Some friends bought a Harry Potter advent calendar for work. Each day in December they would open a door and find a new Harry Potter figurine. They wanted to continue enjoying it in the new year so I suggested that I make new figures to go behind the doors. So I kinda signed myself up to design 24 Harry Potter figurines :/ We’ll see how we go.

This patterns uses a 2mm hook and 4 ply wool. It is written in American crochet notation. Nick is 6.5 cm tall.

Head

With pink 4 ply wool

Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (8 stitches)

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (12 stitches)

Round 4: sc in each stitch (12 stitches)

Round 5: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (8 stitches)

Stuff

Round 6: decrease around until the hole closes.

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

 

Body

With any colour (I chose blue) 4 ply wool

Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (12 stitches)

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)

Rounds 4 – 7: sc in each stitch (18 stitches) (4 rounds)

Switch to a colour for the pants. I chose purple.

Round 8: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (12 stitches)

 

Legs (make two)

 

Round 9: sc 3, then jump to the stitch 3 stitches back from the start of the round (which will be on the opposite side of the body, sc 3 to form the top of the first leg (6 stitches)

Rounds 10 – 11: sc in each stitch (6 stitches) (2 rounds)

Stuff the leg and the body

 

Foot

With black 4 ply wool

Round 11: decrease around (3 stitches)

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Sew the hole between the legs closed

 

Arms (make two)

With pink 4 ply wool

Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4 stitches)

Round 2: sc in each stitch (4 stitches)

With blue 4 ply wool

Rounds 3 – 5: sc in each stitch (4 stitches) (3 rounds)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

 

Ruff

With white 4 ply wool

Attach the wool at about round 2, at the neck.

Round 1: increase around

Round 2: sc around

Fasten off, weave in ends.

 

Cloak

With any colour of 4 ply wool (I chose grey)

Chain 5

Row 1: turn, sc along the chain (the first chain is a turning chain) (4 stitches)

Row 2: increase, sc 2, increase (6 stitches)

Row 3: increase, sc 4, increase (8 stitches)

Row 4: increase, sc 6, increase (10 stitches)

Row 5: increase, sc 8, increase (12 stitches)

Rows 6 – 10: sc in each stitch (12 stitches) (5 rows)

Fasten off, weave in the end at the bottom of the cloak.

Sew on the cloak.

 

Hat

With any colour 4 ply wool (I chose light blue)

Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (8 stitches)

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (12 stitches) (back loops only)

Rounds 4 – 5: sc in each stitch (12 stitches) (2 rounds)

Round 6: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches) (back loops only)

Round 7: sc in the first 2 stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (24 stitches)

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Sew the hat onto the head.

 

Hair

With brown 4 ply wool

Attach the wool near the hat. Chain 3 for hair near the front of the face. Chain 4 for hair near the back. Fasten off. For each strand weave in the end along the chain and then back into the head.

 

Assembly

Embroider the face. Sew the head (barely) onto the body. Sew a feather onto the hat. I cut down the tip of an ostrich feather I found at an ostrich farm.