Lion Crochet Teething Ring Free Pattern

I’m so happy to share this sweet Lion Crochet Teething Ring with you! It’s a fast and beginner-friendly project that makes a perfect handmade gift for a baby shower or a special little one in your life.

The pattern includes a complete, step-by-step video tutorial to help you crochet this adorable lion teether with ease and confidence. Let’s get started!

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Lion Crochet Teething Ring Video Tutorial

Lion teething ring free amigurumi pattern

Materials:

• 2mm crochet hook 
• I used sports cotton yarn in three shades of brown. But you can use any yarn of your preference!
• 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.
• Wooden ring (I use a 5cm diameter for this pattern, but you can use any size and adapt the blue cover part at the end. I will show you how!).
• Rattle noise of your choice (here is what I use).

Finish size

The finished Lion Crochet Teething Ring measures approximately 4″ (10 cm) tall. However, the final size may vary depending on your stitch tension and the materials used.

Gauge

Gauge is not crucial for this pattern, so feel free to use a hook size that matches your chosen yarn. I always recommend using a slightly smaller hook to keep the stitches tight and prevent the stuffing from showing through. If needed, adjust your hook size for a neater finish.

However, if you’d like to know the gauge for my chosen yarn and materials, here it is:
With sport-weight yarn and a 2mm crochet hook, the gauge for 5 rounds (increasing to 30 stitches) measures approximately 1.6″ (4.5 cm).

Terms and abbreviations (US terms):

Slip stitch (sl): insert the hook into the stitch and pull up a loop, now, pull it through the loop on your needle.

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.

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.

Lion Crochet Teething Ring Pattern Instructions

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

9-17 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

22 rnd  (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 18sts

• Stop here to add stuffing material and the rattle noise before continuing

23 rnd  (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a long tail for sewing.

Snout

With a light brown start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3 rnd  (3inc, 3sc) repeat 2 times Total 18sts

*3inc means 1 inc followed by another increase. Two single crochet in the same stitch for the next 3 stitches.

4-5 rnd  18sc

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing it.

Ears

With brown yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 rnd  6inc Total 12sts

3-5 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.

Assembly

1. Sew the ears between rounds 4 and 10 of the head.
2. Sew the snout between rounds 11 and 17

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 on the surface of the Lion’s face.

Make a circle around the face, passing one stitch distance behind the ears, going down 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 in 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 2 double crochet inside each stitch again.

Join with a slip stitch. Cut the yarn, and fasten it off.

Wood cover

With blue color yarn chain 21, skip the first chain and start

1-6 row      20sc, chain one and turn.

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing.

NOTE: If the wooden ring you are working on is longer, add more chains to the detail. If the wooden ring is thicker, add more rows!

• Sew it around the wooden ring, 20 stitches from one side, with 20 stitches from the other side.

Assembly (cont.)

1. With dark brown, embroider a triangle on the snout. Once you are done, finish with a little line in the center of the triangle.
2. With black thread, embroider the eyes in round 10 of the face (or one round above the snout) and leave 6 stitches between them.
3. With the same thread, embroider the eyebrow one round above the eye, with the length of two stitches.
4. OPTIONAL: With a white thread, make two lines on the sides of the eyes. With pink thread, embroider one line on each cheek, three stitches distance from the snout.

Congratulations!!!

Your lion teether amigurumi toy is ready!

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See you next time!

Love,

Ana

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