Baby Yoda with a PhD Hat

This one was a gift for a friend of mine, who had his PhD defense during the quarantine. Of course, no guests were allowed and he was supposed to wear a community mask as well as the professors!

You will need:

3,5 mm and 6 mm crochet hook (I have crocheted the hat top with the smaller hook to make it harder and more stable)
black, white and green yarn, yellow string for the hat
scissors
stitch marker
5 mm safety eyes (I crocheted them, using thiner black yarn)
sewing needle
fiberfill (I used yarn leftovers to stuff)

Abbreviations:

ch – chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
inc – 2 sc in 1 st
dec – crochet 2 sc together
X N – repeat N times
at the end of every round total number of stitches is shown

If it is your first amigurumi attempt ever, you might want to have a look at my tricks for crocheting amigurumi and ideas for interesting amigurumi stuffing. Also there are some tips how to crochet “zero waste”.I am sure you will find it helpful! Have fun crocheting!

The pattern

Good news first: now you can find nicecrocheting and my pattern on Instagram!

The hat sides (black yarn):
ch 10, sl st
dc in all 10 st, sl st, fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

The hat top (black yarn, smaller hook):
12 ch
Rounds 1-12: sc in all st, 1 ch, turn (11)
Crochet around the square one time with sc.
Fasten off and cut the yarn, weave in the ends.
Pull a yellow string through the centre of the square.

Ears (green yarn, make two):
ch 4
Round 1: sc in the 2 nd from the hook st, sc in next 2 st (3)
Round 2: sc in all st (3) 1 ch turn
Round 3: inc in next st, sc in next st, inc in next st (5) 1 ch turn
Round 4: dec in next st, sc in next st, dec in next st (3) 0 ch turn
Round 5: dec sl st (2) 0 ch turn
Round 6: skip 1 st, sc in next st (1) 1 ch
Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

The head (green yarn):
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6 )
Round 2: inc X 6 (12)
Round 3: (sc in next st, inc) X 6 (18)
Round 4-6: sc in all st (18)

Sew the hat sides, ears to the head, insert the safety eyes.
Round 7: (sc in next 1 st, dec) X 6 (12)
Fasten off and cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing the head to the body.
Embroider the mouth using black yarn.

The body (black yarn):

Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Round 2: inc X 6 (12)
Round 3: (sc in next st, inc) X 6 (18)
Round 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) X 6 (24)
Rounds 5-10: sc in all st (24)
Round 11: dc in all st (24)

Bottom part of the body (black yarn):
Round 1: 12 dc in magic ring (12)
Round 2: (2 dc in next st) X 12 (24)
Fasten off, cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

Stuff the head, sew it to the body. Stuff the body and “close” it sewing the bottom part.
Sew the top part of the hat to the hat sides from the top, weave in all ends.

Because of the current situation, you should take care fo your baby Yoda and make a community mask for him.

Community Mask (white yarn):
8 ch
dc in the 2nd st from the hook, dc in next 5 st (6) 2 ch, turn
dc in next 6 st, 21 ch, insert the hook on the right bottom corner of the mask, sc in next 6 st, 21 ch, join with the last corner. Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in all ends.