Friends, today I want to introduce you to a beginner level deer amigurumi toy. I can easily say that the body, arms and legs of the toy are beginner level, but the details on the face and head of the toy look really nice. It will take you a while to make these details that make the toy attractive, but the toy is generally made using basic crochet techniques.
Hawthorn the Deer Crochet Pattern Step by Step
I should mention that the deer with a big red nose has a body made with striped colors in its original design, but if you crochet the toy with a single color like me, an image like the one in the photo above will emerge.
Designer: pinkunicorn_crochet
Materials
• Yarn in the colors: dark brown, light brown, red, green, white
• 2.5mm crochet hook
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Stuffing
• 9mm safety eyes
• Embroidery thread
Abbreviations
Sc– single crochet
BLO– only in the back loops
Inc– increase
Dec– decrease
Head
Round 1– 6sc in magic ring
Round 2– 1inc x 6 (12)
Round 3– (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (18)
Round 4– (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (24)
Round 5– (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (30)
Round 7– (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (36)
Round 8– (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times (42)
Round 9-16– 42sc (8 rounds)
Round 17– (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (36)
Round 18– (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (30)
Round 19– (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (24)
Round 20– (2sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (18)
Round 21– (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (12)
Fasten off.
Ears
Round 1– 6sc in magic ring
Round 2– 6sc (6)
Round 3– 1inc x 6 (12)
Round 4 and 5– 12sc (2 rounds)
Round 6– (5sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times (14)
Round 7– (3sc, 1inc, 2sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times (18)
Round 8 and 9– 18sc (2 rounds)
Eyes between rows 10 and 11 with 4 stitches distance
Horns
Smaller horns x 4:
Round 1– 6sc in magic ring
Round 2 and 3-6sc (2 rounds)
Fasten off. (As in the image below)
Joining two parts->
Larger Horn
Round 1– 6sc in magic ring
Round 2 to 5– 6sc (4 rounds)
Join one of the smaller horns by doing:
Round 6– (4sc, 1 dec) repeat 2 times (10)
Round 7– (3sc, 1 dec) repeat 2 times (8)
Round 8– (2sc, 1 dec) repeat 2 times (6)
Round 9– 5sc (leave 1 stitch undone)
Join the other smaller horn by doing:
Round 10– (4sc, 1 dec) repeat 2 times (10)
Round 11– (3sc, 1 dec) repeat 2 times (8)
Round 12– 8sc
Fasten off
Muzzle
Round 1– 6sc in magic ring
Round 2– 1inc x 6 (12)
Round 3– (4inc, 2sc) repeat 2 times (20)
Round 4 to 6– 20sc (3 times)
Fasten off
Nose
Round 1– 6sc in magic ring
Round 2– (2sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times (8)
Round 3– 8sc
Fasten off
Legs
Start with dark brown
Round 1– 6sc in magic ring
Round 2– 1inc x 6 (12)
Round 3– (3sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times (15)
Round 4– 15sc in BLO (15)
Change to light brown
Round 5– (3sc, 1 dec) repeat 3 times in BLO (12)
Round 6 to 9– 12sc (4 times)
Cut and fasten off the yarn on the first leg, repeat for the second and do not cut the yarn.
Body
Round 1-Join the two legs by making: 2 chains after the last stitch of the second leg and joining with 1 sc in the first leg, continue making another 11 sc in the second leg, 2 sc in the chains, 12 sc in the first leg and another 2 sc on the other side of the chains. (28)
Round 2 and 3– 28sc (2 times)
Round 4– 14sc or until you reach the middle of the back of the body, change to green
Round 5– 28sc
Round 6– In BLO: (3sc in green, 1sc in white) x7 (28)
Round 7 and 8– 28sc in red
Round 9– (2sc, 1dec) repeat 7 times in white (21)
Round 10– (5sc, 1dec) x3 (18) in green
Round 11 and 12– 18sc in green
Round 13– 18sc in white (18)
Round 14– 18sc in red (18)
Round 15– (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times (12) in red
Round 16– with brown color make in BLO 12sc.
Fasten off, leaving a thread for sewing.
Arms
Start with dark brown
Round 1– 6sc in magic ring
Round 2– 1inc x6 (12)
Round 3– 12sc in BLO (12)
Change to light brown
Round 4– (2sc, 1dec) x3 in BLO (9)
Round 5– 9sc
Round 6– 9sc in green (9)
Round 7– In BLO (2sc in green, 1sc in white) x3 (9))
Round 8– 9sc in red
Round 9– 9sc in white
Round 10– 9sc in green
Round 11– 9sc in white (9)
Round 12– 1dec, 7sc in red (8)
Round 13– 8sc in red (8)
Round 14– join the two parts of the arm making 4sc Fasten off, leaving a thread for sewing.
Stuffing in small quantity and only up to row 8.
Sewing References
• Ears between rows 7 and 9 of the head, 4 stitches apart from the sides of the eyes
• Horns one row above the ears and a little further back
• Snout between rows 11 and 18 of the head
• Nose between rows 2 and 4 of the snout
• Arms between rows 2 and 3 counting from the neck/head
