undo stitches, called frogging, so you can fix mistakes. If you made extra practice chains, undo the extras and keep your first two for the first round.

Learn to undo stitches, called frogging, so you can fix mistakes. If you made extra practice chains, undo the extras and keep your first two for the first round.

Learn to make a single crochet stitch and find the little V at its top to count your stitches. Use six single crochets to make your first round.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 1: 6 sc (6)

🧶 Found a knot or need to join a new yarn strand?

Learn to make a single crochet stitch and find the little V at its top to count your stitches. Use six single crochets to make your first round.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 1: 6 sc (6)

🧶 Found a knot or need to join a new yarn strand?

Learn to make an increase (inc): two single crochet stitches in the same stitch. Each increase adds one stitch to your round, helping your plushie grow wider.

Learn to make an increase (inc): two single crochet stitches in the same stitch. Each increase adds one stitch to your round, helping your plushie grow wider.

Use increases and single crochet to widen Eugene’s body, following the rounds below.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
Round 5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
Round 6: [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)
Round 7: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
Round 8-11: 42 sc (42)

Use increases and single crochet to widen Eugene’s body, following the rounds below.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
Round 5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
Round 6: [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)
Round 7: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
Round 8-11: 42 sc (42)

Learn to make a decrease (dec), turning two stitches into one. Each decrease removes one stitch from your round, making your crochet narrower.

Learn to make a decrease (dec), turning two stitches into one. Each decrease removes one stitch from your round, making your crochet narrower.

Use decreases in Round 12 of Eugene’s body, ready to crochet the legs along the edge.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 12: [5 sc, dec] x 6 (36)

Use decreases in Round 12 of Eugene’s body, ready to crochet the legs along the edge.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 12: [5 sc, dec] x 6 (36)

Learn how to make six legs directly along the body’s edge using chains and single crochet. The pattern shows where to place each leg.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 13:
[4 ch, 3 sc into the chain, 3 sc] x 2;
4 ch, 3 sc into the chain, 12 sc;
[4 ch, 3 sc into the chain, 3 sc] x 2;
4 ch, 3 sc into the chain, 12 sc.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

Learn how to make six legs directly along the body’s edge using chains and single crochet. The pattern shows where to place each leg.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 13:
[4 ch, 3 sc into the chain, 3 sc] x 2;
4 ch, 3 sc into the chain, 12 sc;
[4 ch, 3 sc into the chain, 3 sc] x 2;
4 ch, 3 sc into the chain, 12 sc.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

Learn where to position Eugene’s eyes and how to secure them while the body is still open.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Insert the eyes between rounds 8 and 9, 6 stitches apart.

Learn where to position Eugene’s eyes and how to secure them while the body is still open.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Insert the eyes between rounds 8 and 9, 6 stitches apart.

Learn to finish with a sewn stitch that blends into the surrounding stitches. Gently adjust your new V until it matches the size of the others.

Learn to finish with a sewn stitch that blends into the surrounding stitches. Gently adjust your new V until it matches the size of the others.

Use single crochet and increases to make the belly, then learn how to sew it to the body and add stuffing.

🧶 Written pattern:
Belly
- Chain-2 Start or Magic Ring
Round 1: 6 sc (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
Round 5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
Round 6: [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 15-inch tail for sewing.
- Invisible Fasten Off

- Sew the belly to the body, matching the rims stitch to stitch. Add stuffing before the opening becomes too small.
- Match stitches 1:1. Insert the needle through the back loop of the top piece and the front loop of the bottom piece, then return through the next stitch in the opposite direction. Always go through both parts (not over) to hide the seam. Stuff before closing.

🪝 Help starting this part
Chain-2 start
Magic ring alternative

Use single crochet and increases to make the belly, then learn how to sew it to the body and add stuffing.

🧶 Written pattern:
Belly
- Chain-2 Start or Magic Ring
Round 1: 6 sc (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
Round 4: [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)
Round 5: [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)
Round 6: [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 15-inch tail for sewing.
- Invisible Fasten Off

- Sew the belly to the body, matching the rims stitch to stitch. Add stuffing before the opening becomes too small.
- Match stitches 1:1. Insert the needle through the back loop of the top piece and the front loop of the bottom piece, then return through the next stitch in the opposite direction. Always go through both parts (not over) to hide the seam. Stuff before closing.

🪝 Help starting this part
Chain-2 start
Magic ring alternative

Crochet two matching claws, then learn how to close their openings and sew them onto Eugene’s body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Claws x2
- Chain-2 Start or Magic Ring
Round 1: 6 sc (6)
Round 2: [sc, inc] x 3 (9)
Round 3–4: 9 sc (9)
Round 5: [sc, dec] x 3 (6)
- Fold in half, crochet 2–3 sc through both sides to fasten off the claw.
- Cut the working yarn, leaving a 6-inch tail for sewing.

- Sew over each stitch on the edge of the claw and into the body. Make 2–3 stitches to attach it securely.
- Attach the second claw symmetrically.

🪝 Help starting this part
Chain-2 start
Magic ring alternative

Crochet two matching claws, then learn how to close their openings and sew them onto Eugene’s body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Claws x2
- Chain-2 Start or Magic Ring
Round 1: 6 sc (6)
Round 2: [sc, inc] x 3 (9)
Round 3–4: 9 sc (9)
Round 5: [sc, dec] x 3 (6)
- Fold in half, crochet 2–3 sc through both sides to fasten off the claw.
- Cut the working yarn, leaving a 6-inch tail for sewing.

- Sew over each stitch on the edge of the claw and into the body. Make 2–3 stitches to attach it securely.
- Attach the second claw symmetrically.

🪝 Help starting this part
Chain-2 start
Magic ring alternative

Learn how to use a strand of yarn and a needle to sew Eugene’s smile onto the face.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Using a 4-inch piece of yarn, insert the needle at the point where the smile should begin and bring it out at the point where the smile should end.
- Pull both yarn tails, tie a knot close to one exit point, then using the needle push the knot inside to finish the smile.

Eugene, made by you. A finished plushie, and new skills to take into your next project.

Learn how to use a strand of yarn and a needle to sew Eugene’s smile onto the face.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Using a 4-inch piece of yarn, insert the needle at the point where the smile should begin and bring it out at the point where the smile should end.
- Pull both yarn tails, tie a knot close to one exit point, then using the needle push the knot inside to finish the smile.

Eugene, made by you. A finished plushie, and new skills to take into your next project.