If you’ve clicked this posts, you’re probably thinking “Hmm, I got the basics of crocheting down, I want to crochet something other than scarves! I want to make blankets, stuffed animals, cute shoulder bags!”
Before you buy start buying books or committing to making a blanket (trust me those take a while), my suggestion is to start with something small that uses different skills in sewing and crochet techniques to test your abilities and avoid wasting too much yarn on a large project.
My personal favorite things to crochet are small plushies that I can turn into keychains (you can buy keychain rings in bulk off of Amazon) and give as gifts! There are a bunch of free tutorials for pretty much any cute character there is out there!
Here are a few I’ve tested out with my difficulty ratings!
Note: These patterns are not owned by me or created by me. All rights and credit goes to the original creators. Definitely check out and follow their channels for more cool patterns!
East Palace – Ggeomeoksali Creature
Difficulty: 8/10
Pattern requires a good amount of time crocheting and sewing many pieces together. Also requires you to know how to attach legs through crocheting pieces together and working up to make the body.
My Neighbor Totoro – Mini Totoro
Difficulty: 6/10
Requires knowing how to connect pieces through crocheting them together. Looks simple, but has you do surprisingly a lot of rounds (slightly thinner yarn and smaller hook recommended to ).
Hello Kitty – Cinamoroll
Difficulty: 8/10
Like the Ggeomeoksali, it requires a lot of sewing pieces together and crocheting pieces together to connect the legs to the body.
One Piece – Luffy’s Hat
Difficulty: 3/10
Simple stitch used, might be difficult if you don’t know how to do a clean color change to make the stripe of red.
Kirby – Kirby!
Difficulty: 5/10
Very simple stitches, uses bobble stitches for the feet, but they aren’t too difficult to pick up.
Conclusion
Overall, these character crochet patterns are pretty simple to start with and are a great introduction to sewing, different stitches, and connecting pieces through crocheting them together!
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