Kyubey Amigurumi Free Pattern – 53 Stitches

You will need:

 white yarn
 pink yarn
 yellow/gold yarn
 pink felt
 black thread
 darker pink yarn
 2 x 12mm pink/red safety eyes. I got mine from 6060. 10mm would also still look
fine.
 3.00mm crochet hook
  polyester filling

If you’re confused about how to read my patterns check out the FAQ. There’s also a link
to a description of the stitches used for beginners :)

HEAD

1. (in White) MR 6 (6)

2. [ inc ]x 6 (12)
3. [ inc, sc ]x 6 (18)
4. sc, [ inc, sc 2 ]x 5, inc, sc (24)
5. [ inc, sc 3 ]x 6 (30)
6. sc 2, [ inc, sc 4 ]x 5, inc, sc 2 (36)
7. sc 36 (46)
8. [ inc, sc 5 ]x 6 (42)
9-13. sc 42 (42)
14. [ dec, sc 5 ]x 6 (36)
15. sc 2, [ dec, sc 4 ]x 5, dec, sc 2 (30)
16. [ dec, sc 3 ]x 6 (24)

Finish off, leaving a tail for sewing. Insert safety eyes between rows 11 and 12, with
approximately 8 stitches between them.

BODY

1. (in White) MR 6 (6)

2. [ inc ]x 6 (12)
3. [ inc, sc ]x 6 (18)
4. sc, [ inc, sc 2 ]x 5, inc, sc (24)
5. [ inc, sc 3 ]x 6 (30)
6-8. sc 30 (30)
9. [ dec, sc 3 ]x 6 (24)
10-12. sc 24 (24)
Finish off.

LEG (make 2)

1. (in White) MR 6 (6)

2. [ inc, sc ]x 3 (9)
3-6. sc 9 (9)

Finish off, leaving a tail for sewing.

ARM (make 2)

1. (in White) MR 6 (6)

2. [ inc, sc 2 ]x 2 (8)
3-4. sc 8 (8)
5. dec, sc 6, (7)
6. sc 7 (7)

Finish off, leaving a tail for sewing.

TAIL

1. (in White) MR 5 (5)

2. sc 5 (5)
3. inc, sc 4 (6)
4. [ inc, sc 2 ]x 2 (8)
5. [ inc, sc ]x 4 (12)
6. sc 12 (12)
7. [ inc, sc 3 ]x 3 (15)
8. sc 2, [ inc, sc 4 ]x 2, inc, sc 2 (18)
9-10. sc 18 (18)
11. dec 3, sc 12 (15)
12. dec 3, sc 9 (12)
13. sc 12 (12)
Finish off, leaving a tail for sewing.

EARS

1. (in White) MR 6 (6)

2. sc 6 (6)
3. [ inc, sc ]x 3 (9)
4. sc 9 (9)
5. sc 9 (9)
6. [ inc, sc 2 ]x 3 (12)

Finish off, leaving a tail for sewing.

EAR DANGLES (make 2)

(make 3)
1. (in Pink) MR 5 (5)
2-3. sc 5 (5)

Finish off two, don’t cut the yarn on the third.

Now comes the tricky part. After you’ve made your three pink “finger” things, we want to
join them all together so that the 5 stitches from each finger join to make the 15 stitches
in round 4. This is very easy to do once you’ve done it before but it’s a bit difficult to
explain. I’ve drawn a small picture below that shows the 3 fingers, each with 5 stitches,
and have drawn a line between the stitches that join.

So take the first finger and sc 2 as you would usually (2 sc’s so far), the third sc will be
in the second finger (3 sc’s so far). The trick is to make sure that the stitches are as
close as they would be if you were completing a regular sc in a round of 15. Then
complete one more sc in the second finger (4 sc’s so far); the next one will be in the
third finger (5 sc’s so far). The next four sc’s will finish off the third finger (9 sc’s so far),
and then the next sc will go back to the second finger (10 sc’s so far). Finish off the last
2 sc’s in the second finger (12 sc’s so far) and then cross over to the first finger again
with the next sc (13 sc’s so far). The last two sc’s in the first finger will complete the
round (15 sc’s in total).

This picture below shows an example of the 3rd stitch of row 4, where you switch over
from the first finger to the second finger.
And this is what the ear should look like at the end of row 4.
4. sc 15 (15)
5. (in White) sc 15 (15)
6. dec, sc 13 (14)
7. sc 6, dec, sc 6 (13)
8. dec, sc 11 (12)
9. sc 12 (12)
10. sc 5, dec, sc 5 (11)
11. sc 11 (11)
12. dec, sc 9 (10)
13-14. sc 10 (10)
15. sc 4, dec, sc 4 (9)
16. sc 9 (9)
Finish off, leaving a tail for sewing.

EAR RING

1. (in Yellow/Gold) ch 18 (18)

That’s all of the crocheting done! There’s a little bit of pink detailing left for the ear, and
then you should attach the yellow chain. Take a length of pink yarn, darker than the
colour you used for the bottom of the ear dangles, and embroider three small dots, like
pictured. Then wrap the chain around the ear dangle and use the two tails to secure it
between rows 7 and 8. The chain is slightly larger than the ear to give it a ‘floating’
appearance.

That’s all of the crocheting done! Now on to assembly.

Stuff the head, tail, body and legs. The ears and ear dangles should be pressed flat so
there’s no need for stuffing, and the arms are so small that they don’t need it. Before I
attach all of the pieces I like to pin them in place to make sure I know how it will look
when finished and to help me keep that positioning. Use the tails to sew each body part
in place. I usually go in this order: legs, tail, arms, ears, ear dangles, final detailing and
then head to body.
Before you attach the ears however, cut out two triangles from pink felt, slightly smaller
than the ears for the pink insides.
Then take a length of black thread and stitch on his oh-so-creepy smile.
The last detailing left to do is to take a length of darker pink yarn (the same colour you
used for the three dots on the ear dangles), and embroider a small circle on his back,
just above the tail.
Then continue putting it all together! Done!