Plush Crochet Lion Amigurumi Free PDF Pattern

Greetings friends, today we are with you with crochet a lion amigurumi. First of all, I would like to thank the owner of the pattern for the cute plush crochet lion pattern, it was very cute. The cute plush crochet lion will be approximately 50 cm in size when completed. However, the size of the lion will change according to the yarn and crochet hook size you have chosen. The crochet toy head, body, arms and legs are all crocheting separately, then fixed. Now, without further ado, I invite you to a free amigurumi pattern instruction.

Plush Crochet Lion Amigurumi Free PDF Pattern

Designer: asenok.toys

Necessary materials

1. YarnArt Yarn “Dolce”: yellow (No. 761) – 2 pcs, brown (No. 775) – 1 pc, light yellow (No. 783) – 1 piece, a little pink (No. 750). Or its counterparts.
2. YarnArt “Jeans PLUS”: black (#53).
3. Hook – 4.0 or the one you usually knit with this yarn.
4. White felt.
5. Filler.
6. Eyes on a secure mount, diameter 20 mm.
7. Oval nose on a secure mount, diameters 20*15 mm.

Abbreviations

MR: Magic ring
Sc: Single crochet
Ch: Chain
Inc: Increase
Dec: Decrease

• The finished crochet lion measures approximately 50 cm.

Head

In yellow.
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 inc (24)
Rnd 4: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Rnd 5: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
Rnd 6: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
Rnd 7: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
Rnd 8: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
Rnd 9: (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)
Rnd 10: (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
Rnd 11: (10 sc, inc)*6 (72)
Rnd 12: (11 sc, inc)*6 (78)
Rnd 13: (12 sc, inc)*6 (84)
Rnd 14: (13 sc, inc)*6 (90)
Rnd 15-19: 90 sc (5 rnds)
Rnd 20: (13 sc, dec)*6 (84)
Rnd 21: (12 sc, dec)*6 (78)
Rnd 22: (11 sc, dec)*6 (72)
Rnd 23: (10 sc, dec)*6 (66)
Rnd 24: (9 sc, dec)*6 (60)
Rnd 25: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
Rnd 26: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
Rnd 27: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
Rnd 28: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
Rnd 29: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
Start stuffing your head. The part must be completely stuffed.
Rnd 30: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
Rnd 31: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
Rnd 32: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
Rnd 33: 6 dec
Cut the thread, fasten.

Ruff

We crocheting in brown. Do not stuff the part.
It is necessary to connect 18 details.
Rnd 1: Make a 9 ch. From 2 loops: 8 sc, ch, turn.
Rnd 2: dec, 4 sc, dec, ch, turn.
Rnd 3: dec, 2 sc, dec, ch, turn.
Rnd 4: 2 dec, ch, turn.
Rnd 5: dec
Cut the thread, fasten.

After 18 parts are connected, we will connect them.
To do this: take 2 triangles, tie them together. In the upper corner, crochet 3 sc in one loop.
Do not cut the thread after the two sides are tied. Immediately begin to tie the next triangle.

Sew the mane in the 17th row of the head. Important! The mane is not sewn along the entire diameter of the head, it is necessary to leave a place for attaching the body. The mane needs to be sewn tighter.

Muzzle

Crochet in light yellow. We do not fill the detail.

First detail:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2:6 inc (12)
Rnd 3:12 sc.
Cut the thread, fasten.

Second detail:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 sc.
We do not cut the thread, we continue crocheting further:
Rnd 4: 6 sc in 2 parts, 12 sc in 1 detail, 6 sc in 2 details (24)
Rnd 5: 24 sc
Rnd 6: (2 sc, dec) * 6 (18)
Rnd 7: (1 sc, dec) * 6 (12)
Rnd 8: 6 dec
Cut the thread, fasten. If you sew with the same thread, then leave a long tip.

Lip

You need 2 identical parts: pink and light yellow. We do not fill the detail.
Pink detail:
Rnd 1: Make a 4 ch.
From 2 loops: inc, 1 sc, 4 sc in 1 loop, 1 sc, inc (10)
Cut the thread and fasten off.

yellow detail:
Rnd 1: Make a 4 ch.
From 2 loops: inc, 1 sc, 4 sc in 1 loop, 1 sc, inc (10)
We do not cut the thread, we continue crocheting. Attach 2 parts wrong sides to each other:
Rnd 2: 2 inc, 1 sc, 4 inc, 1 sc, 2 inc.

Cut the thread, fasten. If you sew with the same thread, leave a long tip.

Ears (Make 2)

Looks like a mane, but you need to crochet 2 yellow and 2 pink details. We do not fill the detail.
Detail:
Rnd 1: Make a 9 ch. From 2 loops: 8 sc, ch, turn.
Rnd 2: dec, 4 sc, dec, ch, turn.
Rnd 3: dec, 2 sc, dec, ch, turn.
Rnd 4: 2 dec, ch, turn.
Rnd 5: dec
Cut the thread, fasten.

Fold the pink and yellow pieces wrong sides together. Tie around the perimeter with yellow thread. In the upper corner, crochet 3 sc in one loop.
Crochet 2 sides. Cut the thread, fasten. If you sew with the same thread, then leave a long tip.

Nose

If there is no finished spout, you can tie it. The part can be stuffed when sewing.
We crochet with black cotton yarn:
Rnd 1: 5 ch. From 2 loops: inc, 2 sc, 4 sc in 1 loop, 2 sc, inc (12)
Rnd 2: 2 inc, 2 sc, 4 inc, 2 sc, 2 inc (20)
Cut the thread, fasten. If you sew with the same thread, then leave a long tip.

If desired, you can embroider a highlight with a white thread.

Head decoration

1. From black cotton yarn, make a chain of ch. I got it: 140 ch. Sew in the center heads. The center of the head is the center of the 5th tip of the mane. If you do not want to dial the chain, then you can simply do a line of thread.

2. Attach the muzzle to the head, the upper part of the muzzle – this is about 2-3 rows of the head. Fix the muzzle needles, but do not sew!

3. Attach the lip under the muzzle, attach with a needle. Not sew.

4. Remove the muzzle, sew on the lip. I only sewed upper part.

5. After the lip is sewn, reattach the muzzle and sew it on.

It should look like this.

6. Sew on the ears between the 3-4 and 6-7 points of the mane.

7. Glue the nose and eyes. Thank you so much for visiting amigurumireceitas.com for the free crochet lion pattern.
Used eyes and nose on a secure mount. But it is difficult to stick them: thanks to the remaining leg, the part can pop out and peel off. So I sawed off the leg to get a flat piece.

Arms (Make 2)

Start in light yellow:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 inc (24)
Rnd 4: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Rnd 5: BLO- 30 sc
Change color to yellow.
Rnd 6-7: 30 sc (2 rnds)
Rnd 8: (8 sc, dec)*3 (27)
Rnd 9: 27 sc
Rnd 10: (7 sc, dec)*3 (24)
Rnd 11: 24 sc
Rnd 12: (6 sc, dec)*3 (21)
Rnd 13: 21 sc
Rnd 14: (5 sc, dec)*3 (18)
Rnd 15-16: 18 sc (2 rnds)
Rnd 17: (4 sc, dec)*3 (15)
Rnd 18-19: 15 sc (2 rnds)
Rnd 20: (3 sc, dec)*3 (12)
Rnd 21-22: 12 sc (2 rnds)

Fill your hands by about 1/3: plump at the bottom, then weakly.
Fold in half, knit 6 sc. Cut the thread, fasten.

Legs (Make 2)

Start in light yellow:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 inc (24)
Rnd 4: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
Rnd 5: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
Rnd 6: BLO- 36 sc
Change color to yellow.
Rnd 7-8: 36 sc (2 rnds)
Rnd 9: (10 sc, dec)*3 (33)
Rnd 10: 33 sc
Rnd 11: (9 sc, dec)*3 (30)
Rnd 12: 30 sc
Rnd 13: (8 sc, dec)*3 (27)
Rnd 14: 27 sc
Rnd 15: (7 sc, dec)*3 (24)
Rnd 16-18: 24 sc (3 rnds)
Rnd 19: (6 sc, dec)*3 (21)
Rnd 20-22: 21 sc (3 rnds)
Rnd 23: (5 sc, dec)*3 (18)
Rnd 24: 18 sc
Rnd 25: (4 sc, dec)*3 (15)
Rnd 26: 15 inc (30)
Rnd 27: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
Completely stuff your legs.
Cut the thread, fasten.

Tail

We crocheting in yellow, we do not stuff the part:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 sc
We continue to crochet 6 sc until the tail is 20 cm long.
At the tip of the tail, make loops of dark brown yarn.

Body

We crocheting in yellow, stuff the detail as we crochet:
Rnd 1: 6 ch. From 2 loops: inc, 3 sc, 4 sc in 1 loop, 3 sc, inc (14)
Rnd 2: 2 inc, 3 sc, 4 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (22)
Rnd 3: 2 sc on the body, 7 sc together with the leg, 4 sc, 7 sc together with the leg, 2 sc (22)
Rnd 4: 2 inc, 29 sc on the remaining leg, 4 inc, 29 sc on the remaining leg, 2 inc (74)

Rnd 5: (16 sc, inc)*4, 6 sc (78)
Rnd 6: (12 sc, inc)*6 (84)
Rnd 7-9: 84 sc (3 rnds)
Rnd 10: (12 sc, dec)*6 (78)
Rnd 11: 78 sc
Rnd 12: (11 sc, dec)*6 (72)
Rnd 13: 72 sc
Rnd 14: (10 sc, dec)*6 (66)
Rnd 15: 66 sc
Rnd 16: (9 sc, dec)*6 (60)
Rnd 17: 60 sc
Rnd 18: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
Rnd 19-20: 54 sc (2 rnds)
Rnd 21: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
Rnd 22-23: 48 sc (2 rnds)
Rnd 24: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
Rnd 25-27: 42 sc (3 rnds)
Rnd 28: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
Rnd 29: 36 sc
Rnd 30: We will crochet our hands, see that they run parallel to each other. 9 sc, 6 sc with hand, 12 sc, 6 sc with hand, 3 sc (36)
Rnd 31: 36 sc
Cut the thread, fasten. If you sew the body to the head with the same thread, then leave a long tip.

Button

We crocheting light yellow:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in MR
Rnd 2: 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3: 12 inc (24)
Cut the thread, fasten. If you sew with the same thread, then leave a long tip.

With black cotton thread, embroider 2 parallel stripes that imitate sewing on a button.
Or you can use a ready-made button of a suitable color, diameter 50 mm.

Assembly

1. Sew on a button
2. Sew the tail between the 6th and 7th rows of the body.
3. Next, we will make black stripes on the body, as shown in the figure:

You will need several pieces of black thread: 2 for the arms, 2 for the legs and 2 for the body. From black cotton yarn, you can make a chain of ch or simply cut off a piece of thread of a suitable length. Thank you so much for visiting amigurumireceitas.com for the free crochet lion pattern.
I made chains of ch, applied them to the body and watched enough or not, so the number of loops is not counted.
Body: The thread runs from about the middle of the leg to ¼ of the head.
Hands: The thread runs from one end of the fold to the other, hiding behind the fingers.
Legs: The thread divides the leg in half, hiding behind the toes.
4. Cut out a row of triangles from white felt and sew them onto the arms and legs.

This is what a row of triangles looks like:
For legs: length 12 cm, height 2-3 cm, for arms – 10 cm and height 2-3 cm.
Sew between black threads in the 5th row for the arms and in the 6th row for the legs.

Congratulations, you have completed the crochet lion amigurumi toy.

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