Fabulous, adorable, magical and a free amigurumi pattern to boot! It’s also an amazing excuse to use some of the colorful yarn scraps that you've been wanting to use ;)
Inspired by the talented @beliocrochet’s modification on the cube pattern.
For the baby version:
This pattern is made in a spiral of continuous rounds
Row # |
Instructions |
Sts |
R1 |
4-sc MC |
4 |
R2 |
3-sc inc × 4 |
12 |
R3 |
sc, 3-sc inc, [sc × 2, 3-sc inc] × 3, sc |
20 |
R4 |
sc × 2, 3-sc inc, [sc × 4, 3-sc inc] × 3, sc × 2 |
28 |
R5 |
sc × 3, 3-sc inc, [sc × 6, 3-sc inc] × 3, sc × 3 |
36 |
R6 |
sc × 4, 3-sc inc, [sc × 8, 3-sc inc] × 3, sc × 4 |
44 |
R7 |
sc × 5, sc2tog, [sc × 9, sc2tog] × 3, sc × 4 |
40 |
R8-13 |
sc × 40 |
40 |
R14 |
sc × 4, sc3tog, [sc × 7, sc3tog] × 3, sc × 3 |
32 |
R15 |
sc × 3, sc3tog, [sc × 5, sc3tog] × 3, sc × 2 |
24 |
Place the eyes between R11 and R12 with 5-6 stitch holes between them. See pictures for reference. Stuff well! |
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R16 |
sc × 2, sc3tog, [sc × 3, sc3tog] × 3, sc |
16 |
R17 |
[sc, sc3tog] × 4 |
8 |
Finish off, sew the ends together to close the gap with the tapestry needle.
Shape the stuffed body by pressing firmly on its sides to resemble the shape you are trying to achieve. Stuffed amigurumi shapes are like a rubbery piece of clay that can actually be shaped quite a bit! Always take advantage of that fact.
Row # |
Instructions |
Sts |
R1 |
4-sc MC |
4 |
R2 |
3-sc inc × 4 |
12 |
R3 |
sc × 12 |
12 |
Do one slip stitch at the end, then finish off. Leave long tail. Stuff
Row# | Instructions | Sts |
Start with colored Yarn | ||
R1 | 5-sc MC | 5 |
R2 | 2-sc inc × 5 | 10 |
R3 | In back loop only: sc × 10 (switch to white in the last sc) | 10 |
R4 | (continue with white) in both loops as usual: sc × 10 | 10 |
Do one slip stitch at the end, then finish off. Leave long tail. Stuff
Row # |
Instructions |
Sts |
R1 |
3-sc MC |
3 |
R2 |
2-sc inc × 3 |
6 |
R3 |
sc × 6 |
6 |
R4 |
[2-sc inc, sc, sc] × 2 |
8 |
Finish off leaving long tail. Stuff.
Row # |
Instructions |
Sts |
R1 |
Start a magic ring/circle and do the following stitches inside it: sc × 2, dhc × 2, dc, dhc × 2, sc × 2 |
9 |
Pull the ring string, finish off. Leave long tail. The picture below shows the ring before and after pulling the ring string to shape a leaf like little ear.
Using the tapestry needle:
Now it's time to attach the glorious unicorn hair :)
Cut several pieces of yarn to be a little more than double the length you want the unicorn hair to be. Let's say you want the unicorn hair to be 5cm long, in that case you would want to cut the yarn to be say 12cm long. It doesn't have to be super accurate. In fact it is more natural if they are not all exactly the same length. You can always go for longer and give the unicorn a nice cute hair cut ;)
You'll need more cut pieces than what I have in the the side picture. I think I ended up with about 18 pieces but it's up to you.
Fold the string of yarn on itself by half. Attach the yarn string by making a slip stitch with it. As per the picture. If you prefer a video instruction check out this tutorial.
If you want straight hair, brush the strands with a pet brush like in the picture. This step is not necessary: I also followed that with a flat iron over the strands for a little more straight hair (WARNING, I haven't tested the flat iron method on different yarns, the flat iron could get damaged if the yarn wasn't from a heat resistant material. Only try at your own risk and always do a test strand beforehand)
See the following pictures for reference on attaching the hair. The tail is attached between R11 and R12 by grouping 5-6 strands of yarn and doing a slip stitch with all of them together.