# Free crochet grim pattern

> A free crochet pattern for a grim, with a live 3D preview. It runs to 42 rounds across 5 separate pieces. Read it round by round, or open it in the editor to see it built.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Pattern | Grim |
| Designer | sofycrochet |
| Notation | US crochet terminology |
| Size | 5 pieces · 42 rounds · 951 stitches · 2 yarn colours |
| Yarn colours | #2A2927, #F4F1EA |
| Updated | 2026-09-12 |
| Page | https://crochet3d.com/gallery/grim |

⚠️ **US notation.** This pattern uses at least one abbreviation that means a different stitch in UK notation (UK "dc" is US "sc"; UK "tr" is US "dc"). Work it as US, or read the UK column in the key below.

## Instructions

### Body

- **Round 1:** 6 sc in ring → 6
- **Round 2:** inc x6 → 12
- **Round 3:** (sc, inc) x6 → 18
- **Round 4:** 18 sl → 18
- **Round 5:** 18 sc → 18
- **Round 6:** (5 sc, inc) x3 → 21
- **Round 7:** 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x2, 3 sc → 24
- **Round 8:** (7 sc, inc) x3 → 27
- **Round 9:** 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x2, 4 sc → 30
- **Round 10:** flo (2 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x3, 2 sc) → 30
- **Round 11:** BLO: (3 sc, dec) x6 → 24
- **Round 12:** sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x5, sc → 18
- **Round 13:** (sc, dec) x6 → 12
- **Finishing:** fasten off

### Head

- **Round 1:** 6 sc in ring → 6
- **Round 2:** inc x6 → 12
- **Round 3:** (sc, inc) x6 → 18
- **Round 4:** sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x5, sc → 24
- **Round 5:** (3 sc, inc) x6 → 30
- **Round 6-10:** 30 sc → 30
- **Round 11:** (3 sc, dec) x6 → 24
- **Round 12:** sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x2, sk, flo ((2 hdc, sl) in one st, sl, (2 hdc, sl) in one st, sl, (2 hdc, sl) in one st), dec, 2 sc, dec, sc → 18
- **Round 13:** (sc, dec) x6 → 12
- **Finishing:** fasten off

### Hood

- **Round 1:** 6 sc in ring → 6
- **Round 2:** (sc, inc) x3 → 9
- **Round 3:** sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x2, sc → 12
- **Round 4:** (3 sc, inc) x3 → 15
- **Round 5:** 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x2, 2 sc → 18
- **Round 6:** 2 inc, 6 sc, 2 inc, 6 sc, 2 inc → 24
- **Round 7:** (sc, inc) x2, 6 sc, (sc, inc) x2, 6 sc, (sc, inc) x2 → 30
- **Round 8:** (inc, 2 sc) x3, 12 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x3 → 36
- **Round 9:** 36 sc → 36
- **Round 10:** 11 sc, inc, 11 sc, inc, 12 sc → 38
- **Round 11-13:** 38 sc → 38
- **Round 14:** (5 sc, dec)x5, 3 sc → 33

### Left hand

- **Foundation:** chain 3, worked around both sides
- **Round 1:** 2 sc, 4 sc in one st, 2 sc → 8

### Right hand

- **Foundation:** chain 3, worked around both sides
- **Round 1:** 2 sc, 4 sc in one st, 2 sc → 8

## Abbreviations used

| In the pattern | US abbreviation | Stitch name (US) | UK abbreviation | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sl | sl st | Slip stitch | ss |  |
| sc | sc | Single crochet | dc |  |
| hdc | hdc | Half double crochet | htr |  |
| dc | dc | Double crochet | tr |  |
| inc | inc | Increase | inc | 2 sts in 1 st |
| dec | dec | Decrease | dec2tog | 2 sts worked together |
| sk | sk | Skip | miss | skip a base stitch |
| fasten off | FO | Fasten off | FO | cut & fasten off |

The UK column is the abbreviation a UK-notation reader would use for the SAME stitch. Where it differs from the US one, following the pattern with UK meanings produces the wrong stitch height.

## How the notation reads

- `(sc, inc) x6` — repeat what is in the brackets 6 times — also written 6x (sc, inc)
- `3 hdc in one st` — all three stitches go into the SAME base stitch
- `FLO / BLO` — work into the front / back loop only, leaving the other loop free
- `chain worked around both sides` — an oval base: work down the foundation chain, a group of stitches around its far link, then back along the chain's free loops

**Open it in the planner.** [https://crochet3d.com/gallery/grim](https://crochet3d.com/gallery/grim) has an "open in the editor" button that loads this pattern into the 3D planner, where the model is built from exactly the text above.

**Designer:** sofycrochet. Published on Crochet 3D with the designer named — the pattern is theirs, not ours.

Source: https://crochet3d.com/gallery/grim