Waffles the Hanging Opossum
Crochet Pattern By :
Lots.Of.Frogging
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Materials Required
Yarn: (you can use any yarn of choice) acrylic worsted weight 4 in 4 colors
-Pink, White, Grey, and Black
Crochet Hook: 2.75 mm (or a hook that fits your yarn)
Stitch Marker
Polyester Fiberfill or stuffing of your choice
Safety eyes: 8mm
Scissors
Yarn Needle to sew head to body or Hot glue gun( I used Hot Glue for mine)
Optional: black eyeshadow and brush for added detail on the eyes
: wire brush to make the “fur” effect
ABBREVIATIONS:
MC: Magic Circle
CH: Chain
SC: Single Crochet
Inc: increase(2sc in same stitch)
Dec: decrease (sc 2 stitches together)
slst: Slip Stitch
ST: Stitch(es)
(…)*n – Repeat stitches in brackets n times
Size
Final measurement for finished plush opossum is around 4/5 inches tall.
Notes:
Body and head are worked separately. You can sew the head to the body or glue it to make it easier.
We will do this before proceeding with the feet so that it is easier to locate where to place the feet.
If adding the no-sew feet gets too complicated you can always make the feet separately and sew or
glue them onto the body.
To make it into a hanging opossum, you can use elastic cord or using yarn of your choice, chain as many
as you want and wrap it/pass it through the loop on the tail.
You can leave the finished product as is or create the “fur effect” by brushing your project with a
wire brush. For added details on the eyes, use black eyeshadow and a brush and do a “winged
eyeliner”.
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PATTERN
Head
Starting with Pink Yarn,
R1: MC, 6sc (6)
R2: 6sc (6)..switch to white
R3: inc around (12)
R4-5: SC around (12)
R6: 3sc, (inc)*6, 3sc (18)
R7: 3sc, (inc, 1sc)*6, 3sc (24)
Place Eyes between Rounds 6/7 about 3 stitches apart and lightly stuff the nose
R8-9: sc around (24)..Switch to grey
R10-11: sc around (24)
R12: (2sc, dec)*6 (18)
R13: (1sc, dec)*6 (12), continue stuffing
R14: sc around (12)
R15: Dec around (6) Finish stuffing, close off and weave in tail
Ears X2
In Black yarn
R1: Mc, 8sc (8)
R2: 2sc, finish off leaving a tail to sew to the head on R10, about 5 sts apart
(you can also glue the ears to the head if you do not want to sew them on)
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Body and Tail
Starting with Grey Yarn
R1: MC, 6sc (6)
R2: inc around (12)
R3: (1sc, inc)*6 (18)
R4-5: sc around (18)
R6: (2sc, inc)*6 (24)
R7-11: sc around (24)
R12: (2sc, dec)*6 (18)
R13-17: sc around (18)
Lightly stuff the body as you go but do not overstuff
R18: (1sc, dec)*6 (12)
R19: dec around (6) change to pink color
Continuing with Tail..
R1-5: sc around (6)
R6: 2sc, dec, 2sc (5)
R7-9: sc around (5)
R10: dec, 3sc (4)
R11-13: sc around (4)..Finish Off leaving enough yarn to sew a (loop) at the end of the tail.
You can now sew/glue the head to the body. Place the head R7-13 slightly slanted onto the body between R1-6 of
the body and sew/glue on…… R13 of the head should slightly align with round 1of the body.
Feet x4
Starting with Grey yarn
Insert Hook on body where you want your feet to be placed. Pull up a loop, ch1, sc into same st, sc in next st, ch1,
turn, dec, (switch to pink) and create toes.
To create the toes, (ch2, slst on second ch from hook, slst back into the grey where you did the decrease)*4 ,
finish off and weave in tail.
If you prefer to crochet the feet separately and sew them onto the body you can:
Starting with grey and leaving a tail to sew:
ch3, sc2, ch1, turn, dec, switch to pink, (ch2,turn, slst on second ch from hook, slst back into grey where you did the
dec).*4
