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Amigurumi
Materials Stitches used (US terms)
Yarn • ch: ch
chain
ain stitch
Schachenmayr Catania cotton in the colors of your choice • sl st: slip stitch
• Approximatel
Approximatelyy 1 skein (125m/137yds) for the full body • sc: single crochet
• Approximatel
Approximatelyy ¼ - ½ skein for mane and tail, depending on style • hdc: half-double crochet
• Scraps of a color slightly darker than the body for embroidering the • dc: double crochet
snout • inc: single crochet increase
• dec: invisible decrease
Other • o: front loop only
• 2.5 mm hook • blo: back loop only
• Polyll • magic ring
• Yarn needle
• Iron-on fabric or fe
felt
lt
• Acrylic paint or colored m
markers
arkers (for eyes
eyes and cutie mark) Instructions
• Scizzors
• Fabric glue • Rounds are worked in spirals without joining. Place a marker at the
start of every round to indicate the beginning of the round.
Gauge • If the pattern calls for “make x extra stitches, move marker” re-
move the marker and make the amount of sc stiches indicated (1 sc
in each stitch). The last extra sc you made is now the new end of the
These instructions are written with Catania cotton in mind, which is a round. Start with the instructions for the next round and re-place the
sports weight yarn. With this yarn and a 2.5mm hook, the pony will be marker in the rst stitch.
about 20 cm tall. • All stitches are worked through both loops unless otherwise indici-
As always with amigurumi, gauge isn’t really important and you can ated.
easily replace the yarn with the brand of your choice as long as you use • Instruct
Instructions
ions between ** are to be repeated until the end of the
the appropriate hook to get a nice tight fabric. If you use a thicker yarn round. Instructions between [] are to be repeated as many times as
(DK, worsted), yardage needed may be dierent than what’s listed and noted after the closing bracket. Numbers between () indicate the total
the pony will turn out a lot bigger. amount of stitches in that round.
Head
r1: 6sc in magic ring (6)
r2: *inc* (12)
r3: [1sc, inc]x3, [inc, 1sc]x3 (18)
Torso
r1: 6sc in magic ring (6)
r2: *inc* (12)
r3: *1sc, inc* (18)
r4: *2sc, inc* (24)
r5: *3sc, inc* (30)
r6-13: sc around (30) Start stung; keep stung as you go.
r14: *3sc, dec* (24) r11-12: sc around (18)
r15: sc around (24) r13: *7sc, dec* (16)
r16: *3sc, inc* (30) r14-15: sc around (16)
r17: sc around (30) r16: *6sc, dec* (14)
Join with a sl st and bind o. Leave a tail for sewing. r17-19: sc around (14)
r20: 2sc, 2x dec blo, 4sc, inc, 3sc (13)
r21: 2sc, dec, 5sc, inc, 3sc (13)
r22: 2sc, inc o, 5sc, dec, 3sc (13)
r23: 2sc, 2x inc, 4sc, dec, 3sc (14)
r24: 4sc, 2x inc, 5sc, 2x inc, 1sc (18)
r25: 4sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 1sc (22)
r26: 4sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 1sc (26)
Start the rst row for the hindquarters using the 21 unworked stitches r32: *3sc, dec* (24)
of each leg, making one round of 42 sc together. Ignore the 5 middle r33: *2sc, dec* (18)
stitches from now on and treat the two legs joined together as one r34: *1sc, dec* (12)
round. r35: *dec* (6)
Join with a sl st and bind o. Sew the remaining hole closed and weave
the thread through the piece to hide it.
Sample join done in contrasting color for clarity’s sake; on the real
amigurumi you should do this in the same color as the rest of the pony.
Optional Parts Unicorn horn
r1: 4sc in magic ring (4)
Pegasus folded wings (make 2) r2: *1sc, inc* (6)
r3-5: sc around (6)
your pony should be able to stand on all four legs with minimal wob- through the leftmost frontloop inc stitch all the way to the back, coming
bling. out one stitch apart from the previous thread.
3) Sew the head onto the torso. When you’ve got about ¾ of the neck Now push the crease where the snout forms inward with your nger so
sewn down, squeeze in some more stung so the neck will stay rm it gets more sharply dened. With your nger still keeping the snout in
and upright. The lowest point of the neck should align roughly with the position, rmly pull the two threads at the back and knot them together
second round of the torso. to secure this shaping.
5) Sew the ears onto the head. Mind the placing, they’re a lot further to
6) If required for your pony, sew the wings onto the back just behind
the neck or unicorn horn onto the forehead.
Finishing It’s commonly referred to as ‘iron-on fabric’, the stu that you use to
x holes in clothing. It should be available in any store that sells sewing
So, now that all the crocheting and sewing is done and you have your supplies, maybe even some local craft stores.
base pony, it’s time to give it some personality. It’s pretty undoable to The surface has a nice structure to draw or paint on, and the hot-glue
make a step-by-step guide for this part since every pony has a dierent layer on the back keeps the fabric together so you can cut out tiny
hairstyle, cutie mark and eyes, so instead I’ll give an overview on how pieces without any fear of fraying.
to apply some common amigurumi embelishment techniques to your Paint the eyes and cutie mark (some creativity required here, but
pony. there’s plenty of big vector images on the internet you can use as
examples) and cut them out when done.
Tack them into place with some glue rst before ironing, so you’re sure
you have them in the right place.
If you’re planning to secure them further by ironing them, make a test
piece frst. Dierent kinds of paint can interact dierently with heat;
you don’t want your paint to crack or smudge onto the crocheted fab-
ric. Paint a little test piece and iron it onto a crocheted swatch to see if
you’re okay. You may have to put a piece of cotton like a handkerchief
or tea towel over the painted parts so the hot iron doesnt come directly For manes, I recommend the latch hook method
method.. Cut some yarn into
into contact with them. same-length pieces and attach them one by one with your crochet hook.
This one is useful for small stretches of hair like bangs, or multicolored
After this, embroider the nostrils and mouth with a color slightly darker manes like the Rainbow Dash I’m making here:
than the pony’s base color and your face is done.
This is the method I use, but if you have another one yourself, go
ahead! Some people prefer to make eyes with felt, or print out the eyes
on printable fabric (which
(which sadly I can’t nd so I can’t try it out), or use
fabric markers instead of paint. So go ahead and experiment, the sky’s
the limit!
For the tail, cut the yarn into a large amount of small strings of the
same size (each string twice the length of the tail), tie them together in
the middle with a tight knot and sew this bundle onto the hindquarters
of the pony.
If you’re unsure about the length, always overestimate! It’s easier to cut
o a bit than to make it longer once it’s cut.
A last method I use for ponies with incredibly curly hair, like Pinkie Pie
for example, is to make a bunch of little curly ‘tentacles’ instead of us-
ing single yarn strands. You make these by crocheting a chain of 60-70
ch stitches (you can experiment with length, since it’s dependant on
yarn weight) and crochet back along the chain, making 3 sc in each ch
st. Make a bunch of these chains and sew them onto the head for curly
manes.
And that’s all I know about ponies. I wish you good luck and lots of fun
with making your own!