Free Crochet Pattern - Baby Groot inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy

My crocheted baby Groot inspired by the Marvel movie "Guardians of the Galaxy" turned out to be quite popular and many people have asked for the pattern. I decided to postpone my other crocheting plans for few days and made a free pattern for you. I am sure many people wait Marvel to come up with an original dancing baby Groot toy but if you can't wait that long, make your own. Baby Groot is so adorable, who would not want one or maybe even two! If you have not yet seen the movie then do it soon. It is awsome! After seeing it you definately want a baby Groot of your own.

Amigurumi baby Groot is as cute as the original and makes you smile every time you look at him. You can change his dance poses because there is wire hidden inside his body and arms. He is about 20 cm (8 inches) tall if using similar yarn. The difficulty of the pattern is advanced beginner to intermediate.

Here comes the pattern, happy crocheting!

UPDATE! The Baby Groot pattern is now also available in German.

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Minu amigurumi beebi Groot, mis on inspireeritud filmist Galaktika valvurid, osutus üllatavalt populaarseks ning paljud inimesed on küsinud minult selle heegeldamise juhendit. Otsustasin hetkel siis oma muud heegeldamise plaanid edasi lükata ning tegin juhendi valmis. Ma ei ole kindel, kui populaarne see film Eestis juba on. Kuna Ameerikas on see väga populaarne, siis hetkel on juhend ainult inglise keeles. Kui armastad fantaasiafilme, siis soovitan kindlasti Galaktika valvurite filmi ära vaadata. Pärast tahad kindlasti endale ka ühte pisikest beebi Grooti poti sees. 

Pisike Groot on väga armastusväärne ja teda vaadates tuleb kohe naeratus näole. Tema tantsupoose saab muuta, sest keha ja käte sisse on peidetud traat. Ta on 20 cm pikk, kui kasutada samasugust lõnga. Juhend on sobilik juba kogenumale algajale või keskmise tasemega amigurumi meisterdajale. 

Pattern

Important! It is prohibited to sell the pattern, you are welcome to share the pattern on your website or blog if you credit Smartapple Creations as the designer and add a link to my website http://smartapplecreations.blogspot.com. If you would like to translate the pattern, you need to ask for my permission first. Note that this is a popular figure and holds a copyright by its original creator. I share the pattern for free and for personal use only. Other actions are on your responsibility.

Notes:
- Crochet with tight stitches. To avoid holes, use a smaller hook.
- Pattern is written using standard US crocheting terms.
-You can make a larger or smaller baby Groot using bulkier or finer yarn, adjust the size of the crochet hook and safety eyes accordingly. Use a crochet hook at least a size or size and half smaller that suggested on yarn label. 

Skills you will need:
chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet stitch, half double crochet stitch, increasing, regular decreasing, invisible decreasing, crocheting in rounds, crocheting through back loops or front loops only.

Materials and tools you will need:
- brown fingering weight yarn (about 100 m / 109 yds). (I used "Capri" by Steinbach Wolle. 50 g (1.75 oz)
= 125 m (136 yds));
- few meters / yards of green fingering weigth yarn for the leaves;
- black embroidery floss;
- 10 mm safety eyes;
- polyester fiberfill or other stuffing material;
- 2.25 mm crochet hook (US steel crochet hook size 2);
- copper wire;
- pincers for cutting and bending the wire;
- a few pins, yarn needle, scissors;
- flower pot (diameter 6 cm / 2.4 inches on the top)

Abbreviations:
R - row
(N) - number of stitches in row after finishing
ch - chain stitch
st, sts - stitch(es)
slst - slip stitch
sc - single crochet stitch
hdc - half double crochet stitch
FLO - crochet through front loops only
BLO - crochet through back loops only
inc - increase (make 2 single crochet stitches in indicated stitch)
dec - invisible decrease (crochet next 2 stitches together into 1 stitch by picking up the front loops of two stitches and crocheting one single crochet stitch into both loops)
sc2tog - regular decrease (crochet next 2 stitches together into 1 stitch by pulling up a loop through both stitches and crocheting the loops together)
Nsc / N hdc / Nslst - crochet one sc / hdc / slst in the following N stitches
[...] xN - repeat instructions described in the brackets N times in that row

Body
- Crochet the whole piece through back loops only to achieve the ribbed look.
- Crochet back and forth (turn the piece after finishing each row)
Ch 32
R1: hdc in the third ch from the hook, hdc, 6sc, 14slst, 4sc, 4hdc (30)
R2: ch1, 6sc, 20slst, 4sc (30)
R3: ch1, 30sc (30)
R4: ch2, 4hdc, 2sc, 6slst, 6sc, 6slst, 4sc, 2hdc (30)
R5: ch1, 12sc, 6slst, 12sc (30)
R6: ch2, 4hdc, 26sc (30)
R7: ch1, 8sc, 14slst, 4sc, 4hdc (30)
R8: ch1, 30sc (30)
R9: ch1, 6sc, 18slst, 3sc, 3hdc (30)
R10: ch2, 4hdc, 6sc, 14slst, 3sc, 3hdc (30)
R11: ch2, 3hdc, 23sc, 4hdc (30)
R12: ch1, 6sc, 6slst, 8sc, 4slst, 6sc (30)
R13: ch1, 30sc (30)
Fold the piece into half so that R1 is in the front and opening is on the top. To make the piece into a tube crochet R1 and R13 together with 30slst (R13 through back loops only). Do not fasten off the yarn. Continue to crochet the head. 

Head and Hair
- Crochet in a continous spiral, do not join rounds or turn.
- Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end of the row.
- Crochet through both loops unless stated otherwise.
R1: Ch1, pick up 30 sc in this row. For that make [inc] x2 to the first spacing between the ribs, then inc in each rib and each spacing, again [inc] x2 to the sixth spacing and again inc to each rib and spacing until you have 30 sts.
R2: sc in each st (30)
R3: [inc, 4sc] x6 (36)
R4: 8sc, [inc] x2, 12sc, [inc] x2, 12sc (40)
R5 - R9: sc in each st (40)
R10: 8sc, [dec] x3, 10sc, [dec] x3, 10sc (34)
R11: 9sc, [dec, 4sc] x2, dec, 9sc, dec (30)
Insert the safety eyes between rows 11 and 12 by leaving 7 sts (6 holes) between them. Fasten with the washers tightly.
R12 - R15: sc in each st (30)
R16: [dec, 3sc] x6 (24)

Continue to make the hair.
R17 FLO: 
[Spike 1: ch5, crochet 4slst down along the chain, 2slst
Spike 2: ch8, 7slst along the chain, 2slst
Spike 3: ch6, 5slst along the chain, 2slst] x4 (12 spikes in total)
Spike 13: ch8, 7slst along the chain (you will fasten the last spike by making the first sc to back loop of the first sc of R17)
R17 BLO: [sc, sc2tog, sc] x6 (18)
Stuff the head
R18 FLO: [Spike 1: ch8, 7slst along the chain, slst
Spike2: ch6, 5slst along the chain, 2slst] x6 (12 spikes in total)
R18 BLO: [sc, sc2tog] x6 (12)
R19 FLO: [ch6, 5slst along the chain, 2slst] x6 (6 spikes in total)
R19 BLO: [sc2tog] x6 (6)
Make one last spike to the top of the head: ch6, 5slst along the chain and fasten with a slst into the next sc.
Fasten off. Sew the hole closed on the top of the head, aga hide the yarn end inside the head. 

Embroider the smiling mouth with black embroidery floss (the mouth is 13 sts wide and between rows 6-9). Hide the yarn ends inside the head.  

Stuff the body. 

Arm (make 2)
- Crochet the whole piece through back loops only to achieve the ribbed look.
- Crochet back and forth (turn the piece after finishing each row)
Ch25
R1: slst to the next ch from the hook, 23 slst (24)
R2: ch2, 3hdc, 17sc, ch7 (27)
R3: (crochet along the chain) slst to the next ch from the hook, 5slst, 17sc, 3hdc (26)
R4: ch2, 3hdc, 5sc, 7slst, 5sc, ch5 (25)
R5: (crochet along the chain) slst to the next ch from the hook, 6slst, 3sc, 6slst, 5sc, 3hdc (24)
Fold the piece into half so that R1 is in the front and opening is on the top. To make the piece into a tube crochet R1 and R5 together with 19slst up to the fingers (R5 through back loops only). Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Do not stuff the arm. Sew the hole closed in the jointing of arm and hand and bring the yarn through the arm and through the hole on the other side (you will use it to sew on the arm).  

Assembly
To make your Groot poseable put some wire inside the arms and body. I had some 0,5 mm copper wire at home. For the arms I cut a piece of wire about 38 cm / 15 inches (twice the length of two arms plus width of the body). I folded it into half and winded it together to a spiral leaving a small loop to the top. As my wire was so thin I made it stronger that way. Insert the end of the wire into one arm, bring the wire through the body where you want the arms to position. Make a loop to the other end of the wire and insert it into the second arm. Attach the arms with some sewing pins to find the right position and sew them on.

For the body I cut a piece 2 times the length of the Groot plus a couple of extra cm/inches and winded it into a spiral the same way. Insert it into the stuffed body so that the upper loop reaches the head and bend the lower part also into a loop. An inch / a couple of centimeters of the lower part should stick out. It will be hidden inside the soil ball.

Leaf (make 4)
Ch5 (count the slip knot as the first ch), slst in the next ch from the hook, 2sc, 3slst into the first ch (pull the first ch tight by pulling the yarn end and continue to crochet the other side of the chain), 2sc, slst. Join the round with a slst into the first slst, ch3.
Fasten off and leave a yarn end long enough for sewing, hide the starting yarn end inside the leaf. Sew the leaves on to both arms and two leaves on to the head.

Soil ball
- The soil ball is made for a flower pot with a diameter of 6 cm (2.4 inches) on the top. If you have a smaller / larger pot, adjust the increasing and decreasing accordingly.
- Crochet in a continous spiral, do not join rounds or turn.
- Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the end of the row.
- Crochet through both loops.
R1: Take the yarn, make a slip knot and leave it on the hook. Insert the hook through the piece, yarn over, pull up a loop to make the first sc. Increase in each rib and spacing (twice in a wider spacing) to get in total 36 sc in this row. (36)
R2: [inc, 5sc] x6 (42)
R3: [2sc, inc, 4sc] x6 (48)
R4 - R9: sc in each st (48)
R10: [dec, 6sc] x6 (42)
R11: [2sc, dec, 3sc] x6 (36)
R12: [4sc, dec] x6 (30)
R13: [sc, dec, 2sc] x6 (24)
R14: [2sc, dec] x6 (18)
Stuff the soil ball

R15: [dec, sc] x6 (12)

R16: [dec] x6 (6)
Fasten off, sew the hole closed and hide the yarn end inside.

You can glue the soil ball to the pot or add some pretty stones on the top to make sure your baby Groot will not fall out.

 Congratulations, you are now a proud owner of a baby Groot! 

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