A 2-inch keychain ghost and a 10-foot garland both made this list, which tells you how much size varies across these twelve. Granny-square ghosts and a flat appliqué version round things out for anyone who’d rather stitch a motif than stuff a toy.
The toy versions need fiberfill and safety eyes; the granny-square and appliqué ghosts need neither.
Ghost patterns to explore
1. Tiny Ghost
Nicole Chase keeps this one genuinely tiny at about 2 inches tall, worked in worsted weight with a ruffled hem made from double crochets worked in front loops only. It only takes about 16 yards of yarn, which makes it a good pattern for keychains, garlands, or a car charm rather than a standalone decoration.
2. Wheat Stitch Ghost
Briana K Designs uses the wheat stitch to give this 8-inch ghost a knit-like texture instead of the usual smooth amigurumi surface. It comes with a matching crocheted witch hat and pumpkin, and you can leave the bottom open for a battery light or close and stuff it as a plush.
3. Baby Ghost
Storyland Amis adds a droopy, oversized witch hat crocheted in back loops only for a looser, floppier fabric than the body. Finished height is about 5 inches with the hat, worsted weight throughout, with a scalloped fringe at the hem and simple chain-and-slip-stitch arms.
4. Halloween Ghost
Crochet With Nikki gives you the option to work this one in glow-in-the-dark yarn for a genuinely different look after dark. It’s a straightforward 17-round worsted weight amigurumi with puff-stitch arms and a wavy skirt hem, listed as beginner-friendly. ( no picture )
5. No-Sew Ghost
The Loopy Lamb goes big with super bulky yarn for a 9-inch plush ghost, arms crocheted right into the body so there’s nothing to sew on afterward. A removable witch hat and a scalloped ruffle edge finish it off, and a worsted weight mini version is also linked on the same page.
6. Beginner Ghost Garland
Yarnhild keeps this one deliberately simple with a video walkthrough, using white scrap yarn and a hook to match. Make several and string them into a garland, or shorten the chain for a keychain or bag charm instead.
7. Ghost Granny Square
Banana Moon Studio builds this one from a 9-round fingering weight granny square, then drapes and shapes it over a plastic cup to form the ghost’s rounded body before adding felt eyes. It finishes at about 6 inches tall and needs an unusually large hook for the yarn weight to get the drape right.
8. Spooky Ghost Granny Square
Lovable Loops takes a different approach, building a 3D ghost appliqué with a ruffled hem to sew onto a standard black-and-white granny square base. The square itself measures 7.25 inches, worked in worsted weight throughout.
9. Halloween Ghost Granny Square
Maria’s Blue Crayon is part of a larger Halloween granny square blanket crochet-along, with a half-double-crochet ghost appliqué featuring treble-stitch arms sewn onto a 6.5-inch gray square base. Worth a look if you’d rather work toward a full blanket than a standalone piece.
10. Fab-Boo-Lous Ghost
The Loopy Lamb also has this smaller companion to their jumbo no-sew ghost listed above, worked in worsted weight at about 3.5 inches tall without the matching witch hat. It’s a genuinely different pattern from their bigger version, not just a resized copy.
11. Ghost Appliqué
GoldenLucyCrafts offers this flat 3-inch appliqué in two versions, with or without arms, plus optional tiny thread flowers and seed beads if you want to dress it up. It’s worked from a simple chain-9 foundation over four rows rather than in the round.
12. Flat Ghost Applique
Knits and Knots by AME uses worsted weight white yarn on a 3.5mm hook for this one, with black yarn or felt for the eyes. Size up or down by changing yarn weight and hook size, same as the appliqué above.
Ghost by ghost: small, big, or square
Two of the smallest are the best for hanging. Nicole Chase’s Tiny Ghost (#1) takes about 16 yards of yarn, and Yarnhild’s garland ghost (#6) comes with a video. Two can light up: Crochet With Nikki (#4) can be worked in glow-in-the-dark yarn, and Briana K Designs (#2) leaves the bottom open for a battery light.
For a plush, The Loopy Lamb’s 9-inch ghost (#5) has the arms worked into the body, and its 3.5-inch companion (#10) comes without the witch hat. The granny square ghosts are a separate track: Banana Moon Studio (#7) shapes a fingering weight square over a plastic cup, while Lovable Loops (#8) and Maria’s Blue Crayon (#9) sew a ghost onto a standard square. GoldenLucyCrafts (#11) and Knits and Knots by AME (#12) are flat 3-inch appliqués.