Wobuffet (free pattern)

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To improve our German language skills, my husband and I started watching the newish Pokémon Sun and Moon series on Netflix with German dubbing some time ago. Having grown up with the original Pokémon series, nothing prepared me for how old I would feel seeing all these newfangled Pokémon I had never heard of... 

I did fall in love with some of them though, such as Togedemaru. She's basically an improved Pikachu in the electric mouse category, although this has proven to be surprisingly controversial with my husband (an ardent Pikachu fan). 

I also very much enjoyed the weirdness of Wobuffet, one of the Poké-henchmen of Team Rocket. In the German dubbing, he's called Woingenau, a slight misspelling of "wohin genau", which literally translates as "whereto exactly". And it's just really funny when he overenthusiastically shouts "exactly, exactly" whenever they're planning something dastardly.

crochet Pokémon Wobuffet

As always, this amigurumi is made with a 2.00mm hook and SMC Catania yarn in the colours light blue (397) and light grey (434) with some scraps of black embroidery tread.  

Body:

Start a magic ring in light blue.
Tour 1: sc 6 in the ring (6)
Tour 2: 2sc in every stitch (12)
Tour 3: 2sc in every 2nd stitch (18)
Tour 4: 2sc in every 3rd stitch (24)
Tour 5: 2sc in every 4th stitch (30)
Tour 6: 2sc in every 5th stitch (36)
Tour 7-9: sc in every stitch (36)
Tour 10: sc2tog every 11th and 12th stitch (33)
Tour 11: sc in every stitch (33)
Tour 12: sc2tog in every 10th and 11th stitch (30)
Tour 12: sc in every stitch (30)
Tour 13: sc2tog in every 9th and 10th stitch (27)
Tour 14: sc in every stitch (27)
Tour 15: sc2tog in every 8th and 9th stitch (24)
Tour 16: sc in every stitch (24)
Tour 17: sc2tog in every 7th and 8th stitch (21)
Tour 18: sc in every stitch (21)
Tour 19: sc2tog in every 6th and 7th stitch (18)
Tour 20: sc in every stitch (18)

Fasten off and leave a long tail. Loop it through the outer loops of the last round and pull tight.

Head flap (?):

Start a magic ring in light blue.
Tour 1: sc 6 in the ring (6)
Tour 2: 2sc in every 2nd stitch (9)
Tour 3: 2sc in every 3rd stitch (12)
Tour 4: sc in every stitch (12)
Tour 5: sc2tog every 3rd and 4th stitch (9)
Tour 6: sc2tog 4th and 5th stitch (8)
Tour 7: sc2tog 3rd and 4th stitch (7)
Tour 8: sc2tog 2nd and 3rd stitch (6)

Fasten off and leave a long enough tail to sew the flap onto the head (between the 3rd and 4th row)

Legs (make 4):

Start a magic ring in light blue.
Tour 1: sc 6 in the ring (6)
Tour 2: 2sc in every 2nd stitch (9)
Tour 3: 2sc in every 3rd stitch (12)
Tour 4: sc2tog 4th and 5th, 6th and 7th and 8th and 9th stitch (9)
Tour 5: sc2tog 4th and 5th, 6th and 7th stitch (7)
Tour 6: sc in every stitch (7)
Fasten off and weave in the tail, but only on the first 3. Continue with the 4th leg.
Tour 7: sc 3; sc in the next leg to join it on; sc 2; sc in the next leg to join it on; sc 2; sc in the next leg to join it on; 2sc.

Fasten off and leave a long tail. Sew together the first and last leg and use the rest of the tail to stitch up the bottom side of the legs to close the gap.

crochet Pokémon Wobuffet

Join a new thread on the top row of stitches of the legs and sc around the legs (18).
Fasten off and use the tail to sew the legs on the bottom of the body.

Arms (x2):

Chain 5 in light blue.
Tour 1: sc around the chain (8)
Tour 2: sc in every stitch (8)
Tour 3: sc 6, sc2tog the 7th and 8th stitch (7)
Tour 4: sc in every stitch (7)
Tour 5: sc2tog 1st and 2nd stitch; sc 5 (6)
Tour 6-8: sc in every stitch (6)
Tour 9: sc2tog 1st and 2nd stitch (5)
Tour 10: sc in every stitch (5)

Fasten off and leave a long enough tail to sew the arms onto the sides of the body (between tours 13 and 14). If you want Wobuffet to do his classic salute, fill the arms with a bit of pipe cleaner.

crochet Pokémon Wobuffet

Tail:

Start a magic ring in dark grey
Tour 1: sc 4 in the ring (4)
Tour 2: 2sc in every 2nd stitch (6)
Tour 3: sc in every 2nd stitch (9)
Tour 4: sc2tog every 2nd and 3rd stitch (6)
Tour 5: sc in every stitch (6)
Tour 6: sc2tog every 2nd and 3rd stitch (4)

Fasten off and stuff the tail with a piece of pipe cleaner. Finally, sew the tail onto the back of the body.

With a strand of black embroidery thread, give Wobuffet two squinty eyes and a zigzag mouth.

You can also find this pattern on my DeviantArt, where I semi-regularly post new works. 
  

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