Crochet Hermione Granger Amigurumi Doll

Crocheting your own Hermione Granger amigurumi doll can be such a delightful and rewarding project! With its intricate details and charming likeness to the beloved character, this handmade creation is not only a fun craft but also a wonderful way to bring a touch of magic into your home. Imagine displaying her proudly on your bookshelf or gifting her to a fellow Harry Potter fan – the possibilities are endless! So grab your yarn and hook, and let the enchantment of crafting your very own Hermione doll begin!

FINISHED SIZE:

Approximately 30 cm (12 inches) tall using worsted weight yarn and 3 mm crochet hook.

Approximately 28 cm (11 inches) tall using DK/Light Worsted Weight yarn and 3 mm crochet hook.

Approximately 20 cm (8 inches) tall using DK/Light Worsted Weight yarn and 2.75 mm crochet hook.

You can use any yarn and crochet hook combination that gives you good tension. Normally this would be a hook at least two sizes smaller than that recommended on the yarn label.

MATERIALS:

• Yarn in flesh, black, light grey, dark grey, brown, purple, blue, green, white, yellow and red (see note below)
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes 
• Stuffing

You can use any yarn and crochet hook combination that gives you good tension. Normally this would be a hook around two sizes smaller than that recommended on the yarn label. For Hermione I used a 3 mm hook with 8ply/DK acrylic yarn.

Crochet abbreviations (US terminology):

sc – single crochet

dec – decrease

inc – increase

blo – crochet through back loops only

sl – slip stitch

dc – double crochet

tr – treble crochet

The numbers in brackets at the end of each round indicate how many stitches you should have at the end of the round

Arms (make 2)

Using flesh coloured yarn:

Round 1: 4 sc into magic ring (4)

Round 2: 4 inc (8)

Rounds 3-4: 8 sc (2 rounds)

Change to light grey coloured yarn:

Round 5: 8 sl

Round 6: 8 sc blo

Rounds 7-14: 8 sc (8 rounds)

Fasten off.

Body starting at feet, stuffing as you go:

Legs:

Using black coloured yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3: (3 sc, 3 inc) 2 times (18)

Round 4: 18 sc blo (18)

Round 5: 18 sc

Round 6: 2 sc, 7 dec, 2 sc (11)

Change to light grey coloured yarn:

Round 7: 11 sl blo

Round 8: working in blo, 2 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc

Round 9-13: 9 sc (5 rounds)

Change to flesh coloured yarn:

Round 14: 9 sl blo

Round 15: 9 sc blo

Rounds 16-17: 9 sc (2 rounds)

Round 18: 1 inc, 4 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc (11)

Fasten off.

Make second leg, but do not fasten off.

If you are not already at the side of leg with foot facing forward, sc until there. Chain 1 stitch.

Body

Change to light grey coloured yarn.

Round 1: 11 sc around leg that you fastened off (so legs are then attached to each other), 1 sc in ch, 11 sc around second leg, 1 sc in ch (24)

Round 2: 10 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec (22)

Round 3-4: 22 sc (2 rounds)

sc until at centre of back

Change to yellow coloured yarn:

Round 6: 22 sc

Change to light grey coloured yarn:

Round 7-8: 22 sc (2 rounds)

Round 9: 5 sc, 1 dec, 9 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc (20)

Round 10-11: 20 sc (2 rounds)

Sc to side of body with feet facing forward if not already there

Round 12: 8 sc around arm, 10 sc on body, 8 sc around other arm, 10 sc on body (36)

Round 13: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 12 (24)

Round 14: 12 dec (12)

Change to flesh coloured yarn:

Round 15: 12 sl blo

Round 16: 12 sc blo

Round 17: 12 inc (24)

Round 18: 24 inc (48)

Round 19-26: 48 sc (8 rounds)

Place safety eyes between rounds 24 and 25, making sure they are centre on face and 8 stitches apart.

Round 27: (6 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (42)

Round 28: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (36)

Round 29: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)

Round 30: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)

Round 31: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)

Round 32: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)

Round 33: dec x 6 (6)

Fasten off, gather around fasten off stitches and pull tight to close hole at top of head.

Hair

Using brown coloured yarn:

Hair base:

Round 1: 7 sc into magic ring

Round 2: 7 inc (14)

Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) (21)

Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) (28)

Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) (35)

Round 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) (42)

Round 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) (49)

Rounds 8-13: 49 sc (6 rounds)

Curls:

Round 14: 20 ch, starting in 2nd ch from hook 19 sc, sl in next stich on hair base, (sl, 20 ch, 19 sc starting in 2nd ch from hook, sl in next stitch on hair base) x 18, (sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc) x 2.

Fasten off. Pin hair to head and then sew into place.

Working around posts of yellow stitches on jersey, 20 sl stitches in red.

Skirt:

Row 1: Working through posts of stitches on body so there is one row of grey between skirt and yellow stripe, 22 sl.

Row 2: working through loops closest to legs, 22 sc.

Row 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 11 (33)

Rows 4-7: 33 sc (4 rounds)

Fasten off.

Scarf:

Using red coloured yarn:

Round 1: 8 ch and join in a loop

Rounds 2-5: 8 sc (4 rounds)

Using yellow coloured yarn:

Rounds 6-9: 8 sc (4 rounds)

Using red coloured yarn:

Round 10-13: 8 sc (4 rounds)

Repeat the previous 8 rounds until you have 13 stripes in total. Fasten off. Fold scarf flat, sew together cast on stitches, sew together cast off stitches. Cut eight 10 cm lengths of yellow yarn and eight 10 cm lengths of red yarn. Using one length of red and one length of yellow, fold lengths in half, draw loop through scarf and then pull cut ends through loop.

Cloak:

Sleeves (make two):

Using black colour yarn

Round 1: 12 ch and join in a loop

Rounds 2-11: 12 sc (10 rounds)

Main body of cloak:

Using black coloured yarn

Row 1: 21 ch

Row 2: starting in second chain from hook 20 sc

Row 3-24: 1 ch, starting in second chain from hook 20 sc (22 rows)

Row 25: 1 ch 5 sc, 12 sc around arm, 10 sc, 12 sc around other arm, 5 sc (44)

Row 26: 1 ch, 22 dec (22)

Row 27-28: 1 ch, 22 sc (2 rounds)

Row 29: 1 ch, 11 dec (11)

Fasten off.

Weave in yarn ends.

Large book:

Using blue coloured yarn:

Row 1: 9 ch

Row 2: starting in 2nd ch from hook, 8 sc

Row 3-17: 1 ch, 8 sc (15 rows)

Fasten off.

Using white colour yarn:

Row 1: 8 ch

Row 2: starting in 2nd ch from hook, 7 sc

Row 3-12: 1 ch, 7 sc (10 rows)

Fasten off.

Fold white in half for pages, fold blue in half over the top of the white pages. Pin and sew book together.

Small book:

Using purple coloured yarn:

Row 1: 9 ch

Row 2: starting in 2nd ch from hook, 8 sc

Row 3-15: 1 ch, 8 sc (13 rows)

Fasten off.

Using white colour yarn:

Row 1: 8 ch

Row 2: starting in 2nd ch from hook, 7 sc

Row 3-7: 1 ch, 7 sc (5 rows)

Fasten off.

Place white page on one half of the book. Fold blue in half over the top of the white page. Pin and sew book together.

Make a second small book, using green instead of purple for the cover.