Airplane

Free Airplane crochet tutorial by Janna Paprika @jannapaprikaknitting.

With this pattern, you can crochet a realistic airplane. For this amigurumi project, you will need merino yarn or any other yarn (100 g / 400 m). A wire frame is used inside the toy. All parts are crocheted in a spiral unless noted otherwise. The windows are embroidered with the same thread in a different color.

Materials and Tools

• Australian Merino yarn (95% merino wool, 5% leacryl, 100 g / 400 m): 252-green, 276-mother-of-pearl, 393-light marengo
• 2 mm crochet hook
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Wire
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• ps - offset stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• FLO - front loop only
• BLO - back loop only
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Crochet Airplane Pattern

Body

With green yarn:

Round 1: 6 in MR
Round 2: 6 sc
Round 3: (inc, sc) x 3 (9)
Round 4: 9 sc
Round 5: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Round 6: 12 sc
Round 7: (inc, 3 sc) x 3 (15)
Round 8: 15 sc
Round 9: inc, 5 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 5 sc, inc (23)
Rounds 10-44: 23 sc
Round 45: 2 dec, 19 sc, ps (21)
Round 46: dec, 17 sc, dec (19)
Round 47: dec, 15 sc, dec (17)
Round 48: dec, 13 sc, dec (15)
Round 49: dec, 11 sc, dec (13)
Round 50: dec, 9 sc, dec (11)
Round 51: dec, 7 sc, dec (9)
Round 52: dec, 5 sc, dec (7)

Pull the opening closed by grabbing the front loops of two neighboring sc stitches.

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Engine (2 pieces)

With gray yarn:

Round 1: 6 in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: FLO 18 sc
Round 5: 18 sc
Round 6: BLO 18 sc

With green yarn:
Rounds 7-13: 18 sc
Round 14: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rounds 15-16: 12 sc
Round 17: (sc, dec) x 4 (8)

Pull the opening closed by grabbing the front loops of two neighboring sc stitches.

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Wings (2 pieces)

With green yarn:

Round 1: 6 in MR
Rounds 2-4: 6 sc
Round 5: inc, 5 sc (7)

With gray yarn:
Rounds 6-8: 7 sc
Round 9: inc, 6 sc (8)
Rounds 10-12: 8 sc
Round 13: inc, 7 sc (9)
Rounds 14-16: 9 sc
Round 17: inc, 8 sc (10)
Rounds 18-20: 10 sc
Round 21: inc, 9 sc (11)
Round 22: 11 sc
Round 23: inc, 10 sc (12)
Round 24: 12 sc
Round 25: inc, 11 sc (13)
Round 26: 13 sc
Round 27: inc, 12 sc (14)
Round 28: 14 sc
Round 29: inc, 13 sc (15)
Round 30: inc, 14 sc (16)
Round 31: inc, 15 sc (17)
Round 32: inc, 16 sc (18)
Round 33: inc, 17 sc (19)
Round 34: inc, 18 sc (20)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Tail

Top part (with green yarn):

Round 1: Chain 4 ch
Round 2: 2 sc, inc on one side of the chain, 2 sc, 3 sc in one stitch on the other side of the chain (9)
Round 3: 8 sc, inc (10)
Round 4: 10 sc
Round 5: 9 sc, inc (11)
Round 6: 11 sc
Round 7: 10 sc, inc (12)
Round 8: 12 sc
Round 9: 11 sc, inc (13)
Round 10: 13 sc
Round 11: 12 sc, inc (14)
Round 12: 12 sc, 2 inc (16)
Round 13: 13 sc, 3 inc (19)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Side parts (2 pieces)

With gray yarn:

Round 1: Chain 3 ch
Round 2: sc, inc on one side of the chain, sc, 3 sc in one stitch on the other side of the chain (7)
Round 3: 6 sc, inc (8)
Rounds 4-6: 8 sc
Round 7: 7 sc, inc (9)
Rounds 8-10: 9 sc
Round 11: 7 sc, 2 inc (11)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Toy Assembly

Insert wire into the wings and sew them to the body between rounds 22 and 32. The top distance between them is 11 sc.

Sew the green tail part in the center between rounds 43 and 52.

Sew the gray tail parts to the sides between rounds 45 and 50. The distance from the green part is 2 sc.

Sew on the engines. Embroider the portholes with dark gray yarn and the doors with light gray yarn.

Your crochet airplane is ready! Please tag the author on social media - @jannapaprikaknitting.