Free amigurumi cute horse pattern

This amigurumi horse holding a gift box is so cute and the pattern is free! With this crochet pattern you will get a horse toy about 14 cm (5.5″) high with a hat. The body and head of the crochet horse are made as one piece. Other parts are worked separately and sewn on afterwards.

Designed and photos by @toys_by_katerina
Translated by Amiguroom Toys

Materials:

• Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (1⁄2 skein)
• Hook size: 2.0 mm
• 8-9 mm half black beads for eyes
• Black and white sewing threads
• 7 mm beads with numbers (optional)
• Sewing and tapestry needles
• Scissors
• Sewing pins
• Stitch marker
• Fabric glue
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations (US terms):
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
dec = decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
F. o. = finish off
BLO = back loop only
(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

Free amigurumi horse pattern

Head-body (one piece)
Stuff as you go.
With main color yarn:
Make 11 ch. Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 9 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 8 sc, inc (22)
R 2: inc, 8 sc, 3 inc, 8 sc, 2 inc (28)
R 3: 1 sc, inc, 8 sc, (1 sc, inc)*3, 8 sc, (1 sc, inc)*2 (34)
R 4: 2 sc, inc, 8 sc, (2 sc, inc)*3, 8 sc, (2 sc, inc)*2 (40)
R 5: 3 sc, inc, 8 sc, (3 sc, inc)*3, 8 sc, (3 sc, inc)*2 (46)
R 6: 4 sc, inc, 8 sc, (4 sc, inc)*3, 8 sc, (4 sc, inc)*2 (52)
R 7: 5 sc, inc, 8 sc, (5 sc, inc)*3, 8 sc, (5 sc, inc)*2 (58)
R 8: 6 sc, inc, 8 sc, (6 sc, inc)*3, 8 sc, (6 sc, inc)*2 (64)
R 9-34: 64 sc (26 rows)
R 35: 6 sc, dec, 8 sc, (6 sc, dec)*3, 8 sc, (6 sc, dec)*2 (58)
R 36: 5 sc, dec, 8 sc, (5 sc, dec)*3, 8 sc, (5 sc, dec)*2 (52)
R 37: 4 sc, dec, 8 sc, (4 sc, dec)*3, 8 sc, (4 sc, dec)*2 (46)
R 38: 3 sc, dec, 8 sc, (3 sc, dec)*3, 8 sc, (3 sc, dec)*2 (40)
R 39: 2 sc, dec, 8 sc, (2 sc, dec)*3, 8 sc, (2 sc, dec)*2 (34)
R 40: 1 sc, dec, 8 sc, (1 sc, dec)*3, 8 sc, (1 sc, dec)*2 (28)
Sew the top opening closed.
F. o.

Arms (make 2)
Start with white color yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: 12 sc
Change to main color yarn:
R 4-18: 12 sc (15 rows)
Stuff ​⅓ full.
Fold top of arm flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Legs (make 2)
Start with white color yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: 12 sc
Change to main color yarn:
R 4-13: 12 sc (10 rows)
Crochet additional 5 sc.
Stuff ​⅓ full.
Fold top of leg flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Muzzle
With beige color yarn:
Make 11 ch. Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 9 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 8 sc, inc (22)
R 2: inc, 8 sc, 3 inc, 8 sc, 2 inc (28)
R 3-6: 28 sc (4 rows)
R 7: (5 sc, dec)*4 (24)
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Ears (make 2)
With main color yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: 6 sc
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*3 (12)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)*3 (18)
R 7-9: 18 sc (3 rows)
R 10: (4 sc, dec)*3 (15)
Fold top of ear flat and 7 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Eye whites (make 2)
With white color yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Hat
Start with white color yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: 18 sc
R 5: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
R 6: (dec)*6 (6)
Change to green color yarn:
R 7: 6 sc
R 8: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
R 9: (2 sc, inc)*3 (12)
R 10: 12 sc
R 11: (3 sc, inc)*3 (15)
R 12: (4 sc, inc)*3 (18)
R 13: 18 sc
R 14: (5 sc, inc)*3 (21)
R 15: (6 sc, inc)*3 (24)
R 16: (7 sc, inc)*3 (27)
Change to white color yarn:
R 17: 27 sc
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Gift box

Bottom part
With green color yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: BLO: 30 sc
R 7-15: 30 sc (9 rows)
F. o.

Top cover
With green color yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 7: BLO: 36 sc
R 8: 36 sc
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the top cover to the bottom part. Put some stuffing inside the box before you finish.

Flower for the gift box
With red color yarn:
Make 12 ch. From the 2nd ch from hook: inc in every stitch to the end of row (22)
Form the flower and sew it on the top of the gift box.

Using a sewing thread that matches the gift box color, sew beads with numbers on the gift box.

Assembly

1. Sew the muzzle to the head between R 15 and R 18. Add some stuffing just before closing. Embroider a smile with a black thread.
2. Sew the eye whites above the muzzle and glue plastic eyes on them. Embroider eyebrows with a white thread.
3. Sew the ears on the head between R 7 and R 8.
4. Sew the legs to the body in R 40.
5. Sew the arms on the sides of the body between R 22 and R 27 as shown in the photo. Sew the gift box to the arms.

Mane and tail
Make mane and tail as a fringe: fold over yarn piece (take two pieces together) and use your hook to pull the loop through the stitch. Pull the yarn ends through the loop to make a knot.

Mane
Cut beige YarnArt Jeans yarn into 30 pieces, each piece is 20-25 cm (7.8-9.8″).
Attach yarn pieces (take two pieces together each time) from the 3rd row on the head to the 13th row on the back.

Tail
Cut beige YarnArt Jeans yarn into 8 pieces, each piece is approximately 10 cm (4″). Attach yarn pieces (take two pieces together each time) in R 32 on the back of the body.

Then separate YarnArt Jeans yarn into strands. Finally, sew the hat on the head.