Crochet yourself 4 whimsical Berry Dudes!

This is an original design by @misssBerlin © All rights reserved.

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The little Dudes live among us, but only a child at heart can truly see them.
They are bald and shy, so they cover their heads and half of their faces with
whatever they find in their surroundings.

These endearing amigurumi/crochet dolls are faceless little fantasy creatures.

They are educational dolls for learning and for play-therapy, as well as unique
collectible decorative figurines. The Dudes’ minimalist features, inspired by the
Waldorf approach, are designed to stimulate the imagination, and their pocket
size is suitable for those little hands to make the perfect companions.

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Materials:

• Fine (level 2) 100% mercerized cotton yarn

• Colors: stone | 2 shades of red | black | green | dark blue
• crochet hook: 2.5mm - 3mm (depends on your tension)
• Small amount of Lace weight (level 0) crochet/embroidery thread: Yellow
• Yarn needle | Thread needle
• Polyester fiberfill
• Scissors

Notes:

• Work in a spiral = continuous rounds (vs. joined rounds), unless otherwise indicated.
• Crochet tightly to prevent the stuffing from showing. If you find that your stitches are
too loose, try a smaller hook size.
• Begin the pieces with a magic ring (= magic circle / adjustable ring).
• Use a stitch marker / scrap of yarn to mark the last stitch in the round.
• Use the Invisible Decrease to minimize the appearance of holes and bumps.
• Stuff your work firmly to keep its shape.
• All dimensions and stitch counts assume the use of yarns of the same thickness, to get a
perfect fit between the Dudes’ heads and their caps.

Finished dimensions (Dude + Cap) vary according to the measurements of the caps and are
specified individually for each design.

Skill level: Intermediate.

Abbreviations (US Terms):

Special stitch - The Bobble Stitch BL/BLO = back loop/back loop only

bo = bobble / bos = bobbles FL/FLO = front loop/front loop only

R = round / Rs = rounds st = stitch / sts = stitches

mr = magic ring sp = space
ss = slip stitch
sk = skip
ch = chain stitch
rep = repeat
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet FO = fasten off

dc = double crochet [ ] = number of stitches

Inc = increase (2sc in next stitch) ( ) x _ = repeat pattern in parentheses
Dec = decrease (2sc together) as many times as indicated
*..* = repeat pattern between asterisks

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 The Dude’s pattern
Finished dimensions (approx.): Height: 8cm (3”). Width: 5cm (2”).
With stone color yarn and a 2.5mm crochet hook -

First Leg

Make a mr
R1: 6sc in mr [6]
R2: (Inc, sc) x 3 [9]
R3-4 (2 Rs): Sc around [9]
One leg is done. Cut the yarn but leave a tail for later sewing.

Repeat Rs1-4 for the second leg. Don’t cut the yarn, but continue to crochet the body and
the head as one piece, by leaving the hook in the last loop of the 2nd leg a. Then, insert
the hook into the 1st sc from the last round of the 1st leg b.

a b

Now you will crochet around both legs in a spiral c -

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Body & Head
R5: 9sc around 1st leg + 9sc around 2nd leg [18]
With the tail left from the 1st leg, sew to close the
hole between the legs.
R6: (Inc, 2sc) x 6 [24]
R7: 2sc, (Inc, 3sc) x 5, inc, sc [30]
R8-10 (3 Rs): Sc around [30]
R11: (Dec, 3sc) x 6 [24]
R12: Sc around [24]
Start stuffing the legs and the body with fiberfill and continue stuffing as you go.

R13: (2sc, dec) x 6 [18]

R14: (Dec, sc) x 6 [12]
R15: (Inc) x 12 [24]
R16: (Inc, 3sc) x 6 [30]
R17: 3sc, (Inc, 4sc) x 5, inc, sc [36]
R18: (Inc, 5sc) x 6 [42]
R19-22 (4 Rs): Sc around [42]
Put a stitch marker between Rs19-20 to mark where to place the nose.
R23: (Dec, 5sc) x 6 [36]
R24: 3sc, (Dec, 4sc) x 5, dec, sc [30]
R25: (Dec, 3sc) x 6 [24]
R26: Sc, (Dec, 2sc) x 5, dec, sc [18]
Continue to stuff -
R27: (Dec, sc) x 6 [12]
R28: (Dec) x 6 [6]

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Leave a tail long enough to close the head opening and to embroider the nose -
Thread the yarn through the needle and draw through the front loops of the final stitches
a, b. Pull the yarn to close c.

a b c

Nose
With the same yarn, insert the needle into the top of the head and pull it out through the
middle of the face between Rs19-20 a (where you put the stitch marker).
Insert the needle into the next horizontal hole and pull again through the first hole (make
sure the nose is in the middle of the face) b.
Wrap the yarn around the horizontal line that was created c 4-6 times, as needed d.

a b

c d

Hide the excess yarn inside the work. FO and weave in the ends.

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Arms (make 2)
Make a mr
R1: 6sc in mr [6]
R2: (Inc, sc) x 3 [9]
R3: (Dec, sc) x 3 [6]
R4-7 (4 Rs): Sc around [6]
Leave a long tail to sew the arms to the
body. The arms don’t need to be stuffed.

Flatten the opening of the arms and sew only the 3 upper loops to the crease of the neck
a. Insert the needle at the side of the body b, pick 1 stitch from the inner side of the arm c

and pull tightly to secure d. FO and weave in the ends.

a b

c d

Now you’ve created your very own Dude!

Make three more, and cover their bald heads with caps…

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Finished dimensions (approx.):
Height: 8.5cm (3.3”). Width: 5cm (2”).

Cap

The cap is made up of Bobble

Stitches (= bo/bos) and worked in a spiral from
the bottom-up (see instructions on the next page).
With red/black yarn and a 2.5mm crochet hook -
R1: Ch 42, ss to 1st ch to form a circle.
R2: Sc around [42], ss to 1st sc.
Turn and hold the work with the right-side in. You
will work the bobbles from the inside out.

working direction

The right side in

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 How to make the Bobble Stitch

a b

*Yarn over, insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull up a loop a, yarn over and
pull through two loops only b.*
(This essentially completes the first stage of one double crochet stitch.)

c d

Repeat between *_* (a - b) 3 more times, so Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops at
that you have 4 not-quite-complete dc once d. This closes the bobble crochet
stitches worked into the same stitch, and a stitch.
total of 5 loops on the hook c.
Sc in the same st to form the Bobble.

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Note that you’ll be working with the inner side of the cap facing you, but the 3D bubbles
pattern will appear on the outer side of the cap.

The inner side of the cap

The outer side of the cap

Place a stitch marker to mark the end of each round, because from now on, you’ll be
working in a spiral -

R3: *(Bo, sc same st), sk 2sts* rep around [14 bos]

R4-6 (3 Rs): In the sts that close the bos -

*(bo, sc same st), sk next st* rep around [14
bos]

R7: *Sk 1 st, sc next 2sts, (bo, sc same st)* rep

around [7 bos]

R8: *Sk 1 st, (bo, sc same st), sk 1 st, sc next st

* rep around [7 bos, 22 sts], ch1, turn.

Now, you’ll be working from the outer side of the cap -

R9: (10sc, inc) x 2 [24]

Leave the last sc stitch of R9 unfinished to

make a Color Change (see instructions on the
next page) -

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 How to make a Color Change
Start the final sc with red/black by inserting the hook into the last stitch, yarn over a
and draw up a loop b.

a b

Attach green to the hook c and pull through the two loops on the hook to complete the sc
stitch d.

c d

Continue with green -

Stem
R10: (Dec) x 12 [12]
R11: In BLO - Sc around [12]
R12: (Dec) x 6 [6]
R13-14 (2 Rs): Sc around [6]

Finish the stem -

Leave a tail and cut the yarn.
Thread a needle and weave through the front loops of
the final stitches. You can either pull the yarn to close
and make it pointier, or you can leave it open (like in the
picture on the next page).

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Leaves
Attach the same green yarn to the 1st front loop
of R10 a -
*Ch 6 b. In 2nd ch from hook - (sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc)
next 5 chs c, sk 1 st, ss next st* rep around
[6 leaves]

Note - Due to the curvy shape of the leaves,

they will lay nicely on the cap. Therefore,
sewing the leaves to the cap is optional.
a

b c
FO and weave in the ends.

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Finished dimensions (approx.): Height: 8.5cm (3.3”). Width: 5cm (2”).

Cap
With dark blue yarn and a 2.5mm crochet hook -

Make a mr
R1: 6sc in mr [6]
R2: (Inc) x 6 [12]
R3: (Inc, sc) x 6 [18]

For the next round, work in the back and front loops of R3 separately, as instructed on
the next page -

Back Loop

Front Loop

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R4:

In BLO - (2sc, inc) x 6 [24] a, ch1, turn b.

a b

In FLO - (Ss, hdc same st, 2dc next st, hdc next st,
ss same st) x 6 [6 petals] c, ch1, turn.

Continue to work in the sc’s of the previous round d -

R5: (Inc, 3sc) x 6 [30]
R6: 3sc, (Inc, 4sc) x 5, inc, sc [36]
c
R7: (Inc, 5sc) x 6 [42]
R8-14 (7 Rs): Sc around [42]
R15: (Dec, 5sc) x 6 [36], ss in 1st sc.

FO and weave in the ends. d

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Finished dimensions (approx.): Height: 9.5cm (3.7”). Width: 5cm (2”).

Cap
With red yarn and a 2.5mm crochet hook -
Make a mr
R1: 6sc in mr [6]
R2: (Inc) x 6 [12]
R3: (Inc, sc) x 6 [18]
R4: (2sc, inc) x 6 [24]
R5: (Inc, 3sc) x 6 [30]
R6: 3sc, (Inc, 4sc) x 5, inc, sc [36]
R7: (Inc, 5sc) x 6 [42]
R8-14 (7 Rs): Sc around [42]
R15: (Dec, 5sc) x 6 [36], ss in 1st sc.
FO and weave in the end.

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Stem
With green yarn and a 2.5mm crochet hook -
Make a mr
R1: 4sc in mr [4]
R2-3 (2 Rs): Sc around [4]
R4: (Inc) x 4 [8]
R5: (Inc, sc) x 4 [12] a a

Ss in the next st and continue -

Leaves
Ch 5 b.
In 2nd ch from hook - *(sc, sc, hdc, dc) next
4sts, sk 1 st, ss into the next st of the stem c *
rep around [6 leaves] d
b

c d

Leave a long tail and sew the stem and the leaves onto the top of the cap.
FO and weave in the ends.

seeds
Thread a needle with yellow embroidery thread and randomly embroider little dots all
around the cap with a French knot (see instructions on the next page) -

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 How to make a French knot

a b

Bring the needle up from the inside out. Wrap the thread around the needle 3 times.

c d

Insert the needle back into the cap, close Continue holding the working thread taut
to the hole you came up from, and start with your left hand while pulling.
pulling the thread from the inside. *The wrapped thread needs to be snug
against the needle. The needle, however,
should be able to slide through the
wrapped loops smoothly.

e f

Pull slowly through the wrapped loops to Voilà!

complete the knot.

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 Hope you enjoy making these little Berry Dudes!
Thank you for supporting me. I do my best to provide excellent work. If you have any questions
or concerns about this pattern, please do not hesitate to contact me at:
[email protected].
You’re welcome to share your creations made from this pattern on social media platforms,
crediting @misssBerlin as the designer.

Happy crocheting,
Dana♥

Copyright info: This pattern is my original design. I devote a lot of time and effort to designing,
photographing and writing my patterns. This is my intellectual property - Please do not claim this
pattern as your own. This pattern is for personal use only - Please do not sell, publish, distribute
or alter it. You may sell products made from this pattern in small quantities, but permission is not
granted for mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind.
Thank you for being respectful!

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