Stitch Free Crochet Pattern – Amigurumi

 

MATERIALS & TOOLS

• Yarn: Premier Parfait Chunky (Size 6) in light blue & royal blue, Sweet Snuggles Lite (Size 6) in blue bird
• Crochet hook (Size 6.0 mm)
• Polyfil – fiberfill stuffing
• Blue medium yarn for the tuft of hair
• Felt for eyes (black, blue & white)
• Yarn Needle
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Sewing pins

ABBREVIATIONS

• CH – chain
• SC – single crochet
• INC – single crochet increase (2 SC in each stitch)
• DEC – decrease (I use the invisible decrease in all of my creations for a cleaner look)
• DC – double crochet
• HDC – half double crochet
• FO – fasten off
• Magic ring – Make a loop, leaving a long tail to work with. Insert hook in the center of the loop, yarn over, and draw up a loop. Yarn over, pull through to make the first chain (this does not count as a stitch). Continue to crochet over the loop and tail with the number of stitches called for. There are many wonderful YouTube videos on how to make a magic circle if you are a visual learner! Always move your stitch marker to the last stitch in the round.

FOR THIS PATTERN, YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW:

• Half-Double Crochet (HDC)
• Double Crochet (DC)

HOW TO DO HDC:

1. Yarn over, and insert the hook into the next stitch.
2. Yarn over, and pull up a loop.
3. Yarn over again, and pull the yarn through all three loops on the hook.

HOW TO DO DC:

1. Yarn over. Insert hook into the next stitch, yarn over, and pull up a loop.
2. Yarn over, and pull through two loops on the hook.
3. Yarn over again, and pull through both loops on the hook.

STITCH

HEAD

In Blue Bird

1. 6 SC in a magic ring (6)
2. INC x6 (12)
3. (SC, INC) x6 (18)
4. (2 SC, INC) x6 (24)
5. (3 SC, INC) x6 (30)
6. (4 SC, INC) x6 (36)
7. SC around for 5 rounds (36)

Change color to Light Blue

12. SC 18, change color to Blue Bird, SC 18 (36)
13. (4 SC, DEC) x3, change color to Blue Bird, (4 SC, DEC) x3 (30)
14. (3 SC, DEC) x3, change color to Blue Bird, (3 SC, DEC) x3 (24)

Stuff head, change color to Light Blue

15. (2 SC, DEC) x3, change color to Blue Bird, (2 SC, DEC) x3 (18)
16. (SC, DEC) x3, change color to Blue Bird, (SC, DEC) x3 (12)
17. DEC to close

FO, weave in tail of yarn

LEGS (MAKE 2)

In Blue Bird

1. 6 SC in a magic ring (6)
2. INC x6 (12)
3. SC around (12)
4. (SC, DEC) x4 (8)
5. SC around for 3 rounds (8)

Leave loop on first leg & cut yarn. Make second leg & keep on hook then continue to next steps.

Crochet both legs together using a sl st on the loop left by the first leg

8. SC around both legs, including middle CH (18)
9. (2 SC, INC) x6 (24)
10. (3 SC, INC) x6 (30)
11. SC around for 2 rounds (30)

BODY

1. (3 SC, DEC) x6 (24)
2. SC around for 2 rounds (24)
3. (2 SC, DEC) x6 (18)
4. SC around for 2 rounds (18)
5. (SC, DEC) x6 (12)

Stuff legs & body. FO, leave tail for sewing.

BELLY

In Light Blue

1. 6 SC in a magic ring (6)
2. INC x6 (12)
3. (SC, INC) x6 (18)
4. (2 SC, INC) x6 (24)
5. (3 SC, INC) x6 (30)

FO, leave tail for sewing.

Sew the belly to the front of the body.

ARMS (MAKE 2)

In Blue Bird

1. 8 SC in a magic ring (8)
2. SC around for 7 rounds (8)

FO, leave tail & stuff lightly.

EARS (MAKE 2)

In Blue Bird

1. 6 SC in a magic ring (6)
2. INC x6 (12)
3. (SC, INC) x6 (18)
4. SC around for 2 rounds (18)
5. (SC, DEC) x6 (12)

SC around for 3 rounds (12). FO, leave tail.

NOSE

In Royal Blue

1. 6 SC in a magic ring (6)
2. INC x6 (12)
3. SC around (12)

FO, leave tail.

BACK SPOTS (MAKE 2)

1. CH 6
2. Starting in 2nd ch from hook SC, CH 3, 2 HDC, SC back on CH, CH 4, 3 DC, SC back on CH, CH 3, 2 HDC, SC back on CH, SC
3. On other side of CH, 2 SC, CH 3, 2 HDC, SC back on CH, CH 4, 3 DC, SC back on CH, CH 3, 2 HDC, SC back on CH

FO, leave tail for sewing.

HAIR TUFT

For the tuft of hair, cut out 3 pieces of yarn about 6 inches in length and tie them to the top of the head. Then brush them out with a cat fur brush and trim the hair shorter.

ASSEMBLY

• Sew the body onto the head, centered on the color changes on the head & the belly.
• Sew arms to both sides of the body, right where the head and body meet.
• Sew the ears to the sides of the head, 7 rounds from the center.
• Sew the nose to the front of the face, starting on Round 9.
• Sew one of the back spots to the back of the head & sew the other to the back of the body.

Using purple felt, cut out two pieces for the inner ears and glue them onto the ears using fabric glue.

Using blue felt, cut out two ovals for the eyes, about 2 inches tall, and attach them to the face using fabric glue.

Using black felt, cut out 2 ovals, about 1 inch tall, and attach them to the blue eye ovals on the face.

Using black felt, cut out thin eyebrows, about 1 inch long, and glue them to the top of the eyes.

Using white felt, cut out two small circles and attach them to the eyes for the pupils.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU FINISHED STITCH!