How To Make Your Own HugBot

Note: This pattern will allow you to create a crochet version of a HugBot, from the game Tower of Guns. It is intended for personal use and not for the resale of many crochet Hugbots.

Materials

Yarn of the same weight* in: dark grey, white/cream, light brown

Yarn of a lighter weight in: pink

Crochet hook appropriate to the weight of your yarn

Yarn needle

Polyfill stuffing

* You can control the size of your HugBot with the thickness of your yarn. This HugBot was made using fingering weight yarn.

Abbreviations

ch - chain

sc - single crochet

sls - slip stitch

sc2tog - single crochet 2 together

Head

Grey Yarn:

Chain 12, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across 3 sc in last chain, sc in each ch (10) across bottom, 3sc in last chain, sls to join to first row ch 2, sc in next ch space, sc across, (1 sc, 3sc, 1sc) in turning chains, sc across, (1 sc, 3sc, 1sc) in turning chains, sls to top of chain 2 to finish row Repeat Step 3. 2x more (4 rows total) Tie off Grey Yarn Cross stitch on a pink happy face

White/Cream Yarn:

Join White Yarn to tail of Black Yarn, pull through and ch 2 Repeat Step 3. 2x more (46 total) ch 2, sc in each ch around, sls to join row Repeat Step 7. 2x more Start to decrease: ch 2, (sc in next 4, sc2tog next 2 ch) 9x, sls to first ch 2, (sc in next 3, sc2tog next 2 ch) 9x, sls to first ch 2, (sc in next 2, sc2tog next 2 ch) 9x, sls to first Cut a 36 inch tail of yarn, pass it through last loop, pull to lock in place Fill head with polyfill Pick tail back up, ch 2, (sc in next 1, sc2tog next 2 ch) 9x, sls to first ch 2, (sc in next 1, chtg next 2 ch) 4x, sls to first. ch 2, sc2tog next 2 ch around, sls to first. If the hole is still visible, weave the yarn across the hole several times and pull to tighten.

Body

White/Cream Yarn:

Make a yarn ring, work 6sc into ring 2sc into each st (12 sts) *2sc into next st, 1sc into following st; rep from * five more times (18 sts) *2sc into next st, 1sc into each of folowing 2 st; rep from * five more times (24 sts) *2sc into next st, 1 sc into each of following 3 sts; rep from * five more times (30 sts) *2sc into next st, 1 sc into each of following 4 sts; rep from * five more times (36 sts) *2sc into next st, 1 sc into each of following 5 sts; rep from * five more times (42 sts) *2sc into next st, 1 sc into each of following 6 sts; rep from * five more times (48 sts) Tie off white yarn

Brown Yarn:

*2sc into next st, 1 sc into each of following 7 sts; rep from * five more times (54 sts) *2sc into next st, 1 sc into each of following 8 sts; rep from * five more times (60 sts) 1 sc into each st Repeat step 3 4 more times. *Sc2tog, 1sc into each of following 8 sts; rep from * five more times (54 sts) *Sc2tog, 1sc into each of following 7 sts; rep from * five more times (48 sts) 1 sc into each st Repeat step 7 *Sc2tog, 1sc into each of following 6 sts; rep from * five more times (42 sts) *Sc2tog, 1sc into each of following 5 sts; rep from * five more times (36 sts) *Sc2tog, 1sc into each of following 4 sts; rep from * five more times (30 sts) Stuff body with polyfill *Sc2tog, 1sc into each of following 3 sts; rep from * five more times (24 sts) *Sc2tog, 1sc into each of following 2 sts; rep from * five more times (18 sts) *Sc2tog, 1sc into following 1 sts; rep from * five more times (12 sts) *Sc2tog around; rep from * five more times (6 sts) Add more stuffing if necessary *Sc2tog around until hole is closed Tie off end and weave in.

Arms

White/Cream Yarn:

Cast on 25 st Sc in second st from hook Sc across Repeat step 3 2 more times Tie off yarn Fold over lengthwise and sew up the outer edge, forming a kind of narrow tube Weave in yarn ends

Shoulder Cap (optional)

Brown yarn:

Ch 6, sls to first ch to make a ring ch 2, 2sc in each ch, sls to first ch 2, (sc, 2sc) around, sls to first ch 2, (sc, sc, 2sc) around, sls to first Tie off yarn and weave in ends

Assembly

Using white yarn, sew the head onto the top of the body. Using white yarn, sew the arms into each side of the body, symmetrically aligned with the face If you made shoulder caps, slip those on over the arms and sew around the edge of the shoulder cap. You can add a small amount of stuffing under the cap as you go to add dimension. Position the arms in a suitably adorable pose and use white yarn to sew them in place.

Step-by-Step Photos

Materials. Yarn used here includes:

Face

Face with a face on it

Head, finished and stuffed

Back of head

Body in progress

Body, finished and stuffed

Underside of body

Arm, unsewn.

Arm, sewn.

Shoulder cap.

Head attached to body.

From the back.

With arms for hugging

From the side

All put together (shoulder caps not included)

(Credit for this pattern is owed to my friend Brittany, who figured out how to crochet the first HugBot and shared the pattern with me. This pattern is a smaller and simplified version of that original.)