A few months ago, I came across some free Shrek amigurumi patterns, but I didn’t want to share them because they had superficial instructions. Today, by a great coincidence, I found the Shrek amigurumi pattern you see in the photo. The construction of the amigurumi toy is very detailed, so of course, it caught my attention, and I wanted to share it with you. The designer of this adorable toy, ternura_amigurumi, has created a very detailed instruction list.
Cute Shrek Doll Amigurumi Free PDF Pattern
In this instruction list, photos of how to make the pieces of the toy will guide you while making it. The most striking feature of the toy is, of course, the incredibly realistic-looking ears. Brown, green, and white yarn are used in making Shrek. If you’re ready, let’s take a look at the instructions.
Designer: ternura_amigurumi
Materials
– 8/6 cotton yarn or medium-weight acrylic yarn: Green, Bone, Dark Brown, Light Brown, and White
– 3 mm crochet hook
– Yarn needle
– Silicone fleece for stuffing
– Scissors
– Size 10 safety eyes
For this design, I used 100% 8/6 cotton yarn (330 meters / 150 grams).
Abbreviations
ch: Chain stitch
sl st: Slip stitch
sc: Simple crochet
inc: Increase
dec: decrease
BLO: back loop only
FLO: front loop only
Since the amigurumi toy is Shrek, we need to make a quite large head. However, while making the toy, we will crochet both the body and the head. We begin with the toy’s head. After doing the increases, we only crochet single crochet stitches between rounds 7 and 16. Then, by decreasing, we shape the head. At this stage, you will need to place the toy’s eyes. After round 21, we will start working on the body. During this stage, color transitions will begin, and thanks to these transitions, we will also be making Shrek’s t-shirt.
Head and Body
Green
1) Magic ring 6sc (6)
2) (1inc) repeat 6 times (12)
3) (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (18)
4) (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (24)
5) (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (30)
6) 4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (36). Fill
7 – 16) 36sc (36)
17) (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (30). Place eyes in Round No. 11 separated by 7sc
18) (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (24)
19) (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (18)
20) 18sc (18)
Change color Bone
21) (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (24)
22) (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (30)
23) (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (36)
24 – 27) 36sc (36)
Change color Dark brown
28 – 29) 36sc (36)
Change color Bone
30) 36sc (36)
Change color Light brown
31) BLO: 36sc (36)
32 – 34) 36sc (36)
35) (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (30)
36) (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (24)
37) (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (18). Fill
38) (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (12)
39) (1sc, 1dec) repeat 4 times (8). Fasten Off
We actually create the toy’s t-shirt by coloring the body, but it needs to appear as a layer. In this stage, we will create the t-shirt’s layer on the body. We will use the FLO (front loop only) technique to do this. Let’s get started.
T-shirt
Bone
Return to Round No. 31
1) FLO: 36sc (36)
2) 36sc (36)
Shrek’s legs are made in two stages. As you can see, the toy is wearing boots, and after crocheting the legs, we need to make the boots as well. The legs are crocheted for 11 rounds. The boots will be made using dark brown yarn. Let’s get started.
Legs (x2)
Dark brown
1) Magic ring 6sc (6)
2) (1inc) repeat 6 times (12)
3) (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (18)
4 – 6) 18sc (18)
7) 3sc, (1dec) repeat 6 times, 3sc (12)
8) 4sc, (1dec) repeat 2 times, 4sc (10)
9) BLO: 10sc (10)
Change color Light brown
10 – 11) 10sc (10). Fill
Boot
Dark brown
Return in Round 9
1) FLO: (1sc, 1inc) repeat 5 times (15)
Although the toy’s arms look very small, we will crochet them for 11 rounds. The main reason they look so small is that we are working with very fine materials. We will use green and bone-colored yarn for the arms. We start with green yarn.
Arms (x2)
Green
1) Magic ring 6sc (6)
2) (1sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times (9)
3) 9sc (9)
4) (1sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times (6)
Change color Bone
5) BLO: (1sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times (9)
6 – 10) 9sc (9)
11) (1sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times (9). Do not fill
Join the arms to the body with a wool needle.
Next, we move on to Shrek’s ears. You will need to pay a bit more attention when making the ears because you need to create a design similar to the one in the photos. To make the ears, which resemble the real character quite closely, you must follow all the instructions carefully.
Ears (x2)
Green
1) Magic ring 6sc (6)
2 – 3) 6sc
4) (1sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times (9)
5) (2sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times (12)
Attach the ears to the head.
Embroider the eyes and nose as shown in the images.
Finally, we will make Shrek’s vest. We start with brown yarn and continue for 5 rounds. After completing the vest, you can dress the toy with it. You can tie the vest using a string. The photos will guide you through this process.
Vest
Dark brown
1) 24ch + 1ch to start
2) 24sc (24), turn
3) 2sc, 6ch (skip 6sc), 8sc, 6ch, (skip 6sc), 2sc (24), turn
4) 24sc (24), turn
5) (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (30)
Place the vest on Shrek’s body. Make a bow at the top with dark brown wool.
