Happy Wednesday! Today I am sharing a great Halloween themed crochet pattern with you, a Ghostbusters Crochet Pattern! This pattern is super adorable, and instantly recognizable too.

If you want more Halloween patterns, try my Jack Skellington Crochet Pattern.

Ghostbusters Crochet Pattern

Materials Needed:

• Tan worsted (4) weight yarn
• Natural worsted (4) weight yarn
• Dark Brown worsted (4) weight yarn
• Black worsted (4) weight yarn
• Grey worsted (4) weight yarn
• Red felt
• Red thread
• Sewing needle
• 4.00 mm crochet hook
• Yarn needle
• Stuffing
• 2 safety eyes

Terms Needed: Terms Needed: Sc = single crochet, Sc2tog = single crochet 2 together, ss = slip stitch, ch = chain, st = stitch, mc = magic circle, HDC = half double crochet, TC = treble crochet

Ghostbuster Legs and Body:

Start with black yarn.

Row 1: Sc 6 in mc. Ss to first st. (6 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1. Sc in each st around. Ss. (6 sts)

Rows 3-4: Change to tan. Ch 1. Sc in each st around. Ss. (6 sts)

Bind off. Repeat rows 1-4 to create a 2^nd piece. Do not bind off of second piece.

Row 5: Ch 1. Sc 3. Switch to the 2^nd leg piece, and sc 6 around. Sc 3 on 1^st piece. Ss. (12 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1. (Sc 2 in st, sc 2) repeat around. Ss. (16 sts)

Row 7: Change to grey yarn. Ch 1, sc around in front loops only. Ss. (16 sts)

Row 8: Change to tan yarn. Ch 1. Sc around in both loops. Ss. (16 sts)

Row 9: Ch 1. (Sc2tog, sc 6) repeat around. Ss. (14 sts)

Row 10: Ch 1. Sc in each st around. Ss. (14 sts)

Row 11: Ch 1. (Sc2tog, sc 5) repeat around. Ss. (12 sts)

Row 12: Ch 1. Sc in each st around. Ss. (12 sts)

Row 13: Ch 1. (Sc2tog, sc 4) repeat around. Ss. (10 sts)

Row 14: Ch 1. Sc in each st around. Ss. (10 sts)

Stuff work.

Row 15: Ch 1. Sc2tog in each st around. Ss. (5 sts)

Bind off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Ghostbuster Arms (make 2):

Start with black yarn.

Row 1: Ch 1. Sc 6 in mc. Ss. (6 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1. Sc in each st around. (6 sts)

Row 3: Change to tan yarn. Ch 1. Sc in each st around. (6 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1. Sc2tog, sc around. Ss. (5 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1. Sc2tog, sc around. Ss. (4 sts)

Bind off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Ghostbuster Head:

Start with natural yarn.

Row 1: Ch 1. Sc 6 in mc. Ss. (6 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1. Sc 2 in each st around. Ss. (12 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1. (Sc 2 in each st around, sc) repeat around. Ss. (18 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1. (Sc 2 in each st around, sc 2) repeat around. Ss. (24 sts)

Rows 5-7: Ch 1. Sc in each st around. Ss. (24 sts)

Row 8: Ch 1. (Sc2tog, sc 2) repeat around. Ss. (18 sts)

Row 9: Ch 1. (Sc2tog, sc) repeat around. Ss. (12 sts)

Stuff work and add safety eyes.

Row 10: Ch 1. Sc2tog around. Ss. (6 sts)

Bind off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Ghostbuster Hair:

Start with dark brown yarn

Row 1: Ch 1. Sc 6 in mc. Ss. (6 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1. Sc 2 in each st around. Ss. (12 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1. (Sc 2 in each st around, sc) repeat around. Ss. (18 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1. (Sc 2 in each st around, sc 2) repeat around. Ss. (24 sts)

Row 5: Ch 1. Sc 2, HDC, DC 2, TC 2, Ss in next 3 sts, ch 1, sc 14. Ss to first st of row. (24 sts)

Row 6: Ch 1, turn. Sc 16. (16 sts)

Row 7: Ch 1. Sc2tog, sc across, sc2tog in last 2 sts. (14 sts)

Row 8: Ch 1. Sc2tog, sc across, sc2tog in last 2 sts. (12 sts)

Row 9: Ch 1. (Sc2tog, sc 2) repeat across. (9 sts)

Row 10: Ch 1. (Sc2otg, sc) repeat across. (6 sts)

Bind off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Ghostbusters gun Part 1:

Start with black yarn.

Row 1:  Sc 6 in mc. Ss. (6 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1. Sc 2 in each st around. Ss. (12 sts)

Bind off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Ghostbusters gun Part 2:

Start with black yarn.

Row 1:  Sc 4 in mc. Ss. (4 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1. Sc around in front loops only. Ss. (4 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1. Sc around. Ss. (4 sts)

Row 4: Ch 1. Sc around. Ss. (4 sts)

For assembly: Sew arms to body. Sew hair to head, then sew head to body. Sew the 2 parts of the gun together, then sew the gun to the hand. Cut 2 small rectangles out of red felt, sew one to the arm and one to the front right chest.

I really hope you enjoyed this Ghostbusters Crochet Pattern! This Saturday I’ll be sharing a related pattern for the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, so keep an eye out for that!

Have a great weekend!

Gillian