Rocking Horse

Free crochet Rocking Horse tutorial by @lamp_26.

Using this pattern, you can crochet a rocking horse. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, or a similar yarn.

The finished toy is about 6 inches (15 cm) tall.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Cotton Gold Tweed yarn
• 2-2.5 mm crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Needle for sewing the pieces together
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Rocking Horse Amigurumi Pattern

Head

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. 24 sc (24)
6. (inc, 3 sc) x 6 (30)
7-9. 30 sc (30)
10. 20 sc, ch 4
Skip 10 sc and crochet Row 11.
11. 24 sc (20 around the head, 4 in the ch from the previous row)
12-14. 24 sc (24)

Insert the safety eyes between Rows 13 and 14, leaving 10 sc between them.

15. 4 sc, (dec, 3 sc) x 2, dec, 8 sc (21)
16. 4 sc, (dec, 2 sc) x 2, dec, 7 sc (18)
17. 18 sc (18)
18. (1 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
19. 6 dec (6)

Close the opening.

Neck

Join the yarn on the left side in Row 10.

11. 14 sc (10 around the neck, 4 in the ch) (14)
12. 4 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 1 sc (16)
13. 16 sc (16)

Back and Body

14. 6 sc, ch 7, inc (in the 2nd ch from the hook), 15 sc (30)
15. 11 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 2, 15 sc (32)
16. 11 sc, (inc, 1 sc) x 3, 15 sc (35)
17. 11 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3, 15 sc (38)
18. 6 sc, (inc, 4 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc) x 2 (42)
19. 42 sc (42)
20. 6 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 10 sc (46)
21-26. 46 sc (46)

Legs (Make 2)

27. 8 sc, (skip 30 sc), 8 sc (16)
28. 16 sc (16)
29. (6 sc, dec) x 2 (14)
30-31. 14 sc (14)
32. (5 sc, dec) x 2 (12)
33-34. 12 sc (12)
35. 2 sc, dec (9)
36. 1 sc, dec (6)

Close the opening. Crochet the second leg the same way. Count 7 sc from the first leg and join the yarn in the 8th stitch. Sew the opening between the legs closed.

Ears (Make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
4-6. 12 sc (12)

Fold in half, secure in this position, and sew to the head.

Mane

Ch 25, starting in the 3rd ch from the hook, (2 dc inc, 3 dc inc) x 11, 1 2 dc inc.

Sew to the head.

Tail

Ch 8, starting in the 3rd ch, 2 dc inc x 5.

Rocker

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (2 sc, inc) x 4 (16)
4-33. 16 sc (16)
34. (2 sc, dec) x 4 (12)
35. 6 dec

Close the opening. Sew the rocker to the legs. You can sew on buttons, two on each leg, to turn it into a pull-along horse.