Soldier

Free crochet Soldier pattern by Elena Voevodina.

With this pattern, you can crochet a soldier wearing a helmet. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi. For decoration, you can use a button or a medal-shaped charm.

The finished toy is approximately 4.7 in (12 cm) tall.

Materials and tools

• Acrylic or cotton yarn: almond, olive, beige, yellow, orange
• Iris crochet thread: black
• 2 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Needle for sewing pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet soldier amigurumi pattern

Legs, body, and head

Begin with the legs using black yarn.

1: Ch 2, 6 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook (6)
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: 9 sc
4: 2 dec, 5 sc (7)
5-6: 7 sc (2 rounds)
Change to olive yarn
7-10: 7 sc (4 rounds)

Cut the yarn. Stuff the leg. Crochet the second leg the same way. Do not cut the yarn! Ch 2.

11: Join the legs: 7 sc around the 1st leg, 2 sc in the ch, 7 sc around the 2nd leg, 2 sc in the ch (18)
12-13: 18 sc (2 rounds)
14: Make 2 dec: 1 on each side (16)
15: Make 2 dec: 1 on each side (14)
Stuff the toy gradually as you work.
16-17: 14 sc (2 rounds)
18: Make 2 inc: 1 on each side (16)
19: 16 sc
20: (2 sc, dec) x 4 (12)
21: 6 dec (6)
22: 6 sc
Change to almond yarn (head)
23: 6 inc (12)
24: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
25: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
26: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
27: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
28-29: 36 sc (2 rounds)
30: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
31-32: 30 sc (2 rounds)
33: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Stuff the head.
34: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
35: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
36: 6 dec (6)

Close the opening.

Arms (make 2)

Use almond yarn.

1: Ch 2, 6 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook (6)
2: 6 sc
3: 3 dc in 1 stitch (thumb), 5 sc (6)
Change to olive yarn
4-9: 6 sc (5 rounds)

Stuff halfway. Close the opening, leaving a tail for sewing.

Nose

Use almond yarn.

1: Ch 2, 6 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: 12 sc
4: 6 dec (6)

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Helmet

Use olive yarn.

1: Ch 2, 6 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook (6)
2-6: Repeat Rounds 23-27 of the head
7-12: 36 sc. Try the helmet on the toy as you work!
13: Alternate 1 sc, inc to the end of the round (54)

Belt

Use black yarn.

Ch 16, 1 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook, then sc in each remaining ch (15)

Cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew the belt together around the toy. Position the seam at the front and embroider a buckle over it with yellow yarn.

Assembly

• Make a “collar” by wrapping olive yarn around the neck, then embroider the “fastener.”
• Sew the nose between Rounds 4 and 6, leaving some space above the neck. Attach the eyes above it.
• Embroider the mouth, eyebrows, and hair with black embroidery floss. Make the ears with several stitches of almond yarn.