Welcome to the latest installment in our Build Ami series. Today we’ll be making a Tiny Football Jersey for our amigurumi to wear. This pattern is designed to pair seamlessly with the Classic Doll Base Crochet Pattern, helping you create any amigurumi you can envision.
I accidentally poured too much meaning into this last crochet project. I make crochet figurines for a living, always using the Classic Doll Base pattern, which you can now get as a Zine. I’m a fan of music that makes me want to dance, and Bad Bunny has been a top artist on my Spotify wrapped for at least 4 years now. His music has the power to unite latin american people in a rowdy and beautiful way. Personally, I can find both perreo and poetry in his music. It captures the feeling that yes, living in Latin America is messy, AND it is incredible, it’s delicious, it’s filled with community, love, nostalgia, and color. Which is why I was very excited to watch his Superbowl performance. And the very next day I started making a figurine in his likeness, specifically with the outfit he wore during the halftime. I decided I wanted him to be wearing the same Jersey with his last name and #64 embroidered on. I got on Tiktok live and worked, I was crocheting and started drafting the pattern for the jersey on my notebook until I ran out of this specific shade of off-white I was using for the outfit.
Cut to the very next day, my father informs my family and I that my grandma (abuelita Irma) is gravely ill in the hospital. By the time I got to them my grandma had passed. I spent the next three days with my family. My parents, siblings, my niece and nephew, cousins I hadn’t seen in years, and aunts and uncles I’d never even met before. And we all talked about the halftime show, how cool it was, how it moved us, what struck to us the most, and ultimately we’d land on nostalgia for our recent loss. I’d lost my grandma, my uncles had lost an aunt, and my father had lost his mother.
When I got back to Tucson I cried and cried. Reminisced on my grandmother, the woman that taught me how to crochet when I was a child. After I was done crying I picked myself up, went out to buy the off-white yarn I needed to finish the Jersey. And then I actually completed the project. I completed it with a new found respect for my family, a softer perspective on life, and feeling closer to my craft than ever 🤍
To make this Benito figurine I used the Classic Doll Base Pattern, the Curly Hair Tutorial, and the Tiny Jersey pattern I now share with you.
What Is the Amigurumi Builder Series?
The Amigurumi Builder Series is a modular collection of crochet patterns that work together to help you build unique, stylized dolls. You start with the Classic Doll Base, then add hair, clothes, accessories, and personality. Each piece is designed to match in scale and style, allowing you to mix and match for maximum creative freedom. With my easy-to-follow instructions and detailed visuals, you’ll be crocheting your way to adorable creations in no time.
This pattern works up quickly and uses basic stitches—perfect for anyone comfortable with increases, decreases, and working in the round.
Abbreviations:
- Ch: Chain
- Sl st: Slip Stitch
- Sc: Single crochet
- Sc dec: Single crochet Decrease
- Sc inc: Single crochet Increase
- (xx): Numbers in bold mean stitch count at the end of each round
Gauge:
In a 1 inch by 1 inch square of stitches there should be 4sc and 4 rows of sc.
Materials Needed:
- 4.5mm crochet Hook
- Medium Weight Yarn [Impeccable Solid yarn in “Cloud”]
- Scissors
- Yarn needle (metal recommended)
- Stitch Marker (improvised markers: paper clip, bobby pin, piece of different color yarn)
PATTERN:
The pattern is beginner-friendly and worked seamlessly in-the-round as a single piece, making it a quick and satisfying project for crocheters of all levels. Whether you’re making your favorite player or your favorite singer, this mini jersey adds charm and personality to your handmade amigurumi. Perfect for customizing dolls with accessories that stand out!
- Ch 25, sl st to join the chain, ch 1 and sc 24 around. (24)
- Ch 1, 24 sc (24)
- Ch 1, 24 sc (24)
- Ch 1, 8 sc, turn your work (8)
- Ch 1, 8sc, turn your work (8)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2), ch 1 and fasten off
This creates the Jersey’s waistband, front panel, and first shoulder strap
To crochet the back panel, locate the base of the front panel, count 4 stitches away, and reattach the yarn to the 5th stitch.
From there:
- Ch 1, 8 sc, turn your work (8)
- Ch 1, 8sc, turn your work (8)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2)
- Ch 1, 2 sc, turn your work (2), ch 1 and fasten off
You now have both the front and back panels of the Tiny Jersey, as well as both shoulder straps. Using a yarn needle, sew the shoulder straps to their opposing panels to create something that looks like a vest.
SLEEVES
Attach the yarn to one of the “armpits” of the jersey.
- Work in the round and fit 15 sc around the arm hole, sl st into the first sc. (10)
- Ch 1, (sc 3, 1 sc dec) X3 (12)
- Ch 1, 12 sc (12)
- Ch 1, (sc 4, 1 sc dec) X2 (10)
- Sc 10, sl st into the first sc , fasten off and hide the ends. (10)
Repeat this pattern for the other sleeve.
You’re basically done! Now grab a yarn needle and different colored yarn to embroider on your player’s last name and Jersey number ♥
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