Heartless Crochet Pattern

It's a Heartless from Kingdom Hearts! If you have questions/comments feel free to let me know!

Pattern by Phantasmfreud (OCDrobot), character by Square Enix

*Please note this is a pattern for the Heartless only! The heart was made from a free pattern I found on Craftster. See this item’s DeviantArt listing for details on the heart pattern.*

Materials needed: 1) worsted weight yarn in 2 colors.

A.Black (everything but eyes)

B. Yellow (eyes)

      2) An f/5 (3.75 mm) crochet hook

      3) Fiberfill

Note: this entire pattern is worked in the round. Stuff pieces with fiberfill as you go before they become too narrow to fill. Don’t over-stuff, just use enough so the piece retains its shape. If you find stuffing difficult at any time, try using your crochet hook to cram that fiberfill in there!

Head

Round 1: With black yarn, 6 sc in ring. (6sc)

Rnd 2: Inc around in each sc. (12)

Rnd 3: *1 sc, inc*; repeat from first *, to last * 6 times. (18)

Rnd 4: *1 sc, inc*; repeat from first *, to last * 8 times. (27)

Rnd 5-7: sc in each sc around. (27)

Rnd 8: *1 sc, dec*; repeat from first *, to last * 8 times. (18)

Rnd 9: *1 sc, dec*; repeat from first *, to last * 6 times. (12)

Rnd 10: dec 6 times. (6)

Rnd 11: 1 dec. (5) Cast off.

Body

Rnd 1: With black yarn, 6 sc in ring. (6sc)

Rnd 2: Inc around in each sc. (12)

Rnd 3: *1 sc, inc*; repeat from first *, to last * 6 times. (18)

Rnd 4-6: sc in each sc around. (18)

Rnd 7: *2 sc, dec*; repeat from first *, to last *  3 times, sc in each of the last two sc. (13)

Rnd 8-10: sc in each sc around. (13)

Rnd 11: *1 sc, dec*; repeat from first *, to last * 6 times. (7)

Rnd 12: sc in each sc around. (7) Cast off.

Eyes

Rnd 1: With yellow yarn, 6 sc in ring. (6sc) Cast off. Make two.

Antennae

*Note: this one piece of the pattern only is done in rows, not rounds.*

Row 1: With black yarn, chain 16. In 2^nd chain from hook, make an sc. Sc in each of the next two chains. Slip st. in next chain to finish. (3 sc) Cast off. Make two. (Weave in your yarn tail towards the end of the antennae with the sc’s. This “fatter” end is the base of your antennae and is to be attached to the head. Optionally, if your yarn tail is long enough, you could use it to sew the antennae to the head.)

Legs

Rnd 1: With black yarn, 6 sc in ring. (6sc)

Rnd 2-4: sc in each sc around. (6)

Rnd 5: *1 sc, dec*; repeat from first *, to last * 1 more time. (4)

Rnd 6: sc in each sc around. (4) Cast off. Make two.

Feet

Rnd 1: With black yarn, 4 sc in ring. (4sc)

Rnd 2: *1 sc, inc*; repeat from first *, to last * 1 more time. (6)

Rnd 3-5: sc in each sc around. (6)

Rnd 6: *1 sc, dec*; repeat from first *, to last * 1 more time. (4)

Rnd 7: Dec one time. (3) Cast off. Make two.

Arms

Rnd 1: With black yarn, 6 sc in ring. (6sc)

Rnd 2: sc in each sc around. (6)

Rnd 3: *1 sc, dec*; repeat from first *, to last * 1 more time. (4)

Rnd 4-5: sc in each sc around. (4)

Okay, now I would like to point out that this pattern gets tricky a bit. If you have been stuffing the arm thus far (I hope you did a little), stop doing it here. The “arm” is finished; the rest of the pattern is forming the hand of the heartless (the hand is not stuffed). Don’t cast off or anything, it’s still one continuous piece.

Rnd 6: *1 sc, inc*; repeat from first *, to last * 1 more time. (6)

Rnd 7: sc in each sc around. (6)

Now, you want to take the opening you have of the hand and slip stitch it shut. (Pinch the opening shut and slip stich across both sides of the opening, going under the “v’s” of the stiches on both sides.) The “hand” is now complete. Don’t’ cast off!

Once you have slip stitched across, chain 4. Slip stich this into the base of the hand. (1 picot)

This forms a picot stitch, and is the first of the heartless’s fingers. Do this picot stitch two more times evenly across the base of the hand to make the two remaining fingers. (3 picot total).

Cast off. Make two.

Congratulations! You’re done. As for assembly instructions, there isn’t much to say as this pattern is old and my hand written notes don’t include assembly. It is, however, fairly logical where each piece goes. (Example, the legs probably go on the bottom of the body, y’know, in typical humanoid fashion.) Just look at the photo provided and use it as your model, or sew the pieces on in any other way you wish for different poses. ^_^

Thanks for using my pattern!