Soldier

A free crochet tutorial for a soldier by Tatyana Baturina @igrylya_medvezhylya.

Using this pattern, you can crochet a soldier. Any acrylic yarn, cotton yarn, or cotton blend yarn works well for this amigurumi project.

The finished toy is about 21 cm (8.3 in) tall.

Materials and Tools

• Acrylic yarn: beige, black, white, green, and light blue
• Embroidery floss: black and yellow
• 1.75 mm crochet hook
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Synthetic poly filling
• White felt
• Needles 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

Amigurumi Soldier Crochet Pattern

Head

Using beige yarn:

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Rnd 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rnd 10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
Rnd 11: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
Rnds 12-26: 66 sc (15 rounds)

Cut 2 felt circles slightly larger than the safety eyes. Place the felt circles over the eye posts, then insert the eyes between rounds 18 and 19, 10-11 stitches apart.

Rnd 27: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
Rnd 28: 60 sc
Rnd 29: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Rnd 30: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Rnd 31: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Rnd 32: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 33: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 34: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 35: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 36: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Nose

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 3: 9 sc
Rnd 4: (sc, dec) x 3 (6)

Stuff the nose and sew it to the head. Sculpt the eyes and mouth with thread.

Ears (make 2)

sc, 4 dc, sc in MR

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Sew the ears to the head.

Beret

Using light blue yarn:

Rnd 1: 7 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) x 7 (21)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 7 (28)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 7 (35)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc) x 7 (42)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc) x 7 (49)
Rnd 8: (6 sc, inc) x 7 (56)
Rnd 9: (7 sc, inc) x 7 (63)
Rnd 10: (8 sc, inc) x 7 (70)
Rnd 11: (9 sc, inc) x 7 (77)
Rnd 12: (10 sc, inc) x 7 (84)
Rnd 13: 84 sc
Rnd 14: (10 sc, dec) x 7 (77)
Rnd 15: (9 sc, dec) x 7 (70)
Rnd 16: (8 sc, dec) x 7 (63)
Rnd 17: (7 sc, dec) x 7 (56)
Rnds 18-20: 56 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Using yellow yarn:

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew this piece to the beret.

Forelock

Using brown yarn:

Ch 13. Starting in the second ch from the hook, work 10 inc, 2 sc.

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew the forelock and beret to the head.

Legs and Body

Start with black yarn:

Rnd 1: ch 6. Starting in the second ch from the hook, work 4 sc, 3 sc in the next stitch, 3 sc, inc (12)
Rnd 2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (18)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc), 3 sc, (sc, inc) x 3, 3 sc, (sc, inc) x 2 (24)
Rnds 4-6: 24 sc
Rnd 7: 6 sc, 6 dec, 6 sc (18)
Rnd 8: 3 sc, 6 dec, 3 sc (12)
Do not cut the yarn.
Join green yarn and work in the back loops only:
Rnd 9: 12 sc
Rnds 10-18: 12 sc (9 rounds)

Fasten off and cut the green yarn. Return to round 8 and, using the black yarn, work 2 rounds of 12 sc in the remaining loops. Fasten off, cut the yarn, and hide the tail inside the piece.

Make the second leg the same way, but do not cut the green yarn at the end. Begin joining the legs to form the body. On the second leg, where you did not cut the yarn, ch 6 and join the other leg. Make sure the legs are aligned evenly. Continue as follows:

Rnd 19: 12 sc around one leg, 6 sc along the chain, 12 sc around the other leg, 6 sc along the other side of the chain (36)
Rnds 20-27: 36 sc (8 rounds)
Work a few extra stitches to move the beginning of the round to the center back.
Change to brown and work in the front loops only:
Rnd 28: 36 sc
Working through both loops:
Rnd 29: 36 sc
Change to white and work in the back loops only:
Rnd 30: 36 sc
Working through both loops:
Rnd 31: (7 sc, dec) x 4
Change to light blue:
Rnds 32-33: 32 sc
Change to white:
Rnd 34: (6 sc, dec) x 4
Rnd 35: 28 sc
Change to light blue:
Rnd 36: 28 sc
Rnd 37: (5 sc, dec) x 4 (24)
Change to white:
Rnds 38-39: 24 sc
Change to light blue:
Rnd 40: (4 sc, dec) x 4 (20)
Rnd 41: 20 sc
Change to white:
Rnd 42: 20 sc
Change to beige and work in the back loops only:
Rnd 43: (8 sc, dec) x 2 (18)
Rnds 44-45: 18 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a tail for sewing.

Arms (make 2)

Start with beige yarn:

Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: (sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnds 3-5: 9 sc
Change to blue:
Rnds 6-7: 9 sc
Change to white:
Rnds 8-9: 9 sc
Change to blue:
Rnds 10-11: 9 sc
Change to white:
Rnds 12-13: 9 sc
Change to blue:
Rnds 14-15: 9 sc
Change to white:
Rnds 16-17: 9 sc
Change to blue:
Rnd 18: (sc, dec) x 3 (6)

Close the opening. Fasten off and cut the yarn, then hide the tail inside the piece.

Attach the arms using your preferred method. The designer used thread joints, which allow the arms to move.