Kiwatarou (極太郎) Crochet Pattern (Free)

Sharing out the pattern for making Kiwatarou (極太郎). Kiwatarou is a character designed by Tsukasa of a Japanese band called despairsray. Enjoy the pattern!

 

This is a free pattern. Please do not take it and sell it elsewhere. Thanks!

Materials:
All yarn threads are assumed to be of the same thickness.
Brown yarn
White yarn
Black yarn
Red yarn
Yellow yarn
Stuffing
Crochet Hook

Abbreviations:
sc - single crochet
sc inc - single crochet increase
sc dec - single crochet decrease
ss - slip stitch
ch - chain
dc - double crochet
dc dec - double crochet decrease
dc inc - double crochet increase
Rnd - round
half-rnd - half-round, like a semi-circle

Head
With brown yarn,
Rnd 1: 6sc into magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: sc inc x 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (sc inc, sc) x 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (sc inc, 2 sc) x 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (sc inc, 3 sc) x 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: (sc inc, 4 sc) x 6 times (36)
Rnd 7: (sc inc, 5 sc) x 6 times (42)
Rnd 8: (sc inc, 6 sc) x 6 times (48)
Rnd 9: (sc inc, 7 sc) x 6 times (54)
Rnd 10 - Rnd 17 (8 rnds): sc all around (54)
Rnd 18: (sc dec, 7 sc) x 6 times (48)
Rnd 19: (sc dec, 6 sc) x 6 times (42)
Rnd 20: (sc dec, 5 sc) x 6 times (36)
Rnd 21: (sc dec, 4 sc) x 6 times (30)
Rnd 22: (sc dec, 3 sc) x 6 times (24)
Fastern off

Nose
White part of nose area
With white yarn,
ch 4, turn (4)
Rnd 1: starting from 2nd stitch, 3 sc in 1 stitch, sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, (now working on opposite side of ch) sc (8)
Rnd 2: sc inc x 3 times, sc, sc inc x 3 times, sc (14)
Rnd 3: (sc, sc inc) x 3 times, sc, (sc, sc inc) x 3 times, sc (20)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, sc inc) x 3 times, sc, (2 sc, sc inc) x 3 times, sc (26)
Rnd 5: sc all around (26)
Fastern off and leave a length of yarn for sewing

Black part of nose area
With black yarn,
Rnd 1: 5sc into magic ring (5)
Fastern off and leave a length of yarn for sewing

Sew the black part of the nose into a ball and sew it to the white part of the nose between rnd 4-5.
Sew the black dots on the white part of the nose

Tongue
With red yarn,
chain 3, turn (3)
Rnd 1: starting from 2nd stitch, sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, (now working on opposite side of ch) sc (5)
Fastern off and leave a length of yarn for sewing

Sew the tongue to the nose

Eyes
(Make 2)
With black yarn,
chain 2, turn, and sc on 2nd stitch
Fastern off and leave a length of yarn for sewing

Assembling the head
Put stuffing and sew the nose to the head from Rnd 15 onwards. After securing the nose area, do not weave in and cut off the white yarn yet.
Sew the eyes between Rnd 15 - Rnd 16 about 6 stitches apart. After sewing the eyes, use the white yarn from the nose to sew a white dot in the middle of the 2 eyes. You can weave in the white yarn and cut off here.
Sew eyebrows at Rnd 7 - Rnd 8

Body
Attach the white yarn to around the middle of back of head,
Rnd 1: sc all around (24)
Rnd 2: (sc inc, 3 sc) x 6 times (30)
Rnd 3: (sc inc, 4 sc) x 6 times (36)
Rnd 4: (sc inc, 5 sc) x 6 times (42)
Rnd 5 - Rnd 7 (3 rnds): sc all around (42)
Rnd 8: (sc inc, 6 sc) x 6 times (48)
Rnd 9: (sc dec, 4 sc) x 8 times (40)
Rnd 10: (sc dec, 2 sc) x 10 times (30)
sc until the stitch is around the middle of the back of head
Rnd 11: 3 sc, (sc dec, sc) x 3 times, 6 sc, (sc dec, sc) x 3 times, 3 sc (24)
Rnd 12: 3 sc, sc dec x 3 times, 6 sc, sc dec x 3 times, 3 sc (18)
Rnd 13: sc all around (18)
Rnd 14: (sc dec, sc) x 6 times (12)
*Put in stuffing
Rnd 15: sc dec x 6 times (6)
Fastern off and sew the hole close

Hands
(Make 2)
With brown yarn,
Rnd 1: 6sc into magic ring (6)
Rnd 2 - Rnd 5 (4 rnds): sc all around (6)
Fastern off and leave a length of yarn for sewing

Legs
(Make 2)
With brown yarn,
Rnd 1: 6sc into magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: sc inc x 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: 4 sc, dec x 2 times, 4 sc (10)
Rnd 4 - Rnd 5 (2 rnds): sc all around (10)
Fastern off and leave a length of yarn for sewing

Put stuffing into hands and sew to body
Put stuffing into legs and sew to body

Tail
Rnd 1: 5sc into magic ring (5)
Rnd 2: sc inc x 5 times (10)
Rnd 3: (sc inc, sc) x 5 times (15)
Rnd 4: sc all around (15)
Rnd 5: (sc dec, sc) x 5 times (10)

Put stuffing in the tail and sew it to the butt

Red cape
Note: this is at the back of the body inside the black cape so it will not be visible if the black cape is worn
With red yarn,
Row 1: (Leave a length of yarn in front for sewing) ch 20, turn (20)
*Note: for the following rows, the stitch count does NOT include the ch stitch at the end and the ch stitch should be skipped when doing the next row
Row 2: sc from 2nd stitch until the end, ch 1, turn (19)
Row 3: dec x 2 times, 11 sc, dec x 2 times, ch 1, turn (15)
Row 4: dec x 2 times, 7 sc, dec x 2 times, ch 1, turn (11)
Row 5: sc until the end, ch 1, turn (11)
Row 6: inc, 9 sc, inc, ch 1, turn (13)
Row 7: sc until the end, ch 1, turn (13)
Row 8: sc until the end, ch 1, turn (13)
Row 9: inc, 11 sc, inc, ch 1, turn (15)
Row 10: sc until the end, ch 1, turn (15)
Row 11: sc until the end, ch 1, turn (15)
Row 12: inc, 13 sc, inc, ch 1, turn (17)
Row 10: sc until the end, ch 1, turn (17)
Row 11: sc until the end (17)
Faster off

Sew the red cape to the back

Black cape
Hood
With black yarn,
ch 18, turn (18)
*Note: for the following half-rnds, the stitch count does NOT include the ch stitch at the end and the ch stitch should be skipped when doing the next row
Half-rnd 1: starting from 2nd stitch, 16 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, (now working on opposite side of ch) 16 sc, ch, turn (35)
Half-rnd 2: 16 sc, sc inc x 3 times, 16 sc, ch, turn (38)
Half-rnd 3: 16 sc, (sc, sc inc) x 3 times, 16 sc, ch, turn (41)
Half-rnd 4: 16 sc, (2 sc, sc inc) x 3 times, 16 sc, ch, turn (44)
Half-rnd 5: 16 sc, (3 sc, sc inc) x 3 times, 16 sc, ch, turn (47)
Half-rnd 6: 16 sc, (4 sc, sc inc) x 3 times, 16 sc, ch, turn (50)
Half-rnd7: 16 sc, (5 sc, sc inc) x 3 times, 16 sc, ch, turn (53)
Half-rnd 8 - Half-rnd 20 (13 half-rounds): sc all around, ch, turn (53)
Half-rnd 21: sc all around (53)
Fastern off

Bottom of Cape
With black yarn,
*Note: for the following half-rnds, the stitch count does NOT include the ch stitches at the end and the ch stitch should be skipped when doing the next row
Row 1: Attach to bottom of the hood, 43 sc, 2 ch, turn (43)
Row 2: dc dec x 20 times, sc, dc dec, 2 ch, turn (22)
Row 3: dc dec x 11 times, 2 ch, turn (11)
Row 4: dc inc x 11 times, 2 ch, turn (22)
Row 5: (4 dc, dc inc) x 2 times, 2 dc, (4 dc, dc inc) x 2 times, 2 ch, turn (26)
Row 6 - Row 9 (4 rows): dc until the end, 2 ch, turn (26)
Row 10 : dc until the end (26)
Fastern off

Attach yellow yarn to the middle of the black cape (This is for tying a ribbon at the front). Put the black cape on Kiwararou and tie the yellow yarn into a ribbon



Hope you enjoyed the pattern :D