House Elf from Harry Potter - Free Pattern

Show your house pride by making your own little house elves from the Harry Potter films and Hogwarts Legacy game - dress them up with their own clothes and show off your house pride with a scarf from Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

February 2023 the incredible game Hogwarts Legacy came out with a lot of support and sales from all over the world. The game has given the house elves from the books a great come back giving us a peek into the lives and struggles of the house elf.

These hard little workers deserve their own crochet pattern! Crochet them as cute little amigurumi keychains or as a full sized plushie. Get creative with their clothing too!

This free crochet pattern is perfect for the advanced beginner.

US terminology is used for this pattern.

List of materials

Yarn

- Cotton yarn by Sostrene & Grene(Drops Alpaca & Nord used in cover photo)

- Linen (body) - Cream (shirt)

- Dark red (scarf)

- Yellow (embroidery details

Tools

- 2 mm. crochet hook

- Embroidery needle for attaching body parts and embroidery details

- Polyfill stuffing

- 4mm. safety eyes for doll (3mm safety eyes used in combination with Drops Alpaca/Nord yarn)

- Sharp scissors

- Pins to pin down parts

Head Linen colour

1	sc6 in mr	6
2	*inc*	12
3	*sc, inc*	18
4	*sc2, inc*	24
5	sc around	24
6	*sc3, inc*	30
7-13	sc around	30
	Place 4mm safety eyes in row 7 with 8st in between. Stuff head as you go.
14	*sc3, dec*	24
15	*sc2, dec*	18
16	*sc, dec*	12
17	*dec*	16
	Finish off and sew hole closed. Make indentations for the eyes. Check this tutorial to learn how.

Ears

Linen colour

1	sc6 in mr	6
2	sc around	6
3	Sc, inc, sc2, dec	6
4	*sc, inc*	9
5	*sc, inc*, sc	13
6	*sc2, inc*, sc	17
7	sc around	17
8	*sc, dec*, sc2	12
	​Leave a long tail for sewing and cut yarn. Make second ear. Pin down and attach onto head later.

Nose

Linen colour

1	sc5 in mr	5
2	Sc, inc, sc, dec	5
3	Sc2, inc, sc2	6
4	*sc2, inc*	8
	​Make a slst and leave a long tail for sewing and cut yarn. Pin down on face and attach onto head later.

Legs + Body

Linen colour

1	Ch4, sc2, 3sc, sc, inc	8
2	Inc, sc, 2hdc 3 times, sc2, inc	13
3	Sc around in BLO	13
4	Sc around	13
	Cut out a piece of plastic for the soles and slide inside foot. See blog post with a tutorial here.
5	Sc4, dec 3 times, sc3	10
6	Sc4, dec, dec, sc2	8
7-12	sc around x6	8
	- Cut yarn, make 2nd leg. Do the same for 2nd leg - Insert hook in 6th stitch of right leg. Sc1, ch2, insert hook 6th stitch of left leg, sc. Place marker in this sc. We’ll start counting from 1 again. :)
1	Sc7 in leg, sc2 in ch, sc8 in leg, inc in ch, sc in ch, sc in leg	21
2-8	Sc around x7	21
9	Dec, sc3, dec, sc8, dec, sc4	18
10	*dec*	9
11-12	Sc around x2	9
	Stuff neck. Cut yarn. Attach head onto body.

Arms x2

Linen colour

1	sc6 in mr	6
2	*sc2, inc*	8
3	Sc around	6
4	*sc2, dec*	6
5	Sc, dec, sc3	5
6-10	sc around x5	5
	Leave long tail, cut yarn. Make second arm.

Shirt

Cream

1	Ch20	20
2	hdc19	19
3	Hdc2, ch6, skip 3st, hdc9, ch6, skip 3st, hdc2, ch1, turn	25
4	Hdc25, ch1, turn	25
5	Hdc8, 2hdc, hdc7, 2hdc, hdc8, ch1, turn	26
6-8	Hdc26, ch1, turn	26
	Leave long tail for sewing. Put on shirt and sew back closed.

Scarf

Dark red

1	Ch56	56
2	Hdc55, ch1, turn	55
3-4	Hdc in BLO, ch1, turn	55
	Leave long tail, cut yarn. Embroider plus signs in yellow. Wrap scarf around neck.

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