Deer

Free Deer crochet tutorial by Natalia Ardelyan @nata_ardelia_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a deer in a sweater. For this amigurumi project, you can use any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn with a matching crochet hook. The author recommends Pekhorka Bisernaya yarn.

Finished toy size is about 30 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn
• 1.25 mm crochet hook
• 10-11 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Foamiran or felt for eye details
• A small piece of plastic to shape the sole
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Deer Amigurumi Pattern

Legs and Body

Start by crocheting the deer boots. Mine are green.

1. 6 ch, inc, 3 sc, 4 sc in 1 st, 3 sc, inc
2. 2 inc, 3 sc, 4 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc
3. (1 sc, inc) x 2, 3 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 4, 3 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2 + 1 offset sc
4. 30 sc in BLO (shape the sole)
5-7. 30 sc
8. 9 sc, 6 dec, 9 sc
9. 8 sc, 4 dec, 8 sc
10. 7 sc, 3 dec, 7 sc (do not cut the green yarn, you will use it for the boot shaft)

At this stage, I insert an insole for better stability and stuff the legs.

11. 17 sc in BLO
12-14. 17 sc
15-17. color change (gray, pants) 17 sc
18. inc, 5 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 5 sc
19-20. 20 sc
21. inc, 6 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 6 sc
22-23. 23 sc
24. 7 sc, sl st. Cut the yarn.

Crochet the second leg the same way. Do not cut the yarn on the second leg. Return to the boots. Crochet 2 rounds in FLO (the boot shaft), sl st. Cut and hide the yarn.

25. On the second leg, crochet 10 sc, 4 ch, 23 sc; on the first leg, crochet 4 sc along the chain, 23 sc on the second leg, 2 sc along the chain, place a marker (at the back).
26. 54 sc
27. 14 sc, inc, 4 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 8, (the increases should be in the center, this is the tummy) inc, 4 sc, inc, 12 sc, inc
28. 66 sc
29-33. 66 sc (6 rounds)
In round 33, make 2 offset stitches.
34. 10 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 26 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec
35. 59 sc, dec

Do not cut the yarn, continue with the deer sweater. The sweater is two-colored. From here, change color every 2 rounds.

36. Change color and crochet in BLO. 60 sc
37. (8 sc, dec) x 6
38. 54 sc
39. (7 sc, dec) x 6
40. 48 sc

After a few sweater rounds, you can finish the pants by crocheting 2 rounds with gray yarn. This makes it easier to tuck in the yarn and keeps it from getting in the way.

41. (6 sc, dec) x 6
41-46. 42 sc
47. (5 sc, dec) x 6
48. 36 sc
49. (4 sc, dec) x 6
50. 30 sc
51. (3 sc, dec) x 6
52. 24 sc
53. (2 sc, dec) x 6
54. change color to beige, 18 sc

I used safety eyes for my deer. You can also use beads and sculpting as you prefer.

Continue with the deer head.

55. 18 sc
56. (2 sc, inc) x 6 in FLO
57. (3 sc, inc) x 6
58. (4 sc, inc) x 6
59. (5 sc, inc) x 6
60. (6 sc, inc) x 6
61. (7 sc, inc) x 6
62. (8 sc, inc) x 6
63. (9 sc, inc) x 6
64-70. 66 sc (7 rounds)
71. (9 sc, dec) x 6
72. 60 sc
73. (8 sc, dec) x 6
74. 54 sc
75. (7 sc, dec) x 6
76. 48 sc
77. (6 sc, dec) x 6
78. 42 sc
79. (5 sc, dec) x 6
80. 36 sc
81. (4 sc, dec) x 6
82. (3 sc, dec) x 6
83. (2 sc, dec) x 6
84. (1 sc, dec) x 6
85. dec to the end. Pull the loops closed neatly.

My eyes are 9 mm safety eyes. Insert them between rounds 68-89. Distance between the eyes is 4 sc. Make a round backing from foamiran or felt, 15 mm in diameter.

Muzzle

1. Ch 8, in the 2nd chain from hook make inc, 5 sc, 4 sc in 1 st, 5 sc, inc
2. 2 inc, 5 sc, 4 inc, 5 sc, 2 inc
3. (1 sc, inc) x 2, 5 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 4, 5 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2
4-5. 34 sc
6. dec, 15 sc, dec, 15 sc (the decreases should be on the sides)

Ears (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 sc
3. (1 sc, inc) x 3
4. (2 sc, inc) x 3
5. (3 sc, inc) x 3
6. (4 sc, inc) x 3
7. (5 sc, inc) x 3
8. (6 sc, inc) x 3
9-12. no changes
13. (6 sc, dec) x 3
14. (5 sc, dec) x 3
15. (4 sc, dec) x 3
16-17. 15 sc

Antlers (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 9
3-5. no changes

Crochet 2 pieces. Then make one more identical piece, do not cut the yarn. Join two pieces together and continue:

6-7. 17 sc
8. (2 sc, dec) x 3
9. (1 sc, dec) x 3
10-17. 10 sc

Arms (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6
4-6. 18 sc
7. (3 sc, dec) x 3, 3 sc
8-10. 15 sc
Change color.
In the following rounds, change color every 2 rounds.
11-28. 15 sc
29. (3 sc, dec) x 3
30. (2 sc, dec) x 3
31. dec to the end of the round

Nose

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc
3-4. 12 sc
5. (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)

Leave a yarn tail for sewing on the nose.