{"title":"How to Crochet a Ghost","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crochet/how-to-crochet-a-ghost","category":{"slug":"crochet","name":"Crochet"},"creator":{"name":"ElyseCrochets 💌","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0hrzDBdrduAHZHw7LjMDA","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ARUu-PQlY"},"tldr":"Crochet a tiny no-sew amigurumi ghost in about an hour. Nine photo steps: rounds, a ruffled skirt and stitched yarn eyes. Beginner friendly.","totalDurationSeconds":992,"difficulty":"easy","tools":["4.5 mm crochet hook","scissors","tapestry needle","stitch marker"],"materials":["worsted weight cream or white yarn","black yarn","pink yarn","polyester fiberfill or yarn scraps"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Make a Slip Knot in the Cream Ghost Yarn","text":"Wrap the yarn round two fingers and across, then pinch it with your thumb so it holds. Slide a finger from your other hand under the first strand and over the second. Flip that second strand up and pull it tight. You now have a slip knot. Elyse shows it twice, slowly, so watch the video if the wrap feels awkward."},{"number":2,"title":"Chain Two to Start the Crochet Ghost Head","text":"Put the hook into the slip knot loop and pull the tail to snug it down round the hook. Yarn over and pull through the loop on your hook. That is one chain. Do it once more for a chain of two. Trim the tail a little so it stays out of your way, but keep enough to grab."},{"number":3,"title":"Work Six Single Crochets Into the First Chain for Round One","text":"Go into the first chain you made, yarn over and pull up a loop so two loops sit on the hook. Yarn over and pull through both. That is a single crochet. Make six of them in that same chain. Pull the tail at the back to close the circle, then slip stitch into the first single crochet to finish round one."},{"number":4,"title":"Increase to Twelve Stitches for the Round Top of the Ghost","text":"Chain one. It does not count as a stitch. Now work two single crochets into every stitch round the circle, going under both loops at the top of each. You should end with twelve stitches. The slip stitch from the last round can look like a thirteenth, so skip it. Slip stitch into the first single crochet to close round two."},{"number":5,"title":"Crochet Rounds Three to Seven to Build the Ghost Body","text":"Chain one and make one single crochet into every stitch, twelve in all, then slip stitch to join. Your work starts to curl into a cup. Flip it so the right side faces out. Repeat that same round until you have seven rounds. The circle turns into a small tube, which is the ghost's head and body."},{"number":6,"title":"Stuff the Crochet Ghost With Polyfill or Yarn Scraps","text":"Before you close anything, push a little stuffing into the tube. Elyse uses leftover yarn scraps, which is a good way to use up ends. Polyester fiberfill gives a smoother, lighter ghost. Fill the head firmly so it keeps a round shape, and stop about level with the top of your last round."},{"number":7,"title":"Decrease in the Back Loops to Close the Bottom of the Ghost","text":"Chain one. For round eight, work only in the back loop, the one furthest from you. Pull up a loop in one back loop, then in the next stitch, so three loops sit on the hook. Yarn over and pull through all three. Repeat round the tube for six decreases. Slip stitch across the small hole to close it, tie off, and pull the tail inside."},{"number":8,"title":"Crochet the Ruffle Skirt Into the Front Loops of the Ghost","text":"Tie your cream yarn onto any front loop you skipped in round eight. Chain one, then make four single crochets into that loop. Move to the next front loop and make four more. Keep going all the way round. Four stitches crowded into one loop is what makes the edge ruffle. Slip stitch, tie off and weave in the tail."},{"number":9,"title":"Stitch Black Yarn Eyes and Pink Cheeks on the Crochet Ghost","text":"Thread black yarn onto a tapestry needle. Go in through the bottom and come out where the first eye starts, leaving a tail below. Go up one stitch, then across to the second eye and up one stitch again. Come back out at the bottom, knot the tails and push the knot inside. Repeat with pink yarn for cheeks."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-09-24T22:40:46.035Z","published":"2026-09-24T22:40:39.164Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}