The finished crochet reindeer measures approximately 13cm,

Materials

• Yarn, used:
– Cotton kings 8/4 100% cotton nr 222- body
– Cotton kings 8/4 100& cotton nr 176- horns, snout
– Rainbow 8/4 100% cotton nr 58- red nose
• Pieces of yarn (black, white) to embroider eyes
• Crochet hook 2.5mm
• Soft stuffing
• Needle for sewing
• Scissors

Abbreviations

MR– magic ring
Sc– single crochet
Sl st– slip stitch
Ch– chain
Inc– increase
Dec– decrease
(…)– repeat until the end of the round
Rnd– round

We start the crochet reindeer amigurumi pattern from the head first, friends.

Head

Rnd 1: 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)*6 (12)
Rnd 3: (1sc,inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2sc,inc)*6 (24)
Rnd 5: (3sc,inc)*6 (30)
Rnd 6: (4sc,inc)*6 (36)
Rnd 7: (5sc,inc)*6 (42)
Rnd 8: (6sc,inc)*6 (48)
Rnd 9-17: sc 48
Rnd 18: (6sc,dec)*6 (42)
Rnd 19: (5sc,dec)*6 (36)
Rnd 20: (4sc,dec)*6 (30)
Rnd 21: (3sc,dec)*6 (24)
Rnd 22: (2sc,dec)*6 (18)
Rnd 23: (1sc,dec)*6 (12)
Rnd 24: (dec)*6 (6)

Close the opening. After the head part is completed, let’s move on to crochet the nose part.

Snout

Rnd 1: 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)*6 (12)
Rnd 3: (1sc,inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4: (2sc,inc)*6 (24)
Rnd 5: sc 24

Nose

Rnd 1: 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: (1sc,inc)*3, slst (9)

Before sewing to the head snout, sew to it the nose.
We also made the nose of the crocheted reindeer, now we move on to the ears.

Ears (Make 2)

Rnd 1: 4sc in MR (4)
Rnd 2: (1sc,inc)*2 (6)
Rnd 3: (1sc,inc)*3 (9)
Rnd 4: (2sc,inc)*3 (12)
Rnd 5: (3sc,inc)*3 (15)
Rnd 6-10: sc 15

After completing the reindeer’s ears, we make its antlers.

Horns

Big:
Rnd 1: 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: (1sc,inc)*3 (9)
Rnd 3-8: sc 9
Small:
Rnd 1: 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2-3: sc 6

Sew the small parts approximately in the middle of the big ones.
After crocheting the reindeer’s ears and antlers, we can move on to making the arms.

Arm (Make 2)

Rnd 1: 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: (1sc,inc)*3 (9)
Rnd 3-15: sc 9

Fold the opening and crochet both sides together.
We have also crocheted the arms of the crocheted reindeer, now we will embroider the legs step by step.

Legs (Make 2)

Leg 1:
Rnd 1: 6sc in MR (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)*6 (12)
Rnd 3: (1sc,inc)*6 (18)
Rnd 4: sc 18
Rnd 5: 3dec,12sc (15)
Rnd 6-8: sc 15

Leg 2:
Repeat rnd 1-8, but not cut the yarn. Make 3 chain stitches and join both legs.

After processing the leg parts of the reindeer in 2 steps, we can move on to the body.

Body

Rnd 1: 15sc (around 1 leg)
+ 3 sc in the chains
+ 15 sc (around 2 leg)
+ 3 sc in the chains- 36
Rnd 2-5: sc 36
Rnd 6: (5sc,inc)*6 (42)
Rnd 7-12: sc 42
Rnd 13: (5sc,dec)*6 (36)
Rnd 14: sc 36
Rnd 15: (4sc,dec)*6 (30)
Rnd 16-17: sc 30
Rnd 18: (3sc,dec)*6 (24)
Rnd 19-20: sc 24

After crocheting all the parts of the reindeer beautifully, we combine them all in the last part.

Assembling

Sew the head to the body. Sew the ears to the head.
(between round 10-11) Sew the horns to the head.
(between round 6-10) Sew snout to the head.
(between round 11-19)
Emroider eyes (between round 11-13)
Sew the arms to the body equally on both sides.
You can make a scarf for renio the reindeer.

Designer
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