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Looking for a cute Christmas crochet pattern? Try this adorable amigurumi reindeer pattern for free! You can use this crochet reindeer as a kids toy or a Christmas decoration for your home. The body and head are made as one piece, other parts are crocheted separately and sewn together. The size of the finished amigurumi reindeer is approximately 16 cm (6.3″) tall.
Designed and photo by @pinetkids
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- Yarn for a reindeer: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m) or Alpina Vera (55% acrylic, 45% cotton, 100g/280 m): white, beige, brown and red colors
- Yarn for a scarf: Pekhorka (100% acrylic, 50 g/200 m): red and white colors
- Hook size: 1.9 mm
- Black, pink and white embroidery floss
- Tapestry and sewing needles
- Scissors
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
dec = decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
F.o. = finish off
BLO = back loop only
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
( )*6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Free crochet Christmas reindeer pattern
Head and body (one piece)
With beige yarn:
Make 6 ch. Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 4 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 3 sc, inc (12)
R 2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (18)
R 3: 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc (24)
R 4: 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 2 sc (28)
R 5: 1 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 3 sc (32)
R 6: 32 sc
R 7: 2 sc, inc, 9 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 9 sc, inc, 3 sc (36)
R 8: 3 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 3 sc (40)
R 9-12: 40 sc (4 rows)
R 13: 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 13 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 13 sc, inc, 1 sc (46)
R 14: 1 sc, inc, 22 sc, inc, 21 sc (48)
R 15: 48 sc
R 16: 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 14 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 14 sc, dec (42)
R 17: 1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 13 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 13 sc, dec (36)
R 18: 3 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec (32)
19) 4 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec (28)
R 20: inc, 2 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 10 sc (32)
R 21: inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 9 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 9 sc (38)
R 22: 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 12 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 11 sc (44)
R 23: 4 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 15 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 11 sc (48)
R 24-36: 48 sc (13 rows)
R 37: decreases are symmetrically on two sides: 8 sc, 3 dec, 18 sc, 3 dec, 10 sc (42)
R 38: (4 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 39: (2 sc, dec)*8, 3 sc (28)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 40: only 6 sc, sl st
F.o, leave a long tail. Sew the top opening edge closed.
Ears and tail (make 3 details)
With beige yarn:
R 1: 3 sc in mc (3)
R 2: (inc)*3 (6)
R 3: (2 sc, inc)*2 (8)
R 4: (3 sc, inc)*2 (10)
R 5: (4 sc, inc)*2 (12)
R 6: (dec)*6 (6), sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the ears to the head, the tail to the back of the body.
Legs (make 2)
Start with brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
R 4: BLO: 15 sc
R 5: 15 sc
Change to beige yarn:
R 6-7: 15 sc (2 rows)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 8: 2 dec, 11 sc (13)
R 9: 3 dec, 7 sc (10)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arms (make 2)
Start with brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: only 1 sc, inc – this row is complete (13)
R 4: BLO: 13 sc
R 5: 13 sc
Change to beige yarn:
R 6-7: 13 sc (2 rows)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 8: dec, 5 sc, dec, 4 sc (11)
R 9: dec, 4 sc, dec, 3 sc (9)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the lega and arms to the body.
Muzzle
With white yarn:
Make 5 ch. Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 3 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 2 sc, inc (10)
R 2: inc, 2 sc, 3 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (16)
R 3: 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc (22)
R 4: 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc (28)
R 5: 28 sc, sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the muzzle to the head, put some stuffing inside the muzzle before you finish.
Nose
With red yarn:
Make 4 ch. Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 2 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 1 sc, inc (8)
R 2: inc, 1 sc, 3 inc, 1 sc, 2 inc (14), sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the nose to the head, put some stuffing inside if you need.
Horns (make 2)
With brown yarn:
Stuff a little.
First detail
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
R 3-4: 9 sc (2 rows)
F.o.
Second detail
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: inc, 5 sc (7)
R 3-4: 7 sc (2 rows)
Don’t cut the yarn.
Join the first detail to the second one and continue crocheting:
R 1: 9 sc on the first detail, 7 sc on the second one (16)
R 2: dec, 7 sc, dec, 5 sc (14)
R 3: dec, 4 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec (11)
R 4-5: 11 sc (2 rows), sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the horns to the top of the head.
Scarf
With red acrylic yarn:
Make 6 ch. Crochet in turning rows.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 5 sc, 1 turning chain
R 2: 5 sc, 1 turning chain
Continue crocheting (repeat R 2) to have a scarf 42 cm long.
Crochet sc around edges.
Make two pom poms from white acrylic yarn.
Sew the pom poms to the ends of the scarf.
Embroider a muzzle and eyes using a black embroidery floss.
Embroider cheeks using a pink embroidery floss, a snowflake using a white embroidery floss.
Embroider spots on the head with brown yarn.
