Willy the Bull

Free Willy the Bull crochet tutorial by Victoria @luckytoys_crochet.

With this pattern, you can crochet a little bull holding a cup of coffee. Any cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, or similar yarn.

The finished toy is about 18 cm (7 in) tall.

Materials and tools

• Alize Cotton Gold Tweed yarn in cream (main color)
• Alize Cotton Gold yarn in beige (for the muzzle and horns)
• YarnArt Jeans yarn in black (for the hooves and coffee cup lid)
• YarnArt Jeans yarn in sand (for the coffee cup)
• 1.75 mm crochet hook
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Fiberfill
• Needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• sc — single crochet
• hdc — half double crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Willy the Bull amigurumi crochet pattern

Right leg

Start with black yarn:

Round 1: 5 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 5 (10)
Change to the bull's main color
Rounds 3-5: 10 sc (3 rounds)
Round 6: 4 sc, inc, 5 sc (11)
Round 7: 5 sc, inc, 5 sc (12)
Round 8: 5 sc, inc x 2, 5 sc (14)
Round 9: 14 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Left leg

Start with black yarn:

Round 1: 5 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 5 (10)
Change to the bull's main color
Rounds 3-5: 10 sc (3 rounds)
Round 6: inc, 9 sc (11)
Round 7: inc, 10 sc (12)
Round 8: inc x 2, 10 sc (14)
Round 9: 14 sc

Do not cut the yarn. Continue crocheting the body. Stuff the piece as you go.

Round 10: 2 sc around the left leg, ch 8, join to the right leg where the increases are centered, 14 sc around the right leg, 8 sc along the chain, 12 sc around the left leg.
The beginning of the round will now be here.
Round 11: 2 sc, 8 sc along the other side of the chain, 6 sc, inc, 21 sc, inc, 5 sc (46)
Round 12: (1 sc, inc) x 6, 34 sc (52)

The increases will form the belly.

Rounds 13-19: 52 sc (7 rounds)
Round 20: 1 sc, dec, 15 sc, dec, 32 sc (50)
Round 21: 50 sc
Round 22: dec, 15 sc, dec, 31 sc (48)
Round 23: 26 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 7 sc (46)
Round 24: 46 sc
Round 25: dec, 14 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 6 sc (42)
Round 26: 42 sc
Round 27: dec, 13 sc, dec, 25 sc (40)
Round 28: dec, 12 sc, dec, 24 sc (38)
Round 29: 18 sc, dec, 13 sc, dec, 3 sc (36)
Round 30: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
Round 31: 30 sc
Round 32: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 33: 24 sc
Round 34: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)

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

Head

Crochet with the main color (the bull's body color).

Round 1: ch 8. Starting in the second chain from the hook: 6 sc, 3 sc in the next stitch, 5 sc along the other side of the chain, inc (16)
Round 2: inc, 5 sc, inc x 3, 5 sc, inc x 2 (22)
Round 3: 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2 (30)
Round 4: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5, 2 sc (36)
Round 5: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 6: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5, 3 sc (48)
Round 7: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 8: 54 sc
Round 9: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5, 4 sc (60)
Rounds 10-18: 60 sc (9 rounds)

Insert the 8 mm safety eyes between Rounds 11 and 12, with 4 sc between them.

Round 19: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec) x 5, 4 sc (54)
Round 20: 54 sc
Round 21: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 22: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec) x 5, 3 sc (42)
Round 23: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 24: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) x 5, 2 sc (30)
Round 25: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 26: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (18)

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Stuff the piece.

Horns (make 2)

Crochet with beige yarn.

Round 1: 5 sc in MR
Round 2: 2 sc
Round 3: 4 sc, inc (6)
Round 4: (1 sc, inc) x 3
Round 5: 9 sc
Round 6: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Round 7: 12 sc
Round 8: 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, dec, 1 sc, sl st

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

Ears (make 2)

Crochet with the main color (the bull's body color).

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 6 (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rounds 4-6: 18 sc (3 rounds)
Round 7: (4 sc, dec) x 3 (15)
Round 8: (3 sc, dec) x 3 (12)
Round 9: (2 sc, dec) x 3 (9)
Round 10: Fold the ear in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers

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

Tail

Ch 8. Starting in the second chain from the hook, crochet 6 sc, sl st. Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Add a tassel.

Muzzle

Crochet with beige yarn.

Round 1: ch 8. Starting in the second chain from the hook: 6 sc, 3 sc in the next stitch, 5 sc, inc (16)
Round 2: inc, 5 sc, inc x 3, 5 sc, inc x 2 (22)
Round 3: 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2 (28)
Round 4: 2 sc, inc, 5 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2 (34)
Round 5: 3 sc, inc, 5 sc, (3 sc, inc) x 3, 5 sc, (3 sc, inc) x 2 (40)
Rounds 6-7: 40 sc (2 rounds)
Round 8: 3 sc, dec, 5 sc, (3 sc, dec) x 3, 5 sc, (3 sc, dec) x 2 (34)

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

Right arm

Start with black yarn.

Round 1: 5 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 5 (10)
Change to the bull's main color
Rounds 3-11: 10 sc (9 rounds)

Turn the work and crochet 4 hdc in the opposite direction. Turn once more and crochet another 4 hdc into the previous 4 hdc. Continue crocheting in a spiral.

Round 12: 6 sc around the arm, 4 sc across the hdc
Rounds 13-22: 10 sc (10 rounds)

Fold the arm in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers. Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the piece halfway.

Left arm

Start with black yarn.

Round 1: 5 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 5 (10)
Change to the bull's main color
Rounds 3-21: 10 sc (19 rounds)

Fold the arm in half and crochet 4 sc through both layers. Fasten off and cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the piece halfway.

Coffee cup

Cup. Crochet with beige yarn.

Round 1: 7 sc in MR
Round 2: 7 sc in BLO
Round 3: 1 sc, inc, 5 sc (8)
Round 4: 4 sc, inc, 3 sc (9)
Round 5: inc, 8 sc (10)
Round 6: 5 sc, inc, 4 sc (11)
Round 7: 11 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Hide the yarn end inside the cup. Add a small amount of fiberfill.

Lid

Crochet with black yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 5, 1 sc (11)
Round 3: Place the lid on the cup. Crochet 11 sc, working through the front loops of the cup and the back loops of the lid. Fasten off and cut the yarn, then hide the end inside the cup. Embroider the lettering.

Scarf

Cast 12 stitches plus 2 edge stitches onto knitting needles. Work the scarf in fisherman's rib:

Row 1: edge st, (K1, YO, slip the next stitch from the left needle to the right needle purlwise) repeat to the end, finishing with K1, edge st
Row 2: edge st, P1, (knit the next stitch together with the YO from the previous row, YO, slip the next purl stitch without knitting it) repeat to the end, edge st
Row 3: edge st, K1, (YO, slip the next stitch, knit the next stitch together with its YO), edge st

Continue by alternating Rows 2 and 3. Knit the scarf to your desired length. Add tassels to the ends if you like.

Assembly

• Sew the head to the body.
• Sew the muzzle one round below the eyes.
• Sew the horns at the points corresponding to the first and eighth chains from the starting chain of the head.
• Sew the ears just below the horns.
• Sew the arms two rounds below the head.
• Sew the tail to the center of the back between the legs.
• Now secure the coffee cup. Thread a needle with black Iris thread and insert it from the back, directly opposite where the cup will sit. Leave a 10-15 cm (4-6 in) tail at the back. Bring the needle out through the front of the bull and pass it all the way through the cup. Catch the arm where the two yarn colors meet, then pass the needle back through the cup. Insert it into the same point on the front of the bull where it first came out, and bring it out through the same point on the back where it was first inserted. Tie the thread securely and hide the ends inside the toy.

Tie the scarf neatly around the bull. Congratulations! Your bull is finished!