Hyena

Difficulty Level: medium

Amigurumi hyena crochet pattern

Free Hyena crochet pattern by Irina Artemova @irinely_art.

With this pattern, you can crochet a hyena with its tongue sticking out. Any yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. For the eyes, you will need small circles of white felt; for the spots on the back, circles of brown felt; and for the nose, black felt.

The finished toy measures about 17 cm.

Materials and Tools

Alize Baby Best yarn (310 honey), less than one skein
Alize Baby Best yarn (08 beige) for the muzzle, ears, and paw tips
Acrylic yarn (light cherry) for the tongue
Acrylic yarn (black) for the mane
2.5 mm crochet hook
6 mm safety eyes
Toy stuffing
Black, brown, and white felt
Pins
Needle
Scissors

Abbreviations

MR - magic ring
ch - chain stitch
tch - turning chain
sc - single crochet
inc - increase
dec - decrease
(...) x n - repeat n times

Hyena Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Arms (2 pieces)

With brown yarn:

Round 1: 6 in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rounds 4-6: 18 sc (3 rounds)
Round 7: (7 sc, dec) x 2 (16)
Rounds 8-10: 16 sc (3 rounds)
Round 11: (6 sc, dec) x 2 (14)
Rounds 12-14: 14 sc (3 rounds)
With beige yarn:
Rounds 15-22: 14 sc (8 rounds)

Stuff with filling.

Legs (2 pieces)

With brown yarn:

Round 1: 6 in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rounds 5-7: 24 sc (3 rounds)
Round 8: (10 sc, dec) x 2 (22)
Round 9: (9 sc, dec) x 2 (20)
Round 10: (8 sc, dec) x 2 (18)
Rounds 11-14: 18 sc (4 rounds)
With beige yarn:
Rounds 15-20: 18 sc (6 rounds)

Stuff with filling.

Tail

With beige yarn:

Round 1: 6 in MR
Round 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Round 4: 12 sc
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
Rounds 6-8: 15 sc (3 rounds)
Round 9: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
Rounds 10-14: 12 sc (5 rounds)

Stuff with filling.

Right Ear (2 pieces)

Make two pieces: one beige and one brown.

Row 1: 10 ch
Row 2: Starting in the second chain from the hook, 9 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 3: 7 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Row 4: 8 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 5: 5 sc, 4 ch, turn
Row 6: 8 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 7: 5 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Row 8: 6 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 9: 4 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Row 10: 5 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 11: 3 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Row 12: 4 sc

Place the two pieces together as shown in the photo. Crochet around the edges with single crochet stitches through both layers:

Amigurumi hyena crochet pattern. Ears

Left Ear (2 pieces)

Make two pieces: one beige and one brown.

Row 1: 10 ch
Row 2: Starting in the second chain from the hook, 9 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 3: 7 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Row 4: 8 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 5: 8 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 6: 8 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 7: 5 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Row 8: 6 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 9: 4 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Row 10: 5 sc, 1 tch, turn
Row 11: 3 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
Row 12: 4 sc

Place the two pieces together as shown in the photo. Crochet around the edges with single crochet stitches through both layers.

Amigurumi hyena crochet pattern. Ears

Tongue

Use a 2 mm hook. With red yarn:

Round 1: 6 in MR
Round 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rounds 3-6: 9 sc (4 rounds)

Sew closed.

Head

Stuff as you go. With brown yarn:

Round 1: 6 in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rounds 5-9: 24 sc (5 rounds)
With beige yarn:
Round 10: 8 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 4, 8 sc (28)
Round 11: 13 sc, 2 inc, 13 sc (30)
Round 12: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 13: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 14: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 15: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rounds 16-19: 54 sc (4 rounds)
Round 20: 54 sc (start attaching the left ear in stitch 19; after 4 sc, start attaching the right ear)
Rounds 21-23: 54 sc (3 rounds)
Round 24: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 25: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 26: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 27: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 28: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 29: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Round 30: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 31: 6 dec

Amigurumi hyena crochet pattern. Head

Body

With beige yarn:

Round 1: 6 in MR
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 10: 54 sc
Round 11: 54 sc (attach the legs in this round, starting from stitch 1; leave 10 sc between them)
Round 12: 54 sc (attach the tail in this round, starting from stitch 38)
Rounds 13-14: 54 sc (2 rounds)
Round 15: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 16: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 17: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rounds 18-23: 36 sc (6 rounds)
Round 24: 36 sc (attach the arms in this round, starting from stitch 4; leave 3 sc between them)
Round 25: 36 sc
Round 26: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)