MATERIALS and TOOLS
• Cotton yarn:
Light brown (Bella Pingouin No. 704)
White (Bella Pingouin No. 002)
Light Pink (Bella Pingouin No. 1352)
Acqua (Bella Pingouin No. 622)
Dark brown (Bella Pingouin No. 1785)
• Crochet hook 2,25mm
• Fluffy yarn for the hair:
Dark brown (Pérola Pingouin No. 713)
• Crochet hook 4,50mm
• Embroidery floss: pink, lilac, black and acqua
(darker then the acqua yarn)
• Crochet hook 1,50mm
• Soft stuffing
• A pair of 5mm safety eyes
• A pair of small white buttons of the cape
• 1 small safety pin for the flower
• Wooden or plastic lollypop stick
• Scissors, tapestry needle, stitch markers,
sewing pins, sewing needle, sewing thread
(hair color), craft glue.
• Optional: Wire, pliers, floral tape, hot glue stick
SIZE
24 cm (9,5”) using Bella Pingouin 100% cotton yarn
and Clover Soft Touch crochet hook 2,25mm.
CONSTRUCTION
Legs, body and head are worked together, from the
bottom to the top. Arms are sewn to the main part.
NOTES
• Work in continuous spirals, without closing off
the rounds with a slip stitch. Use a stitch marker
or a piece of contrasting color yarn to mark the
beginning of each round.
• Crochet tightly to prevent little gaps between
the stitches, or try a smaller crochet hook.
• Stuff firmly. Use the stuffing to help you to
shape your pieces. Before closing a part, check
if you still need to stuff it a little bit more.
• For smaller or larger amigurumis, use thinner or
bulkier yarn, and adjust the size of your crochet
hooks and other embellishments.
WIRE
The wire structures used in the right arm and in
the neck/head are optional. But they allow the
head to be posable while avoiding a floppy neck,
and the right arm to bend in order to hold the
unicorn toy.
If your doll is for small children, don’t use the
wire. You can use a hot glue stick instead.
NECK AND HEAD
Cut approx. 25cm of wire and shape it as in the picture.
You can wrap the wire around a round
object to shape the part that goes inside the
head. With the help of a plier, bend both ends
and wrap them together with floral tape.
RIGHT ARM
Cut approx. 10cm of wire, bend both ends and
wrap them with floral tape.
SWATCHES
Different hooks and yarns can give smaller of
bigger stitches. But when you use different types
of yarn in the same project, it is very important
to keep the proportions right. You can make
your own swatches and use the ones below as a
reference. Note that the body swatch is half the
size of the hair swatch.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd2. 6inc (12)
Rnd3. [1sc, 1inc] x6 (18)
Rnd4. [2sc, 1inc] x6 (24)
ABBREVIATIONS (US Terminology)
MR – magic ring
st(s) – stitch(es)
ch – chain stitch
slst – slip stitch
sc – single crochet stitch
hdc – half double crochet stitch
dc – double crochet stitch
inc – increase
rnd(s) – round(s)
approx – approximately
dec – invisible decrease
BLO – back loop only
FLO – front loop only
[…] xN – repeat N times whatever
is in between the square brackets
*…* – crochet all instructions between
asterisks into the same stitch
(…) – total amount of stitches in a round
PATTERN
AVA, THE UNICORN GIRL
– LEGS –
Make 2 with light brown. Chain 7.
Rnd1. Skip 1, 1inc, 4sc on one side of the chain,
4sc in the same stitch, 4sc on the opposite side
of the chain, 1inc (16)
Rnd2. 2inc, 4sc, 4inc, 4sc, 2inc (24)
Rnd3-4. 24sc (24)
Rnd5. 8sc, 4dec, 8sc (20)
Rnd6. 6sc, 4dec, 6sc (16)
Rnd7. 6sc, 2dec, 6sc (14)
Stuff the foot, and continue to stuff the legs
as you go.
Rnd8-17. 14sc (14)
Fasten off and weave in the ends on both legs.
The next round will join the legs to create the
body. Put the legs side by side, and put a stitch
marker in the inner part of each leg as shown
in the picture. Join the white yarn where you
placed the stitch marker on the right leg and
chain 4.
– BODY –
Continue with white. Stuff as you go, but leave
a little room on the top part to insert the wire.
Rnd18. 14sc around the left leg, 4sc, 14sc
around the right leg, 4sc on the opposite side
of the ch (36)
Rnd19. [11sc, 1inc] x3 (39)
Rnd20-24. 39sc (39)
Rnd25. [11sc, 1dec] x3 (36)
Change to light brown. Work round 26 BLO.
Rnd26. 36sc (36)
Rnd27. 5sc, 1dec, 10sc, 1dec, 10sc, 1dec, 5sc (33)
Rnd28. [9sc, 1dec] x3 (30)
Rnd29. 4sc, 1dec, 8sc, 1dec, 8sc, 1dec, 4sc (27)
Rnd30. [7sc, 1dec] x3 (24)
Rnd31. 3sc, 1dec, 6sc, 1dec, 6sc, 1dec, 3sc (21)
Rnd32. 21sc (21)
Rnd33. [5sc, 1dec] x3 (18)
Rnd34. 18sc (18)
Rnd35. 2sc, 1dec, 4sc, 1dec, 4sc, 1dec, 2sc (15)
Rnd36. 15sc (15)
Rnd37. [3sc, 1dec] x3 (12)
Rnd38. 12sc (12)
HEAD –
Continue with light brown.
Rnd39. [1sc, 1inc] x6 (18)
Rnd40. [2sc, 1inc] x6 (24)
Rnd41. [3sc, 1inc] x6 (30)
Rnd42. 2sc, 1inc, [4sc, 1inc] x5, 2sc (36)
Rnd43. [5sc, 1inc] x6 (42)
Rnd44. 3sc, 1inc, [6sc, 1inc] x5, 3sc (48)
Rnd45-55. 48sc (48)
Find the center of the face and place
the safety eyes between rounds 48 and 49,
12 stitches apart. Embroider the cheeks with
pink embroidery floss between rounds 47
and 48, 14 stitches apart.
Place the wire structure inside the doll.
Then, carefully, finish to stuff the upper part
of the body, the neck and the head very firmly.
You might find helpfull to use a pointy object to
insert the stuffing and distribuite it uniformly.
Continue to stuff the head as you go.
NOTE: If you’re not using wire, consider
inserting a hot glue stick inside the neck
to prevent a floppy head.
Rnd56. 3sc, 1dec, [6sc, 1dec] x5, 3sc (42)
Rnd57. [5sc, 1dec] x6 (36)
Rnd58. 2sc, 1dec, [4sc, 1dec] x5, 2sc (30)
Rnd59. [3sc, 1dec] x6 (24)
Rnd60. [2sc, 1dec] x6 (18)
Rnd61. [1sc, 1dec] x6 (12)
Rnd62. [1sc, 1dec] x4 (8)
Finish to stuff the head and fasten off. Thread
the yarn tail into a tapestry needle and weave it
through the front loop of each remaining stitch.
Pull it tightly to close the opening and weave in
the yarn end.
– ARMS –
Make 2 with light brown.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd2. 6inc (12)
Rnd3-5. 12sc (12)
Rnd6. [2sc, 1dec] x3 (9)
Rnd7-19. 9sc (9)
Insert the wire structure inside the right
arm. Stuff the hands but don’t stuff the
rest of the arms.
Rnd20. [1sc, 1dec] x3 (6)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing the
arms onto the body between rounds 35 and 36.
Leave about 4 stitches between the arms in the
back of the body.
– EARS –
Make 2 with white.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd2. [1inc, 1sc] x3 (9)
Rnd3. [2sc, 1inc] x3 (12)
Rnd4-6. 12sc (12)
Rnd7. [4sc, 1dec] x2 (10)
With pink embroidery floss, embroider 3 little
stripes in the center of each ear. Flatten the
base of the ears and crochet both sides together
with a row of single crochet stitches. Fasten off,
leaving a long tail for sewing
HAIR STRANDS
Now, let’s make 6 hair strands. Remove the cap
from the head and insert the hook in the next
stitch, draw up a loop to join a new piece of
yarn, chain 38 and fasten off. Repeat in the
next 5 stitches as following:
2nd strand – ch39,
3rd strand – ch40,
4th strand – ch32,
5th strand – ch31,
6th strand – ch30.
Weave in the ends.
ASSEMBLY
Put the cap back on and divide the strands in
2 groups of 3, aligning the division as shown
below. Pin the cap in place and sew it to the
head with cotton yarn.
Twist 3 strands together to the right and 3 to
the left. Join all strands on the left side of the
head. Wrap them together a few times with
a piece of cotton yarn and tie a couple of knots
to make a side pony tail. Pin the strands in
place. Sew the hair strands onto the head
without leaving any space between them and
the hair cap. Trim the ends irregularly.
Note: You can use craft glue to attach the cap
and the hair strands to the head.
EARS
Now you can fold the base of the ears in half and
sew them to the cap between rounds 4 and 5,
aligned to the eyes.
– HAIR –
The cap and the hair strands are crocheted
using 1 strand of fluffy yarn and 1 strand of
cotton yarn in the same color and a 4,50mm
crochet hook. Crochet more loosely or try a
bigger hook.
HAIR CAP
Begin by making the cap.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd2. 6inc (12)
Rnd3. [1sc, 1inc] x6 (18)
Rnd4. [2sc, 1inc] x6 (24)
Rnd5-7. 24sc (24)
Try the cap on the head. There should be about
9 rounds between the hairline and the eyes. If
the cap is too short make one more round
of 24sc. Fasten off and weave in the end.
– HORN –
With acqua.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd2. 1inc, 5sc (7)
Rnd3. 3sc, 1inc, 3sc (8)
Rnd4. 1inc, 7sc (9)
Rnd5. 4sc, 1inc, 4sc (10)
Rnd6. 1inc, 9sc (11)
Rnd7. 5sc, 1inc, 5sc (12)
Rnd8. 1inc, 11sc (13)
Rnd9. 6sc, 1inc, 6sc (14)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. With
acqua embroidery floss, embroider the horn
in between rounds with back stitches. Stuff
the horn lightly and sew it onto the hair cap
between the ears.
– SMALL FLOWERS –
Make 5 small flowers. First, make 1 with lilac
embroidery floss and a 1,50mm hook. Ch10.
Row1. Skip 3, 2dc in the next st,
[3dc in the next st] x5, slst in the last st.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing it onto
the hair cap.
Now, make 2 with pink and 2 with acqua. Ch9.
Row1. Skip 3, 2dc in the next st,
[3dc in the next st] x4, slst in the last st.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing them
onto the hair cap.
Note: You can use craft glue to attach
the flowers to the cap.
– DRESS –
With white. Crochet more loosely or try a bigger
hook. Work in rows. Begin by making the skirt.
Ch15. Work rows 1-42 BLO.
Row1. Skip 1, 14sc, ch1, turn (14)
Row2-41. 14sc, ch1, turn (14)
Row42. 14sc (14)
Now, continue to crochet on the side to make
the upper part of the dress. Make the next stitch
in the same place where you made the last
stitch of the skirt.
Row1. [1sc, skip1] x22, ch1, turn (22)
Row2-3. 22sc, ch1, turn (22)
In the next row, we’ll make the armholes.
Row4. 3sc, 5ch, skip4, 8sc, 5ch, skip4, 3sc, ch1,
turn (24)
Row5. 3sc, 6sc in ch space, 8sc, 6sc in ch space,
3sc (26).
Put the dress on. If it’s
too short, undo the
last 2 rows, and make
1 or 2 more rows of
22sts before the row
where the armholes are
placed.
Fasten off leaving a long tail. With pink
embroidery floss, make a row of slip stitches
around the waist of the dress (between the skirt
and the upper part). Leave enough yarn tail at
the beginning and at the end to tie a bow after
you put the dress on and sew the ends together.
TIP: Put a dot of glue on the top of the bow
to so it won’t untie.
– CROCHET RIBBON –
With acqua. Chain45. Work all stitches
in the back ridge of the chain.
Row1. 44slst (44)
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
– FLOWER –
With pink. First, let’s make the base of the flower.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Work rounds 2-3 BLO.
Rnd2. 6inc (12)
Rnd3. [1sc, 1inc] x6 (18)
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Now, let’s make the petals in the remaining
loops of the base. Attach a new piece of yarn
in the first loop of the first round.
Rnd1. *Ch2, 2hdc* in the same stitch, 3hdc
in the 5 next stitches (18)
Rnd2. 2hdc in each stitch (24)
Rnd3. [1hdc, 2hdc] x9 (27)
Fasten off, and weave in the ends.
Fold the ribbon in half and sew it to the back
of the flower. Sew a safety pin to the back
of the flower so you can pin it either to the
dress or to the cape.
– CAPE –
With white. Crochet more loosely or try
a bigger hook. Work in rows. Chain31.
Row1. Skip1, 30sc, ch1, turn (30)
Row2. 30sc, ch1, turn (30)
Row3. [5sc, 1inc] x5, ch1, turn (35)
Row4. 35sc, ch1, turn (35)
Row5. 3sc, 1inc, [6sc, 1inc] x4, 3sc, ch1, turn (40)
Row6. 40sc, ch1, turn (40)
Now, continue to crochet on the side to make
2 button holes.
Row1. Ch4, skip1, 2slst, ch4, skip1, 1slts.
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
With acqua embroidery floss, make a row
of slip stitches between rows 2 and 3.
Fasten off and weave in the yarn ends.
Repeat between rows 4 and 5.
Sew 2 buttons on the other side of the cape.
Weave in all ends. Put the cape on.
SHOES –
First, let’s make the soles of the shoes.
Begin with acqua, and make 2 for each
shoe. Chain 7.
Rnd1. Skip 1, 1inc, 4sc, 4sc in the same
stitch, 4sc on the other side of the chain,
1inc (16)
Rnd2. 2inc, 4sc, 4inc, 4sc, 2inc (24)
Rnd3. [1sc, 1inc] x2, 4sc, [1sc, 1inc] x4, 4sc,
[1sc, 1inc] x2 (32)
Fasten off, and finish off as shown above.
This technique will create a ‘fake’ stitch.
Hold both soles together, wrong side
with wrong side. Insert the hook in the
‘fake’ stitch of one sole and in the directly
opposite stitch of the other sole.
Draw up a loop of white yarn and join both
soles together with a round of slip stitches.
Fasten off and weave in all the ends.
Now, let’s make the upper part of the shoes.
Work with a new piece of white yarn. Insert
the hook into both loops of first slip stitch
of the previous round and draw up a loop.
Make the next sc in the same stitch.
Rnd1-3. 32sc, slst in the first st, chain 1 (32)
Rnd4. 7sc, 9dec, 7sc, sl slst in the first st (23)
Chain approx. 20 to make the shoe strap
and fasten off. Put the shoes on and sew the
end of the strap to its beginning.
Weave in all ends.
FAY, THE WOODEN STICK
UNICORN
– LOLLYPOP STICK –
Take a approx. 12cm long wooden or plastic
lollypop. Spread craft glue on it and wrap it
with acqua embroidery floss, and let it dry.
– HEAD –
With white.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd2. 6inc (12)
Rnd3. [3sc, 1inc] x3 (15)
Rnd4. 2sc, 1inc, [4sc, 1inc] x2, 2sc (18)
Rnd5. [5sc, 1inc] x3 (21)
Rnd6. 3sc, 1inc, [6sc, 1inc] x2, 3sc (24)
In the next round we will begin to divide the
head in 2 parts. The first part will form the
muzzle and the other one, the neck.
Rnd7. Skip the next 9 stitches, [4sc, 1inc] x3 (18)
Rnd8-9. 18sc (18)
Stuff the head. Fasten off and weave in the end.
– MUZZLE –
With pink.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd2. 6inc (12)
Rnd3. [1sc, 1inc] x6 (18)
Rnd4. 18 (18)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing the
muzzle to the 9th round of the head.
Stuff as you sew. Weave in the ends.
Embroider the eyes with black embroidery
floss over rounds 6 and 7 of the head.
– NECK –
Attach a new piece of white yarn at round
6 of the head.
Rnd1. [2sc, 1inc] x3 (12)
Rnd2-4. 12sc (12)
Rnd5. [1sc, 1dec] x4 (8)
Fasten off. Stuff the neck. Put some craft
glue on one tip of the stick and insert it in the
opening. Thread the yarn tail into a tapestry
needle and weave it through the front loop of
each remaining stitch. Pull it tightly to close and
weave in the yarn end.
– HORN –
With acqua.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd2-5. 6sc (6)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
With acqua embroidery floss, embroider
the horn in between rounds with back stitches.
Sew the horn onto the head over rounds
3 and 4.
– EARS –
Make 2 with white. Chain 4.
Rnd1. Skip1, 2sc on one side of the chain, 2sc
in the next st, 2sc on the opposite side of the
chain, slst in the first sc.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing
the ears between rounds 2 and 3 of the head,
2 stitches apart.
– BRAIDED MANE –
Cut 9 pieces of lilac embroidery floss measuring
25 cm and fold them in half. Pass the loop
formed by the fold around the horn, and sew it
to the front of the horn.
In the back, divide the strands in 3 equal parts
and braid the mane until it has the same length
of the neck. Wrap the end of the braid a few
times with a piece of the same floss and secure
with a couple of knots. Glue the braid onto the
neck from the top to the bottom. Trim the ends.
– TINY FLOWERS –
Make 3: 1 with pink and 2 with acqua
embroidery floss and a 1,50mm crochet hook.
Rnd1. 6sc in MR (6)
Fasten off and weave in the ends. Use craft glue
to attach them to the head of the unicorn.
Now, bend the right arm of the doll so she can
hold her unicorn toy
