Dinosaur

Free Dinosaur crochet tutorial by @momigurum_i.

With this pattern, you can crochet a small dinosaur. For this toy, you can use any acrylic yarn, cotton yarn, or cotton blend yarn with a matching hook. The finished toy size depends on the yarn thickness and hook size.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing pieces
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Amigurumi Dinosaur Crochet Pattern

Head-Neck-Body

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 6 (36)
Rounds 7-13: 36 sc (36)
Round 14: 8 sc, (1 sc, 1 dec) x 9, 1 sc (27)
Round 15: 7 sc, 10 dec (17)

Insert/embroider eyes between rounds 9 and 10 with 12 sc between them. Embroider eyebrows, nose, and mouth, then continue:

Rounds 16-25: 17 sc (17)
Round 26: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 3, 2 sc (20)
Round 27: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (25)
Round 28: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (30)
Round 29: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (35)
Round 30: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (40)
Round 31: (7 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (45)
Rounds 32-39: 45 sc (45)
Round 40: (13 sc, 1 dec) x 3 (42)
Round 41: (5 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (36)
Round 42: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (30)
Round 43: (3 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (24)
Round 44: (2 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (18)
Round 45: (1 sc, 1 dec) x 6 (12)
Round 46: 6 dec (6), crochet a sl st, cut the yarn, fasten off.

Tail

Round 1: 5 sc in MR (5)
Round 2: 5 inc (10)
Round 3: 10 sc (10)
Round 4: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (15)
Round 5: (2 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (20)
Round 6: 20 sc (20)
Round 7: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (25)
Round 8: 25 sc (25)
Round 9: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (30)
Round 10: 30 sc (30)
Round 11: (5 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (35)
Round 12: 35 sc (35)
Round 13: (6 sc, 1 inc) x 5 (40)

Arms (2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: 9 sc (9)
Round 4: 4 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc (8)
Round 5: 3 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc (7)
Rounds 6-12: 7 sc (7), make a sl st

Cut the yarn, leaving a 10-15 cm tail for sewing the piece and attaching it to the body.

Legs (2 pieces)

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

Spikes

Type 1 (4 pcs), sewn to the head and neck

Round 1: 5 sc in MR (5)
Round 2: 5 sc (5)
Round 3: 5 inc (10), crochet a sl st

Cut the yarn, leaving a 10 cm tail for sewing the spikes to the head.

Type 2 (4 pcs), sewn to the body and tail

Round 1: 5 sc in MR (5)
Round 2: 5 sc (5)
Round 3: 5 inc (10)
Round 4: 10 sc (10), crochet a sl st

Cut the yarn, leaving a 10 cm tail for sewing the spikes to the body.