My 6 month old daughter is interested in everything I do, including crochet. She loves mangling skeins of yarn while I sit next to her and stitch. Crochet hooks aren’t usually baby-friendly, so I thought I would make her a toy crochet hook to mouth on and swing around while she played. This is baby’s first crochet hook!
The free version of this pattern is below (keep reading!) but if you would like to support my small business you can purchase an inexpensive printable PDF of the pattern from my Etsy, Ravelry, website, and LoveCrafts shops. My little business thrives on support from people like you, thank you!
This Jumbo Crochet Hook is a fun addition to your craft room! I made it originally for my daughter so that she could have a baby-safe crochet hook to play with while I got crafty sitting next to her. It is the perfect size for small hands to grasp and for small mouths to teeth on. Made in the amigurumi style of crochet, it is really quick and easy for a confident beginner to make. It takes less than 50 yards of yarn, so it is the ultimate stash-buster project. You can even include a stiffening agent like a dowel or some wire inside so that this can be used to hook a few stitches (instead of as a toy)!
MATERIALS
- Approximately 50 yards of worsted weight yarn
- I also made a sample with DK weight cotton yarn with slightly smaller dimensions, though that sample also took approximately 50 yards of yarn.
- G/4.25 mm crochet hook
- The DK weight version was made with a 3.25 mm hook
- Polyfil stuffing or stuffing of your choice
- Tapestry needle
- Scissors
- Stitch marker
- Optional (if not intended for child or pet use): wooden dowel or metal wire cut to approximately 80% of the intended length
SKILL LEVEL
- Advanced beginner; this pattern contains increases, decreases, and joining pieces
GAUGE
- Gauge is not important; just as in other amigurumi patterns, the stitches should be tight for the pattern so that the object keeps its shape
SIZE
- My worsted weight crochet hook measured approximately 10.5 cm around the shaft and 11 inches long
- My DK weight version measured 9 cm around the shaft and 9.5 inches long
- Size will vary based on your tension
NOTES
- This pattern is written with the lip of the crochet hook completed first, and then set aside (do not fasten off). Then the crochet hook is completed from the shaft up, with the lip added onto the shaft at the appropriate point in the pattern.
ABBREVIATIONS
- SC- single crochet
- Inc- increase
- Inv dec- invisible decrease
- Instead of SC2tog (single crochet 2 together), insert your hook into FLO of the next two stitches. YO, pull up a loop through both front loops, YO, pull up a loop through the two loops on your hook.
- YO- yarn over
- FLO- front loop only
- BLO- back loop only
- St(s)- stitch(es)
- SM- stitch marker
- FO- fasten off
SPECIAL STITCHES
- Magic ring (see pictures below)
LIP
Round 1: MR 6 (6)
Round 2: (Inc, SC) x3 (9)
Round 3: SC in each st around (9)
Round 4: (SC, Inc, SC) x3 (12)
Do not FO. Place SM in the loop on hook and cut yarn with approximately 10 inches left. You will rejoin this piece to the rest of the hook later on.
BODY
Round 1: MR 6 (6)
Round 2: (Inc) x6 (12)
Round 3: (Inc, SC) x 6 (18)
Round 4: SC BLO in each st around (18)
Rounds 5-50 (46 rounds): SC in each st around (18)
Stuff the BODY up until this point. If you plan on using a stick or wire to stiffen the hook, insert it now and stuff around it.
Round 51: Inv dec, SC 5, Inv dec, SC 9 (16)
Round 52: Inv dec, SC 3, Inv dec, SC 9 (14)
Round 53: Inv dec, SC, Inv dec, SC 9 (12)
Rounds 54-57 (4 rounds): SC in each st around
Round 58: SC 9, Inc, SC, Inc (14)
Round 59: SC in each st around (14)
Stuff the BODY up until this point.
ATTACHING THE LIP AND BODY
Place a SM in the loop on your hook on the BODY. Return your hook to the st marked on the LIP. Attach the LIP to the BODY by SC in the fourth and fifth sts on the next round of the BODY. FO.
HEAD
Return your hook to the st marked on the BODY.
Round 60: SC 3 (along the BODY), SC where the LIP and BODY are joined, SC 10 (along the LIP), SC where the LIP and BODY are joined, SC 9 (24)
Be careful at this point that you do not accidentally SC into any of the sts used in attaching the LIP and BODY together- count carefully!
Rounds 61-62 (2 rounds): SC in each st around (24)
Round 63: (SC, Inv dec, SC) x 6 (18)
Round 64: Sc in each st around (18)
Round 65: (Inv dec, SC) x 6 (12)
Round 66: SC in each st around (12)
Stuff the hook.
Round 67: Dec x 6 (6)
FO, stuff the hook the rest of the way, sew the end of the hook closed. Weave in ends.
Please share with me your versions of the Jumbo Crochet Hook by tagging me on Instagram @crowchetcreations and using the hashtags #crowchetcreations and #jumbocrochethook, I would love to see! Again, if you would like to support my small business you can purchase an inexpensive printable PDF of the pattern from my Etsy, Ravelry, website, and LoveCrafts shops. My little business thrives on support from people like you, thank you!
Feel free to sell items made from this pattern, but please give credit for the creation of this pattern. Do not claim it as your own or sell it; that is a violation of copyright law. In addition, do not use these photos to promote your own products.
Many thanks to my testers @lizs_indiana_attic and @warmtheheartofwinter (respectively) for their help finalizing this pattern!
XO, Emily
