The Onceler Amigurumi Pattern - From The Lorax

I watched The Lorax on Netflix last week. I know I’m jumping on this Onceler fan wagon kind of late but I don’t care. I plan to make him his green tux and top hat  now!

Onceler, the villain who knits >:)

Materials:

2.70mm Hook

3.5mm Hook

5mm Hook

Light Grey Yarn - Worsted

Dark Grey Yarn - Worsted

White Yarn - Worsted

Black Yarn - Worsted

Peach Yarn – Sock Weight

Black Crochet Thread

Pink Yarn – Any Weight

2 - 6mm Safety Eyes

Polyfill

Head,

Sock Weight Peach Yarn

2.70 Hook

R1: 6 sc in magic circle

R2: 2 sc in each st (12)

R3: 2sc, sc around (18)

R4: (2sc, sc 2) around (24)

R5: (2sc, sc 3) Around (30)

R6 –10: Sc in each st around (30)

R11: Dec 1, sc 14, Dec 1, sc 14

R12: Dec 1, sc 3) around (24)

R13: (Dec 1, sc 2) around (18)

R14: (Dec 1, sc 1) around (12)

Add safety eyes, stuff firmly with polyfill

R15: (Dec, sc 3) around

R16: Dec 6

R17-19: sc around

Sl St, F/o leaving long end for sewing

Stuff the neck as well as you can for stability. You can also add some craft wire or pipe cleaner for extra support.

Legs – Make 2

3.5mm Hook, Start with Black Yarn

Stuff tightly with yarn as you work up

R1: Ch 4, turn

R2: Sc 3 across, sl st into beginning slipknot,

R3: Now turn it and crochet on the other side of the starting chain. (9)

R4: Sc 3, dec 3

Change color to dark gray

R5: Sc around (you’ll have 7 or 8 stitches now)

R6: Dec 1, sc around (7) (Don’t decrease if you already have 7 sts)

R7-8: sc around (7)

Change to lighter grey

R9-11: Sc around (7)

Change to darker grey

R12-14: Sc around (7)

Change to lighter grey

R15-17: Sc around (7)

Change to darker grey

R18-20: Sc around (7)

Torso

3.5 mm Hook, Start with darker grey

R1: Put the two legs together, feet pointed forward, and crochet around both tops. You should now have 14 sts because both legs have been combined.

Switch to light grey

R2: Sc around (14)

R3: Sc around (14)

Switch to white

R4: Sc Around (14)

Switch to Darker Grey

R5: Sc around but do a 1 dec at each hip (12)

R6-7: Sc Around (12)

R8: Sc around but in the middle front do one stitch in white. (12)

R9: Sc around but in the middle of torso, centered over the white stitch from the previous row do 3 white stitches.
Stuff with Polyfill

R9: Dec around, putting 3 white dec sts on top of the ones from the previous row. (6)

Sl St, F/o leaving long end for sewing

Arms – Make 2

3.5mm Hook, White Yarn
Stuff with yarn or polyfil as you go up

R1: Sc 4 in magic ring

R2-12: Sc around (4)

Sl st, f/o leaving long end for sewing

You can do the hair however you prefer, this is how I did it:

Hair Cap

2.70mm Hook, Black Crochet Thread

R1: 6 sc in magic circle

R2: 2 sc in each st (12)

R3: 2sc, sc around (18)

R4: (2sc, sc 2) around (24)

R5: (2sc, sc 3) Around (30)

R6 –8: Sc in each st around (30)

Sl st, f/o leaving long end for sewing

Sew onto the head. Now he looks like he has a bowl cut. Using a needle and crochet thread gradually cover the hair cap and give him bangs and a more varied hairline.

Hands  - Make 2 - Caps on the arms!

Peach Yarn, 2.70 mm Hook

R1: 6 sc in magic circle

R2: 2sc in each st (12)

R3: Sc around (12)

Sl st, f/o leaving long end for sewing.

Sew the hand caps onto the arms.

Using white thread, wrap around the base of the arms, right before the hands a few times. This looks like his sleevies.

Ears – Make 2

2.75mm Hook, Peach Yarn

R1: 3 sc in magic circle

Sew onto sides of head a row or two below the eyes

Hat

3.5 mm Hook, Start with Light Grey Yarn

R1: 6 sc in magic circle

R2: 2 sc in each st around (12)

R3: (2 sc, sc 1) around (18)

R4: (2 sc, sc 2) around (24)

R5: In BLO sc in each st around (24)

R6-7: Sc in each st around (24)

Change to black yarn

R8: Sc in each st around (24)

Change back to light grey

R9: (2 sc, sc 1) around (36)

Sl St, f/o, weave in ends

Thneed

I just took some pink yarn and an F Hook and crocheted at random for about five minutes. Then I wrapped it around his neck. It’s a thneed, so you can do it however you want to fit your need :)

Assembly

Make sure the hand caps are sewed onto the arms, then sew the arms right at his shoulders. I then embroidered on the white v on his chest to give it more definition. Sew the neck onto the body securely. With black crochet thread give him a mouth and eyebrows. Tie his thneed around his neck and he’s done!

 

 
 

He looks a lot like Marshall Lee and it would not be that hard to mod him into the son of the demon king :) If you want detailed notes on amigurumi proportions click here.