Plush Unicorn

Free Unicorn crochet tutorial by Anastasia Konovalova.

With this pattern, you can crochet a plush unicorn - a toy with a pink-lavender mane and blue eyes. Any plush yarn in different colors will work for this amigurumi. Yarn usage is a little over one skein. The author recommends having two skeins of the main color.

Finished toy size is about 28-30 cm.

Materials and Tools

• Plush yarn
• Cotton/acrylic yarn (for sewing ears and wings)
• Fluffy yarn for mane and tail (Alize Softy, Adelia Sofia)
• Crochet hooks 4.0-4.5 mm (for unicorn) and 1.25 mm (for horn and eyes)
• Synthetic poly filling
• Needle
• Stitch markers
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Amigurumi Unicorn Crochet Pattern

Legs (4 pieces)

Do not follow marker here. Start with hoof color:

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-6: 18 sc (3 rounds)
7: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12), change yarn to main color, stuff only this part of the leg; do not stuff further.
8-24: 12 sc (17 rounds)

Then crochet 2 more sc, and join legs together with 6 sc.

Head-Body

One piece, legs are crocheted in. Crochet 6 ch; from the second chain, crochet:

1: inc, 3 sc, 4 sc in one stitch, move to the other side, 3 sc, inc (14)
2: 2 inc, 3 sc, 4 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (22)
3: Then crochet 17 sc and move marker to this point. ATTENTION! Follow the marker! It should stay exactly in the middle of the bottom of the body. To do this, make offset stitches every 3-4 rounds.
4-6: 22 sc (3 rounds)
7: 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, 4 inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc (30)
8: 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc (40)
9: 8 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 8 sc (44)
10: 19 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 19 sc (46)
11: 21 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 21 sc (48)
12: 21 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 21 sc (50)
13-18: 50 sc (6 rounds)
19: 11 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 11 sc (42)
20: 11 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, 2 dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 11 sc (36)
21: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
22: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
23: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Stuff the head, then continue body without cutting yarn.

24: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
25: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
26: 30 sc
27: Crochet in front legs: 2 sc, crochet 6 sc into one leg, 14 sc, crochet 6 sc into second leg, 2 sc
28: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
29-31: 36 sc (3 rounds)
32: 10 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 5, inc, 10 sc (42)
33: 42 sc
34: 12 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, 2 inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 12 sc (48)
35-39: 48 sc (5 rounds)
40: 12 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, 2 dec, 3 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 12 sc (42)
41: Crochet in back legs: 4 sc, crochet 6 sc into one leg, 22 sc, crochet 6 sc into second leg, 4 sc (42)
42: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
43: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
44: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
45: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18), stuff body
46: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)

6 dec, cut yarn, fasten off, tighten opening.

Ears (2 pieces)

1: 3 sc in MR
2: 3 inc (6)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
6: 15 sc
7: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
8: 18 sc

Wings (2 pieces)

Work in turning rows.

Chain 9 ch. From second chain, crochet 8 sc, 1 turning ch, make a decrease, 6 sc to end of row (7 sc total), then 3 turning ch, turn, from second chain crochet 9 sc to end of row, then again turning ch, decrease, 7 sc to end of row (8 sc total), 3 turning ch, and continue this way until you have 13 sc in the last row. Then make an edging (keep it symmetrical: start on one wing from one side, and on the second wing from the other side).

Horn

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 sc
3: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
4: 9 sc
5: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
6: 12 sc
7: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
8: 15 sc
9: (4 sc, inc) x 3 (18)
10: 18 sc
11: (5 sc, inc) x 3 (21)
12: 21 sc
13: (6 sc, inc) x 3 (24)
14: 24 sc

Cut yarn, fasten off, leave tail for sewing.

Eyes (2 pieces)

Start with black Vita Coco yarn:

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12), change yarn to blue
3: 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, change yarn to white, move loop by pulling it behind the eye upward; pull it out 2 stitches away from blue, then with white crochet 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc

Cut yarn leaving tail for sewing. Then with black yarn crochet lashes on top of the eye; mine had 13 sc each.

4: Embroider highlights with white yarn

Muzzle Sculpting

Insert needle in round 11 near marker; needle comes out on top roughly between rounds 6 and 7 (where the 4 increases are, offset by one stitch). Then needle goes to the opposite side into the same area with increases, offset by one stitch. Keep tightening a little and checking shape. Then needle goes back the other way, but slightly higher, and repeat.

Move the needle back and forth until you are satisfied with result. When done, bring needle to starting point. Tie threads, tighten, cut, and hide inside toy.

Toy Assembly

• Sew on eyes, or embroider sleeping eyes.
• Embroider lashes, eyebrows, mouth, and nostrils.
• Sew on horn, and do not forget to stuff it.
• Sew on ears; mine are between rounds 13 and 17, 11 stitches apart, sewn in an arc shape.
• Sew on wings.
• Make mane and tail. I used yarn in 3 colors. Cut to 30-35 cm length. Fullness is up to taste; I like it fuller. Then catch a loop, pull all 3 strands through, tie both ends together, done.