Jirachi Amigurumi Pattern

 
Jirachi is here! This cute mythical Pokemon is said to awaken for one week every one-thousand years, granting wishes written on it’s green tags.  I’ve always wanted to crochet one -and now with the Pokemon Go Jirachi event, I thought this would be the perfect time. Jirachi looks so cheerful and festive- it’s headdress reminds me of Philippines parols- which are decorative star lanterns that are put up during the Christmas season.

Whatever reason you have for crocheting Jirachi I hope she brings you feelings of cheer and happiness. When complete, this Jirachi stands approximately 5.5 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide (to end of headdress points.) Enjoy your crochet Jirachi!

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Materials

• Yarn: White, yellow (jumbo acrylic yarn was used, 6/7ply, 10 wpi weight: 4, worsted)
• Yarn: Green (acrylic yarn , 4ply, 12 wpi weight: 3, DK)
• 4.5 mm crochet hook – fiber-fill stuffing
• Felt: black, white, green  (for the eyes), pink, dark pink (for mouth) felting needle if desired
• Black thread, embroidery needle
• Scissors, tapestry yarn needle for assembly

 
 

Abbreviations
R(#): Round number

MR: magic ring

Sc: single crochet

Inc: increase (2 sc in same stitch)

Hdc: half double crochet

Dc: double crochet

Dec: decrease (decrease 2 sc into one)

I strongly recommend the using invisible decrease

Tch: turn chain (chain one and switch directions)

Ch: chain

Sl st: slip stitch

f/o: fasten off

If you’re not sure how to do any of the above stitches, check out my Learn-to-Crochet Video Series !
 
 

Jirachi Amigurumi Pokemon Crochet Pattern by StringsAway

 

Body and Head

The body and head are made continuously from the bottom up. Begin using white:

R1. 6 sc in MR (6)

R2. Inc around (12)

R3. ‘Sc 1, inc’ around (18)

R4-R7. Sc around (18) four times

R8. ‘Sc 1, dec’ around (12)

R9. Sc around (12)

R10. Dec around (6)

R11. Inc around (12)

R12. ‘ Inc 3, Sc 3 ‘ around (18)

R13. Sc 1, Inc 3, Sc 6, Inc 3, Sc 5 (24)

R14-R17. Sc around (24) four times

R18. Sc 1, Dec 3, Sc 6, Dec 3, Sc 5 (18)

R19. ‘ Dec 3, Sc 3 ‘ around (12)

R20. Dec around (6)

F/o and close loop.

 

 

Feet
Using white- make 2:

R1. 4 sc in MR (4)

R2. Inc, Sc 3 (5)

R3. Inc, Sc 4 (6)

F/o, do not close loop, leave a tail to attach to body.

 
 
Arms
Using white- make 2:

R1. 6 sc in MR (6)

R2. Sc around (6)

R3. Dec, Sc 4 (5)

R4. Dec, Sc 3 (4)

R5. Sc around (4)

F/o, close loop, leave a tail to attach to body.
 
 

Star Headpiece
Using yellow:

R1. 4 sc in MR (4)

R2. ‘Sc 1, inc’ around (6)

R3. ‘Sc 2, inc’ around (8)

R4. ‘Sc 1, inc’ around (12)

R5. ‘Sc 1, inc’ around (18)

R6. Sc around (18)

Repeat R1-R5 above twice more to make two more smaller head pieces. The largest piece is the middle piece of the headdress.

When completing the middle piece and one of the side pieces, F/o and leave a tail to sew ends together. When you are finishing the last side piece, do not f/o after R5, but proceed to join all three pieces together as follows:

 

 

R7.  *Note: I found it helpful to use stitch markers on each piece to identify which stitches to leave unworked for this round* Join with large piece: Sc 7 across the front, then, join with other small piece: Sc 16 around.

Leave the final two Sc unworked on the small side piece. Continue once again onto the back of the large piece, leaving 2 sc unworked parallel to the unworked sc of the side  piece.

Sc 7 across the back of the large piece, leaving the final 2 sc of the large piece unworked as well.

Finally, join with the back of the remaining side-piece: leave 2 sc unworked parallel to those unworked on the large piece: Sc 14, Dec 1.

The round should have (45) total stitches.

R8. Front bangs : Skip over the first Sc. Across the middle: Sl st, Hdc, [Dc, Dc] (two dc in same sc) Hdc, Sl st, skip over the next sc

Continue to side piece: ” Dec, Sc 3 ” three times.

Continue across the back: Dec x 4

Continue to side piece: ” Dec, Sc 3 ” two times, then Dec, Sc 2, Sl st into last stitch.

The round should have (34) total stitches. F/o and leave a very long thread to attach the headpiece to the head.

 
 

Back of headpiece

*Optional* If you are OCD like me, you’ll want to make a back side to this headpiece so that the back of Jirachi’s head is not showing. If you feel ok with how the headpiece looks as-is, you can skip this part. Use the following picture (or video above) as a guide:
 

 
On the back of the headpiece, count out 12 Sc that you will be joining together (with a chain of 6.) On my work, I added my chain of 6 between stitch #26 and #15. After joining with ch6, you should have a circle with (18) stitches. ‘Sc 1, dec’ around (12), then Dec around (6) and close loop with a Magic Circle
 
 

Yellow Tassels 

Make 2 using yellow:

R1. 5 sc in MR (5)

R2. Sc around (5)

R3. Dec, Sc 3 (4)

R4-R5. Sc around (4) twice.

F/o and close loop with a Magic Circle . Leave a tail to attach to the headdress.

 

Green Tags
Make 3 using green:

Row 1: Chain 5, tch
Row 2: Sc 5, chain 2.
Continue working onto the other side of the foundation chain:
Sl st x 5, and final Sl st x 2 across the top of the tag.

F/o leaving a long tail to attach the end to the headpiece.

 
 

Yellow Ribbon
Note: [ ] – Denotes all in the same foundation sc. Using yellow:

Row 1: Chain 24, Tch
Row 2: Sc 11, Dec, Sc 11 (23)
Row 3: The frills:

 In the next 5 stitches:

[Ch 3, Sc]

[Ch 2, Sc],

Sc,

[Ch 3, hdc, hdc] ,

[Ch 3, Sc ],

Then Sl st across the next 7, Dec, sl st across the next 7, then in the next 5 stitches:

[Sc, Ch 3 ]

[Hdc, Hdc , Ch 3]

Sc,

[Sc, ch 2]

[Sc, ch 3]

Sl st onto last stitch of row.

 
 

Assembly of Crochet Jirachi

Head Piece: I attached the green tags- one at each point of the headress- and the yellow tassels-to either side of the face opening- before stuffing the headdress and sewing it onto the head. Note that when I attached the green tassel to the middle point of the headpiece I sewed it completely on- I realized later I should have only attached it at one end and left it to ‘dangle’ to be more physiologically accurate (next time!)

Body: As shown, sew the arms to the side of the body under the head, and the feet to the bottom of the body – do your best to spread the feet so that Jirachi can balance sitting up. Mine is quite a bit top-heavy because of the weight of the head and headpiece. Finally, attach the yellow ribbon to the back of the body by the ‘V’ created by the decreases in the ribbon rows.

Details: I used needle felting and leftover yarn ends to create the details for Jirachi’s face, and embroidery for the line across Jirachi’s stomach which apparently is an eyelid concealing a third eye (what the heck, Pokemon?)

And, you’re done! I hope you enjoy celebrating with your amigurumi Jirachi !

 
 

Jirachi enjoys the summer sunshine- which in Canada feels like it comes for 1 week every 1000 years.
 

Thank you for trying this pattern – I hope you enjoy your Amigurumi Jirachi!

 

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This pattern by StringsAway is for personal use only. Please do not sell or redistribute the pattern as your own.