How to Crochet Your Own Hermione Granger Amigurumi Doll

Crocheting your own Hermione Granger amigurumi doll can be such a delightful and rewarding project! With its intricate details and charming likeness to the beloved character, this handmade creation is not only a fun craft but also a wonderful way to bring a touch of magic into your home. Imagine displaying her proudly on your bookshelf or gifting her to a fellow Harry Potter fan – the possibilities are endless! So grab your yarn and hook, and let the enchantment of crafting your very own Hermione doll begin!

Finished Size

Approximately 30 cm (12 inches) tall using worsted weight yarn and 3 mm crochet hook.

Approximately 28 cm (11 inches) tall using DK/Light Worsted Weight yarn and 3 mm crochet hook.

Approximately 20 cm (8 inches) tall using DK/Light Worsted Weight yarn and 2.75 mm crochet hook.

You can use any yarn and crochet hook combination that gives you good tension. Normally, this would be a hook at least two sizes smaller than that recommended on the yarn label.

Materials

• Yarn in flesh, black, light grey, dark grey, brown, purple, blue, green, white, yellow, and red (see note below)
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Stuffing

You can use any yarn and crochet hook combination that gives you good tension. Normally this would be a hook around two sizes smaller than that recommended on the yarn label. For Hermione, I used a 3 mm hook with 8ply/DK acrylic yarn.

Crochet Abbreviations (US Terminology)

• sc – single crochet
• dec – decrease
• inc – increase
• blo – crochet through back loops only
• sl – slip stitch
• dc – double crochet
• tr – treble crochet

The numbers in brackets at the end of each round indicate how many stitches you should have at the end of the round.

Arms (Make 2)

Using flesh colored yarn:

Round 1: 4 sc into magic ring (4)

Round 2: 4 inc (8)

Rounds 3-4: 8 sc (2 rounds)

Change to light grey colored yarn:

Round 5: 8 sl

Round 6: 8 sc blo

Rounds 7-14: 8 sc (8 rounds)

Fasten off.

Body Starting at Feet, Stuffing as You Go

Legs

Using black colored yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3: (3 sc, 3 inc) 2 times (18)

Round 4: 18 sc blo (18)

Round 5: 18 sc

Round 6: 2 sc, 7 dec, 2 sc (11)

Change to light grey colored yarn:

Round 7: 11 sl blo

Round 8: working in blo, 2 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc

Rounds 9-13: 9 sc (5 rounds)

Change to flesh colored yarn:

Round 14: 9 sl blo

Round 15: 9 sc blo

Rounds 16-17: 9 sc (2 rounds)

Round 18: 1 inc, 4 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc (11)

Fasten off.

Make second leg, but do not fasten off.

If you are not already at the side of leg with foot facing forward, sc until there. Chain 1 stitch.

Body

Change to light grey colored yarn.

Round 1: 11 sc around leg that you fastened off (so legs are then attached to each other), 1 sc in ch, 11 sc around second leg, 1 sc in ch (24)

Round 2: 10 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec (22)

Rounds 3-4: 22 sc (2 rounds)

sc until at centre of back

Change to yellow colored yarn:

Round 6: 22 sc

Change to light grey colored yarn:

Rounds 7-8: 22 sc (2 rounds)

Round 9: 5 sc, 1 dec, 9 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc (20)

Rounds 10-11: 20 sc (2 rounds)

Sc to side of body with feet facing forward if not already there

Round 12: 8 sc around arm, 10 sc on body, 8 sc around other arm, 10 sc on body (36)

Round 13: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 12 (24)

Round 14: 12 dec (12)

Change to flesh colored yarn:

Round 15: 12 sl blo

Round 16: 12 sc blo

Round 17: 12 inc (24)

Round 18: 24 inc (48)

Rounds 19-26: 48 sc (8 rounds)

Place safety eyes between rounds 24 and 25, ensuring they are centered on face and 8 stitches apart.

Round 27: (6 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (42)

Round 28: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (36)

Round 29: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)

Round 30: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)

Round 31: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)

Round 32: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)

Round 33: dec x 6 (6)

Fasten off, gather around fasten off stitches and pull tight to close hole at top of head.

Hair

Using brown colored yarn:

Hair base:

Round 1: 7 sc into magic ring

Round 2: 7 inc (14)

Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) (21)

Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) (28)

Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) (35)

Round 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) (42)

Round 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) (49)

Rounds 8-13: 49 sc (6 rounds)

Curls

Round 14: 20 ch, starting in 2nd ch from hook 19 sc, sl in next stitch on hair base, (sl, 20 ch, 19 sc starting in 2nd ch from hook, sl in next stitch on hair base) x 18, (sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc) x 2.

Fasten off. Pin hair to head and then sew into place.

Working around posts of yellow stitches on jersey, 20 sl stitches in red.

Skirt

Row 1: Working through posts of stitches on body so there is one row of grey between skirt and yellow stripe, 22 sl.

Row 2: working through loops closest to legs, 22 sc.

Row 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 11 (33)

Rows 4-7: 33 sc (4 rounds)

Fasten off.

Scarf

Using red colored yarn:

Round 1: 8 ch and join in a loop

Rounds 2-5: 8 sc (4 rounds)

Using yellow colored yarn:

Rounds 6-9: 8 sc (4 rounds)

Using red colored yarn:

Rounds 10-13: 8 sc (4 rounds)

Repeat the previous 8 rounds until you have 13 stripes in total. Fasten off. Fold scarf flat, sew together cast on stitches, sew together cast off stitches. Cut eight 10 cm lengths of yellow yarn and eight 10 cm lengths of red yarn. Using one length of red and one length of yellow, fold lengths in half, draw loop through scarf and then pull cut ends through loop.

Cloak

Sleeves (Make Two)

Using black colored yarn:

Round 1: 12 ch and join in a loop

Rounds 2-11: 12 sc (10 rounds)

Main Body of Cloak

Using black colored yarn:

Row 1: 21 ch

Row 2: starting in second chain from hook 20 sc

Row 3-24: 1 ch, starting in second chain from hook 20 sc (22 rows)

Row 25: 1 ch 5 sc, 12 sc around arm, 10 sc, 12 sc around other arm, 5 sc (44)

Row 26: 1 ch, 22 dec (22)

Row 27-28: 1 ch, 22 sc (2 rounds)

Row 29: 1 ch, 11 dec (11)

Fasten off.

Weave in yarn ends.

Large Book

Using blue colored yarn:

Row 1: 9 ch

Row 2: starting in 2nd ch from hook, 8 sc

Row 3-17: 1 ch, 8 sc (15 rows)

Fasten off.

Using white color yarn:

Row 1: 8 ch

Row 2: starting in 2nd ch from hook, 7 sc

Row 3-12: 1 ch, 7 sc (10 rows)

Fasten off.

Fold white in half for pages, fold blue in half over the top of the white pages. Pin and sew book together.

Small Book

Using purple colored yarn:

Row 1: 9 ch

Row 2: starting in 2nd ch from hook, 8 sc

Row 3-15: 1 ch, 8 sc (13 rows)

Fasten off.

Using white color yarn:

Row 1: 8 ch

Row 2: starting in 2nd ch from hook, 7 sc

Row 3-7: 1 ch, 7 sc (5 rows)

Fasten off.

Place white page on one half of the book. Fold blue in half over the top of the white page. Pin and sew book together.

Make a second small book, using green instead of purple for the cover.