Salamence Amigurumi

Disclaimer: This pattern may have mistakes, typos, etc. It has only been used once and I'm providing it here because it's been requested so often! If you'd like to test it out and make corrections or provide pictures of the process, please email me (soapybaconshop@gmail.com)! I'll gladly make the adjustments here and credit you (link to your social media/shop/website).

Key Terms I use:

Magic Circle/Adjustable Ring

SC- Single Crochet (US) [sc x 3- do a single crochet in each stitch for the next three stitches]

2SC- Two Single Crochets in the same Stitch (Increase)

DEC- Crochet two stitches together (Decrease)

Insert hook into first stitch, yarn over, pull through the stitch (two loops on hook at this point), insert hook into second stitch, yarn over, pull through the stitch (three loops on hook at this point), yarn over and pull through all three loops. [If you know how to do an invisible decrease, you can do that too]

Head/Body- This is all crocheted in one piece, in the round. Start out with a magic circle/adjustable ring with 6 stitches in it.

Tail – This is all crocheted in one piece, in the round. Start out with a magic circle/adjustable ring with 4 stitches in it.

Feet/Paws – This is all crocheted in one piece, in the round. Start out with a magic circle/adjustable ring with 6 stitches in it. [Make 4 of these]

Face fin thingies – These are all crocheted in one piece, in the round. Start out with a magic circle/adjustable ring with 4 stitches in it. You will make four of them that are rounds 1-7 and two of them that include the extra round #8

Wings – These are crocheted a little differently than everything else. Start out by chaining 21 stitches. You will then single crochet into the second stitch from the chain and then into the remaining stitches, giving you 20 stitches in that row. I’ve included some pictures to help with any confusion. The wings are supposed to be red, I’m crocheting in green because it is easier to see what I’m doing with this yarn. [Make two of these]

Assembly

Since the head and body are one piece, it makes it easier during the assembly process. When you crocheted the head/body, you started with a magic circle as the nose. You finished off at the butt, so you’ll want to sew the tail over the area that you finished off at.

Next, you’ll want to arrange the legs around the body before sewing any on. After you have them where you want them you can either pin them and sew them onto the body or simply sew them on. Some crocheters prefer pinning, but I usually avoid doing it because I have a tendency to stab myself.

Next you’ll want to sew the wings to the body, refer to my picture of Salamence to see the placement.

Last, you’ll want to take the face fins. The longer ones should go in the center. I sewed the fins together (only at the bottoms) before sewing them onto Salamence’s face.

After assembling everything, you’ll want to cut out the felt for all the detailing, I simply held the felt over the body parts and then cut them out to fit each part of the body. You’ll want the underbelly in white, under the jaw in white, under the legs in red, under the tail in red, and under the neck in red. I used a simple whip stitch to secure these, but it’s up to you how you’d like to attach them. Needlefelting is one of my favorite methods of attachment, but I learned how to do it after I wrote this pattern.

Embroider the eyes on last.