Ducklings

Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi tiny crochet ducklings

Free Ducklings crochet tutorial by @vsevyazanoe.

With this tutorial, you can crochet tiny plush ducklings. For this amigurumi project, any plush yarn and a matching crochet hook will work. The author offers 4 duck versions. They are all similar but have slight differences. All toys are crocheted top-down, starting from the head with lower feet.

You can use the toy as a cute keychain.

Materials and Tools

  • Plush yarn: yellow and orange
  • Crochet hook
  • Safety eyes
  • Synthetic poly filling
  • Stitch markers
  • Pins
  • Needle for sewing parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Tiny Amigurumi Crochet Ducklings Pattern

Amigurumi tiny crochet ducklings

Duck 1 (photo 1)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
5-6. 24 sc
7. 7 sc, in front loop only 3 dc (wing), 4 sc, IN ORANGE in front loop only 3 dc (beak), 4 sc, wing, 6 sc (24)
8-10. 24 sc. In round 8, do not forget to crochet sc into the remaining half loops behind the wings
11. 10 sc, IN ORANGE foot, 4 sc, IN ORANGE foot, 8 sc (24)
12. 12 dec (12). Do not forget the remaining half loops behind the feet
13. 6 dec. Cut the yarn, fasten off, and close the opening

Duck 2

The pattern is the same as Duck 1, just without round 10 (photo 2)

Duck 3 (mini) (photo 3)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
4. 18 sc
5. 4 sc, in front loop only 2 dc (wing), 3 sc, IN ORANGE in front loop only 2 dc (beak), 3 sc, wing, 5 sc (18)
6-7. 18 sc. In round 6, do not forget to crochet sc into the remaining half loops behind the wings
8. 6 sc, IN ORANGE foot, 4 sc, IN ORANGE foot, 6 sc (18)
9. 11 dec. Do not forget the remaining half loops behind the feet. Cut the yarn, fasten off, and close the opening

Duck 4 (mini) (photo 4)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
4-5. 18 sc
6. 4 sc, in front loop only 2 dc (wing), 3 sc, IN ORANGE in front loop only 2 dc (beak), 3 sc, wing, 5 sc (18)
7-9. 18 sc. In round 7, do not forget to crochet sc into the remaining half loops behind the wings
10. 7 sc, IN ORANGE foot, 2 sc, IN ORANGE foot, 7 sc (18)
11. 11 dec. Do not forget the remaining half loops behind the feet. Cut the yarn, fasten off, and close the opening

General Notes for All

The feet and beak may curl downward; I turn them outward. Insert the eyes on both sides of the beak.