Crochet pattern

Astronaut

author Vira Vasylchuk

 This crochet pattern is my own author’s work and it is intended only for your personal use. It
does not include any crocheting lessons and is intended for those who have the main crocheting
skills. Skill level – intermediate.
It is forbidden to copy, distribute and publish the materials of this pattern in any way both online
and offline.
You can sell the toys crocheted with the help of this pattern.
While showing the photos of your toys crocheted with the help of this pattern in the Internet
point the author of the pattern – Vasilchuk Vera (@cute_toys_by_vera)
Materials and tools:

1. Yarn:
Tex 303
Semi-cotton yarn: Tex 303 — 18cm
Alize Cotton Gold (330m/100 g): white (#55);
492 — x
303x = 8.856
Alize Cotton Gold (330m/100 g): gray (#21); X= 29,22cm

Alize Cotton Gold (330m/100 g): flesh-colored(#401);

Alize Cotton Gold (330m/100 g): black (#60);

Alize Cotton Gold (330m/100 g): blue (#40);

YarnArt Jeans Splash (160m/50g): brown melange (#945) for the planet;

Alize Cotton Gold (330m/100 g): milk-beige (#67)

3. Crocheting hooks 2mm

4. Stuffing (synthetic fluff and hollofayber)
5. A needle for sewing
6. Threads for face design: thin black - for eyebrows, white - for eyes.
7. Safety eyes 8 mm in diameter
8. A small piece of plastic for the sole (such as a flat-bottomed plastic cap).

The size of the astronaut is 18 cm (7.1 inches).* if using the pointed materials.

* please, pay attention to the fact that every person has his/her own style and crochet density. The
size of the finished toy may vary from the size indicated in the pattern.
 Advices:
Advices:
1. Each detail begins from the magic ring. Crochet in a spiral.
2. Try to crochet rather tight. If the stitches are not rather tight, try to use a smaller hook.
3. Stuff your toy in the course of crocheting. The tight stuffing gives a necessary shape to your toy
and helps to keep it.
4. If you make a toy for a child younger than 3 years, then it is better to use the safety eyes.

Abbreviations:
MR – magic ring;
sc – single crochet;
ch – chain;
dec – decrease;
dec+ - use invisible decrease through 3 stitches (or 3sctog);
inc – increase (two stitches in one stitch);
inc+ - increase (three stitches in one stitch);
sl st – slip stitch;
hdc – half double crochet;
dc - double crochet;
(…) – a number in brackets means a number of stitches in a row;
(…)* X – repeat those in brackets Х times;
BLO - back loops only;
FLO - front loops only.
 Helmet
We will crochet in two colors.
Changing the thread to a different color
Before changing the thread, do not crochet the last single crochet to the end. That is, insert the
hook into the loop, grab the working thread and pull out the new loop to make two loops. Now
take a different color of thread and pull it through the loops on the hook.

Start crocheting with yarn of the white color. In the text, the places of crochet the face (flesh-
colored yarn) or the protective screen (black yarn) are highlighted in red.
Fill in the process of crocheting.
1) 6 sc in MR (6)
2) inc*6 (12)
3) (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4) (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
5) (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
6) (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
7) (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
8) (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
 9) (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
10) (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)
11) (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
12) (10 sc, inc)*6 (72)
13) 72 sc
14) 26 sc, 20 sc, 26 sc (72)
15) 25 sc, 22 sc, 25 sc (72)
16-24) 24 sc, 24sc, 24 sc (72) (9 rows)
25) 25 sc, 22 sc, 25 sc (72)
26) 26 sc, 20 sc, 26 sc (72)
Cut the black or flesh-colored thread
28) 72 sc
29) (10 sc, dec)*6 (66)
30) (9 sc, dec)*6 (60)
31) (8 sc, dec)*6 ( 54)
32) (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
33) (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
34) (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
Fasten off, cut the yarn.

If you are making an astronaut with a face, insert the eyes

between the 20 and 21 rows, the space between the eyes is
10 loops.

Now it is necessary to tie the face/protective screen with gray yarn.

Hook the first loop of the last row of the face/screen, grab the gray working thread and make a
loop (see photo). Next, make сh and insert the hook into the next loop of the face/screen, grab
the gray working thread, bring out and crochet 1 sc. In this way, bind the whole face. Cut the
thread and hide it inside the head.
Shape the eyes. To do this, insert the needle into the opening of the head and exit in the outer
corner of the left eye. Leave the end of the thread free. Next, insert the needle into the inner
corner of the eye and bring it out into the hole in the head. Pull the thread and tie a knot with the
free end of the thread. If necessary, repeat once more. Cut the threads. Repeat the same actions
with the right eye.
Use flesh-colored thread to embroider the nose between the 21st and 22nd rows of the head.
Embroider the whites of the eyes with white thread.
Embroider the eyebrows with a thin black thread.
Earphones (2 pcs)
Crochet with gray yarn.
1) 6 sc in MR
2) inc*6 (12)
3) (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4) (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
5) 24 sc BLO
Fasten off, cut the yarn. Leave a long thread enough for sewing.
Sew the earphones to the helmet, fill as desired.
Arms (2 pcs)
Start crochet with white yarn. Fill in the process of crocheting.
The marker for the beginning of the row is aligned strictly in the middle of the arm at the back.
Finger:
1) 6 sc in MR
2) 6 sc
Fasten the thread, cut.
Palm:
1) 6 sc in MR
2) inc*6 (12)
3-5) 12 sc (3 rows)
Attach the finger
6) 6 sc on the palm, 6 sc on the finger, 6 sc on the palm (18)
7) (1 sc, dec)* (12)
8) 12 sc
Change the yarn to gray.
9) 12 sc
Change the yarn to white.
10) (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
11-21) 15 sc (11 rows)
Change the yarn to gray.
22-24) 15 sc (3 rows)
Legs (2 pcs)
Start crochet with gray yarn.
The marker for the beginning of the row is aligned strictly in the middle of the leg at the back.
Fill in the process of crocheting.
Crochet chain of 9 ch, in the second loop from the hook
1) 7 sc, 3in1, 6 sc, inc (18)
2) inc, 6 sc, inc*3, 6 sc, inc*2 (24)
3) 1 sc, inc, 6 sc, ( 1 sc, inc)*3, 6 sc, (1 sc, inc)*2 (30)
4) 2 sc, inc, 6 sc, (2 sc, inc)*3, 6 sc, (2 sc, inc)*2 (36)
5-6) 36 sl st BLO (36) (2 rows)
Take a piece of plastic (I have a plastic cover) and circle the detail on it. This will be an insole for
an astronaut's shoes. Make two such insoles and set aside for now.

Change the yarn to white, cut the gray thread

7) 36 sc BLO (36)
8) 34 sc - not complete rnd (move the marker to the middle of
the heel)
9-10) 9 sc, 18 hdc, 9 sc (36) (2 rows)
11) 9 сsc, (1 hdc, dec hdc)*6, 9 sc (30)
12) 9 sc, dec hdc*6, 9 sc (24)
13-14) 24 sc (2 rows)
Insert the plastic insole. If desired, it can be fixed with glue.
 Change the yarn to gray.
15) 24 sc
Change the yarn to white.
16-19) 24 sc (4 rows)
20) (7 sc, inc)*3 (27)
Change the yarn to gray.
21-22) 27 sc (2 rows)
23) (8 sc, inc)*3 (30)
Change the yarn to white.
24) 30 sc + for the right leg crochet 7 more sc, fasten off and cut the yarn.
Crochet the left leg similarly, but in the end do not crochet 7 sc!

Body
Continue crocheting from the left leg.
25) 23 sc on the left leg, 30 sc on the right leg, 7 s on the left leg (60)
26-34) 60 sc (9 rows)
35) 55 sc - not complete rnd. Need to move a marker in the center of the back, further align a
marker.

Change the yarn to blue

36-38) 60 sc (3 rows)
Change the yarn to white
39-41) 60 sc (3 rows)
42) (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
43) 54 sc
44) (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
45) 48 sc
46) (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
47) 42 sc
48) (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
Attach the handles.
Mark the 14th loop at the left arm, at the right one – the 10th loop.
49) 6 sc on the body, 6 sc together with the left hand (from the 14th loop), 12 sc on the body, 6 sc
with the right hand (from the 10th loop), 6 sc on the body (36)
IMPORTANTLY! The number of loops calculated by me may differ from your calculations due
to different density of knitting. Make sure that the hands are at the sides of the body and the
thumbs are directed forward.
Be attentive, while crocheting in the arm insert the hook from the wrong side of the arm!
Next crochet along the body and the outer side of the arms.
50) 6 sc on the body, 9 sc on the left hand, 12 sc on the body, 9 sc on the right hand, 6 sc on the
body (42)

51) 42 sc
52) (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
53) 36 sc
Change the yarn to gray.
54-56) 36 sc (3 rows)
Fasten off, cut the yarn. Leave a long thread enough for sewing.
Fill the part with filler.

Monitor
Crochet with white yarn turning rows, that is, after each row, crocheting 1 ch and turn the detail.
Crochet chain of 10 ch, in the second loop from the hook
1-4) 9 sc, 1 ch, turn (4 rows)
Do not cut the thread, bind the part with columns without a single crochet on all sides
Change the yarn to gray.
5) bind the part on all sides with connecting columns.
Cut the yarn. Leave a long thread enough for sewing.
Decorative circle
Crochet with gray yarn
6 sc in MR
Cut the yarn. Leave a long thread enough for sewing.
Sew the circle to the monitor and embroider small decorative stitches with gray yarn.
Sew the monitor to the body.
Sew the head to the body.

Backpack
Crochet with white yarn
1) 8 sc in MR
2) (1 sc, inc+)*4 (16)
3) 2 sc, inc+, (3 sc, inc+)*3, 1 sc (24)
4) 3 sc, inc+, (5 sc, inc+)*3, 2 sc (32)
5) 4 sc, inc+, (7 sc, inc+)*3, 3 sc (40)
6) 5 sc, inc+, (9 sc, inc+)*3, 4 sc (48)
7) 6 sc, inc+, (11 sc, inc+)*3, 5 sc (56)
8) 7 sc, inc+, (13 sc, inc+)*3, 6 sc (64)
9) 64 sc BLO
10) 7 sc, dec+, (13 sc, dec+)*3, 6 sc (56)
11-13) 56 sc (3 rows)
Cut the yarn. Leave a long thread enough for sewing.
Spacesuit hose
Crochet with white yarn. Do not fill with holofiber.
1) 6 sc in MR
2) 6 sc BLO
3-17) 6 sc (15 rows)
Change the yarn to gray.
18) 6 sc
Cut the yarn. Leave a long thread enough for sewing.

Sew the backpack to the back, adding stuffing as you go.

Sew the spacesuit hose to the backpack for the front walls of the loops of the second row, with the
gray part - to the body.

Planet
Crochet with brown melange yarn. Fill in the process of crocheting.
1) 6 sc in MR (6)
2) inc*6 (12)
3) (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4) (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
5) (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
6) (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
7) (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
8) (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
9) (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
10) (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)
11) (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
12) (10 sc, inc)*6 (72)
13) (11 sc, inc)*6 (78)
14-19) 78 sc (6 rows)
20) 78 sc BLO
21-25) 78 sc (5 rows)
26) (11 sc, dec)*6 (72)
27) (10 sc, dec)*6 (66)
28) (9 sc, dec)*6 (60)
29) (8 sc, dec)*6 ( 54)
30) (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
31) (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
32) (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
33) (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
34) (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
35) (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
36) (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
37) уб*6 (6)
Fasten off, cut the yarn.

Rings of planet
Crochet with milk-beige yarn FLO 19th row:
1) (5 sc, inc)*13 (91)
2) 91 sc
3) (6 sc, inc)*13 (104)
4) 104 sc
5) (7 sc, inc)*13 (117)
Fasten off, cut the yarn.
 Congratulations! Your Astronaut is ready!
Hope you enjoyed crocheting.
If you have any questions, I will be glad to help.
I would also be grateful for your feedback.