Crochet a Wednesday Addams Amigurumi

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Addams Amigurumi

Creating an Addams Amigurumi adorable Wednesday is a delightful project for crochet enthusiasts of intermediate skill level. With her characteristic black dress, braided hair, and somber expression, this iconic character translates beautifully into the amigurumi style. This comprehensive guide will walk you through each step of the process, from gathering materials to adding those final touches that bring Wednesday to life.

Addams Amigurumi Materials and Tools Required

To create your Wednesday Addams amigurumi, you’ll need:

  • 2.5mm crochet hook (Tulip brand recommended)
  • Amigurumi yarn in porcelain (skin tone), white, and black
  • Thinner black yarn for details like eyebrows, eyelashes, and shoe laces
  • 12mm safety eyes
  • Sewing needle
  • Stitch markers
  • Synthetic fiber filling
  • Super glue (for securing parts)
  • Pins
  • Small amount of blush for cheeks

Addams Amigurumi Understanding Crochet Terminology

Before starting, familiarize yourself with these key abbreviations:

  • Ch: Chain stitch
  • St: Stitch
  • Sl st: Slip stitch
  • Sc: Single crochet
  • Dc: Double crochet
  • Hdc: Half double crochet
  • Inc: Increase
  • Dec: Decrease
  • Tr dc: Triple double crochet
  • BLO: Back loop only
  • FLO: Front loop only
  • Invisible sc: Single crochet without yarn over

Addams Amigurumi The Head Options

This pattern offers flexibility with two head shape options: square or round. Both work perfectly with the body and hair patterns, allowing you to choose your preferred aesthetic. The finished doll will stand approximately 14cm (5.5 inches) tall regardless of which head option you select.

Addams Amigurumi Creating the Head

For the square head option:

  1. Begin with 8 sc in a magic ring
  2. Increase to 16 stitches in round 2
  3. Follow the pattern through round 8, gradually increasing to 64 stitches
  4. Maintain 64 stitches for rounds 9-22
  5. Begin decreasing at round 23
  6. Continue decreasing through round 29
  7. Finish with 12 sc for rounds 30-34, leaving a long tail

For the eyes, insert them between rounds 17 and 18, with 11 stitches between them. Add filling starting from round 25 and close the head when finished.

Addams Amigurumi Facial Features

Creating Wednesday’s characteristic expressionless face requires attention to detail:

  1. Make the nose by embroidering horizontally between the eyes with 3 stitches distance
  2. Create eyebrows 1 round above the eyes, using 3 stitches width for each
  3. Add white highlight stitches around the eyes to make them stand out
  4. For a finishing touch, add a small amount of blush below the eyes

Addams Amigurumi The Ears

Make two small ears using porcelain colored yarn:

  1. Create 6 sc in a magic ring
  2. Attach ears between rounds 17-18 (same level as eyes)
  3. Position them with 4 stitches distance from the eyes

Addams Amigurumi The Body and Limbs

For the body, you’ll create two legs separately and then join them:

  1. Start each leg with black yarn for the shoes
  2. Change to porcelain color for the legs
  3. Join the legs and continue working in rounds to form the body
  4. Create the arms with porcelain yarn, 7 sc in magic ring, and work 7 rounds
  5. Attach arms to the body in round 23
  6. Change to porcelain color for the neck
  7. Close the neck with slip stitches and leave a long tail for attaching the head

Addams Amigurumi The Dress Details

Wednesday’s iconic black dress consists of:

  1. A skirt worked in back loops around the body
  2. Decorative ruffles around the bottom edge
  3. A collar around the neck
  4. A simple belt with a decorative buckle

For the skirt:

  1. Insert hook into the loops from round 19 of the body
  2. Work increases to create the proper flare
  3. Add decorative ruffles at the bottom by working chains and slip stitches

For the collar:

  1. Work around the neck area in rounds 24-25
  2. Use the same ruffle technique as the skirt bottom
  3. Add zigzag embroidery detail with thin black yarn

Addams Amigurumi The Hair

Wednesday’s distinctive hairstyle requires careful attention:

  1. Create a base of 32 stitches
  2. Work strands of varying lengths around the base
  3. Make longer strands (positions 1-3 and 30-32) for the braids
  4. Create shorter strands for the bangs (positions 13-19)
  5. Position hair on head with stitch markers
  6. Braid the longer strands and secure with pins
  7. Attach each strand securely to the head

Addams Amigurumi Creating the Square Head

Use porcelana (skin tone) color yarn:

Round 1: 8 single crochet in magic ring Round 2: 8 increases (16 stitches total) Round 3: (2 increases, 2 single crochet) repeat 4 times (24 stitches total) Round 4: 1 single crochet, 2 increases, (4 single crochet, 2 increases) repeat 3 times, 3 single crochet (32 stitches total) Round 5: 2 single crochet, 2 increases, (6 single crochet, 2 increases) repeat 3 times, 4 single crochet (40 stitches total) Round 6: 3 single crochet, 2 increases, (8 single crochet, 2 increases) repeat 3 times, 5 single crochet (48 stitches total) Round 7: 4 single crochet, 2 increases, (10 single crochet, 2 increases) repeat 3 times, 6 single crochet (56 stitches total) Round 8: 5 single crochet, 2 increases, (12 single crochet, 2 increases) repeat 3 times, 7 single crochet (64 stitches total) Rounds 9-22: 64 single crochet (14 rounds straight) Round 23: 5 single crochet, 2 decreases, (12 single crochet, 2 decreases) repeat 3 times, 7 single crochet (56 stitches total) Round 24: 4 single crochet, 2 decreases, (10 single crochet, 2 decreases) repeat 3 times, 6 single crochet (48 stitches total) Round 25: 3 single crochet, 2 decreases, (8 single crochet, 2 decreases) repeat 3 times, 5 single crochet (40 stitches total) Round 26: 2 single crochet, 2 decreases, (6 single crochet, 2 decreases) repeat 3 times, 4 single crochet (32 stitches total) Round 27: 1 single crochet, 2 decreases, (4 single crochet, 2 decreases) repeat 3 times, 3 single crochet (24 stitches total) Round 28: (2 single crochet, 2 decreases) repeat 4 times (16 stitches total) Round 29: (2 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 4 times (12 stitches total) Rounds 30-34: 12 single crochet (5 rounds straight) – Leave a long tail

Alternative Round Head Option

Round 1: 8 single crochet in magic ring Round 2: 8 increases (16 stitches total) Round 3: (1 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 8 times (24 stitches total) Round 4: 1 single crochet, 1 increase, (2 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 7 times, 1 single crochet (32 stitches total) Round 5: (3 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 8 times (40 stitches total) Round 6: 2 single crochet, 1 increase, (4 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 7 times, 2 single crochet (48 stitches total) Round 7: (7 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 6 times (54 stitches total) Round 8: 4 single crochet, 1 increase, (8 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 5 times, 4 single crochet (60 stitches total) Rounds 9-22: 60 single crochet (14 rounds straight) Round 23: 4 single crochet, 1 decrease, (8 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 5 times, 4 single crochet (54 stitches total) Round 24: (7 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 6 times (48 stitches total) Round 25: 2 single crochet, 1 decrease, (4 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 7 times, 2 single crochet (40 stitches total) Round 26: (3 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 8 times (32 stitches total) Round 27: 1 single crochet, 1 decrease, (2 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 7 times, 1 single crochet (24 stitches total) Round 28: (1 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 8 times (16 stitches total) Round 29: (2 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 4 times (12 stitches total) Rounds 30-34: 12 single crochet (5 rounds straight) – Leave a long tail

Ears (Make 2)

Round 1: 6 single crochet in magic ring

Body and Legs

Start with black yarn for shoes: Round 1: 6 single crochet in magic ring Round 2: 6 increases (12 stitches total) Round 3: (3 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 3 times (15 stitches total) Round 4: 15 single crochet without yarn over Round 5: 15 single crochet Round 6: 4 single crochet, 2 triple decreases, 5 single crochet (11 stitches total) Round 7: Change to porcelana color, back loops only 11 single crochet Rounds 8-9: 11 single crochet (2 rounds straight) Round 10: 10 single crochet, 1 increase (12 stitches total) Round 11: (3 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 3 times (15 stitches total) Round 12: 15 single crochet – For second leg, make 3 more single crochet then cut yarn

Complete the shoelaces with thin black yarn.

Join legs and continue with black yarn: Round 13: 15 single crochet (connecting to first leg), 1 slip stitch in same stitch at start, 15 single crochet (30 stitches total) Rounds 14-16: 30 single crochet (3 rounds straight) Round 17: (3 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 6 times (24 stitches total) Round 18: 24 single crochet Round 19: back loops only 24 single crochet Rounds 20-22: 24 single crochet (3 rounds straight) Round 23: 6 single crochet, 7 single crochet (joining arm), 12 single crochet, 7 single crochet (joining arm), 6 single crochet (38 stitches total) Round 24: back loops only (2 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 4 times, 3 decreases, (2 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 4 times (27 stitches total) Round 25: Change to porcelana color, back loops only 27 slip stitches Round 26: back loops only (1 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 9 times (18 stitches total) Round 27: (4 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 3 times (15 stitches total) Round 28: back loops only (3 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 3 times (12 stitches total) Round 29: (2 single crochet, 1 decrease) repeat 3 times (9 stitches total) Rounds 30-34: 9 single crochet (5 rounds straight) – Close the neck and leave a long tail

Arms (Make 2)

Use porcelana color: Round 1: 7 single crochet in magic ring Rounds 2-8: 7 single crochet (7 rounds straight)

Skirt

Insert hook into back loops of round 19 of the body: Round 1: (3 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 6 times (30 stitches total) Round 2: (4 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 6 times (36 stitches total) Round 3: (front loops only 4 single crochet, back loops only 2 single crochet) repeat 6 times (36 stitches total) Round 4: (front loops only 1 increase, 2 single crochet, 1 increase, back loops only 2 single crochet) repeat 6 times (48 stitches total) Round 5: (front loops only 6 single crochet, back loops only 2 single crochet) repeat 6 times (48 stitches total) Rounds 6-8: back loops only 48 single crochet (3 rounds straight)

To create ruffles on the skirt, work in the bottom loops of rounds 6-8 with this sequence: 1 slip stitch, chain 3, slip stitch in same loop, 2 slip stitches in next loops.

Hair Base

Round 1: 8 single crochet in magic ring Round 2: 8 increases (16 stitches total) Round 3: (2 increases, 2 single crochet) repeat 4 times (24 stitches total) Round 4: 1 single crochet, 2 increases, (4 single crochet, 2 increases) repeat 3 times, 3 single crochet (32 stitches total)

Then create hair strands around these 32 stitches using these patterns:

  • Strands 1-3 and 30-32: Chain 53, 52 half double crochet from second chain, single crochet in next stitch (for braids)
  • Strands 4-8 and 24-29: Chain 17, 16 half double crochet from second chain, single crochet in next stitch
  • Strand 9: Chain 21, from second chain (1 single crochet, 1 increase) repeat 7 times, 6 half double crochet, single crochet in next stitch
  • Strand 23: Same as strand 9
  • Bangs (strands 13-19): Varying patterns of shorter chains (10-21 chains) with single crochet and half double crochet

Belt

Chain 25, then from second chain work (1 slip stitch, 1 chain) repeat 24 times. Leave medium length yarn to sew around waist.

This detailed breakdown of rounds should help you follow the pattern precisely for creating your Wednesday Addams amigurumi. Remember to place the eyes between rounds 17-18 with 11 stitches between them, and add filling starting from round 25. For a more authentic look, add small touches of blush on the cheeks just below the eyes.

Final Assembly

  1. Join the head to the body using the long tails left on both pieces
  2. Make sure the head is articulated by pulling the threads through the center
  3. Secure with knots and hide the ends
  4. Add final touches of blush to the cheeks if desired

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Tips for Success

  • Don’t overfill the feet to keep them flat, allowing the doll to stand on its own
  • Make sure braids are symmetrical and secure
  • Use pins to position pieces perfectly before attaching permanently
  • For a neater appearance, use invisible decreases
  • Work in continuous rounds unless specified otherwise