Lovebirds

Free Lovebirds crochet pattern by Flo and Dot.

With this pattern, you can crochet a pair of lovebirds with hearts for Valentine's Day. You can use any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook for this amigurumi project.

Materials and tools

• Yarn: main color (for the bird), orange (for the beak), white (for the feet), pink (for the heart)
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Wooden stick
• Glue
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet lovebirds amigurumi pattern

Body

Using the main color:

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12 sc)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18 sc)
4-5: 18 sc
6: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24 sc)
7-13: 24 sc
14: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18 sc)
15: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12 sc)
Stuff the body.
16: dec x 6 (6 sc)

Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Wings (make 2)

Using the main color:

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12 sc)
Ch 4, 1 sc in the second ch from the hook, 1 hdc in the next ch, 2 sc in the next ch, skip 1 stitch on the circle you just made, and join with a sl st to form the wing.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Repeat for the second wing, but before making the final sl st, flip the circle so the wrong side is facing you, then join. This will give you a left and a right wing.

Tail

Using the main color:

Ch 4, work 2 sc in the third ch from the hook, then work 3 hdc, 1 sc, 3 hdc, and 2 sc in the same ch. Ch 2 and join with a sl st in the same ch to form a heart shape.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

Feet (make 2)

Using white:

(Ch 3, sl st in the second ch from the hook, sl st in the next ch) x 3 to make 3 toes, then join with a sl st in the first ch.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

Beak

Using orange:

1: 6 sc in MR, join with a sl st in the first sc, and shape the beak (6 sc)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

Attach the eyes, then sew the beak, wings, tail, and feet to the body as shown in the photo. Your amigurumi lovebird is ready!

Small hearts

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9 sc)
3: 9 sc
4: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12 sc)
5: 12 sc
6: Skip 6 stitches, then work 6 sc in the round. This forms the first half of the heart.
7: Continue by working 6 sc into the 6 stitches you just made, then fasten off.
8: Join the yarn to an unworked stitch from Round 6 and work 6 sc.
9: 6 sc, then fasten off.

Stuff the heart from the top and weave in the ends. Make sure the opening in the center is sewn closed. Take a wooden stick and glue the small heart to the top.

To make a small robin, follow the lovebird pattern above, choose suitable colors, and crochet a red breast using the instructions below.

Robin breast

Using red:

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

Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Sew the breast to the body. The designer used white yarn for a more decorative look.