Crochet Frankenstein Free Pattern & Photo Tutorial

Halloween wouldn’t be complete without a little Frankenstein fun! This free crochet Frankenstein amigurumi pattern is one of my favorite spooky projects to make this season. With his stitched smile, little scars, and that classic green skin, he’s both creepy and cute in all the right ways. If you’re adding him to your Halloween decorations or gifting him to a loved one, this easy tutorial will walk you through every step to bring your little monster to life.

More Crochet Halloween Amigurumi

If you like this Frankenstein, you’ll love other crochet Halloween amigurumi options from my collection! From the quirky Chubby Frankenstein to the mysterious Wednesday doll, there’s a pattern for every Halloween vibe. You can also try the sweet and crazy Posable Candy Corn, the mischievous Posable Black Cat, or pair Pirate Jack Skeleton with the matching Pirate Skull for an extra haunting touch. Each of these free patterns is designed to be fun, beginner-friendly, and perfect for the Halloween season. 👻🧶

And, if you’re looking for even more crochet inspiration, I recommend starting here with the other free crochet patterns available on the blog.

Grab your yarn and hook, and let’s crochet this adorable Frankenstein together!

Frankenstein Amigurumi

List of Materials:

• 2mm crochet hook;
• I used DK acrylic yarn for this pattern, but you can feel free to crochet with sports-weight cotton as well. Colors: black, 2 shades of gray, brown, green and purple;
• Sewing needle;
• Stuffing material hypoallergenic polyester;
• Scissors.

Finish size:

This Frankenstein is crocheted using DK acrylic yarn and a 2 mm hook. 14 cm (5.5 inches) high.

Gauge

You don’t need to worry too much about the gauge for this pattern. Just choose a hook that works well with your yarn. I always like to use a slightly smaller hook than the yarn label suggests—this helps keep the stitches nice and tight, so the stuffing doesn’t poke through. If your stitches look a bit loose, try going down a hook size.

But if you’d like to check the gauge I got with my yarn, here it is:
Using dk acrylic yarn and a 2 mm hook, 5 rounds (ending with 30 stitches) measure about 1.7″ (5 cm) across.

Frankenstein Pattern Instructions

For this pattern, we will work on the toy starting from the legs and finishing at the head. Let’s begin!

Legs

With black yarn

1 rnd    6sc in magic ring

2 rnd  6inc total 12sts

3 rnd  12bpsc

4 rnd  12sc

• Change to dark gray yarn

5 rnd  12BLsl

6 rnd  12BLsc

7 rnd  12sc

• Cut the yarn, fasten off the first leg, and make the second one.
• Don’t cut the yarn off the second leg. Chain 2.
• Connect the two legs by inserting the chain inside one stitch of the first leg.
• NOTE: for round 8, you should make 1sc in each of the chains, 12sc around the leg, again 1sc in the other side of each chain, 12sc. Having a total of 28 stitches.

Body

Continue working with gray yarn

8 rnd   28sc

9 rnd  6sc, 1inc, 14sc, 1inc, 6sc total 30sts

10 rnd  30sc

• Change to brown and fasten off the gray.

11-16 row  30sc

17 rnd  (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 timas Total 24sts

18 rnd  (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

• Stop here to start adding stuffing material.
• Change to green yarn and fasten off the brown.

19 rnd  18BLsl

• For round 20, you will work on the remaining front loop from round 18. This will make the round 19 to face inside the toy, giving a sharp edge between the neck and head.

20 rnd  FL(1inc, 1inc, 1sc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

21 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 10 times Total 40sts

22 rnd  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 8 times Total 48sts

23 rnd  (7sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 54sts

24 rnd  (8sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 60sts

25-34 rnd  60sc

• Change to gray

35 rnd  60blsl

• Change back to green, cut the gray, and fasten off.

36 rnd  60blsl

37 rmd   BL(8sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times. Total 54sts

38 rnd  (7sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times. Total 48sts

39 rnd  (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times. Total 42sts

40 rnd  (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times. Total 36sts

41 rdn  (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times. Total 30sts

42 rnd  (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times. Total 24sts

43 rnd  (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times. Total 18sts

• Finish stuffing Frankenstein and continue,

44 rnd    (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times. Total 12sts

• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Hide the remaining yarn inside the toy

Arms

Start with green yarn

1 rnd    6sc in magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  12sc

• Change to purple yarn

4-10 rnd  12sc

• Cut the yarn, fasten off, and make another one.
• Fill half of the arms with stuffing material.

Jacket

With purple yarn chain 31, skip the first chain

1 row  30sc

2-7 row  30sc

8 row  5sc, 6sc connecting the arms, 8sc, 6sc connecting   the arms, 5sc

9 row  30sc

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.

Hair

With black yarn start

1 rnd  6 sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

4 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

5 rnd  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

6 rnd  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

7 rnd  (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts

8 rnd  (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 48sts

9 rnd  (7sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 54sts

10 rnd  (1sc, chain 4 skip first chain and do 1sc on each chain, skip the next st from the row, and join with sl in next st, 1sc) repeat 13 times, chain 4, 1sc in each chain, join with sl.

• Cut the yarn and fasten off.
• Leave a long tail for sewing.

Screw

Start with light gray yarn

1 rnd  4sc in magic ring

2 rnd  4FLinc, chain 1 Total 8sts

• For the next round, you are going to work on the remaining back loop of the first round.

3 rnd    4blsc

4 rnd  4sc

• Cut the yarn, fasten off, and make another one

Assembly

1. With light gray yarn, embroider uneven stitches over the dark gray line on Frankenstein’s body.
2. Place the hair on his head and secure it with pins to keep it in place while sewing. Sew all the stitches from the last row of the hair onto the head.
3. Sew the screws between rounds 26 and 28.
4. Use pins to help position the eyes, then embroider them on round 32, leaving 9 stitches between them.
5. With the same thread, embroider a straight line four rounds under the eyes to form the mouth.
6. With green yarn, make 4 chain stitches above his eyes to form the eyebrows.
7. Use pins to fasten the jacket around his shoulders, then sew it around his body.
8. (Optional) With green yarn, embroider small scars on his face by making uneven lines. Some people prefer him without this detail, while others love the extra touch — use your imagination for the final look!

Congratulations!

You finished your Crochet Frankenstein amigurumi!

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Happy crocheting!

Ana

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