Monkey

Free crochet tutorial for a monkey by @aquariwool.

With this pattern, you can crochet an amigurumi monkey. For this amigurumi project, any cotton blend yarn will work well: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. The toy is crocheted, while the scarf is knitted.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn (A) white: YarnArt Jeans 03 (50 g, 160 m)
• Yarn (B) brown: YarnArt Jeans 70 (50 g, 160 m)
• Yarn (C) red: YarnArt Jeans 51 (50 g, 160 m)
• 2-2.5 mm crochet hook
• 3.5-4 mm knitting needles
• 1 wooden button
• 1 pair of 10 mm safety eyes
• Tapestry needles
• Toy stuffing
• Pins
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• tr - treble crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Crochet Amigurumi Monkey Pattern

Legs (with color A, make 2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Round 3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Round 4: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)

Fasten off. Make the second leg, but this time do not cut the yarn. Join the legs together as follows: 15 sc (in leg 1) + 15 sc (in leg 2) = 30. Then continue to the body.

Body (with color B)

Round 1: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rounds 2-7: sc in each stitch (36)
Round 8: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 9: sc in each stitch (30)
Round 10: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 11: sc in each stitch (24)
Round 12: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Round 13: sc in each stitch (18)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Do not forget to stuff the piece.

Arms (with color A, make 2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9), switch to color B
Rounds 3-7: sc in each stitch (9)
Round 8: dec, 7 sc (8)
Round 9: dec, 6 sc (7)
Round 10: dec, 5 sc (6)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the pieces. Sew the top of each arm closed.

Head (with color A)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 10: sc in each stitch (54)
Round 11: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
Rounds 12-19: sc in each stitch (60)
Round 20: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Round 21: sc in each stitch (54)
Round 22: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 23: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 24: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 25: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 26: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 27: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the piece.

Hat (with color B)

Rounds 1-9: Repeat the head pattern
Round 10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
Rounds 11-20: sc in each stitch (60)
Round 21: 15 sc, 2 hdc, (3 dc), 2 hdc, 8 sc, 2 hdc, (3 dc), 2 hdc, 8 sc, 2 hdc, (3 dc), 2 hdc, 14 sc (66)
Round 22: 15 sc, 3 hdc, (dc, tr, dc), 3 hdc, 8 sc, 3 hdc, (dc, tr, dc), 3 hdc, 8 sc, 3 hdc, (dc, tr, dc), 3 hdc, 14 sc (72)

Crochet sc evenly along the edge of the hat. Leave a long tail for sewing.

Inner Ears (with color A, make 2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: (2 sc, inc) x 4 (16)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Outer Ears (with color B, make 2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: sc in each stitch (24)
Round 6: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Take one inner ear and one outer ear piece and sew them together.

Tail (with color B)

Round 1: 7 sc in MR (7)
Rounds 2-21: sc in each stitch (7)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Scarf (with color C, this part is knitted)

Row 1: Cast on 6 stitches (6)
Row 2: 6 knit stitches (6)
Row 3: 6 purl stitches (6)

Repeat rows 2 and 3 until the scarf is 14 cm long. Then bind off, leaving a tail for sewing. Use a needle to sew the wooden button onto the scarf.

The monkey is ready!