small crochet frankenstein doll

Frankie the Small Crochet Frankenstein Free Pattern

Meet Frankie, our sweet little crochet Frankenstein (or as my sister corrected me Frankenstein’s monster lol). Part of our Kozu Palm Pals small doll series, this small Frankenstein crochet pattern is just 4.5 inches tall with DK yarn and takes just a couple of hours to crochet. This little guy is the perfect weekend crochet project for Halloween. He’s tiny, adorable, and oh-so-easy to make, even if you’re new to amigurumi. Grab your favorite chai or coffee, settle into your coziest corner, and let’s crochet this little monster! He is the perfect for Halloween gifting, decorating, or just keeping for yourself (because we all need a pocket-sized frankensein, right?).

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Frankie the small crochet Frankenstein is the perfect addition to our other Halloween small dolls: Zeena the mini witch, Viktor the Vampire, and Marvin the Mummy.

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Crochet Frankenstein Free Pattern

This pattern is for your personal use only and cannot be sold, copied, or reproduced in any way without permission from the designers. You may sell finished objects made from this pattern in small quantities but please give credit to chaicoffeecrochet.com as the pattern designer.

Tools & Supplies You Will Need to Crochet a Frankenstein Doll

  • Yarn: You need a very small amount of DK yarn in green, purple, black, brown, and gray
  • 2.75 mm crochet hook
  • Tapestry needle
  • Stitch marker
  • Polyfill stuffing
  • Two 6 mm safety eyes
  • Embroidery thread: A small amount of pink for lips.

Amigurumi Frankenstein Pattern: Stitches Used & Abbreviations

This pattern is written in US terms and crocheted in continuous rounds unless specified otherwise.

Sl st: slip stitch

SC: single crochet

INV DEC: invisible decrease

INC: two SC in the same stitch

BLO: back loops only

Crochet Frankenstein Pattern Notes & Tips

  • Difficulty level: Familiar beginner
  • Finished size: Approximately 4 inches, using DK yarn.
  • This pattern is written in US terms.
  • This pattern is crocheted in continuous rounds unless specified otherwise. Use a stitch marker on the first stitch of every round so that you don’t lose track of the start of your round.

How to Crochet a Frankenstein Doll

Legs

Begin with black.

Stuff legs lightly as you go.

Round 1: 6 SC into a magic circle (6)

Change to brown

Round 2: SC around in BLO (6)

Round 3-6 (4 rounds): SC around (6).

Fasten off. Make sure that you’ve pulled the magic circle tight so that stuffing doesn’t escape from it.

Repeat rounds 1-6 for the second leg but don’t fasten off.

Body

Stuff as you go. Now we will begin joining the legs (see the end of the pattern for a photo tutorial)

Round 7: Chain 2 and SC in the next unworked stitch of the first leg. Place a stitch marker in this stitch to mark the start of your round. SC in the remaining 5 stitches of the first leg until you reach the chain, SC in each of the 2 chains, SC in the 6 stitches of the next leg, and SC on the other side of each of the two chains until you reach your stitch marker. (16)

Round 8: SC in each stitch around (16)

Change to purple

Round 9: SC around (16)

Round 10:SC in around in BLO (16)

Round 11-12 (2 rounds): SC in each stitch around (16)

Round 13: (2 SC, INV DEC) four times (12)

Round 14: (2 SC, INV DEC) three times (9)

Change to green.

Round 15: (SC, INV DEC) three times (6)

Head

Round 16: INC in each stitch around (12)

Round 17: (SC, INC) six times (18)

Round 18: (2 SC, INC) six times (24)

Round 19-22 (4 rounds): SC around (24)

Change to black

Round 23: SC around (24)

If you’re using safety eyes, insert them between Rounds 20 and 21, four stitches apart.

Ensure that you have stuffed the body well, especially the neck. I use the back of a scissor to get the stuffing in but you can use anything small enough to really push the stuffing in to ensure that the neck is firm! Continue stuffing the head.

crochet frankenstein body without arms

Round 24: (2 SC, INV DEC) six times (18)

Round 25: (SC, INV DEC) six times (12)

Ensure that you have stuffed the head well.

Round 26: INV DEC six times (6)

Fasten off and leave a long tail. Insert needle in front loop of each stitch and pull tight to close. Using the tail, embroider six hair strands on the front of the head, two stitches apart. Use a scrap of green yarn to embroider the nose. Use pink embroidery thread to embroider the mouth.

Arms (make 2)

Do not stuff

Begin with green

Round 1: 4 SC into a magic circle (4)

Change to purple

Round 2-6 (5 rounds):  SC around (4)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew onto the body between Round 13 and 14. Sew the hands so that they are sticking straight out in front of the body of your doll.

Knobs (Make 2)

Using gray

Round 1: 4 SC inside a magic circle and sl st to the first stitch

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Sew on either side of the head 19 and 20, two stitches away from the eyes on either side of your doll

Your small Frankenstein doll is complete!

If you would like more quick and cute Halloween crochet patterns, don’t miss these awesome patterns:

Zeena the mini crochet witch

Victor the crochet vampire

Marvin the crochet mummy

No sew crochet ghost

Or check out our round up of awesome Halloween amigurumi patterns.