Sad hamster by Yevgeniya Maskovskaya

Sad hamster

Crochet
June 2024
Sport (12 wpi) ?
2.0 mm
both US and UK
English
This pattern is available from etsy.com for $1.00.

I’d like to share with you a crochet pattern for creating adorable toy from the meme – the Sad Hamster. This pattern provides step-by-step instructions for crafting a small pocket friend or a keychain, a cute funny gift suitable for all ages.

Lets crochet from Booty to Head
Take a grey colored yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: * 1 sc + 1 inc * 6 times (18)
Rnd 4 – 5: 18 sc (18)
attach white colored yarn, don’t cut the grey, crochet jacquard (white belly)
Rnd 6 – 9: 9 sc white + 9 sc grey (18)
Rnd 10: 1 dec (before changing to white) + 7 sc white + 1 dec (before changing to grey)
+ 3 sc + 1 dec + 2 sc (15), stuff the body
Rnd 11: 1 dec grey + 7 sc white + 6 sc grey (14)
then continue the jacquard all the way to the end
Rnd 12: 1 sc + * 1 sc + 1 inc * 6 times + 1 sc (20)
Rnd 13: 20 sc (20)
Rnd 14: 8 sc + 2 dec + 8 sc (18), stuff
Rnd 15: 18 inc (18)
Rnd 16: * 1 sc + 1 dec * 6 times (12), stuff
insert safety eyes
Rnd 17: 12 sc (12)
Rnd 18: 4 dec, fasten off, pull the end, stuff more.

Paws
Take a grey colored yarn and make two paws with the instruction:
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: 6 sc (6)
1 sl st, fasten off (make second in a similar way).
Take a white colored yarn and make two paws in a similar way.

Ears
Take a grey colored yarn. Attach it to the side of the head behind the eye, make 3 chains
and 1 sl st into next stitch of the head, fasten off.
Repeat this instruction for the second ear.

Sew the paws to the hamster’s belly. Embroider the nose with pink thread. You can also embroider the tail and the booty with pink thread and the whiskers with white thread.
For a more rounded body, you can sew the back part to the tummy with a thin white thread.
Hide all thread ends inside the body using a toothpick.