Deadmau5 Crochet
I wanted to crochet myself a Deadmau5 keychain amigurumi, but there are very few patterns online. This is the only one I was really able to find at the time:
I followed this but there were a few things I needed to change. For instance, the ears seemed off or too complicated for me. I was struggling to get a good look from them. So I worked out an alternatives for the ears.
I also don't tend to like felt on amigurumi so I wanted to crochet a mouth instead. I took a few attempts to find the right proportions, but I ended up referencing a pattern from here.
Pattern
Materials
- 3.5mm Hook
- Medium weight yarn
- Yarn needle
- Polyfil stuffing
Abbreviations
SC - Single Crochet
HDC - Half Double Crochet
INC - Increase Stitch
Head
Straight from the nerdigurumi.com pattern, use the 12 row sphere from the Ideal Crochet Sphere Pattern thanks to Ms. Premise-Conclusion
Crochet the complete sphere stuffing tight
Ears (Make 4)
- SC 6 in a magic circle (6)
- 2 HDC in each (12)
- 2 INC in each (24)
- Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing
Put two ears together and sew together. I use the tail from one ear to sew to the other. Then I use the other tail to sew to the head.
Mouth
- SC 6 in a magic circle
- CH1, turn, INC, SC, INC, SC, INC (9)*
- CH1, turn, INC, 2 SC, INC, 2 SC (12)*
- CH1, turn, INC, 3 SC, INC, 3SC, INC, 2 SC (15)*
- Finish off and leave a tail for sewing
*Note that when chaining INC in the second stitch as the CH1 will end up as another stitch
Eyes (Make 2)
- 6 SC in a magic circle (6)
- (SC, INC, SC)*2 (8)
- Finish off and leave a tail for sewing