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Setup Pattern Techniques

What came in your kit, what you The instructions to make your very Step-by-step photo tutorials for the
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Materials 1 4mm crochet hook

2 Stitch marker

6 3 Tapestry needle
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2 4
4 10mm safety eyes

5 Poly-fil stuffing

7 6 Yellow aran-weight yarn, 27 yds

10 7 Orange aran-weight yarn, 15 yds
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8 Black aran-weight yarn, 2 yds
1 5 8
9 White aran-weight yarn, 3 yds

10 Scissors (not included)

Terminology

D Round 4
B E Round 3
Round 2
Round 1
C

A Working yarn Yarn connected to the ball of yarn

B Top loops of a stitch Where you usually insert the hook, to start the next stitch

C Yarn tail End of yarn not connected to the ball of yarn

D Single crochet stitch The main stitch used in amigurumi

E Round A series of crochet stitches in a circle.

This illustrated crochet piece is made of 4 rounds.

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Abbreviations Find tutorials for anything underlined at thewoobles.com/tutorials

This pattern is written in US terminology, and crocheted in the round.

ch chain
sc single crochet
inc 2 sc in the same stitch of the previous round
dec (invisible) decrease
sl st slip stitch

How to read the round total number of stitches in the round

pattern Round 3 [sc, inc] x 6 (18)

what stitches to do this round, and how many times

For round 3, repeat the pattern in the brackets 6 times. The pattern is: single
crochet in 1 stitch, then increase stitch in the next stitch. Because an increase
is actually 2 single crochet stitches in the same stitch of the previous round,
the total number of stitches in this round is 18.

If this is your first time crocheting, check out the step-by-step guide at thewoobles.com/in-the-jungle

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If this is your first time crocheting, check out the step-by-step guide at thewoobles.com/in-the-jungle

Head & body Round 1 6 sc in magic loop (6)

Yellow yarn
To keep track of where you are, use a stitch marker to mark the beginning of
each rnd. Each time you start a new rnd, move the stitch marker to the first
stitch of that rnd.

If you’re starting with the premade Round 2 inc x 6 (12)

magic loop, start here Round 3 [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
Round 4 [inc, 2 sc] x 6 (24)
Round 5 24 sc (24)

Your work might start curling at this point. For a neater final look, push the
middle of your circle until it curves the other way. This makes the “right side”
face out. Then keep on crocheting in the same direction as you were.

Round 6 [5 sc, inc] x 4 (28)

Round 7-9 28 sc (28)
Round 10 [6 sc, inc] x 4 (32)
Round 11-13 32 sc (32)
Round 14 [2 sc, dec] x 8 (24)
Round 15 24 sc (24)
Round 16 [sc, dec] x 8 (16)
Round 17 16 sc (16)

Insert the safety eyes between rnds 6 & 7, with 6 stitches between them. If
this toy is for a baby or pet, embroider the eyes instead. Stuff your piece,
shaping it like an egg.

Round 18 dec x 8 (8)

Fasten off with a long tail. To close the remaining gap, follow the Close an
amigurumi ball instruction in Techniques.

Snout Round 1 6 sc in magic loop (6)

White yarn. Make two. Fasten off with a long tail. Position the circles side-by-side, centered
between the eyes and spanning rounds 7-9.

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Ears Round 1 4 sc in magic loop (4)

Yellow yarn. Make two. Round 2 4 inc (8)

Round 3 [2 sc, dec] x 2 (6)

Fasten off with a long tail. Don’t stuff. With the opening facing the body, squish
the sides flat. Use the yarn tail to attach the ear starting between rounds 2 & 3.

Thread a tapestry needle with orange yarn, and embroider the inner ears:

1 2 3 4

1 Insert the needle from the back to the front of the ear, in the middle of
where the ear and body meet.

2 Insert the needle a few stitches up and to the left, and pull it out through
the same middle point.

3 Repeat this to make the other 2 inner ear lines.

4 To finish off, insert the needle back into the same middle point, out the
back of the ear, and tie a knot with the two yarn tails. Weave them in.

Mane Row 1 ch 39 (39)

Orange yarn Row 2 sl st in second ch from hook, 37 sl st, ch 8, turn (46)

Row 3 sl st in next unworked sl st from row 2, (334)
[ch 8, sl st in next st] x 37

sl st that the ch 8 comes from

next unworked sl st, which is where

you should put your hook next

Fasten off with a long tail, at least twice the length of the mane. Hold the two
ends of the mane together to form a circle. Sew the mane on so that it starts
at the very top of the head (in the center of the starting magic loop), goes
behind the ears, and directly under the mouth.

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Nose Thread a tapestry needle with 2 arm’s length of black yarn.

Black yarn
1 Insert the needle at the bottom of the snout, where the two white circles
meet. Pull it out around the midpoint between the eyes.

2 Insert the needle in the same spot at the bottom of the snout, and then
out a few stitches to the left of the midpoint between the eyes.

3 Insert the needle a few stitches to the right of the centerpoint, and out the
left side of the snout. Keep putting the needle in the right side of the nose
and out the left, making each horizontal line slightly shorter and a little
lower than the last. Your goal is to create an upside-down triangle.

4 Now define the edges of the nose. Put your needle in the upper right-most
corner of the nose, and out the top of where the two white circles meet.

5 Put the needle in the upper left-most corner of the nose, and out the
upper right-most corner.

6 Finish off by inserting the needle from the top to the bottom of where the
two white circles meet. Both yarn tails should come out of the same spot.
Tie a knot and weave in ends.

1 2 3 4

5 6

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Add safety eyes

Safety eyes aren’t safe for children younger than 3, or pets. For small creatures, you can embroider eyes on instead.

1. Before stuffing the amigurumi, put 2. Turn the piece over so you can see 3. Place the washer on the bead, flat
the bead between 2 stitches, with the the end of the bead. side facing your piece.
right side of your work facing you.

4. Push down on the washer with

both thumbs, so that it cinches the
fabric evenly.

Stuff amigurumi

1. Pull apart a thin piece of stuffing, 2. Put this layer of stuffing in your 3. Push down on the stuffing from all
and shape it into roughly the same piece. angles, to make it consistently flat.
diameter as the bottom most point Keep adding thin layers of stuffing,
of your work. adjusting the diameter of it as the
diameter of your work changes.

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Fasten off with long tail

Finally, the (almost) end of your piece! Before you cut your yarn, measure out at least 6 inches of extra yarn beyond your
last stitch. You’ll use this yarn to either secure the yarn you’ve just used or to attach this piece to another.

1. Finish your last stitch, and yarn 2. Pull the yarn all the way through 3. You’ll be left with a knot in the yarn
over. the loop on the hook.

Close an amigurumi ball

When you finish the body, there’ll likely still be a hole in the middle. Here’s how you get rid of it.

1. Cut the yarn to make a tail, and pull 2. Thread a needle and insert it 3. Repeat step #2 in the stitch
it completely through the remaining through the front loop of the next immediately to its left.
loops on your hook from the last stitch, from the outside in. Pull the
stitch. yarn tight.

4. Repeat step #2 in a clockwise 5. Insert the needle in the center of 6. Pull the yarn tail tight to smooth
order, in as many stitches in the where the gap used to be, and out the gap. Insert the needle back
round as necessary to make the gap on the other side of the piece. where it came from, and out on the
disappear. other side of the piece. Trim the tail,
and massage your amigurumi until
the tail disappears.
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Magic loop
Magic loops are a common way to start amigurumi. Making it can be quite challenging, so to make your intro to crochet
easier, your kit comes with a premade magic loop.

1. Wrap the yarn around your index 2. Put the hook under the top-right 3. Pull it through the magic loop, and
and middle fingers in an X, so that part of the X, and grab the other side twist it to make a small loop around
the working yarn is on top of the tail. of the X. the hook.

4. Take the magic loop off of your 5. Now hold the hook and yarn as 6. This chain doesn’t count as one of
hand, taking care to hold it where the you normally would, keeping the tail the stitches in the magic loop.
yarn overlaps. against the magic loop, to the left of
your stitches. Chain 1.

7. Now you’ll make your first single 8. Pull the yarn through the magic 9. Yarn over, and pull through both
crochet stitch. Insert the hook loop, under both the tail and the loops on the hook. This completes
through the magic loop from the magic loop. The hook should have 2 your first single crochet in the magic
front to the back, under both the loops, and be in front of the magic loop!
magic loop and the tail, and yarn loop.
over.

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!
10. Repeat steps #7-9 until you have 11. Tug on the tail to close the hole in 12. This is an example of a magic
as many stitches as the pattern calls the middle of the work. Just like loop with 6 single crochets in it.
for. magic

Join pieces
Joining an open piece (in yellow) to a closed piece (in blue) with this method makes the seam invisible.

1. Hold the open piece on top of the 2. From the bottom up, insert the 3. Insert the needle through the
closed piece. Insert the needle into needle through the next stitch of the following stitch, from the top to the
the closed piece, at a point under the open piece. bottom.
first stitch (the yarn tail). Bring it out
under the next stitch. Draw the yarn
tight

4. Insert the needle into the closed 5. Continue steps #2-4 until you 6. To secure the stitches, weave in
piece, at a point under the current make it back to the very first stitch. the yarn tail. Insert the needle into
stitch and out under the next stitch. the closed piece, at a point under the
current stitch and out of the other
side of the piece.

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7. If you have extra yarn tail, insert 8. Cut the yarn tail as close to your
the needle back into the point where piece as possible. If the yarn tail is
it came out, and out of a different still visible, just massage your piece
point on the other side of the piece. until it disappears.
Tug on the yarn just enough so that it
can’t be seen from the outside.
Repeat this entire step as many
times as you like. I like to do it twice.

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