Free Masterclass on Crocheting a Panda by Anastasia Surina @harpy_toys_nn
With this description, you can crochet a plush panda. For amigurumi, any plush yarn and a suitable crochet hook are perfect. All details are crocheted in a spiral. The arms, ears, snout, and head are sewn on. Optionally, joints for the toys can be used, allowing the arms and legs to move.
Finished toy size: approximately 32 cm.
Materials and Tools
- Plush yarn: white (0.5 skein), black (0.5 skein)
- Yarn for embroidering the snout
- Crochet hook 4.5 mm
- Toy eyes 16 mm
- Toy nose 15×18 mm
- Toy stuffing
- Plastic joints 20 mm or disc washers
- Needle for attaching details
- Scissors
- All necessary materials can be purchased here.
Abbreviations
- KA – magic ring
- ch – chain stitch
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
- inc – increase
- dec – decrease
- (…) x n – repeat n times
Head
Crochet the head with white yarn.
- 6 sc in KA (6)
- 6 inc (12)
- (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
- (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
- (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
- (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
- (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8-12. 42 sc (5 rows) - (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
- (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
- (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
- (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Start stuffing the head with filler. - (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
- 6 dec (6)
Finish stuffing the head and hide the end of the yarn.
Snout
Crochet the snout with white yarn.
- 6 sc in KA (6)
- 6 inc (12)
- (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
- (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
- 24 sc
Secure the yarn and cut, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Eye Spots (2 parts)
Crochet the eye spots with black yarn.
- Chain 5 (5)
- Inc in the 2nd chain from the hook, 2 sc, 3 sc in the next ch (the last chain in the chain), 2 sc back across the chain, sl st.
Secure the yarn and cut.