Gummigoo free crochet pattern
FREE pattern at my Ravelry link and under the cut! Pattern includes photo references.
My boy is done! I started making myself a Gummigoo right after seeing episode 2 of The Amazing Digital Circus. While I was making it I realised that you guys might want one too. This doll and this pattern weren't nearly as tough to make as I thought they would be, and I really enjoyed making them.
PDF now edited to remove typo and add another couple of photos.
Pattern and photos under cut!
You need:
(less than) 50g/150m of the following colours of yarn: white, yellow, green, brown
3.5mm hook
Stuffing
Pins
Scissors
Special stitches used:
Picot: chain 3, then slip stitch into the back loop of the first chain.
Bobble: Yarn over. Pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through two, do 4 more times until you have 6 loops on the hook. Yarn over and pull through all six. Pull stitch a little tight.
Triple bobble (regular bobble stitch but twice as tall): Yarn over twice. Pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through two, yarn over and pull through two again, do 4 more times until you have 6 loops on the hook. Yarn over and pull through all six. Pull stitch a little tight.
Double decrease (a decrease over 3 stitches): Pull up a loop through each of 3 stitches, yarn over and pull through all three.
HEAD (white)
1. 6sc into a magic ring [6]
2. 6 inc [12]
3. sc around [12]
4. 2sc, 2 dec, 6sc [10]
5. 2sc, 2inc, 6sc [12]
6-8. sc around (3 rounds) [12]
9. (2sc, inc) x2, 6sc [14]
See special stitches for how to do a bobble stitch -- it's five double crochets to create one stitch.
10. 4sc, bobble stitch, 2sc, bobble stitch, 6sc [14]
11. 4sc, bobble stitch, 2sc, bobble stitch, 6sc [14]
12. 1sc, dec, 6sc, dec, 3sc [12]
13. (2sc, dec) x3 [9]
Stuff.
14. 1sc, dec) x3 [6]
Cut a tail long enough to sew with. Thread the yarn through the front loops of each remaining stitch and pull to cinch the hole shut. Leave the tail out until needed for sewing.
BODY (white)
1. 6sc into a magic ring
2. 6 inc [12]
3. (5sc, inc) x2 [14]
4-5. sc around (2 rounds) [14]
6. (6sc, inc) x2 [16]
7. (7sc, inc) x2 [18]
8-10. sc around (3 rounds) [18]
Stuff as you go. It's hard to stuff long pieces at last minute.
11. (7sc, dec) x2 [16]
12. sc around [16]
13. (6sc, dec) x2 [14]
14. sc around [14]
15. (5sc, dec) x2 [12]
16. sc around [16]
17. (5sc, inc) x2 [14]
18. sc around [14]
19. 1sc, 4dec, 1sc, 4inc [14]
20. 1sc, 4hdc, 9sc [14]
21. 1sc, 4hdc, 9sc [14]
22. 1sc, 2dec, 9sc [12]
23. 4hdc, 8sc [12]
24. 2dec, 8sc [10]
25. Dec, 8sc [9]
Finish stuffing.
26. (1sc, dec) x3 [6]
Cut the yarn, cinch the hole shit and hide the end.
Connect the head to the body at the very back of the bottom of the head. It should face forwards levelly with the torso erect (90°). The head and neck should connect smoothly at the back to the body.
OVERLAY (yellow and green)
Start in yellow.
1. 6sc into a magic ring [6]
2. 2sc, inc, 2sc. Leave last stitch unworked. Picot (chain 3 and slip stitch into the back loop of the first chain) and turn. [6]
3. 6sc. Picot and turn. [6]
4. 4sc, inc. Leave last stitch unworked. Picot and turn. [6]
5. 4sc, inc. Leave last stitch unworked. Picot and turn. [6]
6. 2sc, inc, 1sc, inc. Leave last stitch unworked. Picot and turn. [7]
7. 3sc, inc, 1sc, inc. Leave last stitch unworked. Picot and turn. [8]
8. 3sc, inc, 2sc, inc. Leave last stitch unworked. Chain (not picot!) and turn. [9]
9. 4sc, inc, 2sc, inc. Leave last stitch unworked. Chain and turn. [10]
10. 4sc, inc, 4sc, inc. Chain and turn. [12]
11. 10sc, dec. Chain and turn. [11]
12. 9sc, dec. Chain and turn. [10]
13. 4sc, dec, 4sc. Chain and turn. [9]
14. 9sc. Chain and turn. [9]
15. 9sc. Chain and turn. [9]
The next row will start colour changing to green. Always hide yarn on the wrong side of the work. There will also be a triple bobble (same as a bobble stitch but with triples -- see special stitches).
Bobbles aren't exactly sharp, but neither are gummy spikes tbh.
16. (Right side is facing you, hide yarn at back:) Inc, 3sc, triple bobble stitch, 2sc, change to green, sc, inc. Chain and turn. [11]
Careful not to skip stitches. Bobbles like to squish the stitches at the side of them and this makes them easy to skip while you're crocheting.
17. (Wrong side is facing you, hide yarn at front:) Inc, 5sc, change to yellow, 4sc, inc. Chain and turn. [13]
18. 3sc, change to green, 10sc. Chain and turn. [13]
13sc in green. Chain and turn. [13]
There will be no more yellow stitches. Leave enough yellow tail to stitch the yellow part on and cut the yarn.
19. 6sc, triple bobble, 6sc. Chain and turn. [13]
Again, careful not to skip stitches around bobbles. Count the stitches at the end of the row following a bobble.
20-22. 13sc (3 rows) [13]
23. 6sc, triple bobble, 6sc. Chain and turn. [13]
24-26. 13sc (3 rows) [13]
27. 6sc, triple bobble, 6sc. Chain and turn. [13]
28-30. 13sc (3 rows) [13]
31. Dec, 4sc, triple bobble, 4sc, dec. Chain and turn. [11]
32-34. 11sc (3 rows) [11]
35. Dec, 3sc, triple bobble, 3sc, dec. Chain and turn. [9]
36. Dec, 5sc, dec. Chain and turn. [7]
37. Dec, 3sc, dec. Chain and turn. [5]
38. Dec, 1sc, dec. Chain and turn. [3]
39. Double decrease (decrease over 3 stitches). Chain 1.
Pull enough yarn through the chain to stitch the green parts down and cut the yarn.
Pin the overlay in place. It should go from just over the tip of the snout to the very tip of the tail, and should fit snuggly and symmetrically. Remember to shape the angles -- the snout should face forwards, the tail should face backwards, the torso should be upright.
Pin the teeth individually if you have enough pins. This ensures the spaces between are visible when connected. The teeth may be uneven/asymmetrical on opposite sides of the mouth due to the way the picots stagger, but just make sure they're pinned and sewn okay and they'll look even.
Note the shape -- it'll need to be bent like this when you fit the overlay on or it'll scrunch when bent later.
Sew! You don't have to go into every row, sewing every other stitch of the body should connect it okay with no glaring gaps. Make sure to sew with the correct colour of yarn tail.
Embroider on a couple of white eyes underneath the eyebrow ridges, with small eyebrows in white.
The eyes are embroidered on with an eyebrow each.
ARMS (one yellow, one green)
Start with a magic ring and leave enough of a tail to attach the end. Leave this end hanging outside the arm.
1. 7sc into a magic ring [7]
2-6. sc around (5 rounds) [7]
7. 2sc, dec, 3sc [6]
8-14. sc around (7 rounds) [6]
Stuff.
15. sc, (picot, sc in the next stitch) x4, slip stitch into the last stitch. Cut the yarn and cinch the palm shut, not too tightly. Hide the end inside.
The green arm is sewn on the higher-green shoulder and the yellow arm on the yellower side. Make sure the biggest finger gap is facing inwards to the body, this is like the wrist.
Leave a gap for the neck and match the arms to the shoulders. You'll find that the arms and fingers are a little bit posable.
LEGS (x2 in green)
Start with a magic ring and leave enough of a tail to attach the end. Leave this end hanging outside the leg.
1. 7sc into a magic ring [7]
2-9. sc around (8 rounds) [7]
10. 2sc, dec, 3sc [6]
11-13. sc around (3 rounds) [6]
14. 4inc, 2sc [10]
15. dec, 4sc, 2dec [7]
Stuff.
Cut yarn and cinch hole shut.
The legs should be connected at the hips with the legs pointing straight down and should connect closely at the top of the leg to make the hips look smoothly attached.
The hips are not at the lowest point of the body, they're where the lower curve begins to happen when the torso is straight upright and the tail points backwards.
HAT (brown)
1. 8sc into a magic ring [8]
2. (2sc, 2inc) x2 [12]
3. 3sc, 2inc, 4sc, 2inc, 1sc [16]
4. In the back loops only, 4sc, dec, 6sc, dec, 2sc [14]
5-6. In both loops, 14sc (2 rounds) [14]
7. In the front loops only, (1sc, inc) x7 [21]
8. In both loops, 5sc, hdc, 2dc in 1, 2dc in 1, hdc, 7sc, hdc, 2hdc in 1, hdc, 2sc [24]
Slip stitch and finish off.
The wider part of the brim with the dcs is the front of the hat. Attach the hat by either tying a string under the chin, or by sewing a couple of inner rim stitches to the head to keep it in place.
Sewn in place by two stitches at opposite sides of the inner edge. Yeehaw.
Hat connected by its straps: non-canonical but cute.
And that's it! Gummigoo is done.
I love my lil guy. Hope nothing bad happens to him when I show my friend Caine
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