Venya the mouse amigurumi pattern

Designer: Julia Matyushina
Instagram: @jm_crotoys

You will need:

• Kamteks Tuffi yarn (350 m/50 g) 100% acrylic
• 1.0 mm crochet hook
• 9 mm safety eyes
• Black and white embroidery floss
• Yarn needle and scissors
• Fiberfill

Height: 12 cm (4.7”)

You can also use Alize Cotton Gold or YarnArt Jeans yarn and 2.0 mm crochet hook.

Free crochet mouse pattern

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

Head
With grey 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: (2 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
R 5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 6: (4 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
R 7: (5 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [42]
R 8-11: 42 sc (4 rows)
R 12: 8 sc, 2 inc, (inc, 2 sc) repeat 7 times, 3 inc, 8 sc [54]
R 13-18: 54 sc (6 rows)
Insert safety eyes between R 12 and R 13 at the distance of 10 st from each other.
R 19: (4 sc, dec) repeat 9 times [45]
R 20: (3 sc, dec) repeat 9 times [36]
R 21: (2 sc, dec) repeat 9 times [27]
R 22: (1 sc, dec) repeat 9 times [18]
R 23: (1 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
Stuff with fiberfill.
Sl st. Fasten off.

Embroider eye whites with white floss.

Ears

Inner ears (make 2)
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: (2 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
R 5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]

Outer ears (make 2)
With grey 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: (2 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
R 5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]

Put the inner ear on the outer ear (wrong side to wrong side) and crochet through the stitches of both parts around:
R 6: (4 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew ears to the head.

Nose
With pink yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (inc, 1 sc) repeat 3 times [9]
R 3-4: 9 sc (2 rows)
R 5: (dec, 1 sc) repeat 3 times [6]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Body
With grey 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: (2 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [24]
R 5: (3 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [30]
R 6: (4 sc, inc) repeat 6 times [36]
R 7-10: 36 sc (4 rows)
R 11: (4 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [30]
R 12: 30 sc [30]
R 13: (3 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [24]
R 14: 24 sc [24]
R 15: (2 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [18]
R 16-17: 18 sc (2 rows)
R 18: (1 sc, dec) repeat 6 times [12]
R 19: 12 sc [12]
Sl st. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Sew head to the body.

Arms (make 2)
With grey yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (1 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
R 3-4: 9 sc [9]
R 5: 3 dec, 3 sc [6]
Stuff with fiberfill till R5.
R 6-16: 6 sc (11 rows)
Fold the top opening flat and 3 sc through both sides.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Sew arms to the body.

Legs (make 2)
With grey yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in magic ring [6]
R 2: (inc) repeat 6 times [12]
R 3-4: 12 sc [12]
R 5: (2 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [9]
R 6-8: 9 sc (3 rows)
R 9: (1 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [6]
R 10-13: 3 sc, 3 sl st (4 rows)
R 14: (1 sc, inc) repeat 3 times [9]
R 15-17: 9 sc (3 rows)
Stuff with fiberfill.
R 18: (1 sc, dec) repeat 3 times [6]
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

You can fix the bending in R 10-13 with a couple of stitches.
Sew legs to the body.

Tail
Make 26 ch.
From the 2nd ch from hook 25 sl st.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew tail to the body.