Free Medusa Crochet Pattern
Do you love all things mythical? Well we have a fantastic Sample Medusa Crochet Pattern from A Crochet World of Creepy Creatures and Cryptids for you to try out today. This is a gorgeous little crochet Medusa Doll! Once you have made her, I am sure you will be hooked and will want to make more creatures from this fantastic book! Enjoy today’s Crochet Pattern and read all about this wonderful book.
Medusa Doll Crochet Pattern
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The Book: A Crochet World of Creepy Creatures and Cryptids by Rikki Gustafen
You may well know Rikki Gustafson not just from her amazing instagram account Crocheted by Rikki but also from her frequent attendance at craft shows with her amazing crochet items. Luckily for you, you can grab some of her amazing patterns in one handy place with this fantastic crochet book: A Crochet World of Creepy Creatures and Cryptids.
Now, you don’t have to be looking for Halloween Crochet Ideas, to get hooked on this lovely publication – if you are into folklore, myths and all things gorgeously creepy than you can give the projects in this book a go all year round! As with all the Page Street Publishing books, you get a great “front matter”, with top tips on customisation and switching out yarns etc.. before you head into the pattern section – where you get 40 fabulously creepy projects to choose from! The only problem will be where to start first, will it be Cthulhu or Jackalope or even a Banshee or wait… hang on.. surely you will give today’s Medusa Crochet Pattern a go.. whilst you wait for your book order to arrive, right?
Grab yourself a copy of this fantastic cute creepy book on Amazon or all major booksellers today!
Credit: Reprinted with permission from A Crochet World of Creepy Creatures and Cryptids by Rikki Gustafson. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photo credit: Becca Blevins.
Here we go.. the sample crochet projects from the book:
How to Crochet a Medusa Doll
Designed by Rikki Gustafson – Crocheted by Rikki
A beautiful woman of tragic origins turned monster and villainized throughout history; hair of snakes, serpent’s body, a gaze that will turn the bravest of men to stone . . . sound familiar? It’s Medusa! In the following pattern, you will be able to crochet your very own Medusa doll. When designing this pattern, I wanted to capture a softer side of the described hideous monster from Greek mythology. I hope you find her as cute as I do! All those adorable little hair snakes? Oh my gosh! But be careful when casting glances her way; after all the work you put in to making her, I would hate for you to be turned to stone!
Materials Needed for your Mythical Corchet
- 4.0mm crochet hook (G hook)
- 1 (7-oz [198-g]) skein of medium worsted yarn in light green (I used Red Heart’s Super Saver Frosty Green)
- 1 (7-oz [198-g]) skein of medium worsted yarn in dark green (I used Caron’s Simply Soft Dark Sage)
- 1 (7-oz [198-g]) skein of medium worsted yarn in medium green (I used Red Heart’s Super Saver Light Sage)
- 1 (7-oz [198-g]) skein of medium worsted yarn in white (I used Big Twist’s Value White)
- 1 (7-oz [198-g]) skein of medium worsted yarn in brown (I used Crafter’s Secret’s Big Idea Brown)
- 1 pair of 9mm safety eyes
- 9 pairs of 6mm safety eyes [I love that the snakes also get grogeous safety eyes]
- Fiberfill, for stuffing [We also like to upcycle old washed pillow stuffing]
- Tapestry needle
- Pins, to hold the limbs in place as you sew
- Scissors
- 5 (12-inch [30-cm]) crafting pipe cleaners
Crochet Abbreviations
US Crochet Terminology is used throughout. The book of course contains an overview of stitches, but if you need a refresher on How to crochet, do check out our detailed guide to crochet stitches here.
- dec–invisible decrease
- F/o–fasten off
- inc–increase or 2 single crochets in the same stitch
- mc–magic circle
- sc–single crochet
Free Medusa Crochet Pattern
Designed by Rikki Gustafson – Crocheted by Rikki
Begin with the Medusa Doll’s Head:
In light green
Round 1: mc 6. (6)
Round 2: (inc) 6 times. (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) 6 times. (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) 6 times. (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) 6 times. (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) 6 times. (36)
Rounds 7–15: sc around. (36)
Insert the 9mm eyes between Rounds 11 and 12 with 6 stitches in between. Start stuffing the head as you decrease.
Round 16: (4 sc, dec) 6 times. (30)
Round 17: (3 sc, dec) 6 times. (24)
Round 18: (2 sc, dec) 6 times. (18)
Round 19: (sc, dec) 6 times. (12)
Round 20: (dec) 6 times. (6)
F/o
Make Medusa’s Wig Cap
In dark green
Round 1: mc 6. (6)
Round 2: (inc) 6 times. (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) 6 times. (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) 6 times. (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) 6 times. (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) 6 times. (36)
Rounds 7–11: sc around. (36)
F/o, leaving a long tail for sewing
Medusa’s Snakes–Make 9
In dark green
Round 1: mc 6. (6)
Round 2: (inc) 6 times. (12)
Rounds 3–5: sc around. (12)
Insert a pair of 6mm eyes between Rounds 3 and 4 with 5 stitches in between.
Round 6: (2 sc, dec) 3 times. (9)
Round 7: (sc, dec) 3 times. (6)
There is no need to stuff the snakes. Cut your 5 pipe cleaners into 10 pieces, each about 4 inches (10 cm) long; you only need 9 pieces for this project. Insert a pipe cleaner into the snake’s head and continue crocheting around it as you finish the snake. With my tension, I end up with 20 to 22 rounds. You may have more or less depending on how tightly you crochet and what type of yarn you’re using. When you reach the end of the pipe cleaner, F/o your yarn and leave a long tail for sewing the snake to her head.
Crochet Medusa’s Body
In medium green
Round 1: mc 4. (4)
Round 2: sc around. (4)
Round 3: (sc, inc) 2 times. (6)
Rounds 4–5: sc around. (6)
Round 6: (2 sc, inc) 2 times. (8)
Round 7: sc around. (8)
Round 8: (3 sc, inc) 2 times. (10)
Round 9: sc around. (10)
Round 10: (4 sc, inc) 2 times. (12)
Round 11: sc around. (12)
Round 12: (3 sc, inc) 3 times. (15)
Rounds 13–14: sc around. (15)
Round 15: (4 sc, inc) 3 times. (18)
Rounds 16–17: sc around. (18)
Round 18: (5 sc, inc) 3 times. (21)
Rounds 19–20: sc around. (21)
Change to light green
Round 21: (5 sc, dec) 3 times. (18)
Rounds 22–23: sc around. (18)
Round 24: (4 sc, dec) 3 times. (15)
Change to white
Rounds 25–26: sc around. (15)
Change to light green
Round 27: (3 sc, dec) 3 times. (12)
Round 28: sc around. (12)
F/o, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Medusa’s Arms–Make 2
In light green
Round 1: mc 6. (6)
Round 2: (sc, inc) 3 times. (9)
Round 3: sc around. (9)
Change to brown
Round 4: (sc, dec) 3 times. (6)
Rounds 5–6: sc around. (6)
Change to light green
Rounds 7–10: sc around. (6)
F/o, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Assembling your Medusa Crochet Doll
First, whipstitch the head closed. Next, attach the wig cap. Make sure you sew it on very securely, as it will be holding a lot of weight!
Next, we’ll work on the snakes. Pin each snake onto the head to figure out how you want them tolay. Then, pose them by bending them in the directions you want them to face. They will hold this shape, for the most part, due to the pipe cleaners inside.
Then, one by one, remove them from the head, and set them aside carefully. This will help you remember their attachment order and their positioning on the head. Please reference the pictures to see how I laid them, but you can style her “hair” in any way you see fit. Carefully sew each snake onto the head, making sure that as you sew they are lining up the way you envisioned. Once they’re all attached, you can re-bend them to make them stand up nicely in their new permanent place.
Next, stuff the thickest portion of the body; do not worry about getting stuffing all the way to the bottom of the tail—that part should stay fairly empty, so it can be easily manipulated to make a slight curl. Once you are content with the firmness, attach the body to the head, then pin the arms and sew them on. The shoulders should be attached right under the head, in line with where you joined the body, which formed the neck of the doll. Use the scissors to cut any leftover yarn tails from all the limbs you’ve attached. Now your Medusa is done!
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Credit: Reprinted with permission from A Crochet World of Creepy Creatures and Cryptids by Rikki Gustafson. Page Street Publishing Co. 2022. Photo credit: Becca Blevins.
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