PATTERN: TOP-DOWN / LEVEL: BEGINNER

Create your own fluffy forest spirits: Junimos!

For this project you’ll need:

Suggested materials:

• 4 mm crochet hook with Chunky weight yarn (5/Bulky) in the Junimos colours (green, blue, red, purple, yellow, orange, gray and others) and a firmer Fine weight yarn (2/Sport) such as the mercerized cotton ones, working with 2 or 3 strands held together in the colour black. OBS.: If the black yarn used is a firmer and thinner one with the strands held together, it should be easier for the arms and legs to stay in place without any other resources. But if you prefer to use any other type of softer yarn, you could use a blocking technique such as water with glue to make the pieces firmer.
• A small piece of pink yarn to embroider the cheeks
• 14 mm safety eyes or buttons
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Stuffing fibre

Yarn information:

For this project, I used:

• Chunky weight yarn (5/Bulky) Flutterby Chunky (Chenille) 100% supersoft polyester from James C. Brett
• Fine weight yarn (2/Sport) Patons Grace 100% mercerized cotton from Yarnspirations, holding 3 strands together

My abbreviations (based on US terms):

• MR - magic ring
• ST - stitch
• CH - chain
• SL ST - slip stitch
• SC - single crochet
• INC - increase (2sc in the same st)
• DEC - decrease (sc 2 together)
• DC - double crochet
• HDC - half double crochet
• ( )xNUMBER - number of times you have to repeat everything inside the brackets
• square brackets - total number of stitches on the row

Tips:

• If you’re unfamiliar with any crochet stitches used in this pattern, try searching YouTube for “stitch name + tutorial.” You’ll find plenty of beginner-friendly, detailed video guides.
• Rows without a mention of a chain between them are worked in continuous rounds. To keep track, use a stitch marker to mark the last stitch of each row.
• In crochet, yarn over (YO) and yarn under (YU) refer to how the yarn is wrapped around the hook when making stitches. Yarn over (bringing the yarn over the hook from back to front) is the standard technique and is used throughout all my patterns unless stated otherwise. Yarn under (bringing the yarn under the hook from front to back) creates tighter stitches and a firmer fabric. Using yarn under instead of yarn over may result in slight differences, such as a smaller final piece, more visible slip stitches, and a firmer, less soft texture.

Fanart crochet pattern designed by Lumy Levenhagen. Don’t share, sell, re-write, copy or translate any part of this pattern.