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Ness Amigurumi Pattern: Geeky Crochet

Ness Amigurumi Pattern: Geeky Crochet

Regular readers of this blog know that my favorite video game of all time is the Super Nintendo cult classic Earthbound. For those of you who are not familiar with Earthbound it was a quirky turn based RPG where you played as a group of kids who had to band together to save the world. After creating a Mr. Saturn pattern a couple weeks ago I decided that it was time to make a Ness amigurumi. In addition to being the main protagonist of Earthbound, Ness has also been a regular character in the Smash Bros series.

This post provides step-by-step instructions on how to crochet your own Ness amigurumi.  The Ness amigurumi stands around 10-11 inches tall. I would classify this pattern as moderately difficult. None of the stitches used in the pattern are difficult but the pattern requires you to make quite a few different pieces to complete it.

What Do You Need to Know

Difficulty: Moderate

In order to follow the Ness pattern you will need to know how to do the following stitches:

What You Need

Pattern

Crochet Body for Ness

Head and Body

Start with peach/skin tone colored yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 6 in the first CH (6 stitches)

Round 3: INC X 6 (12 stitches)

Round 4: | INC, SC | X 6 (18 stitches)

Round 5: | SC, INC, SC | X 6 (24 stitches)

Rounds 6-12: SC X 24 (24 stitches)

Round 13: | SC, DEC, SC | X 6 (18 stitches)

Round 14: | DEC, SC | X 6 (12 stitches)

Round 15: | INC, SC | X 6 (18 stitches)

Round 16: | SC, INC, SC | X 6 (24 stitches)

At this point you are at the shirt portion of the pattern so each round you have to switch between the yellow and blue color you chose for the shirt.

Round 17: SC X 24 (24 stitches) (Blue)

Round 18: SC X 24 (24 stitches) (Yellow)

Round 19: SC X 24 (24 stitches) (Blue)

Round 20: SC X 24 (24 stitches) (Yellow)

Round 21: SC X 24 (24 stitches) (Blue)

Round 22: SC X 24 (24 stitches) (Yellow)

Round 23: SC X 24 (24 stitches) (Blue)

Round 24: SC X 24 (24 stitches) (Yellow)

You are now to the pants section of the pattern so you should switch to the blue yarn you chose for the pants.

Rounds 25-27: SC X 24 (24 stitches)

Round 28: | SC, DEC, SC | X 6 (18 stitches)

Round 29: | DEC, SC | X 6 (12 stitches)

Round 30: DEC X 6 (6 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew up the bottom.

Crochet Eyes for Ness

Eyes (Make Two)

Use the black yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 3 in the first CH (3 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the eyes to the face.

Crochet Nose for Ness

Nose

Use the peach/skin tone yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 6 in the first CH (6 stitches)

Round 3: SC X 6 (6 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the nose to the face.

Crochet Ears for Ness

Ears (Make Two)

Use the peach/skin tone yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 8 in the first CH (8 stitches)

Round 3: INC, SC X 3, INC, SC X 3, SL (11 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew to the head.

Crochet Hands for Ness

Arms (Make Two)

Use the peach/skin tone yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 6 in the first CH (6 stitches)

Round 3: INC X 6 (12 stitches)

Round 4: SC X 12 (12 stitches)

Round 5: DEC X 6 (6 stitches)

Round 6-13: SC X 6 (6 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the arm to the body.

Crochet Sleeves for Ness

Sleeves (Make Two)

Start with the blue yarn used for the shirt. Just like with the shirt you will be alternating between the blue and yellow yarn.

Round 1: CH X 11 (11 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 10 with the first SC being made in the first CH from the previous round. (10 stitches)

Round 3: SC X 10 (10 stitches) (yellow)

Round 4: SC X 10 (10 stitches) (blue)

Round 5: SC X 10 (10 stitches) (yellow)

Round 6: SC X 10 (10 stitches) (blue)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the sleeves to the body.

Crochet Legs for Ness

Legs (Make Two)

Since we are starting with the socks, you will begin with the white yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 6 in the first CH (6 stitches)

Rounds 3-4: SC X 6 (6 stitches)

Switch to the peach/skin tone color yarn for the legs.

Rounds 5-12: SC X 6 (6 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the legs to the body.

Crochet Pant Legs for Ness

Pant Legs (Make Two)

Start with the blue yarn used for the pants.

Round 1: CH X 11 (11 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 11 with the first SC being made in the first CH of round 1.

Rounds 3-4: SC X 11 (11 stitches). The first SC for round 2 should be into the first CH of round 1.

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the pant legs to the body.

Crochet Shoes for Ness

Shoes (Make Two)

Use the red yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 8 in the first CH (8 stitches)

Rounds 3-8: SC X 8 (8 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the shoe to the sock on one of the legs.

Crochet Hat for Ness

Hat Base

Use the red yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 6 in the first CH (6 stitches)

Round 3: INC X 6 (12 stitches)

Round 4: | INC, SC | X 6 (18 stitches)

Round 5: | SC, INC, SC | X 6 (24 stitches)

Round 6: | SC, INC, SC X 2 | X 6 (30 stitches)

Rounds 7-8: SC X 30, SL (31 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the hat to the head.

Crocheted Hat Brim for Ness

Hat Brim

Start with the blue yarn used for the shirt and hat.

Round 1: CH X 11 (11 stitches)

Rounds 2-3: SC X 10, CH (11 stitches)

Round 4: DEC, SC X 6, DEC, CH (9 stitches)

Round 5: DEC, SC X 4, DEC, CH (7 stitches)

Round 6: DEC, SC X 2, DEC, CH (5 stitches)

Round 7: DEC X 2 (2 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the brim to the rest of the hat.

Backpack for Ness

Backpack Base

Use the brown yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 6 in the first CH (6 stitches)

Round 3: INC X 6 (12 stitches)

Round 4: | INC, SC | X 6 (18 stitches)

Round 5: | SC, INC, SC | X 6 (24 stitches)

Rounds 6-7: SC X 24 (24 stitches)

Round 8: | SC, DEC, SC | X 6 (18 stitches)

Round 9: | DEC, SC | X 6 (12 stitches)

Round 10: DEC X 6 (6 stitches)

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew up the backpack.

Crochet Backpack Straps for Ness

Backpack Straps (Make Two)

Use the brown yarn.

CH X 20

Fasten off leaving enough yarn on both ends of the chain stitches to sew the straps to the backpack.

Crochet Hair for Ness

Hair

Use the black yarn.

Round 1: CH X 2 (2 stitches)

Round 2: SC X 6 in the first CH (6 stitches)

Round 3: INC X 6 (12 stitches)

Round 4: | INC, SC | X 6 (18 stitches)

Round 5: | SC, INC, SC | X 6 (24 stitches)

Round 6: | SC X 2, INC, SC | X 6 (30 stitches)

Rounds 7-8: SC X 30 (30 stitches)

These next steps are the most complicated steps in the pattern as they add the small sections of the hair that hang down.

CH X 3, SC X 2 in the first and second CH, SC into the second stitch from round 8.

CH X 4, SC X 2 in the first, second and third CH. SC in the fourth stitch from round 8.

CH X 3, SC X 2 in the first and second CH, SC into the sixth stitch from round 8.

Skip 5 stitches. SC X 13. Flip the yarn so your next stitches will be in the stitches you just completed. SC X 13

Fasten off leaving enough yarn to sew the hair to the head.

Assembly

First use the extra red yarn from the shoes to sew the shoes to the sock portion of the legs.

Ness Amigurumi Assembly

Next you will attach the legs to the torso. Use the excess peach/skin tone yarn at the top of the legs to sew them to the body so the feet face forward. I would recommend choosing the side with the abrupt changes in color to be the back of the amigurumi since you can then use the backpack to cover up the changes in colors.

Crochet Ness Assembly

Next you will be attaching the pant legs. Pull the pant legs up the legs so the side with the extra yarn is touching the body. Use the extra yarn to sew the pant legs to the torso.

Crochet Ness Assembly

Next you will sew the arms onto the body.

Crochet Ness Assembly

Next pull one sleeve up both arms so the side with the extra yarn touches the body. Use the extra yarn to sew the sleeve to the body.

Crochet Ness Assembly

Take the hair and position it on the top of the head. Then use the extra yarn to sew it to the head.

Crochet Ness Assembly

Grab the two eyes and use the extra yarn to sew them to the head.

Crochet Ness Assembly

Take the nose and sew it to the face.

Crochet Ness Assembly

Sew the two ears to the sides of the head.

Crochet Ness Assembly

Take some black yarn and sew on a mouth.

Crochet Ness Assembly

Assemble the hat by sewing the hat brim to the base of the hat. To sew on the brim you are going to use the extra yarn from the brim to sew the wider side of the brim to the hat.

Crochet Ness Assembly

If you want to sew the hat to the amigurumi’s head, use the red yarn from the hat.

Crochet Ness Assembly

To assemble the backpack you will sew one backpack strap to both sides of the backpack. Once the backpack is assembled you can slip the two arms through the backpack straps to attach the backpack to the amigurumi.

Crochet Ness Amigurumi