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Crochet Pattern

Piplup - Free amigurumi pattern

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Piplup is the water starter type Pokémon in the third generation of the series (Sinnoh region). He is a cute little penguin, This little guy would have been my first choice as the starter option and is the choice of many fans.

Now is your chance to create this cute starter, for that Pokemon fan in your life or for your self! This post will take you through the process in crocheting to make an amigurumi Piplup.

If you do use this pattern, please @CrochetCacheCA on social media. I would love to see the results!

Piplup Pokemon

 


Materials and Information


Yarns:

**All yarns are in Weight 4 - Medium / Worsted
  1. Aqua - Craftsmart
  2. Bright Sky Blue - Loops & Threads - Impeccable
  3. White - Red Heart Soft
  4. Sunshine - Caron - Simply Soft

US Crochet Terms

Abbreviations:
  • Rnd(s): Round(s)
  • Row(s): Row(s)
  • sc: Single Crochet
  • inv dec: Invisible decrease
  • dec: Decrease
  • inc: Increase
  • cc: Colour Change, followed by the colour
  • sl st: Slip Stitch

Additional Materials:

  • - 4.5mm crochet hook
  • - Bent Yarn needles
  • - Scissors

Tips:

  • - Keep track of beginning of rows by using a marker
  • - 4.5mm crochet hook
  • - Crochet this toy with tight stitches, helps not show the stuffing through
  • - To keep details such as increases, make sure to add extra stuffing in these areas as you stuff them.

Use Policies:

You may not redistribute, sell or claim this pattern in it entirety, or in part of, as your own design/pattern

You are welcome to sell finish products made from this pattern, as long as you provide credit for the pattern as 'Pattern by Crochet Cache' if posted on a social platform other than Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. Else provide credit as 'Pattern by @CrochetCacheCA' on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

I am not responsible for any legal repercussions that may incur, this character is not licensed by me.

Piplup is property of the Pokemon franchise, I have no ownership of this character in any way. It is property of Nintendo.

 

 


Head


The head is simple, it is crocheted in the round. I do have it written as invisible decrease for the head. If you find they make your stitch to tight, then do a regular decrease.

 

Rnd 1 Blue - 6sc in Magic Circle (6)
Rnd 2 6inc (12)
Rnd 3 (1sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4 (2sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5 (3sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6 (4sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7 (5sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 8 (6sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Rnd 9 (7sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rnd 10 (8sc, inc) x 6 (60)
Rnd 11 (9sc, inc) x 6 (66)
Rnds 12-19 66sc (66)
Rnd 20 (9sc, inv dec) x 6 (60)
Rnd 21 (8sc, inv dec) x 6 (54)
Rnd 22 (7sc, inv dec) x 6 (48)
Rnd 23 (6sc, inv dec) x 6 (42)
Rnd 24 (5sc, inv dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 25 (4sc, inv dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 26 (3sc, inv dec) x 6 (24)
- Start Stuffing
Rnd 27 (2sc, inv dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 28 (1sc, inv dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 29 6inv dec (6)
- sl st, leave tail
- Stitch the remaining 6 loops together then tighten all stitches fasten off and cut and hide remaining tail.
Head of piplup

Head of piplup

 


Face Mask - Left Side


These face mask pieces are the only time in this pattern you will chain and turn your work, which happens after your done in the round. Please ensure to follow the stitch counts below to get the desired look.

 

Rnd 1 White - 6sc in Magic Circle (6)
Rnd 2 6inc (12)
Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4 (2sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5 (3sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6 (4sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7 (5sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Triangle 6sc (6)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 5sc (5)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 4sc (4)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 3sc (3)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 2sc (2)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 1sc (1)
Extension 5sc (5) down the side of the triangle
  Chain turn, 5sc (5)
  Chain turn, 4sc, sl st (5)
- Leave tail to attach to the triangle on the right side of the face mask.
Piplup face mask left side

 


Face Mask - Right Side


Note for later: Do not cut off the end when done, your are going to connect the left and right sides and sc around entire piece.

 

Rnd 1 White - 6sc in Magic Circle (6)
Rnd 2 6inc (12)
Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4 (2sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5 (3sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6 (4sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7 (5sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Triangle 6sc (6)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 5sc (5)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 4sc (4)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 3sc (3)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 2sc (2)
  Chain turn, skip stitch, 1sc (1)
  • Do not cut the yarn yet.
  • Take the end from the left side and attach it to the side of the right mask's triangle.
  • Continue to sc around entire mask, then sl st
Piplup Face Mask Right side

 

Right and left face mask attached
Finished face mask

 

 


Face Mask - Middle


 

Row 1 Aqua - Chain 3, skip stitch closest to the hook, 2sc, chain turn (2)
Rows 2-3 2sc, chain turn (2)
Row 4 2inc (4)
Row 5 chain 2, skip stitch closest to the hook, sc into piece, chain 2, skip stitch closest to the hook, sc into piece, chain 2, skip stitch closest to the hook, sl st
- Leave long tail to attach to head.
light blue center of face mask

 


Beak


 

Rnd 1 Sunshine - 6sc in magic circle (6)
Rnd 2 (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 3 (2sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Rnd 4 (3sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rnd 5 (4sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Rnds 6-7 18sc (18)
- sl st, Leave long tail to attach to head.
piplup beak

 


Body


The body is simple once you get the oval, as it is crocheted in the round and simple increases. Tip: if you sc in the back loops of the chain it will help keep the oval closed.

 

  Aqua - chain 9, skip stitch closest to the hook, 7sc, 3sc in same stitch, continue around the other side of the starting chain, 6sc, inc. This should create an oval to continue in the round (16)
Rnd 1 inc, 6sc, 3inc, 6sc, 2inc (24)
Rnd 2 inc, 9sc, 3inc, 9sc, 2inc (30)
Rnd 3 inc, 12sc, 3inc, 12sc, 2inc (36)
Rnd 4 36sc (36)
Rnd 5 (5sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 6 42sc (42)
Rnd 7 (6sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Rnds 8-12 48sc (48)
Rnd 13 (6sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Rnds 14-15 42sc (42)
Rnd 16 (5sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnds 17-18 36sc (36)
Rnd 19 (4sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnds 20-21 30sc (30)
- sl st, leave long tail to attach to back and front pieces
Piplup's Body

 

 


Arms


**Make Two**

The arms are simple once you get the magic circle, it is crocheted in the round.

 

Rnd 1 Aqua - 3sc in magic circle (3)
Rnd 2 3sc (3)
Rnd 3 3inc (6)
Rnd 4 6sc (6)
Rnd 5 (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 6 9sc (9)
Rnd 7 (2sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Rnds 8-16 12sc (12)
Rnds 17-18 6dec (6)
- sl st, leave long tail to attach to body
Piplup's arms

 


Back Piece


The is all in the round starting with the magic circle. You are going to flat this piece.

 

Rnd 1 Blue - 6sc in Magic Circle (6)
Rnd 2 6inc (12)
Rnd 3 (1sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4 (2sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5 (3sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6 (4sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnds 7-13 36sc (36)
Rnd 14 (4sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnds 15-18 30sc (30)
- sl st, leave long tail
Piplup back piece

 


Front Pieces


**Make Two**

Rnd 1 Blue - 6sc in Magic Circle (6)
Rnd 2 6inc (12)
Rnd 3 (sc, inc) x 6 (15)
Rnds 4-6 18sc (18)
Rnd 7 9sc, chain turn (9)
Rnd 8 dec, 5sc, dec, chain turn (7)
Rnd 9 dec, 3sc, dec, chain turn (5)
Rnd 10 dec, sc, dec, chain turn (3)
Rnd 11 dec, sc (2)
- sc around entire piece then slip stitch
- fold piece in half
piplup front piece

 

 


Tail Main Piece


Rnd 1 Blue - 4sc in Magic Circle (4)
Rnd 2 (sc, inc) x 2 (6)
Rnds 3-4 6sc (6)
Rnd 5 (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnds 6-7 9sc (9)
Rnd 8 (2sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Rnd 9 12sc (12)
Rnd 10 (2sc, dec) x 3 (9)
- sl st leave long tail
- fold piece in half
Piplup's main part of its tail

 


Tail Side Piece


Rnd 1 Blue - 4sc in Magic Circle (4)
Rnds 2-3 4sc (4)
Rnd 4 2sc, chain turn (2)
Rnd 5 2sc (2)
- sl st leave tail to attach to side of the tail.
Piplup's tail side piece

 


Leg


**Make Two**

Rnd 1 Agua- 6sc in Magic Circle (6)
Rnd 2 6inc (12)
Rnd 3 12sc BLO (12)
Rnd 4 12sc (12)
Rnd 5 Chain turn, skip stitch, 4sc, sl st
- Leave long tail
Piplup's toes

 


Feet


**Make Two**

Rnd 1 Sunshine- 6sc in Magic Circle (6)
Rnd 2 (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnds 3-9 9sc (9)
Rnd 10 (sc, dec) x 3 (6)
- sl st leave long tail and sew shut. feed string through foot use this to attach to bottom of leg. reference image.
Piplup's feet

 


Buttons


**Make Two**

Rnd 1 White- 6sc in Magic Circle (6)
Rnd 2 6inc (12)
- sl st leave long tail
Piplup's stomach buttons

 


Assembly


  • - Attach the safety eyes to the facemask. I attachment on the third stitch hole from the mc at an upwards angle towards the middle of the mask. Then align it to the head and use the tail of the mask to stitch to the head. I also helped see the remaining safety eye back end into the head to help make it flush. Image 1
  • - Attach the blue face mask piece in the center between the left and right mask pieces. Image 2
  • - Attach the beak slightly over the blue part of the face mask and center of the mask.
  • - The flatten the back piece, align flat side of the body. Stitch to the top loops of the body and through both sides of the back piece. Image 5
  • - Flatten the front pieces with the longer point side towards the back piece and stitch to the top loops of the body and through both sides of the back piece. Images 6 & 7 Finished result should look like Image 8
  • - I had a really long tail for one of the front piece and used this to align the head and attach it so the attaching string would be blue and not aqua like the body. Images 9 & 10
  • - Attach the arms at the sides of Piplup, slightly upder the front pieces of the body. Image 11
  • - Attach the buttons right under the front pieces. Image 12
  • - Attach the smaller tail piece to the side of the larger tail piece. Image 13
  • - Attach tail to the middle bottom of the back piece. Images 14 & 15
  • - Attach the legs evenly apart at the bottom with the taller side towards the arms. Image 16
  • - Attach the feet to the bottom of the leg stitching around the magic circle. Images 17 & 18


YOUR DONE!

 

Attaching face mask to head
Image 1
Attaching attaching aqua piece to head
Image 2
Beak attachment / placement
Image 3

 

Beak attachment / placement
Image 4
Attaching back piece to body
Image 5
attaching front piece to body
Image 6

 

 

attaching other front piece to body
Image 7
Back and front piece fully attached
Image 8
Head attachment front view
Image 9

 

Head attachment side view
Image 10
attaching arms at the side
Image 11
attaching buttons
Image 12

 

attaching small piece of tail to the side of the tail
Image 13
attaching tail to back piece
Image 14
attaching tail to back piece
Image 15

 

attaching leg
Image 16
attaching feet
Image 17
feet all done
Image 18

 

 


Conclusion


Your very own Piplup! Hope you had fun working on this project, and I cannot wait to see what you come up with on social media!

I hope you enjoyed this project; it was super fun to design! If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Completed Front View
Completed Side View
Completed back View

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Comments
Angelica

Hello,

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Crochet Cache

Sorry about the confusion, I completely made the Tail Main section wrong. I have made the corrections please redo the Tail main part. Thank you for finding this mistake.

Julia

Hey,can you explain little simplier how to do body? I don't know how to start after chain, I'm supposed to do 6sc, inc on the bottom of the work? and how it's gonna make itself round? cause my work is something like square

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Crochet Cache

I see where the confusion is, sorry about that, after you 3sc in the same stitch you should be at the end of the chain, this should help you wrap around the starting chain and do the 6sc in the back of the chain which will make into an oval shape. I will correct the wording for this.

Bob

Hi, I just finished the head and noticed that it turned out much flatter than in the photos. My stitch counts are all accurate but I am not sure what happened. If it helps, I joined my rounds with a slipstitch then chained one before starting each new row.

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Crochet Cache

The only thing I can think of is I stuff my character heads pretty firm which also help give them their shape. I don't do slip stich and chain between each round either not sure if that would effect how flat it is.

Kate

How many yards of each color do you need for this?

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Crochet Cache

Sorry I don't know how many yards I had full yarn balls of each colour. But they don't use that much.

Kate

Face mask-right side rnd 7 says (45sc, inc) x6. I assume that's a typo and it should be (5sc, inc) x6?

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Crochet Cache

You're correct, thank you for catching that. I have made the correction to the instructions.

Aimee

I'm halfway through this pattern and thrres 3 rows missing from the arms, it says from row 8 to 16 to 12sc but then skips to rows 20 to 21 and skips 17, 18 and 19, do I just continue with the single crochet but instead of rows 8 to 16 its rows 8 to 19? Or is there another step missing?

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Crochet Cache

Good catch. I will update the pattern shortly. But rnd 20-21 should be rnd 17-18.

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