Plush Dinosaur

Free crochet tutorial for Plush Dinosaur by Natasha @maresya_handmade.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush dinosaur. Any plush yarn works well for amigurumi: Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, Nako Panda Baby, and others. You can use any colors that look good together.

Yarn usage: less than one skein of the main color.

Materials and tools

• Himalaya Dolphin Baby plush yarn in any two colors (I used colors 59 and 61) - less than 1 skein of the main color, a small amount of the contrast color
• Black cotton thread for the face details
• 3 mm and 5 mm crochet hooks
• 16 mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Stitch markers
• Scissors
• Needle for sewing the pieces together

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring / magic circle (MR)
• ch - chain stitch (ch)
• sc - single crochet (sc)
• inc - increase (inc)
• dec - decrease (dec)
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Plush dinosaur amigurumi crochet pattern

Legs (make 2)

With a 5 mm hook.

Start with the contrast color:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)

Change to the main color:

Rnd 3-6: 12 sc (4 rounds, 12)

Ch 2, join the two legs, and continue crocheting.

Rnd 7: 28 sc (12 sc around one leg, 2 sc over the ch, 12 sc around the second leg, 2 sc over the ch) (28)
Rnd 8: 28 sc (28)
Rnd 9: (13 sc, inc) x 2 (30)
Rnd 10: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 11: 36 sc (36)
Rnd 12: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 13: 30 sc
Rnd 14: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 15: 24 sc (24)
Rnd 16: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 17: 18 sc (18)
Rnd 18: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 19-25: 12 sc (7 rounds, 12)

Head

With a 5 mm hook. Use the main color.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5-7: 24 sc (3 rounds, 24), place the first marker
Rnd 8: 6 inc, place the second marker, 18 sc (30)
Rnd 9-11: 30 sc (3 rounds, 30)
Rnd 12: (8 sc, dec) x 3 (27)
Rnd 13: (7 sc, dec) x 3 (24)

Insert 16 mm colored eyes in round 8 where the markers are placed.

Rnd 14: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 15: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 16: 6 dec (6)

Face details

• embroider the eyebrows with black cotton thread between rounds 11 and 12 (eyebrow length: 3 sc, spacing between eyebrows: 6 sc);
• embroider the mouth between rounds 3 and 4 (mouth length: 3-4 sc);
• embroider the nostrils with plush contrast yarn between rounds 2 and 3, nostril length: 2-3 sc.

Arms (make 2)

With a 5 mm hook.

Start with the contrast color:

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)

Change to the main color.
Rnd 3: 9 sc (9)
Rnd 4: (1 sc, dec) x 3 (6)
Rnd 5-7: 6 sc (3 rounds, 6)

Spots (make 6)

With a 5 mm hook.

Use the contrast color.

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR (6)

Spikes (make 5)

With a 3.5 mm hook (required).

Use the contrast color.

Rnd 1: 4 sc in MR (4)
Rnd 2: 4 sc (4)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 4: 6 sc (6)

Tail

With a 5 mm hook.

Use the main color.

Rnd 1: 4 sc in MR (4)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (6)
Rnd 3: 6 sc (6)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 2 (8)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 2 (10)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc) x 2 (12)

Your amigurumi dinosaur is ready!