About this pattern

What role-playing or fantasy game is complete without a Magic Spell Book?

This 16-page PDF Digital Download includes instructions and plenty of photos to help you make this little book, which can open and close like a real book, with 2 double-sided pages which you can turn to see 4 different spells.

My 5-year-old son helped me to choose what spells to include! There are two pages in this book, so I used each side of the pages to design 4 spells – a fireball, lightning bolt, shield spell, and entangling vines. You may want to change the spells to your own designs, and just make the covers and pages following the pattern. Designing the spells is a lot of fun, so I encourage you to get creative!

I hope you enjoy making this Amigurumi Magic Spell Book! Please tag me in your creations @quicksavecrochet, and email me if you have any questions or issues with the pattern.

Beginner-friendly – I have tried to include as many process photos as possible so that you should be able to follow on as a confident beginner with knowledge of basic stitches (and willingness to watch some YouTube videos!). Feel free to email me if something is not working for you, and I’ll be happy to help!

Yarn-under vs yarn-over crochet – In making my Magic Spell Book, I used the “yarn-under” method of crochet, which is often used in amigurumi and gives a tighter weave, reducing the spaces between your stitches (in this case, preventing you from seeing through one side of the page to the other side). I encourage you to also use the yarn-under technique – there are plenty of great YouTube tutorials available.

Gauge/tension – Your gauge is not important for this pattern, but make sure there are no spaces between your stitches – you might need to use a smaller hook to achieve this.

Surface crochet – This technique is used for the spells. Please note that the actual surface crochet technique is not discussed in great detail, so results may vary.

Final size
Approximately 5.5cm (2in) wide, 5.5cm (2in) tall and 4cm (1.5in) thick.

Materials and tools

Yarn: I used Hobbii’s Rainbow Cotton 8/8 (100% cotton DK weight yarn with 75m/50g skeins) because of the conveniently-sized little skeins for these kinds of projects, and because of all the lovely colours available. Colours and quantities are outlined in the pattern.

Hook: 3mm/Size D crochet hook (or hook required for your stitches to be tight enough)

Tapestry needle (ideally with a curved tip)

Stitch markers

The legal bit: This design is my creation and intellectual property. You may do what you want with your finished creations, giving credit to me as the designer, but please do not recreate, distribute, or sell this pattern. I have endeavoured to test this pattern but cannot guarantee that it is entirely free of typos, errors or inaccuracies. The final product is not guaranteed, and no liability is accepted for variation between this pattern and your own finished project. Note that the product made from this pattern is not intended to be used as a toy, and the button used in this pattern may present a choking risk. No liability is accepted for any injuries or damages that may occur.