Free Lion Amigurumi Pattern

 

Our latest creation is a lion free Amigurumi pattern. Of course, without his mane, he would make a lovely lioness!

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Please also take a look at our other Amigurumi patterns…

Finished Size:

Approximately 29 cm (11.5 inches) long and 20 cm (8 inches) tall.

Materials

• Yarn 8 ply/DK/Light Worsted Weight or appropriate in yellow (approx. 260 m, 285 yards) and brown (approx. 100 m, 110 yards)(see note below)
• Crochet hook (3 mm) or appropriate
• Safety eyes and nose (optional)
• Stuffing

You can use any yarn and crochet hook combination that gives you good tension. Normally this would be a hook around two sizes smaller than that recommended on the yarn label. For the lion I used a 3 mm hook with 8ply/DK acrylic yarn.

 

Crochet abbreviations (US terminology):

sc – single crochet

dec – decrease

inc – increase

blo – crochet through back loops only

sl – slip stitch

The numbers in brackets at the end of each round indicate how many stitches you should have at the end of the round

 

Body starting at bottom, stuffing as you go:

Using yellow yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring (6)

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3: (1 sc, 1 inc) 6 times (18)

Round 4: (2sc, 1 inc) 6 times (24)

Round 5: (3 sc, 1 inc) 6 times (30)

Round 6: 6 sc, 3 inc, 12 sc, 3 inc, 6 sc (36)

Round 7: 6 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 13 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 7 sc (42)

Round 8: 6 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 29 sc (45)

Round 9: 6 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 30 sc (48)

Rounds 10-12: sc 48

Round 13: 33 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 8 sc (51)

Round 14: 51 sc

Round 15: 33 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc, 1 inc, 9 sc (54)

Rounds 16-17: 54 sc

Round 18: 6 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc, 1 dec, 3 sc, 1 dec, 36 sc (51)

Round 19: 51 sc

Round 20: 6 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 35 sc (48)

Rounds 21-32: sc 48 (12 rounds)

Round 33: 8 sc, 3 inc, 37 sc (51)

Round 34: 8 sc, 1 inc, 1 sc, 1 inc, 1sc, 1 inc, 38 sc (54)

Round 35: 8 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 2 sc, 1 inc, 39 sc (57)

Round 36: 8 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec, 8 sc, 15 dec, 1 sc (39)

Round 37: 23 sc, 7 dec, 2 sc (32)

Round 38: 23 sc, 4 dec, 1 sc (28)

Round 39-41: sc 28 (3 rounds)

Round 42: (3 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (35)

Round 43: (4 sc, 1 inc) x 7 (42)

Rounds 44-49: 42 sc (6 rounds)

Round 50: (4 sc, 1 dec) x 7 (35)

Round 51: 35 sc

Round 52: 10 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) x 4, 1 dec, 11 sc (30)

Round 53: sc 30

Round 54: 10 sc, 5 dec, 10 sc (25)

Place eyes between rounds 53 and 54, 4 sts apart, making sure eyes are centre with spine (see photos)

Round 55-59: 25 sc (5 rounds)

Round 60: 1 sc, 12 dec (13)

Place nose between rounds 59 and 60, making sure it is centre between eyes.

Round 61: 1 sc, 6 dec (7)

Fasten off. Gather around the stitches of the last round and draw up tightly to close hole.

Ears (make 2):

Using yellow yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3-5: 12 sc (3 rounds)

Fasten off.

Tail

Using brown

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3-6: 12 sc (4 rounds)

Round 7: 6 dec (6)

Change to yellow

Round 8: 6 sl

Round 9: 6 sc blo

Rounds 10-29: 6 sc (20 rounds)

Fasten off.

Legs (make 4):

Using yellow yarn:

Round 1: 6 sc into magic ring

Round 2: 6 inc (12)

Round 3: (3 sc, 3 inc) 2 times (18)

Round 4: 3 sc, 4 inc, 5 sc, 4 inc, 2 sc (26)

Round 5: 26 sc blo

Round 6-7: 26 sc (2 rounds)

Round 8: 3 sc, 4 dec, 15 sc (22)

Round 9: 2 sc, 3 dec, 14 sc (19)

Round 10: 1 sc, 1 dec, 1 sc, 1 dec, 6 sc, 1 dec, 5 sc (16)

Rounds 11-21: 16 sc (11 rounds)

Round 22: 1 inc, 5 sc, 3 inc, 5 sc, 2 inc (22)

Round 23: 1 inc, 8 sc, 3 inc, 8 sc, 2 inc (28)

Rounds 24-28: 28 sc (5 rounds)

Round 29: 1 dec, 8 sc, 3 dec, 8 sc, 2 dec (22)

Round 30: 1 dec, 5 sc, 3 dec, 5 sc, 2 dec (16)

Round 31: 1 dec, 2 sc, 3 dec, 2 sc, 2 dec (10)

Fasten off.

Stuff foot and straight part of leg well. Very lightly stuffing the top (thigh) part of leg.

 

Making up:

Pin all of the legs to the body to find correct placement before sewing to attach. Fold ears in half and pin to head to find correct placement before sewing in place. Pin tail to body to find correct placement before sewing in place.

 

Mane:

Cut approximately 15 cm (6 inch) lengths of brown yarn for mane. You will need a lot – I did this by wrapping the yarn around my hand and then cutting through all rounds.

To attach one length, fold yarn in half and feed crochet hook (it is easier to use a larger hook) behind post.

Draw loop through

Pull cut ends through loop.