Crochet Amigurumi Ryan The Lion Idea

Get ready to create a cuddly companion with the Crochet Amigurumi Ryan The Lion Pattern. This step-by-step guide will help you make a friendly, adorable lion toy.

The Crochet Amigurumi Ryan, The Lion Pattern, is a lovely creation ideal for hobbyists with intermediate crochet skills. This pattern instructs you to make a playful lion, Ryan, featuring a structured body, expressive facial features, and a voluminous mane. This detailed guide ensures a charming 3D figure radiating warmth and friendliness.

Step-by-step Guide

Materials:

• Fingering weight yarn in orange, brown, white, black, and cream
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• 9 mm safety eyes
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch marker (optional)
• Embroidery floss (optional)

Pattern:

Body:

1. Using orange yarn, make a magic ring.
2. Crochet 6 single crochets (sc) into the ring.
3. Increase by crocheting two sc in each stitch around. You should now have 12 sc.
4. Continue crocheting in rounds of sc, increasing six sc evenly spaced each round until you have 36 sc.
5. Stuff the body firmly with fiberfill as you crochet.
6. Continue crocheting in rounds of SC without increasing until the body is the desired length.
7. Place a stitch marker at the end of the round to mark the belly.
8. Crochet two rounds of SC without increasing.
9. Decrease by crocheting two sc together in each stitch around.
10. Continue decreasing in this way until there are only a few stitches left.
11. Pull the remaining yarn tight and tie it off. Weave in the ends.

Head:

1. With orange yarn, make a magic ring.
2. Crochet 6 sc into the ring.
3. Increase by crocheting two sc in each stitch around. You should now have 12 sc.
4. Continue crocheting in rounds of sc, increasing 6 sc evenly spaced each round until you have 30 sc.
5. Stuff the head firmly with fiberfill as you crochet.
6. Continue crocheting in rounds of SC without increasing until the head is the desired size.
7. Place a stitch marker at the end of the round to mark the bottom of the head.
8. Crochet two rounds of SC without increasing.
9. Decrease by crocheting two sc together in each stitch around.
10. Continue decreasing in this way until there are only a few stitches left.
11. Pull the remaining yarn tight and tie it off. Weave in the ends.

Legs:

1. Make four legs the same way as the body, but use brown yarn and start with eight sc in the magic ring instead of 6 sc.

Ears:

1. Make two ears by cropping a chain of 8 sc, then turning and cropping back down the chain, making a sc in each stitch.
2. Decrease by crocheting two sc together in each stitch around.
3. Repeat step 2 until there are only two stitches left.
4. Pull the remaining yarn tight and tie it off. Weave in the ends.

Tail:

1. Make a chain of 10 sc.
2. Turn and crochet down the chain, making a sc in each stitch.
3. Repeat step 2 until the tail is the desired length.
4. Stuff the tail lightly with fiberfill.
5. Pull the remaining yarn tight and tie it off. Weave in the ends.

Assembly:

1. Sew the legs to the body, placing them evenly around the bottom.
2. Sew the ears to the top of the head, on either side of the crown.
3. Sew the tail to the back of the body, at the base of the spine.
4. Glue on the safety eyes, placing them on the face between the stitch markers you placed earlier.
5. Embroider a nose and mouth with black embroidery floss.

Mane:

1. Crochet a chain of the desired length using eyelash yarn in the desired color for the mane.
2. Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail.
3. Insert the hook under a strand of yarn on the body of the lion, near the neck.
4. Pull the long tail of the eyelash yarn through the loop on your hook.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4, crocheting the eyelash yarn strands all the way around the neck of the lion to create the mane.
6. Tie off the yarn and weave in the ends.

Tips:

• You can customize your lion by using different yarn colors for the mane and tail.
• If you are uncomfortable embroidering a nose and mouth, use safety eyes instead.