Mini Llama Crochet Pattern

Little Llama Crochet Pattern 

This little llama pattern is fairly quick and easy.  I love the Pipsqueak fuzzy yarn.  It is what gives this llama it’s soft, furry look.

If you have never worked with it you may find that it can be difficult to see where your previous row of stitches are,  The way  I deal with this is to take note of the number of stitches needed for each row before crocheting that row and simply crochet the number of stitches required spacing the stitches evenly around.  After working with Pipsqueak for awhile you will become more adept at feeling where the stitches are with your fingers.

For this project, I have found it a bit easier to make the ears first and attach them to the head before stuffing and closing the head.  Also attach the eyes  as directed between rounds 5 and 6.

If you want the neck or body to be longer or shorter, just add or subtract a couple of rounds.  This pattern is easily adjusted.

The materials you will need:

Bernat Pipsqueak Yarn*

E or 3.5mm hook

Sport Weight yarn for face, ears and feet

Polyfil stuffing

Yarn needle to sew parts together 

6mm safety eyes

Crochet Terms and Stitches:

Magic Ring or Circle  (MR)

Single Crochet  (sc)

Double Crochet (dc)

Increase  (inc) 

Stitch  (st)

Decrease  (dec) 

Slip Stitch  (sl.stl)

Half Double Crochet  (hdc)

Chain  (ch)

**  Repeat instructions between ** number of times stated.

EARS:  Make 2

 With sport weight yarn ch. 6.  Sl. st. in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 2 chs.,  hdc in 2 chs..  Turn work and work into opposite side of chain.

Hdc in 2, sc in 2, sl. st. into tip of ear.    Fasten off leaving long tail to sew ear to head.  Thread tail onto yarn needle, weave through center of ear to bottom and sew ear to top of head.

HEAD:  Make 1

With sport weight yarn,  make 6 sc in a magic ring.

*Sc in 2, inc*  X’s 2  (8)

Sc in each st.  (8)

Sc in 2,  inc x 4, sc in 2  (12)

Sc in 5, inc x 2,  sc in 5  (14)

Sc in each stl  (14)  Place safety eyes between rows 5 and 6  four stitches apart (noting that top of head is where increases were made.)  Fasten off worsted sport yarn.

Attach pipsqueak yarn.  Sc in each st.  (14)

Sc in each st.  (14)

Sc in each st.  (14)  Stuff head firmly.

Dec X’s 7.  (7)

Dec till closed.

NECK:  Make 1

 With Pipsqueak  make 6 sc in a mc.

Sc in 2, inc, X’s 2.  (8)

3.  Sc in ea.  (8)

4-5.  Sc evenly around.  (8) 

8.  Stuff firmly and dec. until closed.  Attach to head.

BODY:  Make 1

1.  With Pipsqueak yarn  make 6 sc in a magic circle.

2.  Inc. X’s 6.  (12)

3.  *Sc in 1, inc.*  (18)

4.  *Sc in 8, inc.*  (20)

5 -12. Sc in each.  (20)

13.  Dec X’s 10  (10)   Stuff firmly.

14.  Dec till closed.  Fasten off.

Attach head and neck assembly to body.

LEGS:  Make 4

 With sport yarn make 6 sc in a mc.

Sc in each.  (6)

3.    Attach Pipsqueak and sc in each st.  (6)       

4-6  Sc in each st.  (6) 

Stuff firmly.   Fasten off leaving long tail to sew legs to body. 

TAIL:  Make 1

 Chain 6, sc in 2nd ch from hook and next 4 chains.  

Fasten off leaving tail to sew to backside of llama.

To make the accessories, use a colorful, variegated yarn.

Blanket:  Make 1

Chain 20-25 depending on how long you want your blanket to be.  

Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each remaining chain.  Ch 2 and turn.

Dc in each st across, alternating between front loop only and back loop only with each stitch.  This gives your blanket the nubby texture.

Repeat row 3 until blanket is the width you like for your llama.  Fasten off.  Cut strands of yarn about 3 inches long to loop in ends of blanket for fringe.  Trim your fringe to the length you like.

Harness:  Make 1

 Make a tight chain (pull each chain tightly before going on to next chain.)  long enough to fit around the llama’s nose.

Make a second tight chain to attach to each side of the nose chain and around the back of the llama’s head.

Chest Band:  Make 1

 Sc a loose chain long enough to wrap around the llama’s chest to it’s back.

Sc in each stitch.

  Embellish chest band with beads, tassels or whatever you like.   I made tiny tassels by looping 2 strands of yarn into the stitch in the center of the chest band.  After looping, I separated the plies of the yarn strands to fluff them up and then trimmed them the length that looked good to me.  Repeat for as many tassels you would like to add. 

I hope you enjoy this pattern as much as I enjoyed creating it.

Reny


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