Free Crochet Pattern by Junie - Pikachu Pokemon-Inspired Chunky Pokeball

Free No-Sew Chunky Pattern

No-Sew Pikachu & Pokeball Crochet Pattern

Make a chunky Pikachu plush with bobble-stitch limbs, pointed ears, a zig-zag tail, and a matching oversized Pokeball.

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Pikachu hook
6.0 mm
Pokeball hook
8.0 mm
Style
No-sew chunky amigurumi
Special stitch
Bobble stitch

Materials

Pokeball — Very Chunky

  • Loops & Threads Sweet Snuggles — Red
  • Loops & Threads Sweet Snuggles — White
  • Loops & Threads Sweet Snuggles — Black
  • 8.0 mm crochet hook

Pikachu — Chunky

  • Loops & Threads Chenille Home Slim — Black
  • Bernat Blanket — Gold
  • Black embroidery thread for the mouth
  • 6.0 mm crochet hook

Other Supplies

  • Safety eyes
  • Stuffing — cotton or polyester
  • Stitch marker
  • Scissors
  • Hot glue gun
You can use other yarns. Follow the hook-size recommendation on the yarn label. Different yarns and hook sizes will change the finished size and texture.

Abbreviations

SC — Single crochet

INC — Increase

DEC — Decrease

SLST — Slip stitch

HDC — Half-double crochet

DC — Double crochet

BOB — Bobble stitch: 3 double crochet before the last yarn over, all in one stitch.

This project also uses magic rings.

How to Make a Bobble Stitch

  1. Yarn over, insert the hook into the next stitch, then yarn over again.
  2. Pull yarn through the stitch, yarn over, and pull through two stitches on the hook.
  3. Repeat into the same stitch two more times until four stitches remain on the hook.
  4. Yarn over and pull through all stitches on the hook.

Free Pikachu & Pokeball Crochet Pattern

Pokeball

Yarn: Sweet Snuggles — Red, White & Black
Hook: 8.0 mm

Pokeball Half — Make One Red + One White

R1
7 stitches in a magic ring
[7]
R2
INC in every stitch
[14]
R3
(SC, INC) repeat 7 times
[21]
R4
(2 SC, INC) repeat 7 times
[28]
R5
(3 SC, INC) repeat 7 times
[35]
R6–7
SC around
[35]
R8
Change to Black. In back loops only: SLST around.
[35]

End.

Pokeball Center Piece

R1
White: 8 SC in a magic ring
[8]
R2
SLST INC around
[16]
R3
Change to Black: (SLST, SLST INC) repeat 8 times
[24]
SLST INC: two slip stitches in one stitch.

Pikachu Body

Yarn: Bernat Blanket — Gold
Hook: 6.0 mm

R1
6 stitches in a magic ring
[6]
R2
INC in every stitch
[12]
R3
(SC, INC) repeat 6 times
[18]
R4
(2 SC, INC) repeat 6 times
[24]
R5
6 SC, BOB, 7 SC, BOB, 9 SC
[24]
R6–7
SC around
[24]
R8
7 SC, BOB, 6 SC, BOB, 9 SC
[24]
R9
(2 SC, DEC) repeat 6 times
[18]
R10–11
SC around
[18]
Stuff
Add stuffing.
—
R12
(SC, DEC) repeat 6 times
[12]
R13
DEC around
[6]

End.

Pikachu Tail

Yarn: Gold + Black
Hook: 6.0 mm

Row 1
Gold: Chain 2
[2]
Row 2
Chain 1 turning chain, 2 SC
[2]
Row 3
Chain 1 turning chain, 2 SC, chain 2
[4]
Row 4
Chain 1 turning chain, in back loops only: 2 SC
[2]
Row 5
Change to Black: chain 1 turning chain, 2 SC, chain 1
[2]

End. Trim the loose yarns and secure them to the back of the tail with hot glue. Attach the finished tail to the body using hot glue.

Pikachu Ears

Yarn: Gold + Black
Hook: 6.0 mm

Stitch the ear directly into the head at the placement shown in your original pattern.

Row 1
Gold: directly into the ear area, 2 SC
[2]
Row 2
Chain 1 turning chain, HDC
[2]
Row 3
Change to Black: chain 1 turning chain, HDC, chain 1
[2]
After ending and cutting the yarn, tie the two gold yarn ends together, tighten, and hide them inside the body.

How to Make the Mouth

The mouth uses five placement points.

  1. Starting at the side point, insert the needle and exit at the point next to it (the second point).
  2. Insert the needle back into the first point and exit at the middle point.
  3. Insert the needle into the second point and exit at the fourth point.
  4. Insert the needle into the middle point and exit at the fifth point.
  5. Insert the needle into the fourth point and exit at the first point.
  6. The loose strands should now be beside one another. Tie them off, hide the thread inside the body, and adjust the smile with the needle as needed.

How to Attach the Eyes

  1. Place the eyes where you want them on the head.
  2. Remove an eye and squeeze some hot glue into the spot.
  3. Put the eye back into place, press, and secure.
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