Materials
Finished amigurumi deer is about 24 cm (9.5”) without horns and 30 cm (11.8”) with horns.
Yarn for deer: cream Alize Cotton Gold colour 01, red Alize Cotton Gold colour 243, grey Alize Cotton Gold colour 87
Yarn for Christmas tree: green, brown and red Alize Cotton Gold or YarnArt Jeans
Hook size: 2.00 mm
10 mm safety eyes
Fiberfill
Abbreviations
AR – Amigurumi Magic ring
MC – Amigurumi Magic ring
MR – Amigurumi Magic ring
App – application
ll – lift loop
sc : Single Crochet
inc : Increase
dec : Decrease
tr : Triple Crochet/ Treble Crochet
st: Stitch
dc : Double Crochet
hdc: Half Double Crochet
sl-st : Slip Stitch
ch : Chain
..in : make increase into same stitch as many as the number which is given in front of “inc” abbreviation (exp; 3inc, 4inc..).
FLO : Crochet into front loops only
BLO : Crochet into back loops only
BL : Bobble Stitch – do 5dc all in the same stitch and then yarn over and pull through all the loops on your hook (the original loop + 1 loop for each partially completed dc).
Head
With cream yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (inc) * 6 = 12
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 = 18
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 = 24
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 = 30
R 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 = 36
Insert safety eyes between R 13 and R 14.
R 7-14: 36 sc (8 rows)
R 15: (5 sc, inc) * 6 = 42
R 16: (6 sc, inc) * 6 = 48
R 17: (15 sc, inc) * 3 = 51
R 18: (16 sc, inc) * 3 = 54
R 19-23: 54 sc (5 rows)
R 24: (16 sc, dec) * 3 = 51
R 25: (15 sc, dec) * 3 = 48
R 26: (6 sc, dec) * 6 = 42
R 27: (5 sc, dec) * 6 = 36
R 28: (4 sc, dec) * 6 = 30
R 29: (3 sc, dec) * 6 = 24
R 30: (2 sc, dec) * 6 = 18
R 31: (1 sc, dec) * 6 = 12, sl st
Fasten off.
Nose
With red yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (3 sc in next st, 2 sc) * 2 = 10
R 3: (3 inc, 2 sc) * 2 = 16
R 4: 16 sc
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2)
With cream yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: 6 sc
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 3 = 9
R 4-6: 9 sc (3 rows)
Fold top of ear flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
Leave a long tail for sewing.
Horns (make 2)
With grey yarn:
Big horn part
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (1 sc, inc) * 3 = 9
R 3-17: 9 sc (15 rows)
Small horn part #1
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (1 sc, inc) * 3 = 9
R 3-4: 9 sc (2 rows)
Fold top flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
Small horn part #2
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (1 sc, inc) * 3 = 9
R 3: 9 sc
Fold top flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
Small horn part #3
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2-3: 6 sc (2 rows)
Fold top flat and 2 sc through both sides across.
Body
With cream yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (inc) * 6 = 12
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 = 18
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 = 24
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 = 30
R 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 = 36
R 7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 = 42
R 8: (6 sc, inc) * 6 = 48
R 9-16: 48 sc (8 rows)
R 17: (6 sc, dec) * 6 = 42
R 18-19: 42 sc (2 rows)
R 20: (5 sc, dec) * 6 = 36
R 21-22: 36 sc (2 rows)
R 23: (4 sc, dec) * 6 = 30
R 24-25: 30 sc (2 rows)
R 26: (3 sc, dec) * 6 = 24
R 27-29: 24 sc (3 rows), sl st
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arms (make 2)
With grey yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (inc) * 6 = 12
R 3-5: 12 sc (3 rows)
With cream yarn:
R 6-25: 12 sc (20 rows)
R 26: (dec) * 6 = 6
Fasten off.
Legs (make 2)
With grey yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (inc) * 6 = 12
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 = 18
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 = 24
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 = 30
R 6-7: 30 sc (2 rows)
R 8: (3 sc, dec) * 6 = 24
R 9: (2 sc, dec) * 6 = 18
With cream yarn:
R 10-24: 18 sc (15 rows), sl st
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Belly
With grey yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc = 6
R 2: (inc) * 6 = 12
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 = 18
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 = 24
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 = 30
R 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 = 36, sl st
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Bow
With red yarn:
Make 8 ch.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 7 sc, 1 turning chain
R 2-17: 7 sc, 1 turning chain (16 rows)
Make sc around edges of bow.
