Fawn

Free Fawn crochet tutorial by Valeria @vivi_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet a deer in a cowl scarf. Any cotton blend yarn and a matching crochet hook will work well for this amigurumi project.

The finished toy is about 14 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn: beige 07, light beige 03, brown 40, orange 85, gray 80
• YarnArt Iris 935 yarn (for the eyebrows)
• 2 mm and 2.5 mm crochet hooks
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Pins
• Soft pastels or blush
• Sewing needle for attaching parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Fawn Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Arms (make 2)

With brown yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. 9 sc in BLO
4. 9 sc
With orange yarn:
5. 9 sc in BLO
6-12. 9 sc (7 rounds)

Fold the piece in half and work dec x 2 (2).

Ears (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
3. (3 sc, inc) x 2 (10)
4-5. 10 sc (2 rounds)
6. (3 sc, dec) x 2 (8)

Muzzle

1. 6 ch
2. Starting in the 2nd chain from the hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 3 sc, inc (12)
3. inc, 3 sc, inc x 3, 3 sc, inc x 2 (18)
4. 18 sc

Legs (make 2)

With brown yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. 12 sc in BLO
4. 12 sc
With beige yarn:
5. 12 sc in BLO
6-9. 12 sc (4 rounds)

Continue crocheting from the second leg.

1. 2 ch
2. 12 sc, inc, 14 sc, inc (30)
3-5. 30 sc (3 rounds)
With orange yarn:
6. 30 sc
7. 30 hdc (work around the previous round)
8-12. 30 sc (5 rounds)
13. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
14. 24 sc (crochet in the arms)
15. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
16. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
17. (1 hdc, dec) x 6 (12) (work around the previous round)

Head

Continue crocheting from the body. With beige yarn:

18. inc x 12 in BLO (24)
19. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
20. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
21. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
22. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
23. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
24-33. 54 sc (10 rounds)
34. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
35. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
36. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
37. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
38. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
39. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
40. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
41. dec x 6

Antlers (make 2)

Crochet two identical pieces. Do not cut the working yarn on the second one.

1. 5 sc in MR
2. inc x 5 (10)
3. 10 sc (3 rounds)

Join the two pieces with 1 sl st.
1. 3 sc, dec (16)
2. 16 sc
3. 2 sc, dec (12)
4. 12 sc (2 rounds)

Cowl

1. 50 ch, join into a ring.
2-5. 50 sc in the back loops of the stitches (4 rounds)
After each round, work 1 sl st and 1 turning chain.