Free Crochet Griffin Amigurumi Pattern-Easy DIY Tutorial

By Abdel

Size

7 inches tall x 6½ inches wide

Materials:

Red Heart Super Saver worsted (100% acrylic; 364 yards (333 m) / 198 g) in Soft White
Red Heart Super Saver in Café Latte
Red Heart Super Saver in Saffron
US G-6 (4 mm) crochet hook
14 mm black safety eyes
Polyester fiberfill
Tapestry needle
Stitch markers
Scissors

Stitches Used:

Magic ring
Chain (ch)
Single crochet (sc)
Half double crochet (hdc)
Double crochet (dc)
Slip stitch (sl st)
Back loop only (BLO)
Picot (p)
Increase (inc)
Invisible decrease (dec)

Head and Body

Make 1
Make a magic ring in Soft White
Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring. [6 sts]
Round 2: Inc in each st around. [12 sts]

Round 3: *Sc in the next st, inc in the next st; rep from *5 more times. [18 sts]

Round 4: *Sc in the next 2 sts, inc in the next st; rep from *5 more times. [24 sts]

Round 5: *Sc in the next 3 sts, inc in the next st; rep from *5 more times. [30 sts]

Round 6: *Sc in the next 4 sts, inc in the next st; rep from *5 more times. [36 sts]

Round 7: *Sc in the next 5 sts, inc in the next st; rep from *5 more times. [42 sts]

Rounds 8–15: Sc in each st around. [8 rounds @ 42 sts] Insert 14 mm safety eyes between Rounds 11 and 12, 9 sts apart.

Round 16: *Sc in the next 5 sts, dec; rep from *5 more times. [36 sts]

Round 17: *Sc in the next 4 sts, dec; rep from *5 more times. [30 sts]

Begin stuffing the head and continue stuffing as you work the next few rounds.

Round 18: *Sc in the next 3 sts, dec; rep from *5 more times. [24 sts]

Round 19: *Sc in the next 2 sts, dec; rep from *5 more times. [18 sts]

Round 20: *Sc in the next st, dec; rep from *5 more times. [12 sts]

You’ve now finished the head and will begin increasing to make the body.

Round 21: *Sc in the next st, inc in the next st; rep from * 5 more times. [18 sts]

Round 22: *Sc in the next 2 sts, inc in the next st; rep from * 5 more times. [24 sts]

On the last st of Round 22, change to Café Latte.

Round 23: Sc into the BLO of each st around. [24 sts]

The front loops from Round 23 will be used to add the neck frill.

Rounds 24–27: Sc in each st around. [4 rounds @ 24 sts]

Before continuing the body, we’ll be adding the neck frill to the front loops from Round 23. Pull the working loop of the Café Latte yarn wide so that you don’t accidentally undo any stitches on the body.

Neck Frill

Make 1 in Soft White

Insert your hook into the first front loop of Round 23 and pick up the Soft White yarn and pull it through, leaving a short tail similar to a color change tail.

Ch 1 to secure the yarn in place.

Round 1: Sc in the same space as the ch 1, make a picot: Ch 3 and make a sl st in the back bump of the third chain from the hook . . .

We’re now going to continue making picots around the neck to give it a jagged, feathery look.

. . . *sc in the next 2 sts, p; rep from * 10 more times, sc in the next st. [24 sc with 12 p]

You’ve now made it back to the beginning of the round. Fasten off the yarn, leaving a short tail and weave in the ends.

Continue with the Body.

Insert your hook into the working loop of the Café Latte yarn and pull the working yarn snug.

Round 28: *Sc in the next 3 sts, inc in the next st; rep from * 5 more times. [30 sts]

Rounds 29–31: Sc in each st around. [3 rounds @ 30 sts]

Make sure the head is fully stuffed and begin stuffing the shoulders; continue stuffing as you work the remaining rounds.

Round 32: *Sc in the next 3 sts, dec; rep from * 5 more times. [24 sts]

Round 33: *Sc in the next 2 sts, dec; rep from * 5 more times. [18 sts]

Round 34: *Sc in the next st, dec; rep from * 5 more times. [12 sts]

Round 35: Dec in each pair of st around. [6 sts]

Fasten off the yarn, leaving a short tail of 6 to 8 inches for closing the body. Add any extra stuffing,

then use a tapestry needle to weave the tail through the front loops of the last round. Pull the tail tight to close the body and weave in the end, then set aside.

Beak

Make 1 in Saffron
Make a magic ring.

Round 1: Sc 4 in magic ring. [4 sts]

Round 2: Sc in the next st, inc in the next 2 sts, sc in the next st. [6 sts]

Round 3: Sc in each st around. [6 sts]

Round 4: Sc in the next 2 sts, inc in the next 2 sts, sc in the next 2 sts. [8 sts]

Round 5: Sc in each st around. [8 sts]

Round 6: *Sc in the next st, inc in the next st; rep from * 3 more times. [12 sts]

Round 7: Sc in each st around. [12 sts]

Fasten off the yarn, leaving a medium tail of 14 to 16 inches for attaching it to the head, then set aside.

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Feather Tufts

Make 2 in Soft White
Ch 7.

Row 1: Sc in second ch from hook, sc in the next st, hdc in the next 2 sts, dc in the next 2 sts. [6 sts]

Fasten off the yarn, leaving a medium tail for attaching to the head, then set aside.

Arms

Make 2

Make a magic ring in Saffron.

Round 1: Sc 5 in magic ring. [5 sts]

Round 2: Inc in each st around. [10 sts]

Rounds 3–5: Sc in each st around. [3 rounds @ 10 sts]

On the last st of Round 8, change to Café Latte.

Rounds 6–16: Sc in each st around. [11 rounds @ 10 sts]

Round 17: Dec in each pair of st around. [5 sts]

Stuff the arms as you go, using just enough stuffing so they keep their shape but remain supple and pliable.

Fasten off the yarn, leaving a medium tail for closing the arm and attaching it to the body. Use a tapestry needle to weave the tail through the front loops of the last round. Pull the tail tight to close the arm, then set aside.

Legs

Make 2

Make a magic ring in Café Latte.

Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring. [6 sts]

Round 2: *Sc 3 in the next st, inc in the next st, sc in the next st; rep from *1 more time. [12 sts]

Round 3: Sc in the next st, inc in the next 3 sts, sc in the next 3 sts, inc in the next 3 sts, sc in the next 2 sts. [18 sts]

Round 4: Sc in the next st, *sc in the next st, inc in the next st; rep from *2 more times; sc in the next 3 sts, *sc in the next st, inc in the next st; rep from *2 more times; sc in the next 2 sts. [24 sts]

Rounds 5–7: Sc in each st around. [3 rounds @ 24 sts]

Round 8: Dec in the next 6 pairs of st, sc in the next 12 sts. [18 sts]

Round 9: *Sc in the next st, dec; rep from *5 more times. [12 sts]

You’ve completed the foot. Add a little bit of stuffing and continue to stuff as you work the leg.

Rounds 10–17: Sc in each st around. [8 rounds of 12 sts]

Finish stuffing the leg.

Round 18: Dec in each pair of st around. [6 sts]

Fasten off the yarn, leaving a medium tail for closing the leg and attaching it to the body. Use a tapestry needle to weave the tail through the front loops of the last round. Pull the tail tight to close the leg, then set aside.

Wings

Make 2 in Café Latte

To make the wings, we start with 3 separate cones that will be crocheted together.

Cones 1 and 2

Make a magic ring.

Round 1: Sc 6 in magic ring. [6 sts]

Round 2: *Sc in the next 2 sts, inc in the next st; rep from * 1 more time. [8 sts]

Round 3: *Sc in the next 3 sts, inc in the next st; rep from * 1 more time. [10 sts]

Fasten off the yarn, leaving a short tail. Place a removable stitch marker in the very last sc you made in Round 3. When it comes time to join the three cones together, this is where you will make your first st.

Cone 3 and the Rest of the Wing

For cone 3, repeat the steps for cones 1 and 2 but do not fasten off the yarn.

Now that you have 3 separate cones, we need to join them together. Begin your round on cone 3 (the current cone).

Round 4: Sc in the next 4 sts . . .

Pick up one of the other cones and make your next st where you placed the removable stitch marker.

. . . sc in the next 5 sts on the second cone . . .

Pick up the last cone and make your next st where you placed the removable stitch marker.

. . . sc in the next 5 sts on the last cone . . .

This is the halfway point for this round. You should have 3 cones that are connected on the front. Now we need to make our way back to the beginning of the round.

. . . sc in the next 5 sts, sc in the next 5 sts on the middle cone, sc in the next 5 sts on the first cone.

You’re now back to the beginning of the round. The 3 cones with 10 sts have now become a single round of 30 sts. Continue working in the round as normal.

[30 sts]

Round 5: Sc in each st around. [30 sts]

Round 6: *Sc in the next 3 sts, dec; rep from * 5 more times. [24 sts]

Round 7: Sc in each st around. [24 sts]

Round 8: *Sc in the next 2 sts, dec; rep from * 5 more times. [18 sts]

Round 9: Sc in each st around. [18 sts]

Round 10: *Sc in the next st, dec; rep from * 5 more times. [12 sts]

Round 11: Sc in each st around. [12 sts]

Round 12: Dec in each pair of st around. [6 sts]

Fasten off the yarn, leaving a long tail of 20 to 22 inches for attaching to the body. Use a tapestry needle to weave the tail through the front loops of the last round. Pull the tail tight to close the wing, then insert your yarn needle through the center of the last round and out near the tip of one of the outside cones; set aside.

Assembly

Gather all the pieces, a tapestry needle, and a pair of scissors.

Stuff and attach the beak, centered in between the eyes, so the top edge lines up with the center of the eyes. The tip of the beak should be pointing down.
Attach the feather tufts to the top of the head so the inside edge of each tuft is around Round 3 of the head and the tufts are pointing toward the back. Stitch along the bottom edge of each tuft.
Set your Griffin on a flat surface. Grab one of the legs, set it on the flat surface with the foot pointing up, and place it next to the body. With the leg positioned so the foot is out in front of the body, stitch the top edge of the leg to the side of the body. The top of the leg should be around 7 sts away from the center of the belly. Repeat these steps on the other side with second leg.
With the Griffin still sitting on the flat surface, grab one of the arms. Set the bottom
of the arm on the flat surface in between the legs. Lean the arm against the body so the top of the arm sits between where the leg is attached and the head; stitch the top edge where it connects to the body. Repeat these steps on the other side with the second arm.
Attach the wings to the back of the body, about halfway between the base of the body and the neck frill, 3 sts apart, and evenly spaced from the center. Stitch along the edge of the cone.
For the talons on the arms, take a medium strand of Soft White yarn and embroider 3 vertical lines, 2 rounds long, at the bottom of the arm. The middle talon should be in the center and the other 2 talons should be 1 st away on either side. Repeat these steps on the other arm.
For the claws on the legs, take a medium strand of Soft White yarn and embroider 3
vertical lines spanning Rounds 4 to 6 of the foot. The middle claw should be centered on the top of the foot and the other 2 claws should be 1 st away on either side. Repeat
these steps on the other leg.
For the tail, cut 6 strands of Café Latte at around 25 to 30 inches. Use your hook to pull
the strands halfway through the stitches at the center back bottom. Divide the strands
into 3 groups of 4 and braid them to the desired length, roughly 1½ inches. Secure the
braid with a knot and trim the excess strands to leave a 1-inch fringe.