Amanda Flamingo

Free Amanda Flamingo crochet tutorial by Mariela Dal Maso @mongoreto.

With this pattern, you can crochet a pink flamingo with flowers. Any yarn and a suitable hook will work for this bird. If you want, you can use a wire frame.

Finished toy height is about 30 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn: pink, light pink, white, black, blue, yellow, coral
• Suitable crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Synthetic poly filling
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• dec - decrease
• inc - increase
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Amigurumi Flamingo Crochet Pattern

Body and Neck

We start here, using pink yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)

Find the center by counting 15 stitches on each side. Here we split work for the neck and body.

Body

Rounds 6-11: 15 sc (15)
Round 12: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Round 13: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Round 14: (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
Round 15: (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
Round 16: (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30)
Round 17: (9 sc, inc) x 3 (33)
Round 18: (10 sc, inc) x 3 (36)
Round 19: (11 sc, inc) x 3 (39)
Round 20: (12 sc, inc) x 3 (42)
Round 21: (13 sc, inc) x 3 (45)
Round 22: (14 sc, inc) x 3 (48)
Rounds 23-25: 48 sc (48)
Round 26: (14 sc, dec) x 3 (45)
Round 27: (13 sc, dec) x 3 (42)
Round 28: (12 sc, dec) x 3 (39)
Round 29: (11 sc, dec) x 3 (36)
Round 30: (10 sc, dec) x 3 (33)
Round 31: (9 sc, dec) x 3 (30)
Stuff firmly
Round 32: (8 sc, dec) x 3 (27)
Round 33: (7 sc, dec) x 3 (24)
Round 34: (6 sc, dec) x 3 (21)
Round 35: (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
Round 36: (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
Round 37: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
Add stuffing
Round 38: (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
Round 39: (sc, dec) x 3 (6)

Fasten off and hide yarn ends.

Neck

Pink yarn.

Rounds 1-8: 15 sc (15)

Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.

Eyes (2 pieces)

Light pink yarn. 21 ch:

Round 1: from second chain from hook: (4 sc, inc) x 4. Turn to the other side of the chain: (4 sc, inc) x 4. (Oval) (48)
Round 2: (5 sc, inc) x 8 (56)
Round 3: 56 sc (56)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Head

Pink yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rounds 10-14: 54 sc (54)
Round 15: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 16: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 17: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 18: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 19: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)

Sew eyes between rounds 11 and 15. Insert safety eyes into eye bases, leaving about 14 stitches between them. Embroider cheeks with pink yarn. Stuff firmly.

Round 20: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Round 21: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 22: 6 dec (6)

Fasten off and hide yarn. Sew head to neck.

Beak Base

Start in light pink:

Round 1: 21 ch, sl st (ring)
Round 2: 21 sc (21)
Blue color
Round 3: (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
Rounds 4-6: 18 sc (18)
Black color
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)

Stuff and leave a long tail for sewing.

Beak

Black yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 sc (6)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 3 (27)
Round 10: (8 sc, inc) x 3 (30)
Rounds 11-14: 30 sc (30)
Round 15: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 16: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Add stuffing
Round 17: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 18: 6 dec (6)

Fasten off and hide yarn end. Sew at the base, then sew centered between the eyes.

Wings (2 pieces)

Pink yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 sc (6)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
Light pink yarn
Fold tail in half and crochet together
Round 7: 9 sc (9)
Now make feathers
8 ch, (starting from second chain from hook: 7 sc) x 18 feathers total.
Sew wings on both sides of the body.

Legs (2 pieces)

Coral color:

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Rounds 2-11: 6 sc (6)
Round 12: 6 inc (12)
Round 13: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 14: 18 sc (18)
Round 15: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Lightly stuff
Round 16: 6 dec (6)
Rounds 17-26: 6 sc (6)

Fasten off and cut yarn.

Feet (2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: 9 sc (9)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Round 5: 12 sc (12)
Round 6: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Round 7: 15 sc (15)
Fold in half and crochet together.
Round 8: 3 dc in one stitch, 2 sl st, 3 dc in one stitch, 2 sl st, 3 dc in one stitch, sl st (7)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew to legs. Sew legs to body (slightly more forward than centered, so Amanda can sit).

Flowers (3 pieces in different colors)

Petals (4 pieces)

8 ch, from second chain from hook: sc, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, 2 sc. Along the other side of the chain: 2 sc, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, sc, sl st. (oval around 8 ch). Sew all petals together. Sew it onto Amanda's head.