The free crochet pattern for the Amigurumi squirrel girl was inspired by all the friends we see during our wanderings in the Finnish forest. It is also a representation of a Girl Scout or Nature Child. Always so curious and social! This crochet project has many different parts and you will learn how to felt parts for your Amigurumis, how to ensemble different limbs in your Amigurumis and more. This is a crochet project suitable if you have some practice already in crochet. Additionally you will find that Squirrel girl has a small companion of adventures!, a little squirrel that is suitable for beginners.
Click here if you want to check the pattern for the little squirrel.
This pattern is also available in Finnish.
Materials needed
Brown yarn of 4 mm
Any peach yarn in 4 mm.
Yellow yarn in mustard or yellow color
White yarn 4mm
Three pairs of safety eyes
A pair of Safety Noses
Brown felt: Brown worsted yarn or Novita hahtuvainen Tummanruskean 651 if you live in Finland
Fiberfill stuffing, cotton or foam.
Thin lace used in scrapbooking.
White and brown pressed felt.
HOOK SIZE:
For this pattern I am using a 4 mm hook but you can use a smaller or bigger. The bigger the hook the less tight the stitches and the bigger your amigurumi. If you use the hook I am recommending in this pattern and tour fabric still looks loose (you can see the stuffing) you should use a smaller hook.
Abbreviations:
Sts: Stitches
ch: chain
Sc: single crochet
sc2tog: single crochet 2 stitches together
2sc: two single crochet
HEAD ( In peach color)
Round 1 - sc 5 into mr (5 sts)
Round 2 - 2sc around (10sts)
Round 3 - [2sc in next st, 1sc in next st] (15sts)
Round 4 - [2sc in next st, 2sc in next st] (20sts)
Round 5 - [2sc in next st, 3sc in next st] (25sts)
Round 6- []2sc in next st, 4sc in next st] (30sts)
Round 7- [2sc in next st, 5 sc in next st] (35sts)
Round 8- [2sc in next st, 6 sc in next st] (40sts)
Round 9- sc around 4 times (40 sts)
Round 10- sc 2 tog, 6 sc (35sts)
Round 11- sc 2 tog, 5 sc (30sts)
Round 12- sc 2 tog, 4 sc (25sts)
Round 13- sc2 tog, 3 sc (20sts)
Install safety eyes
Round 14- sc 2 tog, 2 sc (15sts)
Round 15- sc 2 tog, 1 sc (10sts)
Round 16- sc 2 tog (5sts)
Fasten off leaving a tail to sew to the body
To finish sew a smiley mouth with black thread and add some blush with makeup.
How to Install safety eyes
Take the eyes and insert them in one of the holes ofthe head. Be sure of placing them in the desired spot and add the safety plastic in the behind press until hearing a click and test if the eye is secured correctly by pulling carefully.
HAIR (in mustard or yellow color)
Cut as many pieces as you want of the hair in the desired length and volume of your dolls hair. You can cut them all at once by rolling your yarn around a piece of paper and cutting in one end . once you have the desired amount as in the picture. Sew in the middle of your amigurumi and follow the line until the back of the head. Style the hair of your Amigurumi in any way you want, be creative!
HAT (brown yarn)
Round 1 – sc 6 into magic ring (6 sts)
Round 2- 2 sc around (12 sts)
Round 3 - [ 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st] around (18 sts)
Round 4 - [ 2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] around (24 sts)
Round 5 - [ 2 sc in next st, 3 sc in next st] around (30 sts)
Round 6 - [ 2 sc in next st, 4 sc in next st] around (36) sts
Round 7 - [ 2 sc in next st, 5 sc in next st] around (42 sts)
Round 8 - [ 2 sc in next st, 6 sc in next st] around (48 sts)
Round 9 - sc around 5 times (48 sts)
Round 10 - [ sc 2 tog, 6 sc] around (42 sts)
Round 11 – sc around 4 times (42 sts)
Fasten off.
EARS OF THE HAT (Make two in brown color)
Round 1- sc 4 into m.r (4 sts)
Round 2 - [ 2sc in next st, 1 sc] in next five sts (8 sts)
Round 3 – [2sc in next st, 2 sc] in next three sts (12 sts)
Round 4 – [2sc in next st, 3 sc] in next three st (16 sts)
Fasten off
Install eyes in the desired spot of the hat leaving space to place the mouth between them.
NOSE OF THE HAT (In brown color)
Round 1 – sc 5 into m.r (5sts)
Round 2 – 2sc around (10 sts)
Round 3 – [2sc in next st, 1 sc in next st] around (15 sts)
Round 4 – sc around
install safety nose. If you do not have a safety nose you can embroider one with black thread
Sew nose to the hat between the eyes.
Add small accessories to the squirrel face such as teeth and decoration for the ears with pressed felt. I recommend using ”puuliima” to glue the teeth carefully to the wool.
ADDING THE TEETH TO THE HAT
Cut two small pieces of white felt and glue them under the nose with “puulima” or wood glue that is very hard and good to keep things in place.
BODY (In brown color)
Round 1 - sc 5 into mr (5 sts)
Round 2 - 2sc around (10 sts)
Round 3- [2sc in next st, 1sc in next st] (15 sts)
Round 4 - [2sc in next st, 2sc in next st] (20 sts)
Round 5 - [2sc in next st, 3sc in next st] (25 sts)
Round 6 - [2sc in next st, 4sc in next st] (30 sts)
Round 7 - [2sc in next st, 5 sc in next st] (35 sts)
Round 8 - [2sc in next st, 6 scin next st] (40 sts)
Round 9 - sc around 6 times (40 sts)
Round 10- sc 2 tog, 6 sc (35 sts)
Round 11 - sc 2 tog, 5 sc (30 sts)
Round 12 - sc 2 tog, 4 sc (25 sts)
Round 13 - sc 2 tog, 3 sc(20 sts)
Round 14 - sc 2 tog, 2 sc (15 sts)
Round 15 - sc 2 tog, 1 sc (10 sts)
Round 16 - sc 2 tog (5 sts)
Fasten off.
PATCH OF THE BELLY: (optional)
With brown felt, needle felt a small circle in the belly of the body, you can make it directly in the doll being careful of not making it too big.
DRESS (In brown color):
Once you have the body and the head assembled, take a piece of wool in the same brown color of the body. Counting from the bottom row start with a sc in the 6th row from down to up.
Sc around 6 times
Fasten off.
DRESS SLEEVES: (Make two in brown color)
Rnd 1- sc 5 into magic ring (5 sts)
Rnd 2- 2sc around (10 sts)
Rnd 3- [2sc in next sc, 1sc in next st](15 sts)
Rnd 4- [2sc in next sc, 2sc in next st](20 sts)
Rnd 5-9 - sc around (20 sts)
Fasten off.
ARMS: (make two in skin color yarn):
Rnd 1- sc 4 into magic ring (4 sts)
Rnd 2- 2sc around (8 sts)
Rnd 3- [2sc in next sc, 1sc in next st] (12 sts)
Finger:
In next sc on hook ch 3 and sc in each, continue with, sc around
Rnd 4-18 - sc around (12 sts)
Fasten off.
INSTALLATION OF SLEEVES AND ARMS:
Place the arm inside the sleeve and sew them together. Repeat the same process with the other hand and sew both the completed arms with sleeves to the body.
LEGS Make two:
Starting with white:
Round 1 - sc 5 into mr (5sts)
Round 2 – 2 sc around (10)
Round 3 – [2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st] around (15 sts)
Round 4 - sc around 6 times (15 sts)
Switch to peach
Round 5 - Sc around 8 times (15 sts)
Shoes (Make two in brown color)
Round 1 - sc 5 into mr (5sts)
Round 2 – 2 sc around (10)
Round 3 – [2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st] around (15 sts)
Round 4 – [2 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] around (20 sts)
Round 5 – sc around 11 times (20 sts)
Round 6- [sc 2 tog, 1 sc in next sc] around (15 sts)
TAIL(In brown color):
Materials needed:
1. Brown felt
2. Needle for felting
3. Thread and needle for sewing
How to make the tail:
1. Take a piece of felt of approximately 5 cm long and in a piece of foam start felting a flat tail with the needle.
Continue felting until the felt gets a consistent texture.
2. Sew the bottom part in the beginning of the body where the hips of the amigurumi are.
3. Take the top part of the felted tail and roll it in spiral to the middle of the tail. Sew it to the body.
In small scale follow the same steps to make the tail of the squirrel friend.
ASSEMBLING THE AMIGURUMI:
1. Sew the head to the body with the tail of the head. Use a tapestry needle
2. Crochet the dress.
3. Add the arms and dress sleeves that were previously assembled.
4. Sew the legs with a tapestry needle and brown yarn
5. Sew the tail in the bottom part of the body
6. Add decorative details such as lace in the socks, felt in the ears, teeth and blush in the cheeks.
In this following post we will show you more in detail how to ensemble the Amigurumi.
AMIGURUMI KEYCHAIN COMPANION
This little squirrel is the companion of our Squirrel girl, it is based in one of our patterns for beginners that you can find in this link.
For a complete list of all our patterns click here
BODY: (In brown color)
Round 1- Sc 6 into magic Ring (6 sts)
Round 2- 2sc in each st around (12 sts)
Round 3- [2sc in next st,sc in next st]around (18 sts)
Round 4- [2sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts]around (24 sts)
Round 5-[2sc in next st,sc in next 3 sts]around (30 sts)
Round 6- [2sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts]around (36 sts)
Round 7 to 10- Sc around (36 sts)
Round 11- [Inv.Dec. in next st, sc in next 4 sts] around (30 sts)
Round 12- [Inv.Dec. in next st, sc in next 3 sts] around (24 sts)
Round 13- [Inv.Dec. in next st, sc in next 2 sts] around (18 sts)
Round 14- [Inv.Dec. in next st, sc in next st] around (12 sts)
Round 14- [Inv. Dec.]around (6 sts)
Fasten off, weave the ends
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE NOSE, FEET, TEETH AND TAIL:
NOSE
With black thread embroider a cute little nose and the line of the mouth.
FEET
For the feet we use brown felt.
Draw 4 circles of the size of a quarter (European Ninjas can use 50 cents) onto the brown felt and sew two together. Once you have both feet ready, sew them to the bottom of the body.
TEETH
Cut a small white felt square and glue it under the nose of the squirrel (wood glue works very well)
TAIL
Cut two rectangles of brown felt measuring 6cm x 3cm each and sew them together. Take the end of the rectangle, roll it two times and sew it with brown thread. Sew the remaining length of the tail on the bottom of the body close to the feet.
You are done! Congratulations in completing your Squirrel girl. If you liked this tutorial remember to support us by liking our page and share this pattern with your friends!
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