Big Plush Panda

Free crochet tutorial for the Big Panda by Alina Malina.

With this pattern, you can crochet a large plush panda. Any plush yarn will work for this amigurumi: Himalaya Dolphin Baby or YarnArt Dolce.

The finished toy measures about 43 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Plush yarn Himalaya Dolphin Baby (2 skeins in white)
• Plush yarn Himalaya Dolphin Baby (1.5 skeins in black)
• YarnArt Jeans yarn (for the muzzle)
• Crochet hooks 1.75 mm and 4.0 mm
• 18 mm safety eyes
• 30 mm safety nose
• Synthetic poly filling
• Satin ribbon for decoration
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Big Plush Panda Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Ears (make 2)

Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, black color No. 80311, 4 mm crochet hook:

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5-7: 24 sc (3 rounds)

Fold in half and sew together (or join with slip stitches), fasten off, and leave a long tail for sewing.

Muzzle

Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, white color No. 80301, 4 mm crochet hook:

Round 1: 8 sc in MR (8)
Round 2: 8 inc (16)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 8 (24)
Round 4: 1 sc, (2 inc, 4 sc) x 3, 2 inc, 3 sc (32)
Round 5: 14 sc, 1 dec, 16 sc (31)
Round 6-7: 31 sc

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing on the muzzle.

Attach the safety nose between rounds 2 and 3 of the muzzle and embroider the mouth.

Eye Patches (make 2)

YarnArt Jeans yarn, black, 1.75 mm crochet hook:

Round 1: 8 sc in MR (8)
Round 2: ((3 sc in one stitch) x 2, 2 sc) x 2 (16)
Round 3: (2 sc, (3 sc in one stitch) x 2, 4 sc) x 2 (24)
Round 4: 3 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 2 sc, 3 sc in one stitch, 9 sc, 2 inc, 6 sc (30)
Round 5: 30 sc (30)

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Insert the safety eyes into the eye patches, but do not secure them yet.

Head

Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, white color No. 80301, 4 mm crochet hook:

Round 1: 7 sc in MR (7)
Round 2: 7 inc (14)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (21)
Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (28)
Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (35)
Round 6: 2 sc, 1 inc, (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6, 2 sc (42)
Round 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (49)
Round 8: 3 sc, 1 inc, (6 sc, 1 inc) x 6, 3 sc (56)
Round 9: (7 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (63)
Round 10-20: 63 sc (11 rounds)
Round 21: (7 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (56)
Round 22: 3 sc, 1 dec, (6 sc, 1 dec) x 6, 3 sc (49)
Round 23: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (42)
Round 24: 2 sc, 1 dec, (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6, 2 sc (35)
Round 25: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (28)
Round 26: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (21)

Shaping the Muzzle

At round 26 of the head, stuff it with filling and use pins to mark the eye patches with the safety eyes and the muzzle. Secure the eyes through the patches and the head with the fasteners, then sew on the eye patches using the long yarn tails left earlier. Stuff the muzzle lightly and sew it to the head with the remaining long yarn tail. Finish stuffing the head and crochet the last rounds.

Round 27: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (14)
Round 28: 7 dec (7)

Pull tight, fasten off, and cut the yarn.

Pin the ears in place, choosing the best position for them. Make sure they are symmetrical both from the front and from above, then sew them on. If needed, make eye indentations. Set the finished head aside for now.

Lower Legs (make 2)

Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, white color No. 80301, 4 mm crochet hook:

Round 1: 7 ch, starting in the second chain from the hook 5 sc, 3 sc in the last chain, 4 sc, 1 inc
Round 2: 1 inc, 4 sc, (1 inc) x 3, 4 sc, (1 inc) x 2 (20)
Round 3: 1 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc (24)
Round 4: 2 sc, 1 inc, (5 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 3 sc (28)
Round 5: 1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc (36)

Stuff the leg firmly with filling, shaping the foot. Switch to Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, black color No. 80311.

Round 6: in back loop only 36 sc
Round 7-8: 36 sc (36)
Round 9: 9 sc, 1 dec, (1 sc, 1 dec) x 5, 8 sc, 1 dec (29)
Round 10: 8 sc, (1 dec) x 2, 3 sc, (1 dec) x 2, 8 sc, 1 dec (24)
Round 11: 8 sc, (1 dec) x 4, 8 sc (20)
Round 12: 6 sc, 1 dec, 4 sc, 1 dec, 6 sc (18)
Round 13-20: 18 sc

Stuff the remaining part of the leg lightly up to the top so it will not stick out to the side when you crochet it into the body. Fold in half and join, fasten off, and cut the yarn.

Take a large needle and attach black yarn (Himalaya Dolphin Baby, black color No. 80311) on the back side of the leg, hide the tail inside the leg, and embroider the foot. I made three stitches for each spot.

Upper Legs (make 2)

Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, black color No. 80311, 4 mm crochet hook:

Round 1: 8 sc in MR (8)
Round 2: (3 sc in one stitch), 3 sc) x 2 (12)
Round 3: (3 inc, 3 sc) x 2 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc) x 2 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc) x 2 (30)
Round 6: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 3, 15 sc (27)
Round 7: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 3, 12 sc (24)
Round 8: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 3, 12 sc (21)
Round 9: 3 sc, 3 dec, 12 sc (18)
Stuff firmly with filling, shaping the leg
Round 10-19: 18 sc

Stuff the remaining part of the leg lightly up to the top so it will not stick out to the side when you crochet it into the body. Fold in half and join, fasten off, and cut the yarn.

Body

Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, white color No. 80301, 4 mm crochet hook:

Round 1: 7 sc in MR (7)
Round 2: 7 inc (14)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (21)
Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (28)
Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (35)
Round 6: 2 sc, 1 inc, (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6, 2 sc (42)
Round 7: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (49)
Round 8: 3 sc, 1 inc, (6 sc, 1 inc) x 6, 3 sc (56)
Round 9: (7 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (63)
At round 10, crochet in the lower legs: 13 sc, one leg (9 sc), 18 sc between the legs, the second leg (9 sc), 14 sc (63)
Round 11-17: 63 sc (8 rounds)
Round 18: (7 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (56)
Round 19: crochet around, making 7 dec across the belly
Stuff the body firmly with filling as you go
Round 20: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (42)
Round 21: 42 sc (42)
Round 22: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (35)
Round 23: 35 sc (35)
Switch to Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, black color No. 80311
Round 24: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (28)
Round 25-27: 28 sc

At round 27, crochet in the upper legs, leaving 5 sc between the legs in front and 5 sc along the back, each leg 9 sc (28).

Finish stuffing the body firmly, fasten off, and cut the yarn. Take the head and sew it to the body.

Tail

Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn, black color No. 80311, 4 mm crochet hook:

Round 1: 7 sc in MR (7)
Round 2: 7 inc (14)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (21)
Round 4: 21 sc (21)
Round 5: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (14)
Stuff with filling
Round 6: 7 dec

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing on the tail. Sew on the tail.