Pocket Prince Beast, Beauty and the Beast

The movie is now in theaters, and the Beast is here! What a handsome Beast he is, if I do say so myself. These patterns are a little tricky only because of trying to squeeze so many details into such a small package, but once you get the hang of it, they work up pretty quickly! They are great for stocking stuffers or Easter basket gifts. Kids love them for travel because they can carry them easily, and they are great for imaginative play! Click here for my Pocket Princess Belle pattern!

Materials:
Yarn brands and colors were based on what I had on hand. Find the closest colors you can to match! There are many important color changes in this tiny space, so I've been very specific here as to which colors are used where. 
​​Vanna's Choice: Honey (main fur), Chocolate (horns), Beige (embroidered facial fur)
Caron One Pound: Royalty (jacket and bow), Sunflower (vest and jacket trim), White (collar, shirt ruffles, and teeth)
Red Heart Super Saver: Black (pants and eyes)
Crochet hook size F- 3.75mm
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle
Polyester Fiberfill or yarn scraps for stuffing

Terms and abbreviations to know:
Magic ring
rnd, rnds - round, rounds
ch, chs - chain, chains
st, sts - stitch, stitchs
sl st - slip stitch
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
inc - increase, 2 sts into 1 sts
dc bobble - double crochet bobble Important: The dc bobble has two additional steps in this pattern than it did in the Belle pattern, to make the arms and legs a bit thicker. 

1. Yarn over, and insert hook into designated st.
2. Pull up a loop. 
3. Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 2 loops left on hook.
4. Yarn over, and insert hook into same st.
5. Pull up a loop.
6. Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 3 loops left on hook.
7. Yarn over, and insert hook into same st.
8. Pull up a loop. 
9. Yarn over, and pull through 2 loops, leaving 4 loops left on hook.
10. Yarn over, and insert hook into same st.
11. Pull up a loop.
12. ​Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops. 

dec - decrease, work 2 sts together into 1 sts
Notes: Know how to crochet in rnds. These patterns are worked from the head down, with no joining. Use a st marker as you work to mark the beginning of each rnd. Color changes can be made, by pulling next color through the 2 loops to finish off the previous stitch. As a free pattern, this pattern has not been tested, but is accurate to the best of my abilities. Please let me know if you find any errors! You can click the pattern title below to get to the printable PDF (text only), still free!  

All text and images are owned by Erin Greene of ekayg, copyright ©2017. Images may not be used by anyone else without express written permission. If used, the ekayg watermark must be visible. Pattern may NOT be copied and passed off as anyone else's work. Pattern credit must be linked back to ekayg. Finished products made from this pattern may be used for sale, at your own discretion, but I cannot legally give you license to sell Disney trademarked characters.

Pocket Prince Beast

Body, beginning at the top of the head
Begin with magic ring
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
Rnd 2: inc in each st around; 12 sts
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in next st) 6x; 18 sts
Rnd 4-8: sc in each st around; 18 sts
Attach white, but don't cut Honey. Carry Honey behind each st. 

This picture is to illustrate how to change colors. There will be a lot of color changes throughout this pattern. Always pull the next color through to end the previous st.

Rnd 9: in white, sc in each st around; 18 sts
Attach Royalty. Drop, but don't cut Honey. You will pick it back up for rnd 11.
Rnd 10: in Royalty (inc, sc in each of the next 2 sts), in White (inc, sc in each of the next 2 sts), in Royalty for remainder (inc, sc in each of the next 2 sts) 4x, pull Honey through at end of last st; 24 sts
You will be working this rnd with all three colors (White, Honey, and Royalty), keep the two you're not using at any given time, behind your sts. 
Rnd 11: [dc bobble in part Royalty and part Honey (see pictures for details), pull Royalty through the final loops to complete bobble and prepare for next sts], sc Royalty in next 3 sts, sc White in next 4 sts, sc Royalty in next 3 sts, pull Honey through the end of last st to prepare for bobble, using the detailed pictures repeat the bobble instructions from the brackets, sc Royalty in next 12 sts; 24 sts

1. Every bobble st will begin with Honey on the hook for the fur of the hands or feet.

2. Treating it like a dc, yarn over (pic 1) and insert hook into next st. Then yarn over and pull through. From this point, yarn over with Honey, and pull through 2 loops.

3. Yarn over again, to begin another dc. Insert into the same st, pull up a loop. Yarn over with Honey, and pull through 2 loops.

4. Repeat this again. The pattern will be that the first half of the dc will always be done in the clothing color, and the last half will be the fur color.

5. Repeat one more time.

6. Then, when there are 5 loops of Honey on the hook, pull the next color you will be working through all 5 loops to complete the bobble. In this case, it is Royalty.

7. After completed bobble, continue to work rnd 11 with the colors indicated.

8. From here, sc in Royalty in next 3 sts, pulling Honey through on the last one, and repeat dc bobble instructions for the other arm.

Continue to carry both Royalty and Honey, adding in Sunflower for the center vest area.
Rnd 12: in Royalty dec, sc in next 2 sts, in Sunflower dec, in White sc in next st, drop and cut white here leaving a long tail for sewing on some embellishments later, in Sunflower sc in next st, continue to carry Honey and Sunflower, but complete rnd in Royalty (dec, sc in each of the next 2 sts) 4x; 18 sts

Rnd 12 is a dec rnd to get us back to 18 total sts. Follow the color changes carefully.

At the beginning of rnd 13, add black to the colors you are crocheting around, because you will need it for the bobbles this rnd. You can knot it off on the inside later, before closing.

Rnd 13: attach Black this rnd by just adding it to your carried colors. You will be knotting everything off on the inside before closing, in Royalty sc in next 2 sts, pull Honey through end of st to prepare for bobble [dc bobble in part Black and part Honey] pull Sunflower through final loops of bobble, in Sunflower sc in next 5 sts, pull Honey through end of last st to prepare for bobble, drop and cut Sunflower leaving a long tail for sewing on some embellishments later, repeat bobble instructions in brackets, pull Royalty through final loops of bobble, drop and cut Honey, and complete rnd in Royalty still carrying Black, sc in next 2 sts, FLO for bracket instructions: [sc in next st, hdc in next st, (dc, ch 3, sl st back into first ch, dc) in next st, hdc in next st, repeat (), hdc in next st, sc in next st]; 20 sts The last bracket text here creates his coat tails. You can fasten off the Royalty at this point, and complete the Beast with black for his pants.   

1. This rnd has the bobbles for the legs. They are made exactly as the arm bobbles, but with Black instead of Royalty.

2. As you did before, always pull Honey through to begin each bobble, and pull Honey through the Black two loops of each partial dc you are doing before finishing the whole bobble.

3. Pull Honey through 2 Black loops.

4. Remaining loops on hook during bobble should always be in Honey to distinguish the hands or feet from the clothing.

5. Keep working dc bobble in Black and Honey.

6. Make one more partial dc.

7. To complete the first leg bobble, pull Sunflower through 5 remaining loops to use for the vest.

8. At end of last Sunflower st, pull Honey though. Always between bobble with Honey on the loop. Repeat bobble instructions for next leg.

9. This is the FLO portion of rnd 13, where you are making the coat tails. Ch 3 at the end of the first dc and sl st back into first ch to make picot.

10. Then dc back into same st.

11. At this point, you've finished rnd 13. This is the back.

12. This is the front. Embroider on the details before moving on to stuffing and closing.

Before we go onto the closing rnds, there is a lot to be done with his face and additional features. First, turn your beast inside out and knot up all the loose ends you currently have, so that none will come undone while embroidering. Then, with a small piece of black yarn, embroider on the eyes between rnds 5 and 6. Then add your Beige just below and between the eyes. The facial embroidery isn't as complicated as it sounds. Just follow the pictures below for ideas on the placement. Originally, I wanted to crochet the horns and sew them on, but ended up embroidering every feature due to ease and consistency. The crocheted horns would have been too big. 

1. Place eyes between rnds 5 and 6, spaced evenly in front.

2. For the nose area, pull Beige through, creating a triangle, and fill it in.

3. Fill it in thoroughly. It might look weird at first!

4. Then, do the same thing with the beard, with one rnd in between the nose and beard.

5. Using the loose White strand, add 2 fangs just above the beard.

6. Using the loose Sunflower strand, add the shirt embellishments. These just sort of frame the jacket.

7. Add Sunflower below the White of the collar, and over the top of the arms.

8. Do the same on the other side too.

9. Pick up White again and add a little sleeve embellishment, like the ruffles of the sleeve.

10. Wrap White around the center of chest. Go over it several times.

11. The added White gives the appearance of the front shirt ruffle.

12. Pick up Beige again, and embroider small triangles above the eyes for the bushy eyebrows.

13. Work eyebrows on both sides.

14. The face is nearly complete!

15. Add the horns in a V formation on each side of the head, toward the top. I originally wanted to crochet these, but they would have been disproportionate. The embroidery worked best!

16. Horns done!

17. Don't forget the final touches! Embroider his pony tail from last rnd of fur to the first rnd of his jacket in back. in a bit of a triangle.

18. Then add the bow over top of the top of the pony tail.

19. Here you are just creating two reverse triangles, filling them in, and filling in the center between.

20. Final details finished! Now, it is time to close him up!

​Make sure all your loose ends are knotted inside the body securely, and stuff the body. These are great little projects for using up yarn scraps! That is what I used for stuffing. Then begin closing up in Black. In the back of his body, you will be using the unworked back loops, underneath the coat tail for this rnd, so you are still only working on closing up 18 sts. 
Rnd 14: (dec, sc in next st) 6x; 12 sts
Rnd 15: dec 6x; 6 sts
Fasten off and weave in ends. 

Ready to close!

For rnd 14, you will be closing normally in front, but then using the unworked back loops under the coat tail for the sts in the back.

To complete closing, I weave the last strand into each of the final sts in the final rnd and pull to close. Then knot and weave it into your work.

Your handsome Beast is ready for his Beauty!