Little duck free amigurumi pattern

Meet the adorable little duck wearing a hat! He loves going on a picnic. The head and body of the duck amigurumi are made as one piece. Other parts of the crochet toy are separate pieces. When crocheting from the recommended yarn, the duck toy turns out to be 8.5 cm (3.3″) tall.

Designer: @demiwool

You will need:

• Yarn: any sport or DK light weight yarn (I used YarnArt Jeans). Colors for a duck: yellow and orange, for a hat: pink and blue
• Crochet hook: size 2.0-2.5 mm
• Safety eyes 6 mm
• Black embroidery thread
• Yarn needle
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Fiberfill

Free amigurumi duck pattern

Abbreviations:
R – row
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
inc – increase (2 single crochet in 1 stitch)
dec – decrease
sl st – slip stitch
[…] – number of stitches you should have at the end of the row
(…) – repeat whatever is between the brackets the given number of times

Head and body (one piece)

Head
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
R 4: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) repeat 6 times [24]
R 5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 6: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) repeat 6 times [36]
R 7-10: 36 sc (4 rows)
R 11: 11 sc, 4 inc, 6 sc, 4 inc, 11 sc [44]
R 12-15: 44 sc (4 rows)
Insert safety eyes between R 10 and R 11, 4 stitches apart.
R 16: 11 sc, 4 dec, 6 sc, 4 dec, 11 sc [36]
R 17: (2 sc, dec, 2 sc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 18: (3 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
R 19: (1 sc, dec, 1 sc) repeat 6 times [18]

Stuff the head firmly, do not cut the yarn.
We will continue to crochet the body:

Body
R 1: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) repeat 6 times [24]
R 2: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 3: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) repeat 6 times [36]
R 4-6: 36 sc (3 rows)
R 7: (5 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
R 8-10: 42 sc (3 rows)
R 11: (5 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [36]
R 12: (2 sc, dec, 2 sc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 13: (3 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
R 14: (1 sc, dec, 1 sc) repeat 6 times [18]
R 15: (1 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
R 16: (dec) repeat 6 times [6]

Stuff the body firmly, cut the yarn, close the remaining gap and weave in the end.

Beak
With orange yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: 3 sl st, 3 inc [9]
Fasten off, cut the yarn and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the beak between R 11 and R 12 of the head, between two eyes.

Wings (make 2)
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in magic ring [5]
R 2: (inc) repeat 5 times [10]
R 3: (4 sc, inc) repeat 2 times [12]
R 4-5: 12 sc (2 rows)
R 6: (4 sc, dec) repeat 2 times [10]
R 7: (dec) repeat 5 times [5]
Fasten off, cut the yarn, close the remaining gap and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the wings on both sides of the body, between R 2 and R 3 of the body.

Legs (make 2)
With orange yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in magic ring [5]
R 2: (inc) repeat 5 times [10]
R 3: 10 sc
R 4: (3 sc, dec) repeat 2 times [8]
Fold in half, crochet 4 sc through 2 edges.
Fasten off, cut the yarn and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the legs on both sides, at the bottom of the body.

Tail
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in magic ring [5]
R 2: (inc) repeat 5 times [10]
R 3: 10 sc
Fasten off, cut the yarn and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the tail at the bottom back of the body.
Tip: flatten the tail horizontally when sewing.

Hat
Start with pink yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3: (1 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [18]
R 4: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) repeat 6 times [24]
R 5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 6: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) repeat 6 times [36]
Change to blue yarn:
R 7: 36 sc
Change to pink yarn:
R 8-9: 36 sc (2 rows)
Change to blue yarn:
R 10: (5 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
Change to pink yarn:
R 11-14: 42 sc (4 rows)
Fasten off, cut the yarn and weave in the end.