Baby Deer

Difficulty Level: easy

Crochet baby deer by Anastasia Kudryashova

Free crochet tutorial for Baby Deer by Anastasia Kudryashova @a.kudryashka95.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush deer with a scarf. Any plush yarn works for this amigurumi: Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, and others.

Materials and tools

  • Himalaya Dolphin Baby or YarnArt Dolce plush yarn, half a skein of the main color and just a little of an additional color
  • Acrylic yarn (50 g / 200 m)
  • 2 mm hook (for socks and antlers) and 4.5 mm hook (for body)
  • 12 mm safety eyes
  • Fiberfill
  • Embroidery floss
  • Stitch markers
  • Sewing needle for assembling parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

  • MR - magic ring
  • sl st - slip stitch
  • sc - single crochet
  • inc - increase
  • dec - decrease
  • (...) x n - repeat n times

Plush amigurumi deer crochet pattern

Do not forget to stuff the toy as you go.

Start crocheting the deer from the legs and continue into the body.

Legs (make 2)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: no changes, 12 sc

Crochet the second leg the same way, join it to the first leg with a single crochet. Place marker here and start crocheting the first body round.

Plush amigurumi deer crochet pattern

Round 1: 12 sc on first leg, 12 sc on second leg (24)
Rounds 2-6: 24 sc (5 rounds)
Round 7: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Remember to stuff firmly.

Plush amigurumi deer crochet pattern

Round 8: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Now continue to the head.

Round 9: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 10: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 11: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rounds 12-13: 30 sc with no changes (2 rounds)
Round 14: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rounds 15-16: 24 sc (2 rounds)
Round 17: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Attach eyes between rounds 14 and 15.

Round 18: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 19: dec to the end

Plush amigurumi deer crochet pattern

Arms (make 2)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Rounds 2-5: no changes, 6 sc (4 rounds)
Round 6: 1 dec, 4 sc
Round 7: dec through both loops

Plush amigurumi deer crochet pattern

Ears (make 2)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Rounds 2-3: 1 sc, change yarn, 2 sc, change yarn, 3 sc
Round 4: 1 sc, dec through both loops, sl st

Plush amigurumi deer crochet pattern

Belly patch

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Plush amigurumi deer crochet pattern

Muzzle

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: no changes, 6 sc, sl st

Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Nose

Crochet 6 sc in MR and sl st.

Leave a yarn tail for sewing to the muzzle.

Antlers (make 2)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Rounds 2-4: 6 sc (3 rounds)

Crochet 2 such pieces. The next parts will be joined.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Rounds 2-4: 6 sc (3 rounds)

Join with the smaller piece so that the round has 9 sc.

Rounds 4-7: 9 sc (4 rounds)

Plush amigurumi deer crochet pattern

Leave a yarn tail for sewing. Sew all parts on and make sculpting at the points where pins are inserted in the photo. First one eye, tighten at the bottom, then the second one. Do the same at the bottom again. Hide the yarn tail.

Scarf

Chain 90, from the second chain from hook work back with single crochet. At the end make a sl st. Cut the yarn and hide the end.

Plush amigurumi deer crochet pattern