My dear friends. Last week I shared Blue Bear pattern. Bears are classics and are suitable for big and small, young and old…
This week wanted to show you what you can make out of one pattern you like or find easy; will show you on Blue Bear pattern example, but in same manner you can play and make different animals from any pattern you like or find easy to make.
I have made just few examples, but possibilities are endless. Will show you how to make a cat, dog, bunny and koala.
Head, body, arms and legs are done all the same as in Blue Bear pattern. Ears and noses are changed in order to make different animal expressions.
For each animal will give you instructions on how to make. If you will wish to make some other animal that is not listed here and you don’t know how to do it, let me know and will try to help you out.
Let us start with the kitten!
As mentioned, from the Blue Bear pattern, I have added new ears and have made different nose base.
Ears (make2)
R1 sc4 in magic ring
R2 inc1, sc1, inc1, sc1 (6sts)
R3 *inc1, sc1* x3 (9 sts)
R4 *inc1, sc2* x3 (12 sts)
R5 *inc1, sc3* x3 (15 sts)
R6 *inc1, sc4* x3 (18 sts)
R7 *inc1, sc5* x3 (21 sts)
R8-R9 sc21 sts
R10 *dec1, sc5* x3 (18sts)
tie off and leave long end for sewing the ears later
Nose base
R1 sc6 in magic ring
R2 inc6 (12 sts)
R3 sc12 sts
tie off. Make another circle the same way. Connect both circles with one stitch and with black yarn sew the nose and mouth on.
Next one is little koala
Koala ears (make2)
R1 sc6 in magic ring
R2 inc6 (12 sts)
R3 *inc1, sc1* x6 (18 sts)
R4 *inc1, sc2* x6 (24 sts)
R5 *inc1, sc3* x6 (30 sts)
R6-R7 sc30 sts
R8 *dec1, sc3* x6 (24 sts)
R9 *dec1, sc2* x6 (18 sts)
Tie off and leave long end for sewing the ears later
Nose
I have made the nose base, but it is not necessary at all. You can sew the big black nose right on the head. If you want to make the nose same way I did, make a nose base this way:
Ch6
R1 sc4, 3sc in on st, sc3, 2sc in one st (12 sts)
R2 inc1, sc3, inc3, sc3, inc2 (18 sts)
tie off leaving long end for sewing the nose later.
Bunny
For making bunny, again, we will change the ears. Nose I have used same as made for the kitten.
Bunny ears (make2)
R1 sc 6 in magic ring
R2 sc6 sts
R3 inc6 (12 sts)
R4 sc12 sts
R5 *inc1, sc1* x6 (18sts)
R6 sc18 sts
R7 *inc1, sc2* x6 (24 sts)
R8-R12 sc24 sts
R13 *dec1, sc2* x6 (18 sts)
R14-R16 sc18 sts
R17 *dec1, sc1* x6 (12 sts)
R18-R23 sc12 sts
Tie off and leave long end for sewing the ears later.
And the last one is little puppy
Little puppy is made out of bunny ears and kitty nose. You can use kitten ears as well. You can sew hem on the sides pointing down, or more up on top of the head (pointing up). It is really the way you like more.
Like I mentioned earlier, possibilities are really endless. You can make a mouse, elephant, monkey, fox…
I hope you have enjoyed this post. Also hope I gave you something to think about when starting on next project. You should remember one thing, there is anything you can’t do! 😉
Fingers crossed that by next week my new doll will be done.
Wish you all great end of the week and happy relaxing weekend!
How to stabilize the head on the amineko. The head go to side to side.
Crochet tight and stuff very, very well. Sometimes the head will wobble if the yarn is soft (like most of acrylic
yarns) in that case, what might help is little piece of wire (wrapped in foil to secure the ends from not sticking out).
But as earlier said, tight crochet and firm stuffing in that area are the most helpful and work in 85%
Was wondering how large this toy is, looking to make a 24″ toy bunny
If made with 2 mm hook and DK cotton yarn it ends up about 30 cm tall.
Can anyone tell me how large this toy is? Looking to make a 24″ toy
i have never made any type of crochet toy, but i was wanting to know if you could help me do an elephant, its for a lovey for my niece..thank you so much in advance
will be happy to help you make the elephant toy. Feel free to send me mail and try to explain what can I help you with.
Looking forward to hear from you
Hey there! It’s now April 20, 2014, so I’m not sure if you’ll see this comment, but I guess it’s worth a try…
I want to make a hippo, however I’m not exactly sure how to do the nose area. As you can imagine, it needs to be large, and protrude a bit in order to get the right look.
I have looked online at some other patterns, however the problem I run into is that it looks as if a sphere is attached to the face. I don’t really like this look.
Any tips? Thank you!
Hi Emily,
To make a hippo looking toy yes, the most common way is to attach this wide oval or sphere looking shape to front of the head to form nose.
The other way I can think of is to start from nose, then at certain point (after desired size is reached), you start making rows over the top oval or sphere side (to create the forehead and form desired size for the head). After few rows, you again start stitching in rounds (working side of the rows made, over the sphere/oval, other side of the rows and back to the top-creating round shape again). After round shape is formed you start decreasing in order to close the head (at the back). It sounds complicated described like this, but trust me it isn’t so. Only way to show you is to write the pattern 🙂
Let me know if I can assist you that or any other way.