This is the final post on making a crocheted Minion to hide your secret Easter Egg chocolate stash in!
Today we’re making his arms and finishing off.
If you’d like to catch up, Day 1 tells you everything you need to know about materials and abbreviations. The posts are here:
Day 1 – Lower body
Day 2 – Head, eyes and goggles
Day 3 – Feet and legs
Here we go!
PLEASE NOTE: I’m based in the UK and use UK terminology for my crochet.
Arms – make 2
Using 4mm hook and 1 strand of Yellow work 2ch
Row 1 – 3dc into 1st ch, turn
Row 2 – 1ch, 2dc into 1st st, 1dc, 2dc into last st, turn (5dc)
Row 3 – 1ch, 2dc into 1st st, 3dc, 2dc into last st, turn (7dc)
Row 4 – 1ch, 2dc into 1st st, 5dc, 2dc into last st. Don’t turn, slip stitch into the top of the 1st dc and continue in rounds from now on (9dc)
Round 5 to 19 – work 9dc per round
Fasten off and work in any loose ends.
Hands – make 2
Using 4mm hook and black join to any stitch on round last round of Arm.
Round 1 and 2 – 1ch, 1dc into each st, ss into 1st st (9sts)
Fingers
Row 1 – 1ch, 3dc, turn (3sts)
Row 2 – 1ch, 2dc into 1st st, 1dc, 2dc into last st, turn (5sts)
Row 3 – 1ch, 5dc, turn (5sts)
Row 4 – 1ch, dc2tog, 1dc, dc2tog (3sts)
Row 5 – 1ch, dc3tog
Fasten off
Make 2 more fingers using the remaining 6 stitches from round 2.
Fold each finger in half, lengthwise and stitch.
Fasten off and work in any loose ends.
Stitch the arms to the body – no need to stuff!
Stitch a button to the end of each strap and secure to the top of the Front Bib.
Stitch a mouth. You get to choose an expression!
Hair
Using 4mm hook and 1 strand Black
Work 6ch, ss into 2nd ch from hook, ss into each ch to end. Repeat 4 more times.
Fasten off and stitch to top of head.
I hope you’ve enjoyed making your Minion but what will you keep in yours?
Make sure you share some pictures with us over on Facebook and Pinterest!
Thank you 🙂