Little Angel

Free crochet pattern for a Little Angel by Lilia @ami_lily.

With this pattern, you can crochet a small angel. Any fine yarn will work for this amigurumi project: Iris, Phlox, YarnArt Canarias, YarnArt Etamin, or similar yarn. You can decorate the angel with pearls, seed beads, or buttons.

Materials and Tools

• Iris yarn: white (for the wings, flower, and decorations), blue-black (for the hair), purple (for the dress), and beige (for the skin)
• Gold thread (for the halo)
• 1 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Seed beads
• Wire
• Cardboard
• Soft pastels or blush
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Little Angel Amigurumi Pattern

Body

Work in a continuous spiral with purple yarn (or the color you chose for the dress)

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

If you want the angel to stand upright, cut a circle out of cardboard to match the crocheted base. The circle does not need to be perfectly even. Just do your best—the important thing is to make the angel stable.

7. 36 sc in back loops only
8. 36 sc in back loops only again
9. 36 sc through both loops
Change to white yarn
10. 36 sc
Change back to the main dress color (purple, for example). Cut the white yarn and tie the two white ends together inside the piece.
11. (36 sc) x 4 rounds
12. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
13. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Start stuffing with fiberfill—use plenty and stuff firmly!
14. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
15. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Fasten off and cut the yarn. You can weave in the end right away so it does not get in the way. Now use white yarn to crochet the trim around the angel's dress. Turn the piece upside down, with the closed stitches facing downward. In Rounds 7 and 8, you worked into the back loops only, so you should now see two rows of unworked front loops on the outside. Join the white yarn to a front loop in the second row (it does not matter where you start). Chain 1, then work the following pattern:

(sc, skip 1 front loop, 5 dc in the next front loop, skip 1 front loop, sc) x 7

You should have 7 “fans.” The dress is finished!

Head

Work in a continuous spiral with the skin-tone yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (30 sc) x 6 rounds
7. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Start stuffing with fiberfill—use plenty and stuff firmly!
8. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
9. (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
10. dec x 6

Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail. Use it to sew the head to the body.

Hair

Work in a continuous spiral with the yarn you chose for the hair (the sample uses blue-black):

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
7. (9 sc, inc) x 3 (33)
8. (33 sc) x 2 rounds
9. (ch 1, turn, 24 sc) x 4 times

Pull the yarn through and cut it. Secure the end on the inside of the hairpiece.

Wings

You can crochet the wings in one of two ways. Both methods are easy; just pay close attention to the instructions.

Method 1 is based on a tutorial by Nelly Handmade. This version of the instructions does NOT belong to me; I have not altered it and do not claim any copyright to it. P.S. Wings made this way are denser, but just as beautiful.

1. ch 2, work 6 sc in the second ch from the hook
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6-8. 30 sc around

Fold the circle in half, place a very small amount of fiberfill inside, and join the edges with the same fan pattern used along the bottom of the dress: (1 sc, skip 1 stitch, 5 dc in the next stitch, skip 1 stitch, 1 sc), and so on. You should have 4 fans. Leave a yarn tail for sewing. First sew the wings together, then attach them to the back.

Method 2 is the method used for the angel's wings in this tutorial. P.S. These wings are lighter and more delicate.

1. ch 6
Turn
2. 4 sc, sl st in the last stitch, ch 1
Turn
3. 2 sc, inc, sc, ch 4
Turn and work Row 4 directly into the chains
4. 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, sl st, ch 1
Turn
5. 2 sc, inc, 5 sc, ch 4
Turn
6. 8 sc, inc, 3 sc, sl st

Cut the yarn and fasten off. Crochet the second wing the same way.

Flower

Crochet the flower for the hair using the same fan pattern as the dress trim:

1. ch 26
2. (sc, skip 1 chain, 5 dc in the next chain, skip 1 chain, sc) x 5

You should have 5 fans. Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail. To shape the flower, roll the fans inward as you would roll up a sheet of paper. Use the remaining yarn tail to secure the flower so it does not come apart. The flower is finished! Sew it to the hair. Feel free to get creative by positioning the decoration differently or making several flowers.

Halo

Shape the halo from wire as shown in the photos below (first make the wire frame and check the fit). You can wrap the wire with sparkly thread or regular yellow yarn—whichever you prefer!

Assembly

It is easiest to assemble the pieces in this order:

• Use the yarn tail left on the head to sew the head to the body
• Sew the hair to the head
• Sew the wings to the body
• Decorate the angel with seed beads. This will make the finished piece more expressive.
• Glue or sew on the eyes.
• Add blush. I prefer using cosmetic blush because it applies beautifully to crocheted toys.