Lea the unicorn

A crochet pattern designed by Diminu

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Materials
· Yarn (purple, lilac, yellow, green, dark pink, light blue, turquoise and
cream). I used Katia Panama 100% cotton yarn, 50g / 180 m
· 2 mm crochet hook
· Polyester fiberfill
· 4.5 mm plastic safety
eyes
· Embroidery thread
· Tapestry needle
· Stitch marker

Abbreviations
st = stitch
ch= chain stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in one st)
dec = decrease (make 2 st into one st)
BLO = insert the hook in the Back Loop Only
sl = slip stitch

Notes
- This pattern is written using US crochet terminology.
- If you use the yarn and hook indicated, the unicorn will be about 15.5 cm
(6.1 inches) tall. You can make it bigger or smaller using another type of
yarn but, please, adapt the crochet hook and safety eyes accordingly.
- Work in continuous rounds unless instructed otherwise in the pattern.
- If you have any questions about the pattern please feel free to
contact me at: diminupatterns@gmail.com I will be happy to help.

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HEAD
(in cream yarn)
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6-11: sc in all 30 st (30)
Rnd 12: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 13: sc in all 36 st (36)
Rnd 14: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 15: sc in all 42 st (42)
Rnd 16: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Rnd 17: sc in all 48 st (48)
Rnd 18: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Rnd 19: sc in all 54 st (54)
Rnd 20: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)

*Place your safety eyes without

attaching them between rounds 16-
17 with 15 stitches between them.
(See first picture)
* Take out the safety eyes and
embroider the eyelashes as shown in
the second picture
* Finally attach the safety eyes.

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* Embroider the nostrils with lilac
yarn between rounds 3-4 with
around 3 stitches between them.

Rnd 21: sc in all 60 st (60)

Rnd 22: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
Rnd 23: sc in all 66 st (66)
Rnd 24: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
Rnd 25: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Rnd 26: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Rnd 27: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Rnd 28: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
* Start stuffing the head and
continue stuffing as you work.
Rnd 29: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 30: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 31: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 32: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 33: ( dec) x 6 (6)

Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing.

With your yarn needle, weave the
yarn tail through the front loop of
each stitch and pull tight to close.
Weave in the yarn end.

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EARS (make 2)
(in cream yarn)
Rnd 1: start 5 sc in a magic ring (5)
Rnd 2: sc in all 5 st (5)
Rnd 3: inc in all 5 st (10)
Rnd 4: sc in all 10 st (10)
Rnd 5: (1 sc, inc) x 5 (15)
Rnd 6: sc in all 15 st (15)
Rnd 7: (2 sc, inc) x 5 (20)
Rnd 8-10: sc in all 20 st (20)
Rnd 11: (2 sc, dec) x 5 (15)
Rnd 12: (1 sc, dec) x 5 (10)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for
sewing. Fold the ear in half and fix it in
this position with a couple of stitches.
Don’t stuff it.

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HORN
(in yellow yarn)

Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

Rnd 2: sc in all 6 st (6)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 4-5: sc in all 9 st (9)
Rnd 6: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Rnd 7-8: sc in all 12 st (12)
Rnd 9: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)

Make a slip stitch in next stitch and fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff
it.

BODY
(in cream yarn)
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnd 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Rnd 9-13: sc in all 48 st (48)

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Rnd 14: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Rnd 15-16: sc in all 42 st (42)
Rnd 17: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 18-19: sc in all 36 st (36)
Rnd 20: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 21: sc in all 30 st (30)
Rnd 22: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 23: sc in all 24 st (24)
Rnd 24: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 25-27: sc in all 18 st (18)

Make a slip stitch in next stitch and fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

ARMS (make 2)

(Start with lilac yarn)

Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3-5: sc in all 12 st (12)
Rnd 6: (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)

Change to cream yarn

Rnd 7-21: sc in all 8 st (8)

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Stuff if, not completely, only the hand
(lilac part).

Rnd 22: Flatten the top of the arm and

make sc through both layers to close.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

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LEGS (make 2)
(Start with lilac yarn)
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 6: BLO sc in all 30 st (30)
Rnd 7: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 8: sc in all 18 st (24)
Rnd 9: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)

Change to cream yarn

Rnd 10: sc in all 18 st (18)
Rnd 11: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 12-22: sc in all 12 st (12)
Stuff it, leaving the last part empty
(about 1 cm / 0.3 inches without
stuffing).
Rnd 23: Flatten the top of the leg and
make sc through both layers to close.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for

sewing.

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MANE
I have used 6 different yarn colors: green, yellow, dark pink, purple, light blue and
turquoise. We will make in total 18 pieces to make the mane, 12 large pieces and
6 small pieces.

Large pieces
Make 2 of each color (12 in
total):
Rnd 1: ch 26
Rnd 2: start in second chain
from hook. sc stitch in all 25 st
(25)
Fasten off leaving a long tail
for sewing.

Small pieces
Make 1 of each color (6 in
total):
Rnd 1: ch 17
Rnd 2: start in second chain
from hook. sc stitch in all 16 st
(16)
Fasten off leaving a long tail
for sewing.

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TAIL
We will use the same 6 colors to make the tail: green, yellow, dark pink, purple,
light blue and turquoise. We will make in total 6 pieces.

Make 1 of each color (6 in

total):
Rnd 1: ch 17
Rnd 2: start in second chain
from hook. sc stitch in all 16 st
(16)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for
sewing.

Assembly

Follow these step by steps

instructions to sew all parts
together:

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- Pin the ears to the head between rounds 25-28 leaving 12 stitches between
them and sew them to the head.

- Pin the horn centered to the head between rounds 20-25 and sew it to the
head.

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- Place the body centered under the head with pins. Place it between round
16 counting from the magic ring and in round 10 from the last round. Use
the pictures as a reference.

- Sew the arms to both sides of the body 2 rows below the head.

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- Pin the legs to the body as shown in the photos and sew them to the body.

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- Now we will start sewing the mane to the head. Sew the largest pieces (ch
26) to the head as shown in the pictures, add a pair of stitches to fix them to
the head.

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- Now we will continue sewing
the small pieces (ch 17). Sew
them to the head as shown in
the pictures adding a pair of
stitches to fix them.

- Now sew the remaining 6 small pieces (ch 17) to the body around round 4-6
to make the tail.

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 - Finally you can add a little bit of make up blush to the cheeks (optional)

Congratulations!! Your little unicorn is

ready!

I woud love to see your

finished unicorn so don’t
forget to follow me on
Instagram @diminu_patterns
and share your photo tagging
me. Thank you!

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This pattern is for personal use only. You are not allowed to share, publish, resell,
distribute or rewrite this pattern in any way.
You may sell the finished product made with this pattern but, please, credit the
designer Diminu and include a link to the pattern.

If you have any questions or comments about the pattern please feel free
to contact me at: diminupatterns@gmail.com I will be happy to help :)

Thanks!!

Aintzi.

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