Willy the bull wearing a cozy scarf keeps warm with a cup of hot aromatic coffee. Learn how to make this cute bull using the easy to follow free amigurumi pattern. Finished toy measures approximately 18 cm (7″) tall.
Materials:
- Yarn:
— Alize Cotton Gold Tweed: creamy milk color (main)
— Alize Cotton Gold: beige for muzzle and horns
— YarnArt Jeans: black for hooves and coffee cup lid
— YarnArt Jeans: yellow for coffee cup
— Angora Ram (40% mohair, 60% acrylic, 100 g/500 m) for scarf - Hook size: 1.75 mm
- Knitting needle for scarf
- Black embroidery floss
- 8 mm safety eyes
- Yarn needle and scissors
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
BLO = back loop only
F.o. = finish off
(10) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
(…)*5 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Free amigurumi bull pattern
Legs, body are crocheted as a single part. The convex part is belly.
Right leg
With black yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc)*5 (10)
Change to main color:
R 3-5: 10 sc (3 rows)
R 6: 4 sc, inc, 5 sc (11)
R 7: 5 sc, inc, 5 sc (12)
R 8: 5 sc, 2 inc, 5 sc (14)
R 9: 14 sc
F.o.
Left leg
With black yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc)*5 (10)
Change to main color:
R 3-5: 10 sc (3 rows)
R 6: inc, 9 sc (11)
R 7: inc, 10 sc (12)
R 8: 2 inc, 10 sc (14)
R 9: 14 sc
Don’t cut the yarn!
Continue crocheting the body in the round:
R 10: 2 sc on the left leg, 8 ch, join to the right leg (place with decreases), 14 sc on the right leg, 8 sc in 8 ch, 12 sc on the left leg.
Here is starting a new row.
R 11: 2 sc, 8 sc in 8 ch (opposite side), 6 sc, inc, 21 sc, inc, 5 sc (46)
R 12: (1 sc, inc)*6, 34 sc (52)
R 13-19: 52 sc (7 rows)
R 20: 1 sc, dec, 15 sc, dec, 32 sc (50)
R 21: 50 sc
R 22: dec, 15 sc, dec, 31 sc (48)
R 23: 26 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 7 sc (46)
R 24: 46 sc
R 25: dec, 14 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 11 sc, dec, 6 sc (42)
R 26: 42 sc
R 27: dec, 13 sc, dec, 25 sc (40)
R 28: dec, 12 sc, dec, 24 sc (38)
R 29: 18 sc, dec, 13 sc, dec, 3 sc (36)
R 30: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec)*5, 2 sc (30)
R 31: 30 sc
R 32: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 33: 24 sc
R 34: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec)*5, 1 sc (18)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Head
With main color:
Make 8 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: 6 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 5 sc, inc (16)
R 2: inc, 5 sc, 3 inc, 5 sc, 2 inc (22)
R 3: 1 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc)*3, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, (1 sc, inc)*2 (30)
R 4: 2 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc)*5, 2 sc (36)
R 5: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
R 6: 3 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc)*5, 3 sc (48)
R 7: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
R 8: 54 sc
R 9: 4 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc)*5, 4 sc (60)
R 10-18: 60 sc (9 rows)
Insert safety eyes between R 11 and R 12 at the distance of 4 stitches from each other.
R 19: 4 sc, dec, (8 sc, dec)*5, 4 sc (54)
R 20: 54 sc
R 21: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
R 22: 3 sc, dec, (6 sc, dec)*5, 3 sc (42)
R 23: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 24: 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec)*5, 2 sc (30)
R 25: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 26: 1 sc, dec, (2 sc, dec)*5, 1 sc (18)
F.o.
Horns (make 2)
With beige yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: 5 sc
R 3: 4 sc, inc (6)
R 4: (1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
R 5: 9 sc
R 6: (2 sc, inc)*3 (12)
R 7: 12 sc
R 8: 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, dec, 1 sc, sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2)
With main color:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4-6: 18 sc (3 rows)
R 7: (4 sc, dec)*3 (15)
R 8: (3 sc, dec)*3 (12)
R 9: (2 sc, dec)*3 (9)
Fold top of ear flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Muzzle
With beige yarn:
Make 8 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: 6 sc, 3 sc in last st, turn and crochet on the opposite side of the chain: 5 sc, inc (16)
R 2: inc, 5 sc, 3 inc, 5 sc, 2 inc (22)
R 3: 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, (1 sc, inc)*3, 5 sc, (1 sc, inc)*2 (28)
R 4: 2 sc, inc, 5 sc, (2 sc, inc)*3, 5 sc, (2 sc, inc)*2 (34)
R 5: 3 sc, inc, 5 sc, (3 sc, inc)*3, 5 sc, (3 sc, inc)*2 (40)
R 6-7: 40 sc (2 rows)
R 8: 3 sc, dec, 5 sc, (3 sc, dec)*3, 5 sc, (3 sc, dec)*2 (34)
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Right arm
With black yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc)*5 (10)
Change to main color:
R3-11: 10 sc (9 rows)
Turn work and crochet 4 hdc.
Turn work again and crochet 4 hdc (in previous 4 hdc).
Continue crochet in spiral round to build the right arm.
R 12: 6 sc on the arm, 4 sc on 4 hdc (10)
R 13-22: 10 sc (10 rows)
Fold top of arm flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Left arm
With black yarn:
R 1: 5 sc in mc (5)
R 2: (inc)*5 (10)
Change to main color:
R 3-21: 10 sc (19 rows)
Fold top of arm flat and 4 sc through both sides across.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Tail
With main color:
Make 8 ch.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 6 sc, sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Make a tassel from beige yarn on the end of the tail.
Coffee cup
With yellow yarn:
R 1: 7 sc in mc (7)
R 2: BLO 7 sc
R 3: 1 sc, inc, 5 sc (8)
R 4: 4 sc, inc, 3 sc (9)
R 5: inc, 8 sc (10)
R 6: 5 sc, inc, 4 sc (11)
R 7: 11 sc
Stuff with fiberfill.
F.o.
Coffee cup lid
With black yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: 5 inc, 1 sc (11)
R 3: attach the lid to the cup: crochet 11 sc working in the front loop only of the cup and in the back loop only of the lid.
F.o.
Scarf
This scarf is knitted in English rib.
Cast on 14 stitches.
R 1: 1 garter stitch *Knit 1, 1 yarn over, slip 1 stitch purlwise*, repeat from *-* until 2 stiches remain, knit 1, 1 garter stitch.
R 2: 1 garter stitch *1 yarn over, slip 1 stitch purlwise, knit yarn over and the slipped stitch together*, repeat from *-* until 2 stitches remain, 1 yarn over, slip 1 stitch purlwise, 1 garter stitch.
R 3: 1 garter stitch *knit yarn over and the slipped stitch together, 1 yarn over, slip 1 stitch purlwise* repeat from *-* until 3 stitch remain. Knit yarn over and the slipped stitch together, 1 garter stitch.
Repeat row 2 and 3.