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MINION (one-eyed)
by Despicable Me
An Amination pattern





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Before you start
This pattern contains the necessary instructions to crochet a one-eyed Minion from the
animated movie series Despicable Me. Gauge is not important in this project. This pattern
refers to crocheting on the back loops, unless otherwise indicated.
Youll be instructed to crochet first the body from top to bottom, while attaching the eye
and arms as you go. Youll then add the pants and legs.

Now, are you ready to crochet this mini Cyclops?
Material list
65m (71 yards) worsted weight (10ply) yarn in YELLOW
20m (22 yards) worsted weight (10ply) yarn in BLUE
10m (11 yards) worsted weight (10ply) yarn in BLACK
8m (9 yards) worsted weight (10ply) yarn in WHITE
8m (9 yards) worsted weight (10ply) yarn in GREY
A piece of LIGHT BLUE yarn
One 12mm brown safety eye
4-5 handfuls of polyester stuffing
You will also need
5.0mm crochet hook
Tapestry needle
Stitch marker
Scissors

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Skills required
This is an intermediate-to-difficult pattern. In order to crochet the Minion, youll need to
know how to:
Start your piece with a magic ring or sloppy slip knot
Single crochet (increase and decrease)
Slip stitch
Double crochet
Half double crochet
Make colour changes
Introduce a new piece of yarn into your item
Finish off your piece with tail
Attach (sew) pieces together
One video, a thousand photos!
This pattern does not include crochet instructions or photo tutorials for the basic skills
required. In case you do not feel confident, I recommend watching (as many times as you
feel like!) some of the numerous video-tutorials that are available on the internet.
Dont know where to begin? Check out this helpful tutorial links by FreshStitches and
AdrialysHC!
http://www.freshstitches.com/crochet-video-tutorial-help/
http://adrialyshc.blogspot.gr/p/video-tutorials.html
And of course, feel free to ask me about anything you may need (carfis11 on Ravelry)!
Abbreviations
Ch: chain
Sc: single crochet
Sc twice next st: increase
Sc2tog: single crochet 2 stitches
together (decrease)
Sl: slip stitch
Dc: double crochet
Hdc: half double crochet
Rnd: round
St: stitch(es)


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Eye
Crochet in WHITE
Ch 2
Rnd 1. sc 6 in 2nd chain from hook (6 st)
Rnd 2. [sc twice in next st] * 6 times (12 st)
Rnd 3. [sc twice in next st, sc next st] * 6 times (18 st)
Crochet through the FRONT LOOPS only with GREY yarn
Rnd 4. sc each st (18 st)
Resume crocheting through the BACK LOOPS
Rnd 5-7. sc each st (18 st)
Fold the grey part outwards and whipstitch with the back loops of round 3, as shown below
Fasten off with tail; youll use it to attach the eye onto the head



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Strap
Crochet in BLACK, holding two strands together
Leave a tail and ch 35
Fasten off with another tail; youll use both tails
to attach the strap to the eye
Hands
Make two
Crochet in BLACK
Ch 2
Rnd 1. sc 6 in 2nd chain from hook (6 st)
Rnd 2. [sc twice in next st] * 6 times (12 st)
Rnd 3. [sc2tog, sc next 2 st] * 3 times (9 st)
Rnd 4. [sc2tog, sc next st] * 3 times (6 st)
Crochet through the FRONT LOOPS only
Rnd 5. [sc twice in next st] * 6 times (12 st)
Stuff hand, fasten off yarn and hide tail inside
Arms
Make two
Crochet in YELLOW
Introduce yellow yarn into the BACK LOOPS of round 4 of hand
Rnd 1-9. sc each st (6 st)
Fasten off with tail; youll use it to attach the arms to the body

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Head
Crochet in YELLOW
Youll be crocheting from the top of the head to the bottom of the body
Ch 2
Rnd 1. sc 6 in 2nd chain from hook (6 st)
Rnd 2. [sc twice in next st] * 6 times (12 st)
Rnd 3. [sc twice in next st, sc next st] * 6 times (18 st)
Rnd 4. [sc twice in next st, sc next 2 st] * 6 times (24 st)
Rnd 5. [sc twice in next st, sc next 3 st] * 6 times (30 st)
Rnd 6. [sc twice in next st, sc next 4 st] * 6 times (36 st)
Rnd 7-26. sc each st (36 st)
Remove hook (dont fasten off), secure the last stitch with a stitch marker
Its time to attach the eye, strap and arms!


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Assembly: Eye to head
Place the safety eye on the centre of the eye circle.
Youll use the two tails to attach the strap ends on the eye, diametrically opposed.

Then, place the eye on the head between rounds 5 and 12. Secure the safety eye in-between
rounds 8 and 9. Use the grey tail to attach the eye all around.

Now, the arms! Flatten your piece, slightly stuff and attach them to rounds 16-17.

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At this point you can embroider the smile, 2-3 rounds below the eye.
Note: I attached mine at the end, hence the photo. Its easier to hide the knot and tail, if the
piece is not closed.

Grab your hook and resume crocheting!
Body
Crochet in YELLOW
Rnd 27. [sc2tog, sc next st] * 12 times (24 st)
Stuff body
Rnd 28. [sc2tog] * 12 times (12 st)
Rnd 29. [sc2tog] * 6 times (6 st)
Rnd 30. sc2tog next and 4th st together
Fasten off, hide yarn tail inside

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Overalls
Crochet in BLUE
Ch 2
Rnd 1. sc 6 in 2nd chain from hook (6 st)
Rnd 2. [sc twice in next st] * 6 times (12 st)
Rnd 3. [sc twice in next st] * 12 times (24 st)
Rnd 4. [sc twice in next st, sc next st] * 12 times (36 st)
Rnd 5. sc each st (36 st)
Rnd 6. [sc twice in next st, sc next 5 st] * 6 times (42 st)
Rnd 7-11. sc each st (42 st)
Fasten off with long tail; youll use it to attach the pants to the body
Overall front patch
Crochet in BLUE
Introduce blue yarn into overalls (the overall yarn
tail shall go to the back of the minion)
Row 1. Sc in next 8 st (8 st)
Crochet in BOTH LOOPS
Row 2-6. ch 1, turn, sc next 8 st (8 st)
Fasten off
Front patch pocket
Crochet in BLUE
Ch 3
Rnd 1. dc 5 in 2nd chain from hook (5 st, plus the chain of
3 st at the beginning of the rnd)
Rnd 2. ch1, hdc in next st, hdc twice in next st * 4 (9 st,
plus the chain of 1 st at the beginning of the rnd)
Fasten off

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Overall braces
Make two, crochet in BLUE
Leave a tail and ch 2
Row 1. turn, sc in next st (1 st)
Crochet in BOTH LOOPS
Row 2. ch 1, turn, sc next st (1 st)
Repeat row 2 until you have braces of approximately 17cm (6.7in) each
Fasten off with another tail; youll use both tails to attach the braces on the overalls

Assembly: Overalls to body

Place the pocket evenly on the front patch,
the curved side facing down.
Embroider, using a light blue piece of yarn.


Use one of the brace tails to attach one end
of the braces on the front patch.
Repeat for the second brace.





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Place the overalls on the Minion.
Guide the braces over the arms and to the back, forming an X.
Use stitch markers where they should be attached and sew them using the brace tails. A
little bit of each brace might be hidden inside the overalls.


Using the overall tail, attach them all around. The overall comes up to about 5 rounds under
the arms.
I attached the front patch as well and hid all tails (from patch, pocket etc) in there.


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Legs
Make two
Crochet in BLACK
Ch 2
Rnd 1. sc 6 in 2nd chain from hook (6 st)
Rnd 2. [sc twice in next st, sc next st] * 3 times (9 st)
Rnd 3-5. sl next 5 st, sc next 4 st (9 st)
Stuff and continue crocheting in BLUE
Rnd 6. sc each st (9 st)
Rnd 7. [sc2tog, sc next st] * 3 times (6 st)
Fasten off with tail; youll use it to attach legs on the body
Assembly: Legs to body
Flatten the unstuffed part of the legs and attach them to rounds 3-4 of the overalls, so that
your Minion can sit right.


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Adding hair
Use the method indicated below to add as much hair as you want.
Fold piece of black yarn (6cm-2.5in) and pass the folded part through the stitch you want to
attach it to, using a crochet hook. Remove the hook.
Hold the two tails together and pass them through the loop. Pull tight to secure the yarn.
If your yarn tails are uneven, give your Minion a haircut!



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Phew! And now you are done!

Come and share your one-eyed Minion on Ravelry!