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House Elf from Harry Potter - Free Pattern

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Amigurumi crochet house elf from Harry Potter & Hogwarts Legacy

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



Amigurumi crochet house elf from Harry Potter & Hogwarts Legacy

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