Plush Hyena

Free Plush Hyena crochet pattern by Irina Artemova @irinely_art.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush hyena. Any plush yarn will work well for this amigurumi project: Himalaya Dolphin Baby, YarnArt Dolce, NAKO Bonbon Panda Baby, and others.

The finished toy measures about 21 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Plush yarn: Himalaya Dolphin Baby 80342 beige (about 67 g), 80337 brown (about 40 g)
• Acrylic yarn: black (for the mane)
• 4 mm crochet hook
• 9 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• White and black felt (for the nose and eyes)
• Sewing thread
• Needle for sewing the parts together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Plush Hyena Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Arms (2 pieces)

With brown yarn:

1: 6 in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6: 18 sc (3 rounds)
7: (7 sc, dec) x 2 (16)
8: (6 sc, dec) x 2 (14)
9: 12 sc, dec (13)
10: 11 sc, dec (12)
11-12: 12 sc (2 rounds)

With beige yarn:

13: 12 sc
14: 10 sc, dec (11)
15-19: 11 sc (5 rounds)

Stuff with filling.

Legs (2 pieces)

With brown yarn:

1: 6 in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5: 24 sc
6: (10 sc, dec) x 2 (22)
7: (9 sc, dec) x 2 (20)
8: (8 sc, dec) x 2 (18)
9: 18 sc
10: (7 sc, dec) x 2 (16)
11: (6 sc, dec) x 2 (14)
12-13: 14 sc (2 rounds)

With beige yarn:

14: 14 sc
15: (5 sc, dec) x 2 (12)
16-18: 12 sc (3 rounds)

Stuff with filling.

Tail

With beige yarn:

1: 6 in MR
2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4: 12 sc
5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
6-8: 15 sc (3 rounds)
9: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
10-12: 12 sc (3 rounds)

Stuff with filling.

Ear (2 pieces)

For one ear, make two pieces: one beige and one brown.

1: 8 ch
2: Starting in the second chain from the hook, 7 sc, 1 tch, turn
3: 5 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
4: 6 sc, 1 tch, turn
5: 4 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
6: 5 sc, 1 tch, turn
7: 3 sc, sl st, 1 tch, turn
8: 4 sc, 1 tch, turn
9: 2 sc, sl st

Place the two pieces together as shown in the photo. Crochet around the edge with single crochet stitches through both layers. Repeat the same steps for the second ear:

As a result, you should get ears like these:

Eyes (2 pieces)

Cut two ovals out of white felt for the eyes. Approximate size: 2 x 2.2 cm.

Nose

Cut one oval out of black felt for the nose. Approximate size: 2 x 2.5 cm.

Body

With beige yarn:

1: 6 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)
7-8: 36 sc (2 rounds)
9: 36 sc (attach the legs in this round)
10: 36 sc (attach the tail in this round)
11-12: 36 sc (2 rounds)
13: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
14-16: 30 sc (3 rounds)
17: (3 sc, dec) x 3, 15 sc (27)
18: 27 sc (attach the arms in this round)
19: 27 sc

Head

Stuff as you go. With brown yarn:

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

With beige yarn:

7: 7 sc, 4 inc, 7 sc (22)
8: 10 sc, 2 inc, 10 sc (24)
9: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
10: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
11: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
12-13: 42 sc (2 rounds)
14: 42 sc (starting from the 13th stitch, begin attaching the ear; leave 4 sc between the ears, then attach the second ear)

At this stage, you can insert the eyes. Make a small slit in the felt circles, push the eye post through, and insert the eyes between rounds 8 and 9 on the head. Secure them with the backs. Sew the white felt pieces in place with white thread.

15-17: 42 sc (3 rounds)
18: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
19: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
20: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
21: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
22: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
23: 6 dec

Pull the opening closed.

Next, sew on the black felt nose with black thread:

Mane

For the mane, prepare many strands of hair from black yarn, each about 7-8 cm long. The photos below show the basic method for attaching the strands:

At the end, you can make an accessory from plush fabric. This type of fabric does not fray, so there is no need to finish the edges. Prepare a rectangle measuring 30 x 5 cm. Then cut out the following shape:

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