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♥ Year of the Ox Amigurumi

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Hey Lovelies! Happy Lunar New Year!! 新年快乐!! This will be the year of the Ox. So I wanted to celebrate with this cute ox amigurumi pattern. I know, it was last week, but better late than never. I hope you will have a good year, that will bring you lot’s of luck and health!

Year of the Ox Amigurumi

For this Pattern you’ll need:
♥ Yarn in the colors;  Light Brown, Off-White, Red and a bit of Yellow. (I used Stylecraft Special DK)
♥ Crochet Hook (I used a 2,5mm hook).
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Scissors.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Yarn Needle.
♥ Safety Eyes, 7mm.
♥ Black Felt.
♥ (Fabric) Glue.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern Ox

This pattern is made using continues rounds, unless stated otherwise. Use a stitch marker to mark the first stitch.

Head
Use the color Light Brown.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (1SC, inc) 6 times. [18]
4: (2SC, inc) 6 times. [24]
5: (3SC, inc) 6 times. [30]
6-11: 30SC. [30]
Place the eyes between row 7&8, about 8st apart.
12: (3SC, dec) 6 times. [24]
13: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18]
14: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12]
Stuff the head.
15: Dec around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Snout
Use the color Off-White.

1: Ch5, insert in second ch from hook, 3SC, 3SC in the next st, continue along the other side of the chain, 2SC, inc. [10]
2: Inc, 2SC, (inc) 3 times, 2SC, (inc) 2 times. [16]
3-4: 16SC. [16]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Body
Use the color Red.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3-6: 12SC. [12]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff the body lightly.

Ears (Make 2)
Use the color Light Brown.

1: 3SC in a Magic Ring. [3]
2: Inc, 2SC. [4]
3: (Inc, 1SC) 2 times. [6]
4: 6SC. [6]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Horns (Make 2)
Use the color Off-White.

1: 3SC in a Magic Ring. [3]
2: Inc, 2SC. [4]
3: Inc, 3SC. [5]
4: 5SC. [5]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Tail
Use the color Light Brown.

1: 3SC in a Magic Ring. [3]
2: Inc, 2SC. [4]
Close up the hole, and make a loop with the remaining yarn, so you can continue to crochet.
5SlSt.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembling

Whenever I assemble Amigurumi, I always use sewing pins first. This way I can move parts around easily, until I like how it looks. Then I will sew it on. I recommend you do so as well.

Start with sewing on the snout, slightly in between the eyes, when it is almost sewn on, make sure to stuff it. Next sew on the body, on the body you will stitch on two lines of yellow yarn with a needle. Don’t forget to sew the tail on as well.
Last attach his ears and horns! From black felt, cut some nostrils and glue those on. With a bit of yellow yarn, create his nose ring. Of course you can skip this.

That was it already for today’s pattern! I hope you will love this little Lunar New Years Ox! If you made him, don’t forget to show me on Twitter or Instagram with #DelinleaDIY! I would love to see.

I hope you will have a wonderful day, and I’ll see you next week (If moving stuff isn’t taking up all my time).

Love
Danielle

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// ©2021 Delinlea / Danielle Kaal // Items made with this pattern may be sold in a limited number. Credit to ‘Delinlea’ is appreciated. Not allowed for mass production or commercial purposes. You may not reproduce, translate, share, freely distribute or sell this pattern as your own in digital or printed from.

♥ Free Pattern; CNY Mouse Amigurumi

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Hey Lovelies! Guess what, it’s almost Chinese New Year! Saturday the 25th to be exact. Here in my country we don’t celebrate, sad enough, only some Chinese related things will, like restaurants. I wish I could go visit one to watch the fireworks, but I don’t live near one ;;. Anyway, 2020 will be the year of the rat/mouse. So I made a little something for you to make, it’s so adorable this little mouse!

CNY Mouse

For this DIY you’ll need:
♥ DK Yarn in the colors; Beige and Grey. (I used BudgetYarn.com)
♥ Some extra Pink yarn for the nose.
♥ Crochet Hook (I used a 2,5mm hook).
♥ Safety Eyes, 5mm.
♥ Stuffing.
♥ Scissors.
♥ Sewing Pins.
♥ Yarn Needle.

Stitches used (US Terms):
Magic Ring.
CH = Chain.
SLST = Slip Stitch.
SC = Single Crochet.
ST = Stitch.
Inc = Increase.
Dec = Decrease.
(…) = Repeat the space in brackets the given number of times.
[…] = Total number of stitches.

Pattern Mouse

Work in continues rounds, use a stitch marker to mark your first stitch of every row. This is for every part, unless stated otherwise.

Body
Use Grey yarn.

Before you start, prepare 3 strands of yarn, about 6cm. Tie them together with knot and put them aside. This will be for his hair.

1: 6SC in a Magic Yarn. [6] Before closing the magic ring, put in the 3 strands you prepared earlier, with the knot on the inside. now close the magic ring.
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: (3SC, inc) 3 times. [15]
4: (4SC, inc) 3 times. [18]
5: 18SC. [18]
6: (5SC, inc) 3 times. [21]
7: 21SC. [21]
8: (6SC, inc) 3 times. [24]
9: 24SC. [24]
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11: 24SC. [24]
12: (2SC, dec) 6 times. [18]
13: (1SC, dec) 6 times. [12] Place the eyes between row 5 and 6, about 1cm apart. Stuff the body firmly.
14: Dec all around. [6]
Fasten off and weave in tail.

Ears (Make2)
Use Grey yarn.

1: 6SC in a Magic Ring. [6]
2: 2SC in each st around. [12]
3: 12SC. [12]
4: 12SC. [12]
5: (2SC, dec) 3 times. [9]
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. You don’t stuff, just flatten the ears.

Tail
Use the Beige yarn.

Chain 18 and leave a long tail for sewing.

Assembling

Whenever I start assembling Amigurumi’s I use sewing pins to put all things together first. This way I can move them around until I am happy with how it looks.

For the hairs you added when you started with the body, those 3 strands of grey yarn. Unraffle those, so they get fluffy. When you have done that, trim it to the size you like!

Make a little nose with pink yarn. After that position the ears and sew them on. Do the same for the tail. And you are already done. This is a real quick one!

I hope you liked making this little mouse! So adorable if you ask me. I might wanna make some other colors as well. And if you saw my insta stories, the body only with the eyes and hairs is very cute as well, who needs ears and a tail?! xD

Have a wonderful day and enjoy the Chinese New Year if you celebrate!

Love
Danielle

♥ Happy New Year!

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Hey Lovelies! HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!! 猪年大吉 (Zhū nián dàjí).
It’s the year of the earth Pig! A Golden Pig! Which hopefully means that this year will be filled with Abundance and Good Fortune. Let’s hope this year will be good to us, wishing you all the luck!

I always pay more attention to this New Years, and it’s more important to me, Why?! Because there is way more meaning behind!

I wanted to make a post for a while now, I’m not abandoning this blog, I just was in high need of a break after all the stuff from last year. Let’s forget about that tho.

I’m still making things and picked up Drawing after a long while. I’m enjoying that so much at the moment! For me, I love switching up between all arts and crafts I know. I can’t stick long to one subject. I’m always challenging myself to learn new things and make my knowledge about it bigger. There’s always something to learn, you never stop. This is what keeps me going, eager to learn. So just know that this blog isn’t a Crochet blog, it’s about everything I love!

For this year I also wanna archieve some things. And some I already started, I can tell you a few. But I guess I’ll gonna keep some to myself. You will find out eventually when time is there.

I wanna draw more, I missed it too much. BUT I also need to finish the drawings I start. I often put them away and never finish them. It’s time to change that up. I also gonna film more speed drawing videos! And I actually started with that already! Secretly~, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes haha.

I also wanna set up an Etsy store and a Ravelry page. It’s something I wanted to do last year already, but life got in the way =P.

Some personal goals I have it to get into Yoga, I should just do it xD. And something you won’t expect maybe, I wanna start learning Chinese Mandarin. I’m not sure how yet, so if you have tips/apps/websites/ anything, let me know!

I hope you will have a wonderful day! And look forward to my weekly blogging again! I will be posting on Thursdays again, just as regular. I am not sure if I will start this week or next week. (I have the flu at the moment and I am way to addicted to Meteor Garden (Chinese 2018 Version) So after posting this, I’m back watching that xD)

Stay Healthy!

Love
Danielle