Crochet mouse free pattern

Make this sweet little crochet mouse to give to your little one. To create this toy you will need YarnArt Jeans yarn and 2.5 mm crochet hook.

Designed and photos by @lazy.toy
Translated by Amiguroom Toys

Materials:

• Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (color 49 and 74)
• Hook size: 2.5 mm
• 6.0 mm safety eyes
• Sewing needle and scissors
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
(…)*6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated

Amigurumi mouse free pattern

Head
Start crochet from nose.
With pink yarn:
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
R 3: (1 sc, dec)*2 (4)
Change to grey yarn:
R 4: (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
R 5: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
R 6: (20 sc, inc)*3 (12)
R 7: (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
R 8: (4 sc, inc)*3 (18)
R 9: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 10: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 11: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 12-16: 36 sc (5 rows)
Insert safety eyes between R 10 and R 11 at the distance of 6 st from each other.
R 17: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 18: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 19: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 20: (1 sc, dec) *6 (12)
F.o.

Embroider eye brows and mouth with black yarn.

Ears

Make 2 with pink yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
F.o.

Make 2 with grey yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
Don’t cut the yarn!

Put out pink part and grey part of the ear together with inner part (wrong side to wrong side) and crochet through both parts with grey yarn:
R З: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew ears to the head.

Tail
With pink yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2-15: 6 sc (14 rows)
Fold top of tail flat and 2 sc through both sides across.
F.o.

Arms (make 2)
With pink yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2-4: 6 sc (3 rows)
Change to grey yarn:
R 5-9: 6 sc
Fold top of arm flat and 2 sc through both sides across.
F.o.

Legs (make 2)
With pink yarn:
R 1. 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (2 sc, inc)*2 (8)
R 3: 8 sc
Change to grey yarn:
R 4-5: 8 sc
Don’t cut the yarn when you will finish the second leg!

From second leg: 4 ch, join with the first leg.
R 1: 8 sc on the first leg, 4 sc in 4 ch, 8 sc on the second leg, 4 sc in 4 ch (opposite side) (24)
Continue crocheting the body in the round:
R 2: 8 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc (28)
R 3: 28 sc
In the next row we’ll join the tail.
R 4: 24 sc, 2 sc together with sc of the tail, 2 sc (28)
R 5: 28 sc
R 6: 5 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 9 sc (26)
R 7: 26 sc
R 8: 4 sc, dec, 10 sc, dec, 8 sc (24)
R 9: 24 sc
R 10: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 11: 18 sc
R 12: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
In the next row we’ll join the arms.
R 13: 2 sc, 2 sc together with sc of the 1st arm, 4 sc, 2 sc together with sc of the 2nd arm, 2 sc (12)
R 14: 12 sc
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew head to the body.