Crochet your own adorable little squirrel with this free amigurumi pattern. All parts of the amigurumi squirrel are crocheted separately and then attached to the body. The finished size of the crochet squirrel toy depends on your tension and your yarn and hook choices.
Designed and photos by @v_ujut
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m)
- Hook size: 2.0 mm
- Black beads for eyes
- Sewing thread
- Sewing needle
- Scissors
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle (magic ring)
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
dec = decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
F. o. = finish off
(…) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
(…)*6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Free crochet squirrel amigurumi pattern
Head
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: 18 sc
R 5: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 6: 24 sc
R 7: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 8: 30 sc
R 9: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 10-16: 36 sc (7 rows)
R 17: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 18: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 19: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 20: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
R 21: (dec)*6 (6)
F. o.
Body
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6-15: 30 sc (10 rows)
R 16: 6 dec, 18 sc (24)
R 17: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 18-19: 18 sc (2 rows)
Stuff with fiberfill.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Tail
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5-14: 24 sc (10 rows)
R 15: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 16-20: 18 sc (5 rows)
R 21: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
R 22-31: 12 sc (10 rows)
R 32: (dec)*6 (6)
R 33: (dec)*3 (3)
Stuff firmly at the beginning and lightly at the ending of the tail.
F. o.
Ears (make 2)
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
R 3: (2 sc, inc)*2 (8)
R 4: (3 sc, inc)*2 (10)
R 5: (4 sc, inc)*2 (12)
R 6: (5 sc, inc)*2 (14)
R 7-11: 14 sc (5 rows)
Do not stuff.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Legs (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3-5: 12 sc (3 rows)
R 6: (4 sc, dec)*2 (10)
R 7-8: 10 sc (2 rows)
R 9: (3 sc, dec)*2 (8)
R 10: 8 sc
R 11: (dec)*4 (4)
Stuff ¾ full.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arms (make 2)
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc)*5 (10)
R 3-5: 10 sc (3 rows)
R 6: (3 sc, dec)*2 (8)
R 7-10: 8 sc (4 rows)
Stuff ½ full.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Assembly
- Sew the head to the body.
- We wrap the top part of the tail and sew it to hold the resulting “roll”. Then we sew the tail with the lower part to the body and the upper part to the head.
- Fold the ears in half and sew them to the top of the head.
- We make ear tufts with an orange yarn.
- To make ear tufts cut 2-3 cm (0.8-1.1″) yarn pieces. For one ear you will need four pieces.
- Attach yarn pieces to the ear as a fringe: fold yarn piece in half to create a loop. Insert your crochet hook through the stitch of ear. Grab the folded end of the fringe and pull it through the stitch. Pass the loose ends through the loop and pull tight.
- Separate the yarn into fibers. Trim the ends of the fibers.
- Sew black beads for eyes.
- Sew the arms and legs to the body.
- Embroider a nose using a brown yarn.
