One day, I found myself pondering what adorable, quick, and irresistible crochet animal I hadn’t designed yet. The answer? This Crochet Bird free pattern!
If you’re on the hunt for a cute, easy, and fast crochet bird, you’re in the right place! I’m calling these little creations ‘Love Birds’ because my daughter instantly fell in love with them the moment she saw them. If you’re curious about more quick and free crochet animals, be sure to check out the Little Animals and Chubby Animals collections.
This crochet bird pattern includes detailed steps and photos to guide you through creating your very own crochet love bird!

Hello there! My name is Ana, and welcome to Little Crochet Farm!
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Take a look at other free crochet animals you may like!
Useful Crochet tutorials
Before we start, I leave a link to all the stitches tutorials I used to complete this pattern. If you are a complete beginner or not familiar with some techniques, there is a blog post with step-by-step images with descriptions and video tutorials.
- How to do a magic ring.
- How to single crochet in the round.
- How to increase single crochet.
- How to invisible decrease in Amigurumi crochet toys.
- What is BLSL (back loop slip stitch).
- Guide to different color change techniques.
- What is front loop single crochet?
- The perfect way to fasten off Amigurumi.
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Love Birds Free crochet pattern
Materials:
- 2mm crochet hooks,
- Two shades of cotton sports weight yarn and a little bit of orange for the beak
- Sewing needle,
- Stuffing material hypoallergenic polyester,
- Scissors
Finish size: 7cm or 2.6 inches.
For a low-cost and ad-free printable pattern, you can find it in Ravelry here! And on Etsy here!
Terms and abbreviations (US terms):
Single crochet (sc): insert the hook into the stitch, and pull up a loop yarn over the needle, you will have two loops on the hook, yarn over the needle, and pull it through the two loops.
Half double Crochet (hdc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over the needle, and pull inside all loops on the needle.
Double Crochet (dc): yarn over the needle, insert the hook into the stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over the needle, pull through the first two loops on the hook, yarn over again, pull up inside both loops on the needle.
Increase (inc): make two single crochet inside the same stitch.
Decrease (dec): Insert the hook into the front loop only of the next two stitches, yarn under, and pull through, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn under and pull through both loops on the hook.


Crochet Bird free Pattern Instructions
HEAD
With pink yarn start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
4 rnd (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
5 rnd (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

6 to 8 rnd 30sc
9 rnd (9sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 33sts
10 rnd 33sc
11 rnd (10sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 36sts
12 to 14 rnd 36sc
15 rnd (Chain 4, skip the first chain, 3 sc), then work 36sc of the round.
For the next round: You will work around the single crochet detail (tail) you created in the previous round, increasing 6 stitches in total. See the image below for reference.
16 rnd Sc around the tail detail, making 3sc on one side of the stitch and 3sc on the other side. Continue with 36 sc to complete the round Total 42 sts.



17 and 18 rnd 42sc
19 rnd (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
20 rnd (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
21 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
22 rnd (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
• Stop here for adding stuffing material
23 rnd (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and hide the remaining tail inside of the toy.



WINGS
With a blue start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
• Fold the piece in half. You will have 9 stitches on one side and 9 stitches on the other side. Crochet the sides together, closing the wing
4 rnd 9sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Leave a small tail for sewing
• Make another one following the same instructions.



TAIL FEATHERS
With pink yarn chain 5. Skip the first chain and start,
1 row 2sc, 1hdc, 6hdc in the last chain, turning the detail and continue working on the other side of the chain, 1hdc, 2sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Make another one following the same instructions.
• Leave a small tail for sewing it later.
With blue yarn chain 7. Skip the first chain and start,
1 row 2sc, 2hdc, 1dc, 6dc in the last chain, turning the detail and continue working on the other side of the chain, 1dc, 2hdc, 2sc.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Leave a small tail for sewing it later.



FEATHER TUFT
With light pink yarn, chain 7. Skip the first chain and then:
1 row 1 inc, 1 inc, 4 sc.
• Do not cut the yarn. Instead, continue by repeating the same instructions:
Chain 7, skip the first chain, then make 1 inc, 1 inc, 4 sc.
• See images below for guidance.
• Repeat this process once more without cutting the yarn. You should now have 3 strands of “feathers.“
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off, leaving a small tail for sewing later.



ASSEMBLY
- Sew the tail feathers as shown in the images below.
- Attach the wings between rounds 11 and 16, positioning them slightly upward. Ensure there are about 12 stitches of space between the wings when viewed from the front.
- Using black thread, embroider the eyes on round 8, leaving a 5-stitch gap between them. Add a small white line on the outer edge of each eye for detail.
- Embroider the beak with orange thread, placing it one round below the eyes in the center stitch.
- Sew the feather tuft on top of the head.
- Use blue yarn to embroider small “V” shapes as shown in the images below.



Congratulations!!!
Your Crochet Bird amigurumi is ready!
I hope you enjoy this pattern, and if you have any questions or comments in general, leave them in the comment box below.
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See you next time!
Love,
Ana
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cecelia
Wednesday 15th of January 2025
Another winner...just in time to make for the Easter baskets. Yes, our kids are our best critics...and some hubbys. Keep up the beautiful work and many, many THANKS for sharing. Cecelia
Ana
Thursday 6th of February 2025
Thank you Cecelia! Always my pleasure hearing from you!
Ellen
Tuesday 14th of January 2025
Should rows 19 - 23 be decrease? The pattern says increase. The love birt pattern.
Ana
Thursday 6th of February 2025
Yes Ellen! Thank you for pointing that out! Sometimes I am sleeping while typing! LOL!