BT21 Van Plush ♥ Crochet Pattern

If you are a BTS fan, then you have probably heard of the LINE FRIENDS X BTS plush collaboration, BT21. Each BTS member created their own character: TATA (V), RJ (Jin), CHIMMY (Jimin), COOKY (Jungkook), SHOOKY (Suga), MANG (J-Hope), KOYA (RM), and VAN, an extra character that is supposed to represent BTS’s fan ARMY. You can watch the whole process of them creating their characters on YouTube. Van was the only character not created by the members of BTS, but the LINE staff thought it would be nice to include the fans in this project, thus, Van was born!

BT21 is currently being sold in pop-up shops in Seoul and New York. As much as I would like to buy some BT21 merch, looking at how popular BTS is at the moment, I doubt I will be able to get anything anytime soon, so I decided to crochet my own! I chose to crochet Van first, but I might go back and crochet every character because they’re all so cute! Let me know if you would like me to make the rest.

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Supplies
– H/5.00 mm crochet hook (my favorite hook)
– Grey worsted-weight yarn
– White worsted weight yarn
– Polyfil stuffing
– Black felt
– Slanted tapestry needle (I use these)
– Glue (this is my favorite no-sew glue)
– Scissors

Aberrations
ch(s) – chains
st(s) – stitch(es)
sk – skip
slst – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
dec – decrease crochet
flo – front loop only
blo – back loop only
(x_) – repeat (_) amount of times
[x_] – repeat everything inside the [_] times amount of times
FO – finish off
RS- rounds/rows

Crochet Level
Beginner-Intermediate

Pattern Notes
The pattern is written in US terms
If you have any problems with this pattern, feel free to contact me so I can help you

HEAD
With an H hook and grey yarn
Round 1: magic circle, 6 sts. Total = 6 sts
Round 2: [2sc in each st](x6). Total = 12 sts
Round 3: [2sc in each st](x12). Total = 24 sts
Round 4: sc 24 sts. Total = 24 sts
Round 5: 2sc in next 2 sts, sc rest of round. Total = 26 sts
Round 6: 2sc in next st, sc rest of round. Total = 28 sts
Round 7: sc 28 sts. Total = 28 sts
*cc to white yarn*
Round 8: dec 2 sts, sc rest of round. Total = 26 sts
Round 9: dec 2 sts, sc rest of round. Total = 24 sts
Round 10: Sc 24 sts.  Total = 24 sts
*start stuffing*
Round 11: [dec 2 sts, sc 1 st](x12). Total = 12 sts
Round 12: [dec 2 sts, sc 1 st](x6). Total = 6 sts
Cut off and leave a long tail for sewing

BODY
With an H hook and grey yarn
Round 1: magic circle, sc 10 blo sts, turn (opposite side of ch), sc 10 flo sts. Total = 20 sts
Rounds 2-5:  sc 20 sts. Total = 20 sts
*cc to white yarn*
Rounds 6-9: sc 20 sts. Total = 20 sts
*start stuffing*
Rounds 10: [dec 1, sc 1](x6). Total = 14 sts 
Cut off and leave a long tail for sewing

LEGS (MAKE 2)
With an H hook (make one white and one grey)
Round 1: magic circle, sc 8 sts. Total = 8 sts
Rounds 2-5: sc 8 sts. Total = 8 sts
Cut off and leave a long tail for sewing

ARMS (MAKE 2)
With an H hook (make one white and one grey)
Round 1: magic circle, sc 8 sts. Total = 8 sts
Rounds 2-10: sc 8 sts. Total = 8 sts
Cut off and leave a long tail for sewing

ASSEMBLY
Sew the body closed. The body will look like a square, but after sewing the legs and arms, it will become more round. Next, lightly stuff the legs and sew each grey leg to the grey side and white leg to the white side. You will be sewing the legs starting from the edge to the middle. Van has a thigh gap, so leave some space between the legs. Next, the arms, lightly stuff the arms and sew each piece to its correct spot. Sew down the arms starting from the top of the body. Repeat on the other side. Finally, securely sew the head on top of the body. Make sure to align the head with the body properly.

Who is your favorite BT21 character?