Sunday, January 1, 2012

Amigurumi Narwhal

Cartoon narwhals are pretty damn cute, I don't know who was able to turn something so ugly(ever seen a real narwhal, super ugly) into such a cute animal that everyone has fallen in love with.

Being the avid crochter I am, and loving anything cute, I knew I needed to make a narwhal amigurumi. I searched the internet and books for days it seemed to find a pattern for free that I was happy with. All the patterns I found just didn't do it for me. Either the horn looked like crap, or it was too small, and in some cases didn't pass as a narwhal in my book. So I made my own pattern :)

Use any yarn in any colors you want, for mine I used to plain ol' red heart and a weird 4.25 hook(I don't understand why they make a hook that size when no one else recognizes it or uses it)

With the way I write out patterns, this is meant more for those who know how to read a pattern quite well.

Body
rnd1: ch2, 6sc in the center
rnd2: sc2 in each(12)
3:*sc1, 2sc in next*(18)
4:*sc2, 2 sc in next*(24)
5:*sc3, 2sc in next*(30)
6:*sc4, 2 sc in next*(36)
7:*sc5, 2sc in next*(42)
8:*sc6, 2sc in next*(48)
  attach eyes and  embroider mouth
9-22 sc in each
23:*sc6, dec 1*(42)
24-25:sc in each
26*sc5, dec 1*(36)
27-28:sc in each. Start stuffing
29:*sc4, dec1*(30)
30:sc in each
31:*sc3, dec1*(24)
32:*sc2, dec1*(18). Finish stuffing
33:*sc1, de1*(12)
34:*sc1, sk 1 st*(6)
FO, leave a long tail to sew on tail fin

Tail
row1: ch 17
row 2: sc8, sl st in next, sc in rem 8, ch 3, turn
row 3:dc 8, ch3, sl st in next, dc in rem 8, ch2, turn
row 4: rep row 2
FO, weave in ends, sew to end of body

Fins(make 2)
row 1:ch 11
row 2: sl st in first 2, sc in next 2, dc in rem, ch 3, turn
row 3:dc in 6, sc in next 2, sl st in last 2.
FO, weave in ends, sew to body

Horn
Working in back loops only
rnd1:ch2, 5sc
rnd2:2sc in each(10)
rnd 3:sc in each
rnd4:*sc1, 2sc in next*(15)
rnd5-10:sc in each
FO, leaving long tail for sewing, stuff, sew to head