Superman crochet pattern

Materials:

• Worsted weight yarn in the following colors:
  • Cream (for the head and hands)
  • Blue (for the body, arms, and legs)
  • Red (for the boots, cape, and the logo)
  • Yellow (for the logo and belt)
  • White (for details on the belt)
• 3.5mm crochet hook (or size appropriate for your yarn)
• Polyester fiberfill
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch markers
• Safety eyes (or black yarn for embroidered eyes)
• Black embroidery thread (for mouth and details)

Abbreviations:

• MR: Magic Ring
• sc: single crochet
• inc: increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
• dec: decrease (sc 2 stitches together)
• sl st: slip stitch
• ch: chain
• st: stitch
• *: repeat the instructions between asterisks as many times as directed

Head:

With cream yarn:

1. MR, 6 sc into the ring (6)
2. inc in each st around (12)
3. sc, inc around (18)
4. 2 sc, inc around (24)
5. 3 sc, inc around (30)
6. 4 sc, inc around (36)
7. 5 sc, inc around (42) 8-14. sc around (42)
8. 5 sc, dec around (36)
9. 4 sc, dec around (30)
10. 3 sc, dec around (24)
11. 2 sc, dec around (18)
12. sc, dec around (12)
13. dec around (6)

Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing. Stuff the head with fiberfill.

Body:

With blue yarn:

1. MR, 6 sc into the ring (6)
2. inc in each st around (12)
3. sc, inc around (18)
4. 2 sc, inc around (24)
5. 3 sc, inc around (30) 6-18. sc around (30)
6. 3 sc, dec around (24)
7. 2 sc, dec around (18)
8. sc, dec around (12)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the body with fiberfill and sew it to the head.

Arms (Make 2):

With cream yarn:

1. MR, 6 sc into the ring (6)
2. sc, inc around (9) 3-5. sc around (9)

Switch to blue yarn:

6-18. sc around (9)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Lightly stuff the arms and sew them to the sides of the body.

Legs (Make 2):

With red yarn:

1. MR, 6 sc into the ring (6)
2. inc in each st around (12)
3. sc, inc around (18)
4. sc around (18)

Switch to blue yarn:

5-10. sc around (18)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the legs and sew them to the bottom of the body.

Cape:

With red yarn:

1. ch 21
2. sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across (20) 3-10. ch 1, turn, sc across (20)
3. ch 1, turn, dec, sc across until the last 2 sts, dec (18) 12-15. Repeat row 11, decreasing by 2 sts each row (10)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Sew the top of the cape to the back of the doll.

Belt:

With yellow yarn:

1. ch 30, sl st to the first ch to form a loop
2. sc in each ch around (30)

Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing. Attach the belt around the waist of the doll.

Logo:

With red yarn:

1. ch 7
2. sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc across (6) 3-5. ch 1, turn, sc across (6)

Switch to yellow yarn:

6. ch 1, turn, sc across (6)

Switch back to red yarn:

7-8. ch 1, turn, sc across (6) 9. ch 1, turn, dec, sc, sc, dec (4) 10. ch 1, turn, sc across (4) 11. ch 1, turn, dec, dec (2) 12. ch 1, turn, sc across (2) 13. ch 1, turn, dec (1)

Fasten off and sew the logo to the front of the doll’s chest.

Final Touches:

• Embroider the eyes using black yarn or attach safety eyes.
• Embroider the mouth using black thread.
• Add any other details as needed.