Kolobok (The Little Round Bun)

Free Kolobok crochet pattern by Anna Filippova @annafilippova_toys.

With this pattern, you can crochet Kolobok, the Little Round Bun from the Russian folktale, for Maslenitsa. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi project, including YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Vita Cotton Coco, and similar yarns.

Materials and tools

• Yellow YarnArt Jeans yarn
• Embroidery floss for the mouth
• 2-2.5 mm crochet hook
• 14 mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• White felt
• Pencil
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Kolobok amigurumi crochet pattern

Body

1: 6 sc 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: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
11: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
12: (10 sc, inc) x 6 (72)
13: (11 sc, inc) x 6 (78)
14: (12 sc, inc) x 6 (84)
15: (13 sc, inc) x 6 (90)
16: (14 sc, inc) x 6 (96)
17: (15 sc, inc) x 6 (102)
18: (16 sc, inc) x 6 (108)
19: (17 sc, inc) x 6 (114)
20: (18 sc, inc) x 6 (120)
21-40: 120 sc (20 rounds)

Trace a coin about 1 inch (25 mm) in diameter onto a piece of white felt with a pencil, then cut out the felt circles. Insert the safety eyes through the circles. Attach the eyes between rounds 28 and 29, 17 sc apart.

41: (18 sc, dec) x 6 (114)
42: (17 sc, dec) x 6 (108)
43: (16 sc, dec) x 6 (102)
44: (15 sc, dec) x 6 (96)
45: (14 sc, dec) x 6 (90)
46: (13 sc, dec) x 6 (84)
47: (12 sc, dec) x 6 (78)
48: (11 sc, dec) x 6 (72)
49: (10 sc, dec) x 6 (66)
50: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
51: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
52: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
53: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
54: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
55: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
56: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
57: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
58: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
59: 6 dec (6)

Close the opening, cut the yarn, and weave in the end.

Nose

1: 6 sc in MR (6)
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5-6: 24 sc
7: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew the nose in the center between rounds 29 and 36, between the eyes.

Face shaping

• Use pins to mark the mouth-shaping points between rounds 42 and 43: two points to the right of the nose and two to the left. Leave 1 sc between each pair of pins on the same side.
• Insert the needle at point 1 and bring it out at point 2. Insert it at point 3 and bring it out at point 4. Pull the yarn tight, tie it off, and weave in the ends. Shape the other eye and the second mouth point in the same way.
• Embroider the mouth with red yarn. Embroider the eyebrows, making three stitches for each one.