Little Bug

Free crochet tutorial for Little Bug by Irina Artemova @irinely_art.

Using this pattern, you can crochet a little bug with a bouquet of flowers. Any plush yarn will work for this amigurumi: Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, Nako Bonbon Panda Baby, and others. For the flower bouquet, you can use any yarn of the same thickness.

The finished toy is about 8 cm tall, not including the antennae.

Materials and Tools

• Brown Himalaya Dolphin Baby plush yarn (for the bug)
• Green acrylic yarn (for the leaves)
• White Vita Cotton Lira yarn (for the flowers)
• 2 mm and 4 mm crochet hooks
• Half beads, 9-10 mm (for the eyes and nose)
• Toy stuffing
• White felt
• Wire
• Glue
• Needle for sewing the pieces
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Amigurumi Little Bug Pattern

Head

Crochet with brown plush yarn:

1: 6 sc in MR
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)
6-8: 30 sc
9: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
10: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
11: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
12: 6 dec

Body

Crochet with brown plush yarn:

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-7: 18 sc (4 rounds)

Flowers (make 7)

Crochet with white yarn:

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 sc

Leaves (make 9)

Crochet with green yarn:

1: 11 ch, starting in the second ch from the hook, crochet 10 sc

Bouquet Assembly

• Take the wire and wrap it with white yarn. This creates a "stem" as the base for the bouquet
• Glue the flowers to the stem
• Glue the leaves around it
• Tie it with a small piece of yarn

Toy Assembly

• Sew the head to the body
• Make the legs and antennae: wrap the wire with plush yarn, insert it into the body, and sew it in place
• Cut the whites of the eyes from felt
• Sew on the felt pieces
• Glue on the eyes and nose
• Little Bug is ready ;)

Thank you for choosing my tutorial! If you share the pattern or photos of your finished toys, please credit the author @irinely_art.