Lacy Angel

Free Lacy Angel crochet tutorial by Elena Bor.

With this description, you can crochet an angel. Any yarn and a matching crochet hook will work for this amigurumi project. If you want, you can use decorative flowers and doll hair. Ideally, use stiff yarn that keeps its shape well when crocheting airy openwork patterns.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn
• Crochet hook
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Lacy Angel Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

So, I really wanted to crochet something at least a little similar to Irina Zabyaka's angel. After spending about 3 hours online searching for patterns and descriptions in Russian, returning several times through links from comments in a thread to a description in Polish and not understanding anything there, I just took a few pictures, 2 balls of yarn, a hook, and started crocheting. As a result, now I have my little Angel. True, not exactly like the original, she turned out a bit chubby.

And now the story of HOW it happened. I crocheted the head and shoulders separately and then sewed them together, inserting a piece of wire between them. Later I realized I could have crocheted them together, and if I make another one, I will use the second option. Then after round 18, I will start with increases for the shoulders (the rounds that should be skipped I marked in italics, and then start from round 2 of the body).

And now the story of HOW it happened. I crocheted the head and shoulders separately and then sewed them together, inserting a piece of wire between them. Later I realized I could have crocheted them together, and if I make another one, I will use the second option. Then after round 18, I will start with increases for the shoulders (the rounds that should be skipped I marked in italics, and then start from round 2 of the body).

Head

6 sc in MR

R1: 6 inc (12)
R2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
R3: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
R4: 24 sc (24)
R5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
R6: 30 sc (30)
R7: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)

By feel, this seemed enough to me, so I crocheted 5 more straight rounds (I read somewhere that for a round ball, the number of straight rounds should equal the number of increase rounds) and started decreasing.

R14: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
R15: 30 sc = 30
R16: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)
R17: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
at this point I stuffed with fiberfill and inserted wire (I had a small copper piece)
R18: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)
R19: 6 dec (6)

Tighten and secure with the yarn tail.

Body

Up to and including round 6, exactly the same as the head. In round 7 I changed the yarn to white (you can change earlier too).

R7: 30 sc = 30 (did not cut the yarn)

Sewed it to the head.

Bottom Piece for the Body

6 sc in MR

R1: 6 inc (12)
R2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
R3: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
R4: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)

Skirt

I stuffed the body with fiberfill (you can use padding polyester, etc.) and crocheted 1 skirt round with double crochets, joining the last rounds of the body and the bottom piece. Then I crocheted the skirt to the length I wanted in a mesh pattern. I looked at the edging chart, counted how many arches were missing (I was short by 2), adjusted them in the last round, and crocheted the edging.

Wings

I started the wings with a chain of 9 ch, sl st in the 6th ch from the beginning of the chain, 2 ch, sl st in the 3rd ch from the beginning of the chain, 2 ch, sl st in the beginning of the chain. This made three rings, and the next round of sc goes into them:

R1: in ring 1 - 3 sc, in ring 2 - 3 sc, in ring 3 - 6 sc, back into ring 2 (already on the other side, as if around) - 3 sc, in ring 1 - 3 sc (18)
R2: 3 ch for turning, then arches of 2 ch to the end of the round = 18 arches, then I counted by arches
R3-R6: 5 ch for turning, sc in the 1st arch (this is the start of each next round), 17 arches of 5 stitches, join the last one into the middle stitch of the last arch of the previous round (this is the end of each next round) = 18 arches
R7: made 6 inc in arches 3, 6, 9, 10, 13, 16 of the previous round = 24 arches
R8-R9: arches of 5 ch without inc = 24 arches
R10: arches of 5 ch, with 6 inc exactly above the previous inc - marked with pins in the photo = 30 arches
R11: arches of 5 ch, inc in the middle arch of the previous round = 31 arches
R12: arches of 5 ch, 4 inc above the first two and the last two, so no inc in the middle = 35 arches

I worked the edging and went around with arches of 5 ch. Tried it on, seems to fit in size... Then I started the hairstyle, and here I really did my best!!! Actually, these were the only yarn threads that were more or less suitable for hair - white, red, etc. were completely out of the question for me. I was even afraid later that starching would not hold the braids and I would have to "thin out" the hair. But no, nothing had to be redone.

Arms

All that was left was to crochet 2 arms. I made them two-color: 19 sc in white, 3 sc in skin tone (started with white). A rectangle of 9 rows, I edged the short side with 9 sc, and on these 9 stitches I crocheted a puff sleeve:

• 9 arches of 3 ch
• 8 arches of 4 ch, 1 dc in the last lower arch
• 3 rows of 8 arches of 5 ch

Everything is crocheted. Next comes starching, drying on pins, and assembly.

Sleeves

A separate note about the sleeves.

I did not have suitable beads, so while fitting them to the puff sleeves I wound two identical balls, packed them into plastic bags, and dried the sleeves on them. It worked well, I liked it. At the bottom, I tightened the sleeves and stitched along the long side. I glued the parts on, sewing them on was inconvenient.

And my mistakes: the body turned out short, the skirt flared out too sharply without a smooth transition, and I made this drying shape from whatever materials I had on hand. Still, my Angel lives with us and brings us joy, and I gave a snowflake to hold in its hands.