Cricket, free crochet pattern

I would like to share with you this pattern created by Russian designer Elena Belova.
https://www.instagram.com/elenabelova2702/ 
 This Cricket is a character of the children's book about Pinocchio.
The presented video pattern was created by another Russian-speaker crocheter (it seems that she lives in the USA). But since that video is presented only in Russian (even without English subtitles), I add the English-language pattern.
I want to thank Louise Carstens from South Africa, who worked a lot on the translation. Of course, she used the written pattern and the Google Translate (and you know, this is not easy work!) But she have translated almost everything, except for some specific Russian words and expressions. So I helped her and found that video version of the pattern. The doll above, by the way, is the result of my testing this pattern.
I hope this video and our addition will help you to make your Cricket.

video part 1 - Head, Eyes, Eyelid, Torso, Leg
video part 2 - Shoe, Hand, Tailcoat

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Abbreviations
inc = increase = make 2 sc in 1 stitch
dec = decrease = 2 next st crochet together

HEAD (video 1)

Round 1: 6 sc in the magic ring 

Round 2: inc around (12)

Round 3: [1 inc, 1 sc] around (18)

Round 4: [1 inc, 2 sc] around (24)

Round 5: [1 inc, 3 sc] around (30)

Round 6: sc around (30)

Round 7: [1 inc, 4 sc] around (36)

Round 8: sc around (36)

Round 9: [1 inc, 5 sc] around (42)

Rounds 10-11: sc around (42)

Round 12: [1 inc, 6 sc] around (48)

Rounds 13-14: sc around (48)

Round 15: [1 inc, 7 sc] around (54)

Rounds 16-17: sc around (54)

Round 18: 5 sc, 1 dec, *(3 sc, 1 inc) repeat from* 9 times, 4 sc, 1 dec, 5sc (61) 

Round 19: sc around (61)

Round 20: 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 8 sc, *(1 inc, 1 sc) repeat from * 2 times, 1 inc, 25 sc, **(1 inc, 1 sc) repeat from** 2 times, 1 inc, 8 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc.  (64)

Round 21: 28 sc, 7 inc, 27 sc, 1 dec (70)

Round 22: 26 sc, 1 dec, 14 hdc, 1 dec, 26 sc (68)

Round 23: 25 sc, 1 dec, 14 hdc, 1 dec, 25 sc (66)

Round 24: 26 sc, 14 hdc, 26sc (66)

Round 25: 12 sc, *[1 dec, 1 sc] repeat from* 2 times, 1 dec, 6 sc, 14 hdc, 6 sc, *[1 dec, 1 sc] repeat from * 2 times, 1 dec, 12 sc (60)

Round 26: 24 sc, *[2 hdc together] repeat 6 times, 24 sc (54)

Round 27: sc around (54)

Round 28: [1 dec,7 sc] around (48)

Round 29: sc around (48)

Round 30: [1 dec, 6 sc] around (42)

Round 31: [1 dec, 5 sc] around (36)

Round 32: [1 dec, 4 sc] around (30)

Round 33: [1 dec, 3 sc] around (24)

Round 34: [1 dec, 2 sc] around (18)

Round 35: [1 dec, 1 sc] around (12)

Cut off and leave a long enough yarn tail for sewing.

Eye, make 2 (video 1, 39:37)

- start with black yarn

1. 6 sc in mr

2. inc around (12)

- change yarn to light blue

3. [1 inc, 1 sc] around (18)

- change yarn to white

4-6. sc around (18)

7. [1 dec, 1 sc] around (12)

8. 3 dec (9)

- Stuff the eye a little

Eyelid, make 2 (video 1, 44:33)

1. 6 sc in mr

2. inc around (12)

3. [1 inc, 1 sc] around (18)

4. sc around (18)

- leave a long yarn tail for sewing

TORSO (video 1, 47:00)

Round 1: 6sc in magic ring  (6)

Round 2: inc around (12)

Round 3: [1 inc, 1 sc around (18)

Round 4: [1 inc, 2 sc] around (24)

Round 5: sc around (24)

Round 6: [1 inc, 3 sc] around (30)

Round 7: sc around (30)

Round 8: [1 inc, 4 sc] around (36)

Round 9: sc around (36)

Round 10: [1 inc, 5 sc] around (42)

Round 11: sc around (42)

Round 12: Change yarn color and crochet in back loops only:

sc around (42)

Rounds 13-15: sc around (42)

Round 16: [1 dec, 12 sc] around (39)

Round 17: sc around (39)

Round 18: [1 dec, 11 sc] around (36)

Round 19: sc around (36)

Round 20: [1 dec, 10 sc] around (33)

Round 21: sc around (33)

Round 22: [1 dec, 9 sc] around (30)

Rounds 23-25: sc around (30)

Round 26: [1 dec, 3 sc] around (24)

Round 27: sc around (24)

Round 28: [1 dec, 2 sc] around (18)

Round 29: sc around (18)

• Stuff the torso

Round 30: [1 dec, 1 sc] around (12)

• cut off the yarn

Legs, make 2 (video 1, 1:07:19)

Leave a long enough yarn tail to sew the legs to the body.

Make 18 ch and close the ring with a slip st. 

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Rounds 1- 10: sc around (18)

Round 11: change yarn color: sc around (18)

Round 12: work in back loops only: sc around (18)

Rounds 13-14: sc around (18)

Rounds 15-18: 5 sl st, 4 sc, 5 hdc, 4 sc (18)

Rounds 19-21: sc around (18)

- close with a slip st.

- Leave a long yarn tail for sewing.

SHOES, make 2 (video 2)

 

SOLE

Round 1:

12 ch, start in the 2nd ch from the hook: 10 sc, 3 sc in the last st, 9 sc, 1 inc (24) 

Round 2:

1 inc, 9 sc, 3 inc, 9 sc, 2 inc (30)

Round 3:

(1 sc, 1 inc), 9 sc, (1 sc, 1 inc)* 3 times, 9 sc, (1sc, 1 inc)* 2 times (36)

Round 4:

(2 sc, 1 inc), 10 sc, 1 inc, 6 sc, 1 inc, 10 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc (40)

Round 5:

(3 sc, 1 inc), 10 sc, 1 inc, 8 sc, 1 inc, 10 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc (44)

Round 6:

(4 sc, 1 inc), 10 sc, 1 inc, 10 sc, 1 inc, 10 sc, 1 inc, 6 sc (48) 

Round 7:

4 sc, 1 inc, 13 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc, 1 inc, 13 sc, 1 inc, 4 sc, 1 inc (54)

 

make duplicate soles of cardboard or plastic, cut them

 

SHOE

Round 8:  Attach the blue yarn and crochet in back loops of the sole previous round:

sc around  (54)

Rounds 9-11: sc around (54)

Round 12: 11 sc, 2 hdc in 1 next st, (4 hdc, 2 hdc in 1 next st)* 6 times, 12 sc  (61) 

Rounds 13-14: 11 sc, 38 hdc, 12 sc  (61)

Round 15: 11 sc, 2 hdc tog, (4hdc, 2 hdc tog)* 6 times, 12 sc  (54) 

 

Put cardboard insole inside the shoe

Round 16: (7 sc, 1 dec) around (48)

Round 17: (6 sc, 1 dec) around (42)

Round 18: (5 sc, 1 dec) around (36)

Round 19: (4 sc, 1 dec) around (30)

Round 20: (3 sc, 1 dec) around (24)

Round 21: (2 sc, 1 dec) around (18)

 

Stuff the shoe.

Round 22: (1 sc, 1 dec) around (12)

Round 23: dec around (6)

close the hole

Hands, make 2 (video 2, 33:24)

 

1ST FINGER

• Start with white yarn to crochet the gloves.

Round 1:

6sc into the magic ring  (6)

Round 2: inc around  (12)

Round 3: sc around  (12)

Round 4: [1 dec, 4 sc] around (10)

Round 5-7: sc around (10)

• finish with slip stitch

 

2ND FINGER

Round 1: 6sc into the mr.  (6)

Round 2: inc around (12)

Round 3: sc around (12)

Round 4: [1 dec, 4 sc] around (12)

Round 5-8: sc around (10)

• finish with slip st

 

3RD FINGER

Round 1: 6sc into the mr.  (6)

Round 2: inc around (12)

Round 3: sc around (12)

Round 4: [1 dec, 4 sc] around (10)

Round 5-6: sc around (10)

• don’t cut off the yarn

CONNECTION OF FINGERS

• continue with white yarn

Round 1: crochet 5Sc on the 3rd finger, 5sc on the 2nd finger,

10sc on the 1st finger, 5sc on the 2nd finger, 5sc on the 3rd finger.  (30)

• Stuff the fingers.

Continue crocheting in a circle.

Round 2-8: sc around (30)

Round 9: [1 dec, 3 sc] around (24)

Round 10: [1 dec, 2 sc] around (18)

Round 11: [1 dec, 4sc] around (15)

Round 12-13: sc around (15)

Round 14: Change the yarn: sc around (15)

Round 15-28: sc around (15)

 

4th FINGER (make 2)

Round 1: 6sc into the mr.  (6)

Round 2: inc around (12)

Round 3: sc around (12)

Round 4: [1 dec, 4 sc] around (10)

Round 5-6: sc around (10)

finish with 1 slip st

Cut off the yarn, leave a long enough yarn tail to sewing.  Stuff the finger, sew to the hand.

 

CUFF ON GLOVES (make 2)

Round 1: 6sc in the mr.  (6)

Round 2-19: sc around (6)

• Try on your Cuff to the circumference of the Hand to determine its length. 

• End off with 1 slip st.

 

SLEEVE (make 2)

 

• leave a long enough yarn tail to sew the sleeves onto the arms.

Make chain of 16 loops, close with a slip stitch, work in rounds

 

Round 1-2: sc around (16)

Round 3: [1 inc, 7 sc] around (18)

Round 4-5: sc around (18)

Round 6: [1 inc, 8 sc] around (20)

Round 7-8: sc around (20)

Round 9: [1 inc, 9 sc] around (22)

Round 10-11: sc around (22)

Round 12: [1 inc, 10 sc] around (24)

• End off with 1 slip st.

• Put the sleeve on the arm and sew it to the arm and then to the body.

TAILCOAT (video 2, 01:05:13)

 

• Crochet front and back rows.

Row 1: make 21ch, 

start in 2nd chain from hook, 20sc, turn the work  (20)

Row 2-8: (the front part of the tail coat)

ch1, 20Sc, turn the work.  (20)

Row 9:

ch1, 20Sc, ch6, turn the work.  (25)

Row 10:

start from 2nd st from the hook: 5 sc in the chains, 20Sc (25 sc altogether),

 turn the work.  (25)

Row 11:

ch1, 25Sc, ch6, turn the work.  (30)

Row 12:

start in the 2nd chain from the hook: 30Sc, turn the work.  (30)

Row 13:

30Sc, ch6, turn the work.  (35)

Row 14:

35Sc, turn the work.  (35)

Row 15:

35Sc, ch6, turn the work.  (40)

Row 16:

40Sc, turn the work.  (40)

Row 17:

40Sc, ch3, turn the work.  (42)

Row 18:

42 Sc, turn the work.  (42)

Row 19:

ch1, 20Sc, ch23, turn the work (42)

Row 20:

start in the 2nd ch from the hook, make 22 sc in the chains, 

20 sc in the sts of the previous row (42Sc altogether),

 turn the work.  (42)

Row 21:

1 ch, 40Sc, turn the work.  (40)

Row 22:

1 ch, 40Sc, turn the work.  (40)

Row 23:

ch1, 35Sc, turn the work. (35)

Row 24:

ch1, 35Sc, turn the work.  (35)

Row 25:

ch1, 30Sc, turn the work.  (30)

Row 26:

ch1, 30Sc, turn the work.  (30)

Row 27:

ch1, 25Sc, turn the work.  (25)

Row 28:

ch1, 25Sc, turn the work.  (25)

Row 29:

ch1, 20Sc, turn the work.  (20)

Row 30-36: the front part of the tail coat

ch1, 20Sc, turn the work.  (20)

• Finish the work with 1 slip stitch. 

Make a sc-rows along the stepped edges of the tail and the lower edge of the front parts. But don’t crochet along the slit!

 

COLLAR

• Crochet front and back rows.

 

Row 1:

• Attach collar yarn at the top of the tailcoat. 

Pick up 1 stitch from each row along the top edge. Crochet together each couple of the stitches in order to get 18 sc in the row  (18) (+/- 1 stitch) - it’s not important

Row 2:

ch1, make 18(+/- 1 st)  increases (or 2sc in each st) (36)

Row 3-5:

ch1, 36 sc ( or to the end of the row), turn the work

• Finish off.

 

LEFT LAPEL

 

• Start on the wrong side of the tailcoat, work along the edge of the left front part. 

• Crochet in back loops only.

 

Row 1:

working from the bottom up: skip 3 st, make 17sc, turn the work.  (17)

Row 2:

ch1, 10Sc, skip 1 st, 1 sl st, turn the work.  (10)

Row 3:

Skip 1 st, 1 sl st, 10sc (i have only 9 st for work, so make 9sc),  turn the work. (10)

Row 4:

ch1, 7Sc (i made 6), skip 1 st, sl st, turn the work.  (7)

Row 5:

Skip 1 st, 1 sl st, 6sc (i made 5), finish  (6)

 

 

RIGHT LAPEL

 

• Start with the violet yarn on wrong side of the work, in back loops only, work from the top to bottom 

Row 1:

17Sc, turn the work (17)

Row 2:

6 sl st, 11sc, turn the work

Row 3:

ch1, 8Sc, skip 1 st, 1 sl st, turn the work

Row 4:

Skip 1 st, 1 sl st, 7Sc, turn the work

Row 5:

ch1, 6Sc, sl st, finish

• Make sc-rows along the stepped edges of the tail and the lower edge of the front parts. Leave a long yarn tail for sewing the coat to body.But don’t crochet along the slit!
• I recommend to moisten the coat, put on a soft surface, attach with pins and let to dry completely.

Unfortunately, this video does not show the process of making some parts, as well as the process of assembling the toy. Therefore, I will add them from the written pattern. Alas, this pattern is also in Russian.

MAKE A TIE

 - leave a long enough yarn tail to sew the tie with.  Crochet front and back rows.

Row 1:

Ch 20, start in the 2nd ch from the hook, 6 sl st, 7sc, turn the work.

Row 2:

1 dec, 3Sc, 1 dec, turn the work.

Row 3:

1 dec, 1Sc, 1 dec, turn the work.

Row 4:

3 Sc together

• Finish off

MAKE A HAT

Round 1: 6 sc in the mr.  (6)

Round 2: inc around (12)

Round 3: [1 inc, 1 sc] around (18)

Round 4: [1 inc, 2 sc] around (24)

Round 5: [1 inc, 3 sc] around (30)

Round 6: [1 inc, 4 sc] around (36)

Round 7: [1 inc, 5 sc] around (42)

Round 8: [1 inc, 6 sc] around (48)

Round 9: [1 inc, 7 sc] around (54)

Round 10: [1 inc, 8 sc] around (60)

• Draw a circle around the crochet onto cardboard and cut out.

Round 11: in back loops only: sc around (60)

Round 12-14: sc around (60)

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  Insert the cardboard inside the top of the hat.

Round 15: [1 dec, 8 sc] around (54)

Round 16-18: sc around (54)

Round 19: [1 dec, 7 sc] around (48)

Round 20-22: sc around (48)

Round 23: [1 dec, 6 sc] around (42)

• Change to strip yarn.

Round 24-25: sc around (42)

Round 26: [1 inc, 6 sc] around (48)

Round 24-25: sc around (48)

Round 28: [1 inc, 7 sc] around (54)

Change to hat yarn.

Round 29: in front loops only: sc around (54)

Round 30: [1 inc, 8 sc] around (60)

Round 31: [1 inc, 9 sc] around (66)

Round 32: [1 inc, 10 sc] around (72)

• Crochet along the edge with reverse single crochet 

MAKE a Nose

1. 6 sc in mr (6)
2. inc around (12)
3. [3 inc, 3 sc] repeat 2 times (18)
4. sc around (18)
5. - 6. change the yarn to more light/dark green (optional): sc around (18)

- finish off with 1 slip st, leave a long tail for sewing to the head

Assembling the doll

1. Sew the Nose to the Head

2. Sew the Eyes

3. Embroider the smile

4. Sew the Legs and the Shoes together

5. Sew the Legs (with the Shoes) to the Torso

6. Sew the Head, then the Tie

7. Sew the tailcoat to the body, bend the lapels and sew them to stay in position.

8. Sew the Hand to the Tailcoat and the Torso

Your Cricket is ready!