El the Donkey

Free crochet pattern for El the Donkey by Tatiana @varry_knits.

Using this pattern, you can crochet a donkey. Any cotton blend yarn works well for this amigurumi, including YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. If you like, you can decorate the toy with a ribbon or a crocheted scarf.

Materials and tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn
• 2 mm crochet hook
• Embroidery floss for the nose
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet pattern for amigurumi El the Donkey

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10-12. 54 sc (3 rounds)
13. (10 sc, inc) x 4, 10 sc (58)
14-15. 58 sc (2 rounds)
16. 3 sc, (12 sc, inc) x 4, 3 sc (62)
17-18. 62 sc (2 rounds)
19. 1 sc, (9 sc, inc) x 6, 1 sc (68)
20. 1 sc, (10 sc, inc) x 6, 1 sc (74)
21-26. 74 sc (5 rounds)
27. 1 sc (10 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (68)
28. 1 sc (9 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (62)
29. 1 sc (8 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (56)
30. (6 sc, dec) x 7 (48)
31. 1 sc (4 sc, dec) x 8 (41)
32. 1 sc (3 sc, dec) x 8 (33)
33. 1 sc (2 sc, dec) x 8 (25)

Muzzle

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9-11. 48 sc (3 rounds)

Stuff the muzzle with fiberfill as you sew it on.

Ears (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
5. (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
6-16. 18 sc (11 rounds)
17. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
18. (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
19. (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)

Fold in half and crochet 5 sc through both layers.

Legs (make 2)

Ch 7 and begin in the 2nd ch from the hook:

1. 5 sc, 3 sc in the last stitch, working along the other side of the chain: 4 sc, inc (14)
2. inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (20)
3. 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 2 sc (24)
4. 2 sc, inc, (5 sc, inc) x 3, sc (28)
5. 2 sc, 2 inc, 5 sc, 2 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc, 6 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc (36)
6. 36 sl st
7-10. 36 sc
11. 10 sc, 6 dec, 12 sc, dec (29)
12. 10 sc, 4 dec, 9 sc, dec (24)
13. 8 sc, 4 dec, 8 sc (20)
14. 8 sc, 2 dec, 8 sc (18)
Change yarn color and firmly stuff the leg
15. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
16-18. 24 sc (3 rounds)
19. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
20-22. 30 sc (3 rounds)
23. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
24-25. 36 sc

Crochet 9 sc (this positions the sl st at the side of the leg). Fasten off with a sl st and cut the yarn. Crochet the second leg the same way, but do not cut the yarn; continue crocheting the body. (On the final round of the second leg, I stopped 7 sc short so the working yarn would be at the side of the leg.)

Ch 2 and join to the first leg:

26. 36 sc, 2 sc along the ch-2, 36 sc, 2 sc along the ch-2 (76)
27. (18 sc, inc) x 4 (80)
28-30. 80 sc
31. 19 sc, 2 inc, 19 sc, inc, 19 sc, 2 inc, 17 sc, inc. (86)
32-36. 86 sc
37. dec, (12 sc, dec) x 6 (79)
38-39. 79 sc
40. (11 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (73)
41-42. 73 sc
43. (10 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (67)
44-45. 67 sc
46. (9 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (61)
47-48. 61 sc
49. (8 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (55)
50. 55 sc
51. (7 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (49)
52. 49 sc
53. (6 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (43)
54. 43 sc
55. (5 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (37)
56. 37 sc
57. (4 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (31)
58. 31 sc
59. (3 sc, dec) x 6, 1 sc (25)

Fasten off with a sl st and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail.

Arms (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5-7. 24 sc
Change yarn color
8. 8 sc, 4 dec, 8 sc (20)
9. 8 sc, 2 dec, 8 sc (18)
10-20. 18 sc
21. (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
22-23. 15 sc
24. (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
25-30. 12 sc

Firmly stuff only the lower part of each arm. Fold in half and crochet 6 sc through both layers.