Designer: Lindsey_Crochets
Instagram: @lindsey_crochets
Hello Amigurumi Lovers…
One of the free amigurumi crochet patterns we will share today is the hamster, whose photos and design belong to Lindsey_Crochets. You can learn how to crochet these hamster using the free amigurumi pattern. Thanks to Lindsey_Crochet for this cute hamster.
Materials:
• 2.5 mm hook
• 4 mm hook
• Cotton Weight 4 Yarn: light brown, ivory/white, pink
• Himalayan Dolphin Baby Yarn (Weight 6, Super bulky)
I only used light brown and ivory, the colors I had on hand. You can use pink instead of white for the inner ears alternatively.
• 2 7 mm safety eyes
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Polyester fiber stuffing
• Stitch marker (to keep track of rows)
• Finishing/tapestry needle (to sew parts together, embroider nose, and weave in ends)
• Embroidery thread (or yarn) in black, white, and pink, embroidery needle
Head and Body:
Use a 2.5 mm hook (4 mm) and begin with light brown yarn.
R 1: ch 2, complete 7 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook (7)
R 2: inc. x 7 (14)
R 3: (sc, inc.) x 7 (21)
R 4: (2 sc, inc.) x 7 (28)
R 5: (3 sc, inc.) x 7 (35)
R 6: (4 sc, inc.) x 7 (42)
R 7-9 (3 rounds): 42 sc (42)
For rounds 10-26, black text indicates light brown yarn while blue text indicates a color change to ivory yarn. Beginning with round 27, the remainder will be crocheted with light brown yarn.
R 10: 16 sc, 2 sc, 6 sc, 2 sc, 16 sc (42)
R 11: 15 sc, 4 sc, 4 sc, 4 sc, 15 sc (42)
R 12: 14 sc, 6 sc, 2 sc, 6 sc, 14 sc (42)
R 13: 13 sc, 16 sc, 13 sc (42)
R 14: 12 sc, inc. x 4, 10 sc, inc. x 4, 12 sc (50)
R 15: 12 sc, 2 sc, (sc, inc.) x 3, 10 sc, (inc. sc) x 3, 2 sc, 12 sc (56)
R 16: dec. x 6, 32 sc, dec. x 6 (44)
R 17: 6 sc, dec., (sc, dec.) x 9, sc, dec., 6 sc (33)
Insert safety eyes in between rounds 13 and 14, 8 stitches apart. (Alternatively, you can embroider closed eyes on rounds 14, about 2.5 stitches wide and 5 stitches apart.) Embroider nose with pink yarn/embroidery thread in between eyes and in between rounds 14 and 15. If desired, use white yarn/embroidery thread to make a half circle framing the outer edge of each eye. The nose is about 2 stitches wide.
Finish embroidering the nose using black embroidery yarn to create a vertical line about 2 rounds long below the nose. Embroider whiskers on the sides of the face between rounds 15-16 and then between rounds 16-17. Each whisker should be about 2-3 stitches wide. Stuff the head and continue to stuff as you go.
R 18: 7 sc, dec., (sc, dec.) x 5, sc, dec., 6 sc (26)
R 19: (sc, inc.) x 4, (sc, inc.) x 5, (sc, inc.) x 4 (39)
R 20: 12 sc, inc., 12 sc, inc., 12 sc inc. (42)
R 21: 14 sc, 14 sc, 14 sc (42)
R 22: 15 sc, 12 sc, 15 sc (42)
R 23-24 (2 rounds): 16 sc, 10 sc, 16 sc (42)
