🪐 FREE Tutorial: How to Crochet a BB-8 Star Wars Amigurumi 🧶

Are you a Star Wars fan who loves amigurumi? This tutorial is for you! 🎉 Today, I’ll guide you step-by-step in creating your very own BB-8 crochet droid—the adorable galactic companion. Perfect for beginners and experts alike, and best of all: it’s completely free! 🌟

By the end, you’ll have a crocheted BB-8 that’ll be the envy of your friends and a stellar addition to your Star Wars collection. 🚀✨

This pattern was designed by Ahook Amigurumi, a crochet expert who shares her talent with the community. If you love this tutorial, don’t forget to follow her on social media and visit her shop for more amazing patterns:

• Facebook: Ahook Amigurumi
• Website: Ahook Amigurumi
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Let’s get started! 🧶✨

Abbreviations

• st: Stitch(es)
• slst: Slip stitch
• sc: Single crochet
• MR: Magic ring
• rep: Repeat instructions from previous ROUND
• inc: Increase (2 sc in next st)
• dec: Decrease (invisible or sc2tog)
• BLO: Back loop only
• FO: Fasten off
• inv.FO: Invisible finish (see page 4)
• sp.st: Spike stitch (see page 3)
• *(...,...)x: Repeat instructions in parentheses "x" times

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General Instructions

• Work in continuous ROUNDs (do not join or turn unless specified).
• Mark the last stitch of each ROUND with a stitch marker to ensure correct stitch count.
• Increases/decreases are staggered to avoid visible seams.
• If printing, mark completed ROUNDs (○) to track progress.

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Materials

• Sport-weight yarn (Phildar Phil Coton 3 or similar):
  • Gray
  • White/off-white
  • Orange
• 2.5 mm crochet hook (US C/2)
• Yarn needle
• Stitch markers
• Polyester stuffing
• Safety eyes: 6 mm and 9 mm (adjust size if changing yarn/hook).

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Skill Level

Intermediate: Requires knowledge of sc, slst, MR, increases, decreases, BLO, and sewing pieces together.

Approximate size: 9 cm (3.5 inches) tall.

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Special Stitch: Spike Stitch (sp.st)

A sp.st is an elongated single crochet: Insert hook into a stitch one row below your current work (Pic.1), then complete as a normal sc (Pic.2-3).

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Surface Slip Stitch

• Insert hook where you want the stitch to begin (Pic.1), yarn over.
• Pull through; you’ll have one loop on the hook (Pic.2).
• Insert hook between the next 2 stitches and slst (Pic.3).
• Continue until desired length (Pic.4-5).
• Weave in ends to prevent unraveling.

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Invisible Color Change

• Inv.FO: Cut yarn, thread through yarn needle (Pic.1).
• Skip one st, insert needle into next st from front to back (Pic.2).
• Insert needle into the back loop of the original exit st (Pic.3).
• Gently pull to match stitch tension (Pic.4).
• For new color: Make a slip knot with new yarn (Pic.5), insert hook into any st, and sc (Pic.6-7).

Head

With white yarn:

• ROUND 1: 8 sc in MR {8}.
• Invisible color change to gray.
• ROUND 2: 8 inc {16}.
• Invisible color change to white.
• ROUND 3: (sc, inc) x8 {24}.
• ROUND 4: sc, inc, (sc 2, inc) x7, sc {32}.
  • Do not FO yet. Turn work.
• Add 21 surface slst between ROUNDs 3-4, leaving a 3-st white gap (Pic.3).
• Inv.FO and switch to gray.
• ROUNDs 5-9: rep 32 sc {32}.
• Attach safety eyes:
  • 9 mm eye between ROUNDs 4-5 (below slst gap).
  • 6 mm eye between ROUNDs 6-7 (2 sts apart).
• Add 25 surface slst from bottom-right of small eye (Pic.*).
• Switch to white in BLO of any st in ROUND 9.
• ROUND 10: BLO – (sc 2, dec) x8 {24}.
• ROUND 11: (sc, dec) x8 {16}.
  • For fixed head: FO, leave long tail to sew.
  • For movable head: Continue below.

Movable Head

• ROUND 12: 8 dec {8}.
• FO, stuff, and insert a 9 mm safety eye upside down (Pic.).
• Thread yarn through front loops of remaining sts, pull tight to close.
• Set aside and continue with Body until ROUND 14.
• Attach head’s eye to body (next to orange circle edge) and secure with washer.

Circles (Make 6)

With gray yarn:

• ROUND 1: 8 sc in MR {8}.
• Inv.FO, switch to white.
• ROUND 2: 8 inc {16}.
• Inv.FO, switch to orange.
• ROUND 3: sc, inc, sp.st, (inc, sc, inc, sp.st) x3, inc {24}.
  • Skip the st behind each sp.st.
• Inv.FO, switch to white in first st of any inc (Pic.3).
• ROUND 4: (sc 2, inc) x8 {32}.
  • FO, leave long tail to sew (except for the 6th circle—do not FO).

Body

• ROUND 5: (sc 3, inc) x8 {40}.
• ROUNDs 6-14: 40 sc each.
• ROUND 15: (sc 3, dec) x8 {32}.
• ROUND 16: sc, dec, (sc 2, dec) x7, sc {24}.
• Stuff firmly.
• ROUND 17: (sc, dec) x8 {16}.
• ROUND 18: 8 dec {8}.
• FO, weave yarn through front loops to close.

Assembly

• Pin the remaining 5 circles to the body:
  • One opposite the attached circle.
  • Four evenly spaced between them.
  • Align sp.st patterns.
• Sew circles in place.
• For fixed head, stuff and attach now.

Congratulations! 🎉 Your crocheted BB-8 is ready to join the Resistance! Share your creation on social media and tag @AhookAmigurumi—she’d love to see your work.

May the crochet force be with you! 🌌✨

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