As you all know, otters are among the animals that we can rarely see, and today I will introduce you to a very cute amigurumi toy of this animal. It is recommended to make the toy using plush yarn in brown and white, but you can choose different colors if you wish. The yarn brand recommended for making the otter is YarnArt Dolce.
Ollie the Baby Otter Crochet Pattern Step by Step
Although the toy is made with plush yarn, it is recommended to use a 3.5mm crochet hook. You need to use 12mm safety eyes in the eyes of the toy. You will also need to tighten the face area of the toy.
Designer: plushworld_by_stefi
MATERIALS AND TOOLS
1. Plush yarn (I used Yarn Art DOLCE – brown and white for the otter. Pink color for the heart.) Little bit of black and white cotton yarn for the face sculpting and to embroider the nose, eyes and eyebrows. You can use hook size and safety eyes matching to your yarn.
2. Hook size 3.5 mm
3. Scissors
4. Safety eyes 12 mm
5. Needle
6. Fiber filling (stuffing)
7. Stitch marker
ABBREVIATIONS
MR – Magic ring
st/sts – stitch/ stitches
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
Rnd/Rnds – round/ rounds
inc – single crochet increase ( 2 sc in 1 st)
dec – invisible decrease (dec 2 sts together FLO)
BLO – back loop only
FLO – front loop only
(…)* – repeat instruction in bracket…times
(…) – total number of sts in the round/row
sl st – slip stitch
The otter amigurumi toy is made by crocheting separate pieces, similar to other crocheted toys, and then sewing and assembling these pieces. However, the face of the toy is tightened. Please pay attention to this part.
We start crocheting the otter with its head first. As I mentioned in my article above, do not forget that you will be tightening the face of the otter.
HEAD
Start crocheting with brown color. Stuff as you go.
Rnd 1. 6 sc in Magic Ring
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc ) Repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4. ( 2 sc, inc ) Repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 5. ( 3 sc, inc ) Repeat 6 times (30)
Rnds 6-8.30 sc ( 3 Rnds)
Change the color to white.
Rnd 9. (4 sc, inc ) Repeat 2 times, ( 4 sc, inc ) Repeat 2 times on BLO, ( 4 sc, inc ) Repeat 2 times (36)
Rnd 10. 36 sc
Insert the safety eyes between rounds 8 and 9, distance between 5 visible stitches.
Rnd 11. (4 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 12. ( 3 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 13. (2 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 14. ( 1 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (12)
Rnd 15. 6 dec
Sew the hole closed.
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Now we will crochet the otter’s ears. You need to position the ears of the toy as you see in the photo.
EARS (make two)
Crochet with brown color.
5 sc in Magic Ring, sl st
Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing. Sew the ears on round 7, 3 sc back from both eyes.
TIGHTENING AND FACE SCULPTING
Follow the numbers from the pictures (see picture).
Tighten each end of the thread well and then tighten both ends at once.
Embroider eyelids, eyebrows and nose. (see picture)
After completing the tightening process on the otter’s face, we continue making the toy where we left off. First, we will crochet the legs of the toy.
LEGS (make two)
Crochet with brown color. Stuff as you go lightly until round 2.
Rnd 1. 7 sc in MR
Rnd 2. 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3. 14 sc
Rnd 4. 7 dec (7)
Fold the leg and crochet 4 sc through both layers.
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
After crocheting the otter’s legs, we will crochet its arms as well. It is recommended that you use the same colors for its arms. Let’s get to work.
ARMS (make two)
Crochet with brown color. Stuff as you go lightly until round 4.
Rnd 1. 7 sc in MR
Rnd 2-3. 7 sc ( 2 Rnds )
Rnd 4. dec, 5 sc (6)
Rnds 5-8. 6 sc (4 Rnds)
Fold the arm and crochet 3 sc through both layers. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Now we will crochet the most important part of the otter. The tail is very important for an otter. Even though this is a toy, it is necessary to make a tail worthy of an otter. Let’s crochet the tail.
TAIL
Crochet with brown color. Do not stuff.
Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. (1 sc, inc ) Repeat 3 times (9)
Rnd 3. (2 sc, inc ) Repeat 3 times (12)
Rnd 4. 12 sc
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc ) Repeat 3 times (15)
Rnd 6. 15 SC
Rnd 7. ( 4 sc, inc ) Repeat 3 times (18)
Rnds 8-9. 18 sc ( 2 Rnds)
Fold the tail and crochet 9 sc through both layers.
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Now we will crochet the body of the toy. The crocheted otter has a very long body. It will take some time to crochet this part, but you have to be patient.
BODY
Crochet with brown color. Stuff as you go.
Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. (1 sc, inc ) Repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4. (2 sc, inc ) Repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 5. (3 sc, inc ) Repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 6. (4 sc, inc ) Repeat 6 times (36)
In the next round connect the legs and tail.
Rnd 7. 8 sc, 4 sc with the left leg, 2 sc, 4 sc with the right leg, 9 sc, 9 sc with tail (36)
Rnds 8-9. 36 sc (2 Rnds)
Rnd 10. (4 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 11. 30 sc
Rnd 12. (3 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (24)
Rnds 13-14. 24 sc ( 2 Rnds)
Rnd 15. (2 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (18)
In the next round connect the arms.
Rnd 16. 2 sc, 3 sc with the left arm, 5 sc, 3 sc with the right arm, 5 sc (18)
Rnd 17. (1 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (12)
Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing the body with the head.
We have finished crocheting the toy. All you have to do is put the pieces together and sew them. If you wish, you can also crochet the large plush heart that the toy is holding in its lap. Details on how to make this crochet heart are below.
HEART
Crochet with pink color. Stuff as you go.
First bump
Rnd 1. 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. 12 sc
Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing the gap between the bumps.
Second bump
Repeat the first bump, but don’t fasten off.
Rnd 4. Connect the bumps with sc, crochet 11 sc around the the bump, 12 sc around the other bump (24)
Rnd 5. 24 sc
Rnd 6. (2 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 7. 18 sc
Rnd 8. (1 sc, dec ) Repeat 6 times (12)
Rnd 9. 12 sc
Rnd 10. 6 dec
Sew the hole closed.
Fasten off and weave in the ends. Sew the heart to the hands.
That’s it. We’ve completed all the pieces. The otter is now ready!
