Amigurumi Lion Free Pattern


Materials:

- 2.5mm hook

- Tapestry needle

- Scissors

- 11mm safety eyes

- Yellow, white, brown and black yarn

- Pink yarn (optional, for blush)


Muzzle:

In white yarn


R1 - 5sc in mr

R2 - inc all round (10)

Invisible FO. Make a second piece but don't FO.

R3 - With the hook under one stitch from each piece, sl st 3. FO, leave a long tail for sewing.

Embroider the nose with black yarn.


Head:

Start with yellow yarn


R1 - 6sc in mr

R2 - inc all round (12)

R3 - *sc, inc* x6 (18)

R4 - sc, inc *2sc, inc* x5, sc (24)

R5 - *3sc, inc* x6 (30)

R6 - 2sc, inc *4sc, inc* x5, 2sc (36)

R7 - *5sc, inc* x6 (42)

R8 - 3c, inc *6sc, inc* x5, 3sc (48)

R9 - *7sc, inc* (54)

R10-12 - (3 rounds) sc all round(54)

Invisible FO. Change to yellow yarn.

R13 - sc all round (54)

R14-17 - (4 rounds) BLO, sc all round (54)


Place safety eyes between rounds 5 and 6 and sew on the muzzle. You can also embroider the eyebrows and the blush now.


R18 - BLO, *7sc, dec* x6 (48)

R19 - BLO 3sc, dec *6sc, dec* x5, 3sc (42)

R20 - BLO *5sc, dec* x6 (36)

R21 - BLO 2sc, dec *4sc, dec*, 2sc (30)

R22 - BLO *3sc, dec* x6 (24)

R23 - sc, dec *2sc, dec* x5, sc (18)

Stuff the head.

R24 - *sc, dec* x6 (12)

R25 - 6dec, FO (6)


Body:

In yellow yarn


R1 - 6sc in mr

R2 - inc all round (12)

R3 - *sc, inc* x6 (18)

R4 - sc, inc *2sc, inc* x5, sc (24)

R5 - *3sc, inc* x6 (30)

R6 - 2sc, inc *4sc, inc* x5, 2sc (36)

R7 - *5sc, inc* x6 (42)

R8-10 - (3 rounds) sc all round (42)

R11 - *5sc, dec* x6 (36)

R12-13 - sc all round (36)

R14 - *4sc, dec* x6 (30)

R15-17 - (3 rounds) sc all round (30)

R18 - *3sc, dec* x6 (24)

FO, leave a long tail for sewing.


Arms:

Make two, start with white yarn


R1 - 6sc in mr

R2 - inc all round (12)

R3 - *2 sc, inc* x4 (16)

R4-5 - sc all round (16)

Invisible FO. Change to yellow yarn.

R4 - sc all round (16)

R5 - *2sc, dec* x4 (12)

R6-7 - sc all round (12)

R8 - *sc, dec* x4 (8)

Stuff the tip only.

R9-10 - sc all round (8)

R11 - 4 dec (4)

FO, leave a tail for sewing.


Legs:

Make two, start with white yarn


R1 - 6sc in mr

R2 - inc all round (12)

R3 - *sc, inc* x6 (18)

R4-6 - (3 rounds) sc all round (18)

Invisible FO. Change to yellow yarn.

R7 - sc all round (18)

R8 - *sc, dec* x6 (12)

R9-11 - (3 rounds) sc all round (12)

Stuff the tip only.

R12 - *sc 4, dec* x2 (10)

R13-14 - sc all round (10)

R15 - 5 dec (5)

FO, leave a tail for sewing.


Tail:

Start with brown yarn


R1 - 6sc in mr

R2 - *1sc, inc* x3 (9)

R3-4 - sc all round (9)

R5 - *1 sc, dec* x3 (6)

Invisible FO, change to yellow yarn. You can add a bit of stuffing, or use some scrap yarn of the same color as stuffing.

R6-13 - (8 rounds) sc all round (6)

R14 - join both sides together with 2sc. FO, leave a tail for sewing.


Assembly:

1. Sew on the body to the head.

2. Make the mane. On the front loop on rounds 14-22, starting on the last one on the back of the head, sl st. *mbo, ch, sc in the next stitch*. Eventually you will run into the body, when that happens FO and start again on the other side.

mbo = modified bobble stitch. Start a treble crochet, but don't do the last yarn over. You will have 2 loops on your hook. Do the same thing twice more on the same stitch, for a total of 4 loops on your hook. Pull through all of them.

3. Sew on the arms between R18-19.

4. Sew on the legs between R8-9.

5. Sew on the tail between R9-10.


All finished! :D