Curious crow – free amigurumi pattern

Two curious crows were made as a special gift for best friend 😀
And do you want to make them too? Follow this free amigurumi pattern!

Materials:

• Melange yarn with short colored parts (350 m / 100 g)
• Brown or beige yarn for the beak and legs of the same weight
• Some thinner yarn of white color for eyes, two black beads for pupils
• Suitable crochet hook (1.5-1.8 mm)
• Alize Kid Mohair yarn (250 m / 25 g) for the shawl
• 3.5 mm knitting needles
• Transparent gel glue
• Wire for the carcass (1.5 mm)
• Sticky tape

Skill level: intermediate

Curious crow
Free amigurumi pattern

Abbreviations:
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
dc = double crochet
hdc = half double crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec = decrease (two stitches together)
[..] = total number of stitches

Head and body are crocheted as a single part beginning from the head.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in the next st) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4: (inc, sc in the next 2 st) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in the next 3 st) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 6: sc in all 30 st [30]
Rnd 7: (inc, sc in the next 4 st) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 8-15: sc in all 36 st [36]
Rnd 16: (dec, sc in the next 4 st) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 17: sc in all 30 st [30]
Rnd 18: (dec, sc in the next 3 st) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 19: (dec, sc in the next 2 st) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 20: (dec, sc in the next st) repeat 6 times [12]
Stuff the head, continue crochet the body.
Rnd 21: (inc, sc in the next st) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 22: (inc, sc in the next 2 st) repeat 6 times [24]
Rnd 23: (inc, sc in the next 3 st) repeat 6 times [30]
Rnd 24: (inc, sc in the next 4 st) repeat 6 times [36]
Rnd 25: sc in all 36 st [36]
Rnd 26: (inc, sc in the next 5 st) repeat 6 times [42]
Rnd 27-28: sc in all 42 st [42]
Rnd 29: (inc, sc in the next 6 st) repeat 6 times [48]
Rnd 30-36: 7 rounds without changes [48]
Rnd 37: (dec, sc in the next 4 st) repeat 8 times [40]
Rnd 38: (dec, sc in the next 3 st) repeat 8 times [32]
Rnd 39: (dec, sc in the next 2 st) repeat 8 times [24]
Make a carcass from the wire as shown on the photo. Bend the ends up and tape round with a tape. Insert the carcass. The upper ends should go through the neck into the head. Stuff the neck and the upper part of the body.

Rnd 40: dec, fix the leg to the body, wind the hook around the leg and crochet sc in the next 2 st, (dec, sc in the next 2 st) repeat 2 times, dec, fix the second leg to the body, wind the hook around the leg and crochet sc in the next 2 st, (dec, sc in the next 2 st) repeat 2 times [18]
Rnd 41: (dec, sc in the next st) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 42: (dec) repeat 6 times, draw the stitches together, fasten off.

Wind brown or beige yarn around the legs. To do this put glue on the legs, put the yarn as near as possible to the body and begin to wind around the leg. (Wind in the direction from yourself, unwinding the yarn itself to get smoother covering). When you reach the first toe, cut the yarn of about 1.5 m length, insert into the needle and wind the toe between the two wire frames.

Try to get it tighter and firmer for the wire not to move and not to look through the yarn. Wind all the fingers and the leg putting some glue on it. Tie two yarn ends together and hide inside the body.

Wings:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in the next st) repeat 6 times [18]
Rnd 4-9: sc in all 18 st [18]
Rnd 10: (dec, sc in the next 4 st) repeat 3 times [15]
Rnd 11-13: sc in all 15 st [15]
Rnd 14: (dec, sc in the next 3 st) repeat 3 times [12]
Rnd 15-16: sc in all 12 st [12]
Rnd 17: (dec, sc in the next 2 st) repeat 3 times [9]
Rnd 18: sc in all 9 st [9]
Rnd 19: (dec, sc in the next st) repeat 3 times [6]
Rnd 20: sc in the next 6 st, draw the stitches together.
Fasten off, cut the yarn. The second wing is crocheted in the same way.

Beak:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: sc in the next 6 st
Rnd 3: (inc, sc in the next st) repeat 3 times [9]
Rnd 4: sc in all 9 st [9]
Rnd 5: (inc, sc in the next 2 st) repeat 3 times [12]
Rnd 6: sc in all 12 st [12]
Rnd 7: (inc, sc in the next 3 st) repeat 3 times [15]
Rnd 8: sc in all 15 st [15]
Rnd 9: (inc, sc in the next 4 st) repeat 3 times [18]
Rnd 10: sc in all 18 st [18]
Rnd 11: (inc, sc in the next 5 st) repeat 3 times [21]
Rnd 12: sc in all 21 st [21]
Rnd 13: (inc, sc in the next 6 st) repeat 3 times [24]
Rnd 14: sc in all 24 st [24], sl st.
Fasten off, leave a tail for sewing.

Eyes:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3-4: sc in all 12 st [12]
Rnd 5: (dec) repeat 6 times, put some fiberfill into the eye, draw the stitches together. Fasten off, cut the yarn leaving a tail for sewing.

Shawl:
Cast 70 loops on the 3.5 mm knitting needles with Alize Kid Mohair yarn and continue knitting with stocking stitches, making 2 decreases at the beginning of each row. Knit until only 2 loop are left on the knitting needles. Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the ends.

Tail:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring
Rnd 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
Rnd 3-4: sc in all 12 st [12]
Flatten the part and continue crocheting through both layers:
4 ch, sc in the next st, 5 ch, sc in the next st, 7 ch, sc in the next st, 7 ch, sc in the next st, 5 ch, sc in the next st, 4 ch, sc in the next st = 6 feathers
Fasten off, weave in the end.

Assembly:
Stuff the beak a little, fix it with pins on the face and sew in place adding stuffing while sewing. Embroider nostrils on the beak as you like. Sew eyes pushing them to the head a bit, sew beads as pupils. Sew wings symmetrically and sew the tail to the back. Tie a shawl.

Happy crocheting and good results!