Around fifteen years ago I went through a phase of making amigurumi and then, five years ago, I made a series of blog posts documenting them all. Where I could, I linked through to the original pattern, or at least identified the book I had got the design from. The one exception was the blue heron, I have no idea where it came from in spite of much searching. All I have is a text file with the basic stitches and no assembly instructions, though hopefully the photo of my finished bird will help.
And of course, this is the pattern that I’ve had a few questions about. The most recent one has prompted me to create this page with the basic pattern in the hope that some might find it useful.
I hope that the pattern makes sense, it’s been a very long time since I made this or did any crochet so please forgive me for not adding more detail to it.
If you are the creator of this pattern, please let me know and I will happily either remove the pattern or give credit and link to you if you prefer.
BODY
row 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
row 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12)
row 3: sc, inc repeat (18)
row 4-12: sc around (18)
row 13: sc, dec repeat (12)
row 15-16: sc around (12)
stuff body
row 17: skip 1, sc repeat (6)
sl st, fasten off, weave in loose end
HEAD & NECK
beak in yellow
row 1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
row 2-3: sc around (4)
row 4: increase, sc repeat (6)
switch to grey/blue
row 5: increase, sc repeat (9)
row 6: increase, 2sc repeat (12)
row 7-8: sc around (12)
stuff head
row 9: decrease, sc repeat (8)
row 10: decrease, 2sc repeat (6)
insert pipe cleaner
row 11-17: sc around (6)
row 18: increase, sc repeat (9)
row 19: increase, 2sc repeat (12)
row 20: increase, 3sc repeat (15)
sl st, fasten off, leaving tail for attaching to body
trim pipe cleaner, leaving 1-2cm excess to insert into body
WING 1
ch 13
sc in 2nd ch, hdc, dc, dc, tr, tr, tr, tr, dc, dc, hdc
3 sc in last ch to turn up the other side of the base chain
sc, sc, sc, sc, hdc, hdc, dc, dc, dc, hdc, sc
continue 14 sc
sl st, fasten off, leaving tail for attaching to body
WING 2
ch 13
sc in 2nd ch, hdc, dc, dc, tr, tr, tr, tr, dc, dc, hdc
3 sc in last ch to turn up the other side of the base chain
hdc, dc, dc, dc, hdc, hdc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc
continue 14 sc
sl st, fasten off, leaving tail for attaching to body
Crafty Rat 