Kiwi Bird

Author: @mauvepony
Difficulty Level: easy

Amigurumi kiwi bird crochet

Free Kiwi Bird crochet tutorial by Olga Akbaiyr @mauvepony.

With this pattern, you can crochet a Kiwi bird. Any cotton blend yarn works well for amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. The author recommends making the toy with YarnArt Jeans cotton blend yarn and a 2 mm crochet hook.

Materials and Tools

  • YarnArt Jeans yarn: 40-brown, 87-beige
  • 2 mm crochet hook
  • 6 mm safety eyes
  • Synthetic poly filling
  • Needle for sewing parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Kiwi Bird Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Head-Body

Crochet with brown yarn:

1: 6 in MR (6)
2: 6 inc (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: 48 sc
9: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
10-21: 48 sc
22: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (42)

Attach the eyes between rounds 12 and 13, about 15 sc apart. Stuff the piece.

23: (2 sc, inc) x 14 (56)
24: (6 sc, inc) x 8 (64)
25: (7 sc, inc) x 8 (72)
26: 72 sc
27: (22 sc, inc) x 3 (78)
28: 78 sc
29: (24 sc, inc) x 3 (84)
30: 84 sc
31: 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 66 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc (90)
32-33: 90 sc
34: (14 sc, inc) x 6 (96)
35-36: 96 sc
37: (15 sc, inc) x 6 (102)
38-44: 102 sc
45: (15 sc, inc) x 6 (96)
46-47: 96 sc
48: (14 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (90)
49-50: 90 sc
51: (13 sc, dec) x 6 (84)
52: 84 sc
53: (12 sc, dec) x 6 (78)
54: (11 sc, dec) x 6 (72)
55: (10 sc, dec) x 6 (66)
55: (10 sc, dec) x 6 (66)
56: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
57: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
58: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
59: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
60: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)

Stuff the piece evenly.

61: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
62: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
63: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
64: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
65: 6 dec

Pull the opening closed, fasten off, and hide the yarn tail.

Beak

Crochet with white yarn:

1: 6 in MR
2: 6 sc
3-6: 6 sc
7: 1 inc, 5 sc (7)
8-10: 7 sc
11: 1 inc, 6 sc (8)
12-14: 8 sc
15-19: 9 sc, 1 sl st

Leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs (2 pieces)

Crochet with beige yarn. Each leg consists of two parts: 1 - foot with toes, 2 - lower leg.

Part 1

1: 6 in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3-5: 12 sc

Make a second identical piece. Join both pieces.

6: Crochet 24 sc through both pieces
7: 24 sc
8: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
9-10: 18 sc

Stuff the toes.

11: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
12-14: 12 sc
15: 6 dec

Pull the opening closed. Fasten off and hide the yarn tail. You can embroider claws on the toes with black cotton yarn like Iris or embroidery floss.

Part 2

1: 6 in MR
2: 6 inc, 1 sl st

Leave a tail for sewing. Sew this piece in the center of the foot, working into the back loop. Attach a new yarn strand to the piece:

3: Crochet 12 sc into the remaining front loops.
4-6: 12 sc, 1 sl st

Stuff. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Toy Assembly

Sew the legs to the body so the toy can sit while leaning on them. The Kiwi bird is ready!

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