Narwhal

Free Narwhal crochet tutorial by Olga @olga_roskoshnaya.

With this pattern, you can crochet a narwhal. For this amigurumi project, any multicolored cotton yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work. You can also crochet the toy with plush or fluffy yarn.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Bella Batik yarn (main color)
• Alize Bella yarn (white color for the horn)
• Gazzal Baby Cotton yarn (yellow color for the horn)
• 1.75 mm crochet hook
• Embroidery floss for stitching
• Toy stuffing
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Narwhal Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Body

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: (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)
10-18: 54 sc

Change yarn color.

19: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
20: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
21: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
22: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
23: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
24: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
25: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
26: 6 dec (6)

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

Tail

1: 6 sc in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
5: 18 sc
6: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
7: 15 sc, 6 hdc, 3 sc (24)

Work 1 sl st, cut the yarn, and leave a long tail for sewing.

Fins

Make 4 pieces: 2 in the main color and 2 in white.

Work in MR:
1 sc, 1 hdc, 2 dc, 1 ch, 2 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc, 1 sl st

Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Horn

1: 5 sc in MR
2: 4 sc, inc (6)
3: 6 sc
4: 5 sc, inc (7)
5: 7 sc
6: 6 sc, inc (8)
7: 8 sc

Work 1 sl st, cut the yarn, and leave a long tail for sewing.

Toy Assembly

• Sew the fins so that the top of each fin is between rounds 14 and 15.
• Sew the horn between rounds 5 and 8.
• Position the tail and sew it to the body between rounds 12 and 22.
• Sew the fins to the tail.
• Embroider the eyes between rounds 12 and 15. Leave 14-15 sc between the eyes.
• Embroider the cheeks with a couple of stitches.