Sharing this special collection with you, the Safari crochet animals! This collection was created especially for my baby girl, with the help of you, readers from Little Crochet Farm. A while back, I asked about which collection should I create for her, and the majority of you voted for a Safari crochet Animals!
Today I share with you this beautiful Lion amigurumi! One more free amigurumi pattern for the Safari Animals! The collection has 12 crochet animals that slowly will start coming out online! I hope you have some fun crocheting these animals!
update: Elephant and Giraffe are online!
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Lion free crochet pattern
Materials:
- 2mm crochet hook
- Three shades of brown and a little bit of pink for the cheek. I used 100% cotton, lightweight, 4ply.
- Black thread for embroidering the eyes.
- Stuffing material
- Scissors
- Sewing needle.
- Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.
Finish size: 19cm or (about) 7,5 inches.
For a low cost, ad-free and printable pattern, you can find it in Ravelry here!
And on Etsy here!
HEAD
With brown 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 rnd (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
7 rnd (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
8 rnd (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 48sts
9 to 17 rnd 48sc
18 rnd (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
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
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a long tail for sewing.
• Add stuffing material.
BODY
With brown 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 rnd (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
7 rnd (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
8 rnd (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 48sts
9 to 12 rnd 48sc
13 rnd (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
14 to 17 rnd 42sc
18 rnd (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
19 to 22 rnd 36sc
23 rnd (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
24 to 26 rnd 30sc
27 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
28 to 30 rnd 24sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Add stuffing material.
PAWS
With light brown start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
4 and 5 rnd 18sc
6 rnd (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts
• Change to brown
7 to 15 rnd 12sc
• Add stuffing material until half of the paws.
16 rnd 6sc crocheting the sides together, closing the paw.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a small tail for sewing it.
• Make another four in total following the same instructions.
BELLY
With light brown yarn chain 7. Skip the first chain and start,
1 rnd 5sc, 4sc in the last chain, turning clockwise and continue working on the other side of the chain, 4sc, 3sc in the last chain. Total 16sts
2 rnd 1sc, 1inc, 2sc, 1inc, 4sc, 1inc, 2sc, 1inc, 3sc Total 20sts
3 rnd 2sc, 1inc, 3sc, 1inc, 5sc, 1inc, 3sc, 1inc, 3sc Total 24sts
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Leave a tail for sewing it.
SNOUT
With light brown start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (3inc, 3sc) repeat 2 timesTotal 18sts
*3inc means 1 inc following by another increase. Two single crochet in the same stitch for the next 3 stitches.
4 and 5 rnd 18sc
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off and leave a tail for sewing it.
EARS
With brown color yarn start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 to 5 rnd 12sc
6 rnd 6sc crocheting the sides together, closing the ear.
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing.
• Make another one.
TAIL
With brown yarn chain 7. Skip the first chain and start,
1 rnd 6hdc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Leave a small tail for sewing it.
• Add the dark brown in the last stitch of the tail (on the opposite side where you left a tail for sewing it), chain 2, and start,
1 rnd 2dc in one corner, 2dc on the other corner, chain 2 and turn.
2 rnd 2dc on each of the 4 stitches.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
ASSEMBLY
- Introduce two rounds of the body inside the head. Sew the head taking the second round (counting from top to bottom) of the body.
- Sew the top paws in the first round of the body, leaving 6 stitches between one to another.
- Sew the down paws in round 10 of the body, leaving 14 stitches between one to another.
- With the help of pins, fasten the belly in the center of the body in the front part. Sew the belly.
- Sew the ears between rounds 4 and 10 of the head.
- Sew the snout between rounds 11 and 17
- With dark brown, embroider three lines on each paw, in the light brown part.
- With dark brown, embroider a triangle on the snout. Once you are done, finish with a little line in the center of the triangle.
- With black thread, embroider the eyes in round 10 of the face (or one round above the snout) and leave 6 stitches between them.
- With the same thread, embroider the eyebrow one round above the eye, with the length of two stitches.
- Sew the tail in the back of the lion.
- OPTIONAL: With white thread, make two lines on the side of the eyes. With pink thread, embroider one line on each cheek, three stitches distance from the snout.
MANE
Attach the dark brown yarn on the surface of the face, behind the ears, one stitch distance from the ear, and start crocheting slip stitch in the surface of the Lion’s face.
Make a circle around the face, passing one stitch distance behind the ears, going down on the side of the face until two rounds above the neck, going up again, and meeting the starting position.
Once you arrived behind the ear where you start, chain 2 and start working hyperbolic form.
Make 2 double crochet inside each surface slip stitch. When you meet the starting position, join with a slip stitch, chain 2, and make again 2 double crochet inside each stitch.
Join with a slip stitch. Cut the yarn, and fasten it off.
Congratulations!!!
Your Lion crochet animal 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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