Supplies you'll need to crochet Voltorb
General supplies:
- Crochet hook 2,5 mm, I always use clover amour hooks for my projects!
- Sewing needle
- Stuffing
- Stitch marker
With Amigurumi you guage doesn’t matter much. Using smaller hook and yarn will make you finished Voltorb smaller, and bigger hook and yarn will make him bigger. Just make sure that your yarn and hook fits together and makes a tight fabric so the stuffing won’t show through!
For a smaller version, about 6 cm tall, or 2,5 inches, you will need the following yarn.
I reccomend Hobbii Rainbow cotton 8/4. This yarn is a 100% cotton and very nice to work with! With this yarn, I use a 2,5 mm hook (or a B-1 or C-2 should work too!). If Rainbow cotton is sold out, I can also recommend Friends cotton from Hobbii as a direct substitute.
- 1 x red
- 1 x white
- A bit of black to embroider the expression.
Abbreviations in this crochet pattern
Rnd = round
mr = magic ring
sc = single crochet
inc = increase, 2 sc in the same stitch
dec = decrease, make 2 stitches into 1
ss = slip stitch
FO = Finish Off
Voltorb crochet pattern
Body
Start with red.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in mr (6)
Rnd 2: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (sc, inc, sc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: (2sc, inc, 2sc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7-10: sc around (36)
Change to white in the last stitch. You can use a seamless type of colorchange is you want, otherwise change color like normal.
Rnd 11-14: sc around (36)
Rnd 15: (2sc, dec, 2sc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 16: (3sc, ddec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 17: (sc, dec, sc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 18: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 19: dec x 6 (6)
Stuff firmly.
Assembly of your crochet Voltorb
There is no assembly in this piece. You only need to embroider the eyes and his mean expression. If embroidery isn’t your strongest skill, be sure to take your time to make the expression just right. If you want to avoid as much embroidery as possible, cutting pieces of felt for the eyes might be a good alternative for you instead.