Tutorial for starting a medium-sized amigurumi crochet
by Marion-Robert on Aug 27, 2019
Today I present to you another unicorn tutorial in Amigurumi. This pretty unicorn will make you fall in love with its very "girly" look: eyes with fringe of eyelashes, chewable cheeks, pretty pastel colors and flowers in the mane, she has it all.
A tutorial found on the English site thefriendlyredfox.com.
Here is what you will need:
- White yarn for body, head, ears and paws
- Golden thread for hooves and horn
- Threads of various colors (here in pastel tones) for the mane and tail
- 12mm safety eyes
- PADDING
- E hook (3,5mm)
- Sewing needle
- Stitch marker
- Black edging thread for eyelashes
ABBREVIATIONS
sc = single crochet
aug = increase
dim = invisible decrease
If you want a plush toy that looks like an amigurumi, find our collection of unicorn soft toys.
HEAD
With the white thread.
Row 1: 6 sc in a magic circle
Row 2: aug x6 (12)
Row 3: * 1 sc, 1 aug * x6 (18)
Row 4: * 2 sc, 1 aug * x6 (24)
Row 5: * 3 sc, 1 aug * x6 (30)
Row 6: * 4 sc, 1 aug * x6 (36)
Row 7-12: 1 sc in each stitch (36)
Row 13: * 5 sc, 1 aug * x6 (42)
Row 14: * 6 sc, 1 aug * x6 (48)
Row 15-18: 1 sc in each stitch (48)
Tie the eyes between rows 12 and 13, 7 stitches apart. Start the padding here. Sew eyelashes and / or eyebrows together with black embroidery thread.
Row 19: * 6 sc, 1 dim * x6 (42)
Row 20: * 5 sc, 1 dim * x6 (36)
Row 21: * 4 sc, 1 dim * x6 (30)
Row 22: * 3 sc, 1 dim * x6 (24)
Row 23: * 2 sc, 1 dim * x6 (18)
Row 24: * 1 sc, 1 dim * x6 (12)
Row 25: 6 dim (6)
Stop the thread and carefully close the head.
HORN
With the golden thread.
Row 1: 6 sc in a magic circle (6)
Row 2: 6 aug (12)
Row 3: * 1 sc, 1 aug * x6 (18)
Row 4-5: 1 sc in each stitch (18)
Row 6: * 2 sc, 1 aug * x6 (24)
Row 7-13: 1 sc in each stitch (24)
Stop the thread and leave a good length in order to sew the horn to the head. Sew the horn between rows 16 and 19, centering it between the two eyes. Stuff VERY lightly.
BODY CARE
With the white thread.
Row 1: 6 sc in a magic circle
Row 2: 6 aug (12)
Row 3: * 1 sc, 1 aug * x6 (18)
Row 4: * 2 sc, 1 aug * x6 (24)
Row 5: * 3 sc, 1 aug * x6 (30)
Row 6: * 4 sc, 1 aug * x6 (36)
Row 7: * 5 sc, 1 aug * x6 (42)
Row 8-20: 1 sc in each stitch (42)
Start the padding here.
Row 21: * 5 sc, 1 dim * x6 (36)
Row 22: 1 sc in each stitch (36)
Row 23: * 4 sc, 1 dim * x6 (30)
Row 24: 1 sc in each stitch (30)
Row 25: * 3 sc, 1 dim * x6 (24)
Row 26: * 2 sc, 1 dim * x6 (18)
Row 27-29: 1 sc in each stitch (18)
Stop the thread, leaving a good length that you will use to tie the head to the body. Position the head, pinning it to the body. The "nose" of the unicorn will tilt forward, it is mainly the back of the head that will be attached to the body. Sew the seams around the head. Make sure the "neck" is padded firmly before attaching.
REAR LEGS (x2)
The legs are lightly padded and on the bottom part only.
Start with the golden thread.
Row 1: 6 sc in a magic circle
Row 2: 6 aug (12)
Row 3: * 1 sc, 1 aug * x6 (18)
Row 4: * 2 sc, 1 aug * x6 (24)
Row 5-7: 1 sc in each stitch (24)
Row 8: * 2 sc, 1 dim * x6 (18)
Row 9: * 1 sc, 1 dim * x6 (12)
Go to the white thread.
Row 10-25: 1 sc in each stitch (12)
Stop the yarn, leaving a good length to tie the legs to the body. Tie them in the middle, about 5 rows from the center.
FRONT LEGS (x2)
The legs are lightly padded and on the bottom part only.
Start with the golden thread.
Row 1: 6 sc in a magic circle
Row 2: 6 aug (12)
Row 3: * 1 sc, 1 aug * x6 (18)
Row 4-6: 1 sc in each stitch (18)
Row 7: * 1 sc, 1 dim * x6 (12)
Go to the white thread.
Row 8-23: 1 sc in each stitch (12)
Stop the thread and leave a good length to sew the legs to the body. Here they are sewn between rows 22-26, tilting them slightly so that the "arms" fall towards the hind legs.
EARS (x2)
With the white thread.
Row 1: 6 sc in a magic circle
Row 2: 1 sc in each stitch (6)
Row 3: 6 aug (12)
Row 4: * 1 sc, 1 aug * x6 (18)
Row 5: * 2 sc, 1 aug * x6 (24)
Row 6-7: 1 sc in each stitch (24)
Row 8: * 2 sc, 1 dim * x6 (18)
Row 9: * 1 sc, 1 dim * x6 (12)
Row 10: 1 sc in each stitch (12)
Stop the thread, leaving a good length to sew the ears to the head. Pinch the bottom of the ears to create a small hollow, and sew a few stitches to maintain this shape. The ears are sewn in about 6 rows starting from the last row of the head. They are sewn so that they stand almost straight, and line up above the eyes.
TAIL
Make a chain of 20 stitches. Make a slip stitch in the second stitch starting from the hook and then in all the following stitches.
Stop the thread leaving some length to sew to the body.
Here we have 5 chains in 5 different colors.
Sew them to the bottom of the body.
MANE
Same process as for the tail (chain to the desired length then slip stitches).
Taking the same 5 colors, make 4 pieces in each color: here, 2 pieces of 25 stitches, one piece of 20 stitches and one piece of 15 stitches.
The smaller pieces go to the front, the longer ones fall to the back.
FLOWERS
5 sc in a magic circle.
Stitch 5: * 1 slip stitch in the same stitch, 1 slip stitch in the next * x5 for 5 petals.
Make 3 flowers and sew them in front of the horn, distributing them crosswise.
And there you have it, your pretty Amigurumi unicorn is finished, we hope you have enjoyed making it!
