Christmas deer amigurumi pattern

One more Christmas deer amigurumi pattern to your attention! You’ll get the toy of about 20 cm height.
You can also crochet a tiny deer and amigurumi deer cupcake. Click the orange links 🙂

Materials:

• Yarn Art Jeans or Alize Cotton Gold yarn or any other similar cotton yarn
  Main colours: coffee or beige, dark-brown or a bit of milk colour
  Christmas colours for clothes: red, green and white.
• 2-3 mm crochet hook
• Needle for sewing parts together
• Stuffing
• 2 black beads for eyes

Skill level: intermediate

Christmas deer amigurumi
Free crochet pattern / tutorial

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
inc = increase (two sc in one stitch)
dec = decrease (2 stitches crocheted together)

Head:
With beige yarn
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (sc in the next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 7: (sc in the next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 8-13: without changes [42]
Rnd 14: (sc in the next 6 st, inc) repeat 6 times [48]
Rnd 15: (sc in the next 7 st, inc) repeat 6 times [54]
Rnd 16-21: without changes [54 sc]
Rnd 22: (sc in the next 7 st, dec) repeat 6 times [48]
Rnd 23: (sc in the next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 24: (sc in the next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 25: (sc in the next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 26: (sc in the next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 27: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 28: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Fasten off, weave in the end. Stuff as you go.

Body:
Start with red colour.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: (sc in the next 4 st, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 7: (sc in the next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 8: (sc in the next 6 st, inc) repeat 6 times [48]
Rnd 9-13: without changes [48 sc]
Rnd 14: change yarn colour and crochet in back loop sc in the next 48 st.
Then alternate two colours green and white to get stripes. If you wish you may skip it.
Rnd 15-17: without changes [48 sc]
Rnd 18: (sc in the next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 19-21: without changes [42 sc]
Rnd 22: (sc in the next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 23-25: sc in all 36 st
Rnd 26: (sc in the next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 27-29: sc in all 30 st
Rnd 30: (sc in all 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 31: sc in all 24 st
Fasten off and leave a very long tail for sewing parts together.
Crochet around Rnd 14 (where you crocheted in back loops) with sc or extended sc in front loops.

Legs (make 2):
Start with dark-brown colour.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: in back loops sc in all 24 st
Rnd 6-7: sc in all 24 st
Rnd 8: (sc in the next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
Change yarn colour to red.
Rnd 9-11: sc in all 18 st
Rnd 12: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 13-22: sc in all 12 st
Rnd 23: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 24: sc in all 18 st
Rnd 25: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
Fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff as you go.

Hands (make 2):
Start crocheting with a mitten
Crochet the main part with red colour:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3-7: sc in all 12 st
And a finger:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2-4: sc in all 6 st
Join the main part with the finger and continue crocheting around.

Arms (make 2):
Rnd 8: sc in all 18 st
Rnd 9: (sc in the next st, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 10: sc in all 12 st
Change yarn colour to the white one.
Rnd 11: sc in all 12 st
Rnd 12: crochet in back loops, sc in all 12 st
Continue crocheting in stripes changing colour every 2 rounds.
Rnd 13-30: sc in all 12 st. Put edges together and crochet with sc through both layers.

Muzzle:
With milk colour, crochet in rounds
Rnd 1: 8 ch, 1 turning chain, inc in the next st, sc in the next 6 st, (inc) repeat 2 times, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain, sc in the next 6 st, inc/
Rnd 2: inc, sc in the next st, inc, sc in the next 4 st, inc, sc in the next st, (inc) repeat 2 times, sc in the next st, inc, sc in the next 4 st, inc, sc in the next st, inc.
Rnd 3: inc, sc in the next 2 st, inc, sc in the next 6 st, inc, sc in the next 2 st, (inc) repeat 2 times, sc in the next 2 st, inc, sc in the next 6 st, inc, sc in the next 2 st, inc.
Rnd 4-6: without changes [36 sc]
Rnd 7: (sc in the next 5 st, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 8: sc in all 42 st.
Fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing parts together.

Nose:
With dark-brown yarn
Rnd 1: 3 ch, 1 turning chain, inc in the next st, sc in the next st, 4 sc in the last chain, continue crocheting on the opposite side of the chain, sc in the next st, inc.
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 2 times, sc in the next 2 st, (inc) repeat 3 times, sc in the next 2 st, inc [16]
Rnd 3-4: sc in all 16 st
Cut the yarn leaving a long tail for sewing.

Ears (make 2):
With beige yarn as part №1.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (sc in the next st, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
Rnd 3: sc in the next 9 st
Rnd 4: (sc in the next 2 st, inc) repeat 3 times [12]
Rnd 5: sc in the next 12 st
Rnd 6: (sc in the next 3 st, inc) repeat 3 times [15]
Rnd 7: (sc in the next 4 st, inc) repeat 3 times [18]
Rnd 8: sc in the next 18 st
Rnd 9: (sc in the next 5 st, inc) repeat 3 times [21]
Rnd 10: sc in all 21 st
Put edges together and crochet sc around the edges. Cut off the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing parts together. Don’t stuff.

Horns (make 2):
With dark-brown yarn
Crochet 2 parts separately:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2-5: sc in all 6 st

Then crochet the main part, to which previous parts will be added.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2-5: sc in all 6 st
Join with one of the previous parts.
Rnd 6: sc in the next 12 st
Rnd 7: (dec) repeat 6 times [6]
Rnd 8-10: sc in all 6 st
Rnd 11: sc in the next 3 st, join with the second part [12]
Rnd 12: (dec) repeat 6 times [6]
Rnd 13-15: sc in all 6 st
Cut off the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.

If it’s difficult to crochet this part, crochet just one long and 2 short parts and sew them together.

Assembly:
Follow the photos when assembling the parts. Be creative and think of the details.

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