Horse Chestnut Buckeye Fight Club Crochet Conkers Pattern

Crochet buckeye conker fighting amigurumi pattern from Cottontail & Whiskers. Have fun working up Ali, Rocky and Tyson crocheted bruisers fresh from a game of conkers. They’ve been patched up with bandages and band aid plasters. Thankfully, they live for the fight!

Born in Scotland, written in English, terms in US American

There are strict rules laid out by the World Conker Championships but here’s a simple guide for ‘friendly’ games from the Woodland Trust:

1. Conkers is a game for two players.
2. Each player has their own conker with a hole through to hang from a threaded and knotted string or shoelace.
3. Toss a coin to see who strikes first.
4. Wrap the loose end of the string around your hand twice (have about 25cm of string between your hand and the conker).
5. One player dangles their conker at arm’s length, keeping it as still as possible.
6. The striker holds the string of their own conker and takes a swing at their opponent’s conker to try and bash it.
7. If the attacking player misses, they have two more chances before it’s their opponent’s turn to strike.
8. Keep taking turns until one of the conkers smashes and you have a winner!

A new conker is called a ‘none-er’ and when it wins its first fight it becomes a ‘one-er’. If it beats another, it becomes a ‘two-er’ and so on. In some areas, winning conkers gain the points of the losing conker. So if a ‘two-er’ beats a ‘six-er’, it wins a point for the victory plus the six points from the conker it beat, making it a ‘nine-er’.

Horse Chestnut Buckeye Fight Club Crochet Conkers Pattern

Total pages: 28 pages
Main pattern: 18 pages
Printer section: 7 pages

Finished size
13 x 10 x 10 cm (5 x 4 x 4 inches)

Skill level
Intermediate

Skills required
Rows
Chain (ch)
Rounds (rnd)
Single crochet (sc)
Half double crochet (hdc)
Bobble stitch (BOB) explained in pattern
Increase (inc)
Decrease (dec)
Fasten off

Materials
One basic conker with shell:
Green DK yarn – 40 g
Brown DK yarn – 25 g
Cream DK yarn – 5 g
Beige DK yarn – 5 g
Dark grey DK yarn – scraps
White DK yarn – scraps
Black DK yarn – scraps
Black safety eyes – 18 mm
Toy stuffing

Bandage:
Cream DK yarn – 15 g
Red DK yarn – scraps

Band-Aid/Plaster:
Blue DK yarn – 5 g
Optional Purple and red eyeshadow/pencil/pen

Black eye:
Purple DK yarn – 5 g

Equipment
Crochet hook – 3.0 mm
Crochet hook – 4.0 mm
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch marker