Amigurumi Christmas Elk: Free Crochet Pattern

The Best of 30 Days of Cozy brings us this amigurumi Christmas Elk crochet pattern from Ragnhild of Yarnhild. Here’s what she has to say about the pattern:

Are you ready to make your own?

Materials

• 3.0 mm and 3.5 mm crochet hooks
• Cotton yarn Schahenmayr: 4 colors
  • Beige (10 g)
  • Red (30 g)
  • Brown or grey (30 g) (main color)
  • Light brown (10 g)
• Stitch marker
• Yarn needle
• Stuffing
• 8 mm safety eyes
• Scissors
• Pipe cleaner

 Stitches Used

• ch – chain
• yo – yarn over
• st – stitch
• sl st – slip stitch
• sc – single crochet
• sc2tog – single crochet decrease
• yo – yarn over
• crab stitch – crab stitch

Pattern Details

• Skill Level: Intermediate
• US Terminology
• The elk is made in continuous rounds, remember to use a stitch marker.
• All parts, except the hat, are made with a 3.0 mm hook.
• Einar the elk measures about 45 cm from top to bottom, his feet inclusive.
• Don’t stuff too much, just so you don’t see the filling.

Einar the Christmas Elk: Free Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Head

With brown/ grey and 3 mm crochet hook

Rnd 1: Magic ring, 6 sc ring, pull closed = 6 sc

Rnd 2: 2 sc in every stitch= 12 sc

Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc

Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24 sc

Rnd 5: (3 sc. inc) x 6 = 30 sc

Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 = 36 sc

Rnds 7 -10: 1 sc in every stitch for 4 rounds =36 sc

Rnd 11: (4 sc, sc2tog) x6 =30 sc

Rnds 12-14: 1 sc in every stitch for 3. rounds =30 sc

Rnd 15: (1 sc, 1 inc) x 6, (1 sc, sc2tog) x 6= 30 sc

Rnds 16-21: 1 sc in every stitch for 6 rounds = 30 sc

Fasten safety eyes between round 15-16. Place the one eye where the 1 sc, 1 inc x 6 is. Leave 6 sc space between.

Rnd 22: (3 sc, sc2tog) x 6 = 24 sc

Rnd 23: (2 sc, sc2tog) x 6 = 18

Stuff the head.

Rnd 24: (1 sc, sc2tog) x 6 = 12

Rnd 25: sc2tog x 6 = 6 sc. Sl st in the first sc, cut the yarn. Sew the hole closed

Body

With brown/ grey and 3 mm crochet hook

Rnd 1: Magic ring, 6 sc in the ring, pull closed = 6 sc

Rnd 2: 2 sc in every stitch= 12 sc

Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc

Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 = 24 sc

Rnd 5: (3 sc. inc) x 6 = 30 sc

Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 = 36 sc

Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc,) x 6 = 42 sc

Rnd 8: (6 sc, inc,) x 6 = 48 sc

Rnd 9: (7 sc, inc,) x 6 = 54 sc

Rnd 10: (8 sc, inc,) x 6 = 60 sc

Rnds 11-15: 1 sc in every stitch for 5 rounds = 60 sc

Rnd 16: (8 sc, sc2tog) x 6 =54 sc

Rnd 17-19: 1 sc in every stitch for 3 rounds = 54 sc

Rnd 20: (7 sc, sc2tog) x 6 =48 sc

Change to red.

Rnd 21-23: 1 sc in every stitch for 3 rounds = 48 sc

Rnd 24: (6 sc, sc2tog) x 6 =42 sc

Rnd 25-27: 1 sc in every stitch for 3 rounds =42 sc

Rnd 28: (5 sc, sc2tog) x 6 =36 sc

Rnd 29-31: 1 sc in every stitch for 3 rounds =36 sc

Rnd 32: (4 sc, sc2tog) x 6 =30 sc

Rnd 33-35: 1 sc in every stitch for 3 rounds =30 sc

Rnd 36: (3 sc, sc2tog) x 6 =24 sc

Rnd 37 –38: 1 sc in every stitch for 2 rounds =24 sc

Rnd 39: (2 sc, sc2tog) x 6 =18 sc

Rnd 40: 1 sc in every stitch for 1 round =18 sc

Stuff the body.

Rnd 41: (1 sc, sc2tog) x 6 =12 sc

Rnd 42: sc2tog x 6 = 6 sc

Sl st in the first sc. Cut the yarn, leave the hole open. Leave a long tail for attaching the head.

Ears, make 2

Brown or grey

Rnd 1: Magic ring, 6 sc in the ring, pull closed = 6 sc

Rnd 2: 2 sc in every stitch= 12 sc

Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc

Rnd 4-6: 1 sc in every stitch for 3 rounds = 18 sc

Rnd 7: (1 sc, sc2tog) x 6 =12 sc

Rnd 8: sc2tog x 6 = 6 sc

Sl st in the first sc. Cut the yarn, leave a long tail.

Fold the ear in half and sew it together with a few stitches at the last round so they get a little
pointy.

Arms, make 2

Start with light brown

Rnd 1: Magic ring, 6 sc in the ring, pull closed = 6 sc

Rnd 2: 2 sc in every stitch= 12 sc

Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 = 18 sc

Rnd 4-5: 1 sc in every stitch for 2 rounds = 18 sc

Rnd 6: (1 sc, sc2tog) x 6 = 12 sc

Change to red.

Stuff as you go.

Rnd 7: (1 sc, sc2tog) x 6 = 8 sc

Rnd 8-21: 1 sc in every stitch for 14 rounds = 8 sc

Sl st in the first sc, cut the yarn, leave a long tail for fastening.

Feet, make 2

Start with light brown

Rnd 1: Magic ring, 8 sc in the ring, pull closed = 8 sc

Rnd 2: 2 sc in every stitch= 16 sc

Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc) x 8 = 24 sc

Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 8 = 32 sc

Rnd 5-7: 1 sc in every stitch for 3 rounds = 32 sc

Rnd 8: (sc2tog) x 8, 16 sc = 24 sc

Rnd 9: (sc2tog) x 6, 8 sc, (sc2tog) x 2 = 16 sc

Rnd 10: (sc2tog) x 8 = 8 sc

Change to brown.

Stuff as you go.

Rnd 11 – 32: 1 sc in every stitch for 21 rounds = 8 sc

Sl st in the first sc, cut the yarn, leave a long tail for fastening.

Antlers, make 2, color beige

Rnd 1: Magic ring, 4 sc in the ring, pull closed = 4 sc

Rnd 2: 1 sc in every sc = 4 sc

Rnd 3: 2 sc in every sc= 8 sc

Rnd 4-5: 1 sc in every sc for 2 rounds = 8 sc

Rnd 6: (1 sc, inc) x 2 (sc2tog) x2 = 8 sc

Rnd 7: As round 7 = 8 sc

In the next row, we will be left with a hole which will later be used for making the second horn
of the antler.

Rnd 8: 5 sc, 2 ch, skip 2 sc, 1 sc = 6 sc, 2 ch

Rnd 9: 5 sc, sl st 2 times around the ch 2 from last round, 1 sc = 6 sc, 2

Rnd 10: 5 sc, 1 sc in the sl st x 2, 1 sc = 8 sc

Rnd 11: 4 sc, sc2tog, 1 sc = 7 sc

Rnd 12: 4 sc, sc2tog, 1 sc = 6 sc

Rnd 13- 15: 1 sc in each sc for 3 rounds = 6 sc

Sl st in the first sc, cut the yarn, leave a long tail for fastening.

Fasten yarn on the slip stitch on the hole that we made

Pick up five sc around the hole.

Single crochet your way around for 2 rounds. Cut the yarn and sew the tale in the middle so it
won’t be so pointy. Do not stuff.

Hat

Color red, size

3,5 mm/E crochet hook.

Rnd 1: Magic ring, 4 sc in the ring, pull closed = 4 sc

Rnd 2-3: 1 sc in every sc for 2 rounds = 4 sc

Rnd 4: inc, 3 sc = 5 sc

Rnd 5: inc, 4 sc = 6 sc

Rnd 6, inc, 5 sc = 7 sc

Rnd 7: inc, 6 sc = 8 sc

Rnd 8: inc, 7 sc = 9 sc

Rnd 9: inc, 8 sc = 10 sc

Rnd 10, inc, 9 sc = 11 sc

Rnd 11 –24: Repeat this until you have 24 sc. Increase with 1 sc in the beginning of each
round.

Rnd 25: 1 sc in each stitch (24 sc)

Rnd 26: 1 sc, ch 4, skip 4 sc, 7 sc, ch 4, skip 4, 8 sc. = 8 ch, 16 sc

Rnd 27: 1 sc, 4 sc around the 4 ch space, 7 sc, 4 sc around the ch 4 space, 8 sc = 24 sc

Change to white and do 1 crab stitch in each sc (see the video, below).

Finish with a slip stitch in the first ch 1.

Leave a long tail if you want to sew on the hat to the head.

The crab stitch
Do not turn your work as normal. Chain 1, insert the hook in the stitch to the right from your chain 1, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through two loops. It’s like normal single crochet but it is being crocheted in reverse.

Pompom

Wind yarn around two fingers, about 25 times.

Make a knot in the middle and cut the loops.

Belt

Make a chain, (about 43 chains). Measure if it fits around the belly. You might need more or fewer chains depending on if you are a loose or tight crocheter.

1 sc in each chain, then do 1 crab stitch in each sc.

(Watch the video, above, for crab stitch instruction)

Do not weave in the ends.

Assembly

I recommend that you use needles to figure out where the best positions are for the parts before attaching them completely.

Put a pipe cleaner in the hole of the body for more stabilization for the head.

Sew around and fasten the head. Sew on the arms between rounds 40 –41

Sew on ears on rounds 3-4. Leave 4 sc space between the ears.

Sew on antlers just below the ears

Sew on legs on round 3-4 on the body.

Sew on the pompom on the hat.

The gaps are for the ears, so put the ears in the gaps and put it on Einar’s head.

If you like the look you can fasten the hat with a few stitches or you can
leave it like that.

Put the belt around his belly, you can just fasten it with a little knot from the strands or use the strands to sew fast the belt to his belly.

Weave in all ends.

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