Deer Amigurumi Pattern

A new friend of Mr. Furu Fox Amigurumi and Jr. Rakku Raccoon Amigurumi has moved into the woodland today. Ms. DuDu, the Deer Amigurumi, has been looking forward to learning about her new life in this new habitat.

Ms. DuDu is a cute young deer who has a mixed feeling between anxious and curious in her new surrounding. Due to nature and her species where she belongs to the group of the vulnerable animal in the wild, predators hunt them for meat, human hunt them for game and meat.  She does not want to be hunted down so she decided to leave her family and move into the woodland seeking for Mr. Furu’s assistance, with the intention to learn as many new survival skills as she possibly can. We wish her all the best!

Deer Amigurumi – Free Crochet Pattern

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This deer amigurumi, DuDu, measures about 10 inches tall. It is crochet by using a 3.5mm crochet hook in the colorwork of Brown, Beige, White and Black Acrylic yarns. Just like her friends Mr. Furu and Jr. Rakku, the pattern of deer amigurumi calls for “Split Single Crochet Stitch”, some may know it as “Crochet Knit Stitch” or “Waistcoat Stitch” where the hook is inserted in between the legs of the next stitch. By way of using Split Single Crochet Stitch in this pattern, it will keep the colorwork vertically straight throughout the round. (Warnings: Please do not attempt to crochet it with normal single crochet (US terms), it won’t work in the correct proportion in size, shape, and colorwork.)

DuDu deer amigurumi is born rare and special, besides the front beige patch on her body, she has the distinctive “V” dot markings at her back instead of the polka-dot markings from her species. She is definitely a unique one. Whenever she is happy and excited, she will wag her cheery little tail and dance like nobody’s watching.

DuDu deer amigurumi is still new in the woodland, hence, it might take a little while before she overcomes her nervous. She does look a little worried but it will soon past. She will be a happy cheery little deer in the woodland again!

Deer Amigurumi Pattern

DuDu

Height: 10″ tall
Skill level: Intermediate
Duration: About 8 hours

Description:
DuDu, the Deer Amigurumi, a cute young deer who has just moved into the woodland. Due to nature and her species, predators hunt them for meat, human hunt them for game and meat.  She does not want to be hunted down so she decided to leave her family and move into the woodland seeking for Mr. Furu’s assistance, with the intention to learn as many new survival skills as she possibly can. We wish her all the best!

Abbreviations
Crochet (in US Terms)
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
ssc = split single crochet / knit stitch / waistcoat stitch
Inc: 2ssc increase
Dec: ssc 2 stitches together
slst: slip stitch
Others
R: Round
BR: Brown Yarn
BE: Beige Yarn
BL: Black Yarn
WH: White Yarn

Materials
1. 3.5mm hook
2. Acrylic yarn (50 gram each ball): White, Black, Beige (or Light Khaki) and Brown (1 ball)
3. Colored Iris Safety Eyes, Gray, 10mm size, 2
4. Safety Nose, 18mm size, 1
5. Darning needle
6. Polyester fiberfill
7. Scissors
8. Pins

Important Note: This is a colorwork amigurumi using Split Single Crochet / Knit Stitch / Waistcoat Stitch method. Please DO NOT attempt to convert it to normal Single Crochet.

Why use Split Sing Crochet instead of normal Single Crochet?
Please take note that this amigurumi pattern is using Split Single Crochet (SSC), some may know it as Crochet Knit Stitch or Waistcoat Stitch. Unlike the normal Single Crochet, SSC inserts hook in between the legs of the next st. In colorwork amigurumi where stitches are crochet in the continuous round, SSC keeps the colorwork vertically straight throughout the round. It is because the hook is inserted in between the legs of next stitch, but if you are using normal Single Crochet, the colorwork will lean to the right or left depending on if you are right-handed or left-handed.

How to change yarn color in colorwork crochet?
Follow the pattern to work on stitches in color A until the last yarn over, pull through the loop with the new color B. Leave the color A behind until it is time to work on it again. Continue to work in Color B until it is time to change the color back to A, on the last stitch in the color B, just pull through the color A on the last yarn over and drop the color B. Leave a decent length of the unwork yarn between the color change so that it won’t distort the shape of your amigurumi. Repeat this until you have completed the pattern.
Note: I don’t hide the unworked yarn between the stitches because it will cause distortion in stitch height, especially in SSC stitch.

Deer Amigurumi: Crochet Pattern

Head

With Brown yarn:
R1: sc 4 in a magic ring {4}
R2: [Inc] 4 times. {8}
R3: [Inc, ssc] 4 times. {12}
R4: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R5: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2. {20}
R6: ssc 3, [Inc, ssc 4] 3 times, Inc, ssc. {24}
R7: [ssc 5, Inc] 4 times. {28}
R8: [Inc, ssc6] 4 times. {32}
R9: ssc 2, [Inc, ssc 7] 3 times, Inc, ssc 5. {36}
R10: ssc 4, [Inc, ssc 8] 3 times, Inc, ssc 4. {40}
R11: ssc 6, [Inc, ssc 9] 3 times, Inc, ssc 3. {44}
R12: ssc 8, [Inc, ssc 10] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2{48}
R13: sc around. {48}
Colorwork begins here (BR- Brown, BE – Beige, WH – White)
R14: BR [ssc 16], BE [ssc 5], BR [ssc 7], BE [ssc 5], BR [ssc 15]. {48}
R15: BR [ssc 16], BE [ssc 6], BR [ssc 5], BE [ssc 6], BR [ssc 15]. {48}
R16: BR [ssc 15], BE [ssc 7], BR [ssc 5], BE [ssc 7], BR [ssc 14]. {48}
R17: BR [ssc 15], BE [ssc 8], BR [ssc 3], BE [ssc 8], BR [ssc 14]. {48}
R18: BR [ssc 15], BE [ssc 8], BR [ssc 3], BE [ssc 8], BR [ssc 14]. {48}
R19: BR [ssc 15], BE [ssc 3], WH [ssc 3], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc 1], BE [ssc 3], WH [ssc 3], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc 14]. {48}
R20: BR [ssc 14], BE [ssc 4], WH [ssc 3], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc 1], BE [ssc 3], WH [ssc 3], BE [ssc 4], BR [ssc 13]. {48}
R21 – R22: BR [ssc 14], BE [ssc 3], WH [ssc 5], BE [ssc 2], BR [ssc 1], BE [ssc 2], WH [ssc 5], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc 13]. {48}
R23 – R25: BR [ssc 14], BE [ssc 3], WH [ssc 5], BE [ssc 5], WH [ssc 5], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc 13]. {48}
R26: BR [ssc 14], BE [ssc 4], WH [ssc 3], BE [ssc 7], WH [ssc 3], BE [ssc 4], BR [ssc 13]. {48}
R27: BR [ssc 16], BE [ssc 17], BR [ssc 15]. {48}
R28: BR [ssc 18], BE [ssc 13], BR [ssc 17]. {48}
Change to Brown yarn only:
R29: [Dec, ssc 10] 4 times {44}
R30: ssc 4, [Dec, ssc 9] 3 times, Dec, ssc 5. {40}
R31: [ssc 8, Dec] 4 times. {36}
R32: ssc 2, [Dec, ssc 4] 5 times, Dec, ssc 2. {30}
R33: [Dec, ssc 3] 6 times. {24}
R34: [ssc 2, Dec] 6 times. {18}
Install safety eyes
Neaten the stranded yarns if needed (refer Pic 1 and 2)
Stuff
R35: [ssc, Dec] 6 times. {12}
R36: [Dec] 6 times. {6}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Muzzle

With Beige yarn
R1: sc 4 in a magic ring {4}
R2: Inc, ssc 2, Inc. {6}
R3: Inc 2 times, ssc, 1 ch, ssc, Inc. {9}
Colorwork begins here (BE – Beige, BR – Brown)
R4: BE [ssc 3, Inc, ssc], BR [ssc], BE [ssc, Inc 2 times]. {12}
R5: BE [ssc 3, Inc, ssc 2], BR [ssc], BE [ssc 2, Inc, ssc, Inc]. {15}
R6: BE [Inc, ssc 3, Inc, ssc 2], BR [ssc], BE [ssc 3, Inc, ssc 3]. {18}
R7: BE [Inc, ssc 4, Inc, ssc 3], BR [ssc], BE [ssc 3, Inc, ssc 4]. {21}
R8 – R9: BE [ssc 11], BR [ssc], BE [ssc 9]. {21}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Install safety nose through the ch st at R3.

Ear, make 2

With Black yarn:
R1: sc 3 in a magic ring {3}
R2: [Inc] 3 times. {6}
Colorwork begins here (BR – Brown, BE – Beige)
R3: BR [Inc, ssc], BE [Inc], BR [ssc, Inc, ssc]. {9}
R4: BR [ssc, Inc, ssc], BE [ssc, Inc], BR [ssc 2, Inc, ssc]. {12}
R5: BR [ssc, Inc, ssc 2], BE [ssc, Inc, ssc], BR [ssc 2, Inc, ssc 2]. {15}
R6: BR [ssc, Inc, ssc 3], BE [ssc, Inc, ssc 2], BR [ssc 2, Inc, ssc 3]. {18}
R7 – R13: BR [ssc 6], BE [ssc 5], BR [ssc 7]. {18}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Fold the ear vertically and sew the base (shown as the left ear in the picture), repeat for both ears

Body

With Brown yarn:
R1: sc 6 in a magic ring {6}
R2: [Inc] 6 times. {12}
R3: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R4: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2. {20}
R5: ssc 3, [Inc, ssc 4] 3 times, Inc, ssc. {24}
R6: [ssc 5, Inc] 4 times. {28}
R7: [Inc, ssc6] 4 times. {32}
R8: ssc 2, [Inc, ssc 7] 3 times, Inc, ssc 5. {36}
R9: ssc 4, [Inc, ssc 8] 3 times, Inc, ssc 4. {40}
R10: ssc 6, [Inc, ssc 9] 3 times, Inc, ssc 3. {44}
R11: ssc around {44}
Colorwork begins here (BR – Brown, BE – Beige)
R12: BR [ssc 19], BE [ssc 6], BR [ssc 19]. {44}
R13: BR [ssc 18], BE [ssc 8], BR [ssc 18]. {44}
R14 – R16: BR [ssc 17], BE [ssc 10], BR [ssc 17]. {44}
R17: BR [ssc 10, Dec, ssc 5], BE [ssc 10], BR [ssc 5, Dec, ssc 7], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 2]. {42}
R18: BR [ssc 2], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 10, Dec, ssc 2], BE [ssc 8], BR [ssc 2, Dec, ssc 13]. {40}
R19: BR [Dec, ssc 14], BE [ssc 3, Dec, ssc 3], BR [ssc 11], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 3], BE [ssc]. {38}
R20: BR [ssc 3], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 2, Dec, ssc 7], BE [ssc 7], BR [ssc 7, Dec, ssc 7]. {36}
R21: BR [ssc 11, Dec, ssc], BE [ssc 7], BR [ssc, Dec, ssc 9], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 2]. {34}
R22: BR [ssc], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 11], BE [ssc 2, Dec, ssc 3], BR [ssc 12, Dec]. {32}
R23: BR [ssc 3, Dec, ssc 8], BE [ssc 6], BR [ssc 6, Dec, ssc], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 3]. {30}
R24: BR [ssc 3], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 3, Dec, ssc 4], BE [ssc 4], BR [ssc 4, Dec, ssc 7]. {28}
R25: BR [ssc 4, Dec, ssc 6], BE [ssc 4], BR [ssc 6, Dec, ssc 2], BE [ssc], BR [ssc]. {26}
R26: BR [ssc], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 6, Dec, ssc], BE [ssc 4], BR [ssc, Dec, ssc 8]. {24}
R27: BR [Dec, ssc 8], BE [ssc, Dec, ssc], BR [ssc 6], BE [ssc], BR [ssc 2], BE [ssc]. {22}
R28: BR [ssc 2], BE [ssc], BR [Dec, ssc 4], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc 4, Dec, ssc 4]. {20}
R29: BR [ssc 6, Dec], BE [ssc 3], BR [Dec, ssc 5], BE [ssc], BR [ssc]. {18}
Neaten stranded yarns if needed
Stuff
R30: BE [ssc], BR [ssc 3, Dec, ssc], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc, Dec, ssc 5]. {16}
R31: BR [ssc, Dec, ssc 3], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc 3, Dec, ssc 2]. {14}
R32: BR [ssc 2, Dec, ssc], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc 2, Dec, ssc 2]. {12}
Change to Brown yarn only:
R33: [Dec] 6 times. {6}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Arm, make 2

With Black yarn:
R1: sc 4 in a magic ring {4}
R2: [Inc] 4 times. {8}
R3: [Inc, ssc] 4 times. {12}
R4: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R5 – R6 : ssc around {16}
R7: [Dec, ssc 2] 4 times. {12}
R8: [ssc, Dec] 4 times. {8}
Change to Beige yarn only:
R9: ssc around. {8}
Change to Brown yarn only:
R10 – R24: ssc around. {8}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff

Leg, make 2

With Black yarn:
R1: sc 6 in a magic ring {6}
R2: [Inc] 6 times. {12}
R3: [ssc 2, Inc] 4 times. {16}
R4: ssc, [Inc, ssc 3] 3 times, Inc, ssc 2. {20}
R5 – R7: ssc around. {20}
R8: ssc, [Dec, ssc 3] 3 times, Dec, ssc 2. {16}
R9: [ssc 2, Dec] 4 times. {12}
Change to Beige yarn only:
R10: ssc around. {12}
Leave a long tail for sewing
Change to Brown yarn only:
R11 – R17: ssc around. {12}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff
Sew a vertical line with Beige yarn at the foot (As shown in the picture)

Tail

With Brown yarn:
R1: sc 3 in a magic ring {3}
R2: [Inc] 3 times. {6}
Colorwork begins here (BR – Brown, BE – Beige)
R3: BR [Inc, ssc], BE [Inc], BR [ssc, Inc, ssc]. {9}
R4: BR [ssc, Inc, ssc], BE [ssc, Inc], BR [ssc 2, Inc, ssc]. {12}
R5 – R9: BR [ssc 4], BE [ssc 3], BR [ssc 5]. {12}
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Deer Amigurumi: Assembly

Pic 1
This is how the inside of the colorwork amigurumi looks. You may leave the unworked yarn stranded as it is. If you have left a decent length of yarn between the colorwork, then you are fine to leave them as it is. If the yarns are too short, you may trim the yarn and knot them together as shown in Pic 2.

Pic 2
Personally, I prefer to neaten my lengthy unworked yarn instead of stranded across the colorwork section. The clean interior makes it easier for stuffing and shaping.

Align the muzzle of the deer amigurumi with the marking between the eyes as shown in the picture. Pin, sew and stuff the muzzle to the head.

Next, position and pin the ears to the head. Make sure bother ears are aligned and in symmetry.

Position all parts together. First, sew the head to the body, followed by the arms, legs, and tail respectively.

DuDu Deer Amigurumi is ready to explore her new environment in the woodland. She needs more loves and courage from you. Please share this pattern with your friends who love to make crochet toys.

Hope you like her and happy crochet! ~XOXO