Duck amigurumi
This little duck is a quick project and great for a little extra gift or a cute decoration.
Materials
Cotton yarn (sock weight) Hook 2.5 Stuffing Safety eyes Optional: some kind of weighted base
Terminology
Ch Chain Sc Single crochet Dc Double crochet Inc Increase Dec Decrease
Instructions
Wings
Start with the wings using brown yarn
Round 1 4 sc into a magic circle (4)
Round 2 (Sc, inc), repeat (-) around (6)
Rounds 3-4 Sc around (6)
Round 5 (2 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (8)
Round 6 Sc around (8)
Head & body
Start using dark green yarn.
Round 1 Crochet 6 sc into a magic circle (6)
Round 2 Inc in each sc (12)
Round 3 (Sc, inc) repeat (-) around (18)
Round 4 (2 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (24)
Round 5 (3 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (30)
Rounds 6-10 Sc around (30)
Round 11 (8sc, dec), repeat (-) around (27)
Round 12 (7 sc, dec) , repeat (-) around (24)
TIP: This is a good time to place your safety eyes.
Switch to white yarn.
Rounds 13-14 Sc around (24)
Switch to brown yarn.
Round 15 (7 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (27)
Round 16 (8 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (30)
Round 17 (9 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (33)
Round 18 (10 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (36)
Rounds 19-23 Sc around (36)
Round 24 (4 sc, dec), repeat (-) around (30)
Round 25 (3 sc, dec), repeat (-) around (24)
Round 26 (2 sc, dec), repeat (-) around (18)
Round 14 (Sc, dec), repeat (-) around (12)
Stuff your duck
Round 15 Dec around (6)
Sew shut.
Beak
Use orange yarn.
Round 1 Ch5, sc into 2nd chain from hook, and the following 2 ch. 3 sc in the next ch. Continue around the end of the chain, and crochet 3 sc along the "backside" of the row, and 3 sc into the last ch (12)
Round 2 Sc around (12)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.
Feet
Use orange yarn.
(make 2 of these)
Round 1 6 sc into a magic circle
Round 2 (Sc, inc), repeat (-) around (9)
Round 3 (2 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (12)
Round 4 Ch1, (dc, sc) in next sc, sl into next sc, (sc, dc, sc) into next sc, sl into next sc, (sc, dc, sc) into next sc, sl into next sc. Fasten off.
Chef's hat
Use white yarn.
Round 1 Crochet 6 sc into a magic circle (6)
Round 2 Inc in each sc (12)
Round 3 (Sc, inc) repeat (-) around (18)
Round 4 (2 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (24)
Round 5 (3 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (30)
Round 6 (4 sc, inc), repeat (-) around (36)
Rounds 8-11 Sc around (36)
Round 12 (Sc, dec), repeat (-) around (24)
Rounds 13-15 (3 sc, dec), repeat (-) around (24)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Assembly
Sew the chef's hat onto the duck's head. Sew the feet onto the front and the wings onto the body (right where white meets brown yarn).
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