Step-by-Step Instructions to Crochet Mimi

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 Mimi’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: 36 sc (36)
Round 8: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
Round 9-12: 42 sc (42)

Use increases and single crochet to widen Mimi’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: 36 sc (36)
Round 8: [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)
Round 9-12: 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 Mimi’s pattern as you work Rounds 13–15 of the body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 13: [5 sc, dec] x 6 (36)
Round 14: [4 sc, dec] x 6 (30)
Round 15: [3 sc, dec] x 6 (24)

Use decreases in Mimi’s pattern as you work Rounds 13–15 of the body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 13: [5 sc, dec] x 6 (36)
Round 14: [4 sc, dec] x 6 (30)
Round 15: [3 sc, dec] x 6 (24)

Place Mimi’s eyes and add stuffing before the opening gets too small. Then work the final body rounds.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Insert the eyes between rounds 8 and 9, 5 stitches apart.
- Start stuffing the plushie before the opening becomes too narrow. Add more stuffing as you go.
Round 16: [2 sc, dec] x 6 (18)
Round 17: [sc, dec] x 6 (12)
Round 18: 6 dec (6)
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail for sewing.

Place Mimi’s eyes and add stuffing before the opening gets too small. Then work the final body rounds.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Insert the eyes between rounds 8 and 9, 5 stitches apart.
- Start stuffing the plushie before the opening becomes too narrow. Add more stuffing as you go.
Round 16: [2 sc, dec] x 6 (18)
Round 17: [sc, dec] x 6 (12)
Round 18: 6 dec (6)
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail for sewing.

Thread the yarn tail through the front loop of each stitch around the opening and gently pull it closed. Hide the yarn tail inside your plushie.

Thread the yarn tail through the front loop of each stitch around the opening and gently pull it closed. Hide the yarn tail inside your plushie.

Crochet around a short chain to make Mimi’s snout, ready to finish and sew onto the body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 1: 4 ch (4)
Round 2: 6 sc around
- Invisible Fasten Off
- Cut the yarn, leaving an 8-inch tail for sewing.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

Crochet around a short chain to make Mimi’s snout, ready to finish and sew onto the body.

🧶 Written pattern:
Round 1: 4 ch (4)
Round 2: 6 sc around
- Invisible Fasten Off
- Cut the yarn, leaving an 8-inch tail for sewing.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

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.

Learn how to position the snout below Mimi’s eyes and sew around its edge to attach it to the body.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Sew the snout to the body between rounds 10 and 13, centered by the eyes.
- Continue sewing through the body then the snout, then back through the snout into the body. This way the seam will be nearly invisible.
- When sewing, it is important to check back every stitch or two to make sure the pattern will align.

Learn how to position the snout below Mimi’s eyes and sew around its edge to attach it to the body.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Sew the snout to the body between rounds 10 and 13, centered by the eyes.
- Continue sewing through the body then the snout, then back through the snout into the body. This way the seam will be nearly invisible.
- When sewing, it is important to check back every stitch or two to make sure the pattern will align.

Use chain stitches and single crochet to make Mimi’s tail in a row. Then learn how to curl it and attach it to the back of the body.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Start with a Slipknot
Row 1: 7 ch (7)
Row 2: turn the chain, 6 sc (6)
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail for sewing, and pull it all the way through the last stitch.

- Attach the tail to the back of the body, near the bottom, centered.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

Use chain stitches and single crochet to make Mimi’s tail in a row. Then learn how to curl it and attach it to the back of the body.

🧶 Written pattern:
- Start with a Slipknot
Row 1: 7 ch (7)
Row 2: turn the chain, 6 sc (6)
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail for sewing, and pull it all the way through the last stitch.

- Attach the tail to the back of the body, near the bottom, centered.

🪝 Chain-stitch refresher

Make two ears with the stitches you already know, then learn where to position them and how to attach them to Mimi’s head.

🧶 Written pattern:
Ears x2
- Chain-2 Start or Magic Ring
Round 1: 9 sc (9)
- Invisible Fasten Off
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 4 inch tail for sewing.
- Place the ears between rounds 3 and 5, closer to the sides of the body.

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

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

Make two ears with the stitches you already know, then learn where to position them and how to attach them to Mimi’s head.

🧶 Written pattern:
Ears x2
- Chain-2 Start or Magic Ring
Round 1: 9 sc (9)
- Invisible Fasten Off
- Cut the yarn, leaving a 4 inch tail for sewing.
- Place the ears between rounds 3 and 5, closer to the sides of the body.

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

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