This free pattern for crocheting your own amigurumi-style creature comes to us from Tamie Snow, member of the Sacramento Craft Mafia, mastermind behind Roxycraft.com, and Mom to 2-year-old Jackson.

To find out more about Tamie and the Sac Craft Mafia, check out our March feature story, "She's Crafty!" You can also go to SacramentoCraftMafia.com, or, for more "patterns that don't suck" and to see other adorable creations by Tamie, visit Roxycraft.com, where you can link to her blog, score more free patterns or reserve a copy of Tamie's book, "Tiny Yarn Animals: Amigurumi Friends to Make and Enjoy," due out in bookstores this August.

Here's how to make a Gabu:

Materials You'll Need:
Worsted Weight Yarn
Size 5.0mm crochet hook
6mm black doll eyes
Polyester stuffing material
Embroidery Needle

Finished Size:
Approximately 2.5” tall

Abbreviations Used:
ch-chain

sc-single crochet

mm-move stitch marker

sc2tog-decrease single crochet two stitches together

Directions:

Head:

With Winter White
R1-Ch2, 6sc in 1st chain, mm
R2-2sc in each sc around (12scs) mm
R3-*2sc in first sc, 1sc in next, repeat from * around, mm
R4-*2sc in first sc, 1sc in next 2sc, repeat from * around, mm
R5-*2sc in first sc, 1sc in next 3sc, repeat from * around, mm
R6 thru 12-sc in each sc around, mm
R13-*sc2tog, 1sc in next 3sc, repeat from * around, mm
R14-*sc2tog, 1sc in next 2sc, repeat from * around, mm
R15-*sc2tog, 1sc in next sc, repeat from * around, mm
FO leaving a long tail to close hole,

Stuff and attach eyes low on the face, set wide.

Antennae:

Ch5, hdc 3 times in 2nd ch from hook, slip stitch in next 3 ch, FO

Stitch Antennae to the top of the head, widely set.

Make millions more and form a Gabu army!

For the full tutorial, and to see more of Tamie's adorable creatures, check out her website: www.RoxyCraft.com
And look for a new DIY tutorial each month (involving a wide range of difficulty-levels and mediums), in Sacramento Parent's new "Crafty Mama" column.