Handsome Deer

Free crochet tutorial for Handsome Deer. Author: Tonya Yanchik @murzilka_knit.

With this pattern, you can crochet a little deer with a scarf. For amigurumi, any cotton blend yarn works well: Alize Cotton Gold, YarnArt Jeans, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. For the antlers, use a thinner yarn - Vita Cotton Coco. For the scarf - Alize Bella.

Finished toy size: about 16 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Cotton Gold Tweed yarn: 262-light brown (main color)
• YarnArt Jeans yarn: 90-red (for mittens, booties, and nose)
• Vita Cotton Coco yarn: 4306-brown (for antlers)
• Alize Bella yarn: 492-green, 56-red (for scarf)
• Crochet hook 2-2.5 mm
• Knitting needles 2 mm (for the scarf)
• Safety eyes
• Synthetic poly filling
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Handsome Deer Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Nose

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc
5. (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)

Stuff, leave a tail for sewing.

Ears (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc (12)

Fold the bottom of the ear together and sew to the head.

Antlers

Center Part (2 pieces)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3-13. 9 sc
14. (1 sc, dec) x 3 (6)

Stuff the piece. Leave a tail for sewing.

Side Part (2 pieces)

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

Stuff the piece. Leave a tail for sewing. Sew the side part to the center part.

If you do not want to crochet the antlers with thin Vita Coco yarn, you can use the same yarn you use for the deer itself. In that case, do not make increases in round 2, and crochet the parts from 6 sc.

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-11. 30 sc (6 rounds)
12. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
13-14. 24 sc (2 rounds)
15. 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)
16-17. 18 sc (2 rounds)
18. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
19. 6 dec

Stuff the piece. Cut yarn. Fasten off.

Body

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. 1 sc, inc, (2 sc, inc) x 5, 1 sc (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. 10 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 9 sc (33)
7-11. 33 sc (5 rounds)
12. 12 sc, (1 sc, dec) x 3, 12 sc (30)
13. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
14-16. 24 sc (3 rounds)
17. 1 sc, dec (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)
18-20. 18 sc (3 rounds)
21. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
22-27. 12 sc (6)

Stuff the piece. Fold the edges together and crochet with sc.

Arms (2 pieces)

Start crocheting with red yarn.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
3. 8 sc
4. Crochet 3 dc with a shared top in the first stitch, then 7 sc (8)
5-6. 8 sc
Stuff the palm
7. Crochet 8 sc in back loop only (8)
Change color to the main color.
8-14. 8 sc (7 rounds)
15. (2 sc, dec) x 2 (6)

Stuff the arm up to rounds 10-11. Pull the opening closed. Leave a tail for sewing. Into the front loops of round 7, crochet one round of hdc with red yarn.

Legs (2 pieces)

Start crocheting with red yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
4-5. 15 sc (2 rounds)
6. 4 sc, 3 dec, 5 sc (12)
7. 4 sc, dec from three sc, 5 sc (10)
8. (3 sc, dec) x 2 (8)
Stuff the boot.
9. Crochet 8 sc in back loop only (8)
Change color to the main color.
10-18. 8 sc (9 rounds)

Stuff the leg up to round 13. Pull the opening closed. Cut the yarn and fasten off. Into the front loops of round 9, crochet one round of hdc with red yarn.

Assembly and Finishing

• Sew the eyes between rounds 11 and 12, with 2 sc between the eyes.
• Sew the antlers between rounds 15 and 16.
• Sew the ears under the antlers.
• Sew the nose between rounds 4 and 6.
• Sew the arms to the body around round 22. Make sure they are at the same level.
• Sew the head to the body.
• Crochet or knit a scarf in any way you like, alternating green and red yarn. I knit it with 2.0 mm needles. Cast on 6 stitches (including 2 edge stitches) and knit a 22 cm scarf.