Today, I’m excited to share a charming reindeer amigurumi pattern with you! You may remember the Pikachu-shaped snowman pattern from the same designer that I introduced earlier. This reindeer pattern is a bit more advanced, making it perfect for intermediate to advanced crocheters. The toy consists of several pieces that come together beautifully, and the pattern includes many helpful visuals to guide you through the process.
Harnessed Reindeer Amigurumi Toy
One of the standout features of this reindeer is its detailed harness, which adds a unique touch to the design. While a 2.2mm crochet hook is recommended, the size may vary depending on your yarn choice.
Designer: pumpicrochet
Free PDF Pattern available for download!
Materials
Skeins of cotton in thickness 2 or sport, in colors: Brown, Winter White or Ivory,
Beige, Black, White and Red
Crochet 2.2mm or according to the thickness of your yarn.
12mm safety eyes and 14*9 mm nose
Gold acrylic paint or yellow felt for details.
Others: Synthetic stuffing, needle, scissors and stitch markers
Plastic piece for the base of the legs (optional)
Abbreviations
AM = Magic Ring
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
inc T = 3 sc in the same stitch
sl st = slip stitch
dec = decrease
hdc = half double crochet
FLO = Front loop only
inc = increase
BLO = Back loop only
About the pattern:
The finished size is 17 cm, this varies depending on the thickness of the yarn, the size of the crochet hook and the tension with which you crochet. The difficulty level of the pattern is intermediate. We will work in joined rows, that is, we will close at the end of each round with a sl st, we will pick up a chain and we will make the first stitch of the next round in the same stitch where we crochet the chain, unless otherwise indicated.
Body
In brown color
1.- 6 sc in AM (6) 2.-6 inc (12)
3.- (sc, inc) x6 (18)
4.- (sc, inc, sc) x6 (24)
5.- (3 sc, inc) x6 (30)
6.- (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x6 (36)
7.- (5 sc, inc) x6 (42)
8.- (3 sc, inc, 3 sc) x6 (48)
9 to 15.-48 sc (48) 7 rounds
16 to 17.-12 hdc, 24 sc, 12 hdc (48) 2 rounds
18.- (sc, dec) x3, 30 sc, (dec, sc) x3 (42)
19 to 20.-42 sc (42) 2 rounds
21.- (sc, dec) x3, 24 sc, (dec, sc) x3 (36)
22 to 23.-36 sc (36) 2 rounds
24.-9 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x3, (2 sc, inc) x3, 9 sc (42)
25.- 42 bp (42)
26.- 10 sc, 22 hdc, 10 sc (42)
27.- 8 sc, 3 dec, 14 sc, 3 dec, 8 sc (36)
28.- 6 sc, 24 hdc, 6 sc (36)
29.- (2 sc, dec, 2 sc) x6 (30)
30 to 31.-7 sc, 16 hdc, 7 sc (30) 2 rounds
32.- (3 sc, dec) x6 (24)
33.- 24 sc (24)
Leave a long tail to sew to the head and stuff.
Thighs x2
In brown
1.- 6 sc in AM (6)
2.- 6 inc (12)
3.- (sc, inc) x6 (18)
4.- (3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc) x2 (24)
5.- (3 sc, inc) x6 (30)
6 to 7.- 30 sc (30) 2 rounds
Leave a long tail to sew to the body.
Back legs x2
Start in black
1.- 6 sc in AM (6)
2.- 6 inc (12)
3.- (sc, inc) x6 (18)
4.- BLO 18 sc (18)
Insert plastic piece at the base of the leg to shape it and make it flat.
5 to 6.- 18 sc (18) 2 rows
Change color to white.
7.- BLO 18 sl st (18)
8.- BLO 18 sc (18)
Change color to brown.
9.- BLO 18 sl st (18)
10.- BLO 3 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 3 sc (16)
11.- (3 sc, dec, 3 sc) x2 (14)
12.- 2 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 2 sc (12) Fill
13.- 6 dec (6)
Close and leave a long tail to sew to the thigh.
Front legs x2
Start in black
1.- 6 sc in AM (6)
2.- 6 inc (12)
3.- (sc, inc) x6 (18)
4.- BLO 18 sc (18)
Insert plastic piece at the base of the leg to shape it and make it flat.
5 to 6.- 18 sc (18) 2 rounds
Change color to white.
7.- BLO 18 sl st (18)
8.- BLO 18 sc (18)
Change color to brown.
9.-BLO 18 sl st (18)
10.- BLO 3 sc, dec, 8 sc, dec, 3 sc (16)
11.- (3 sc, dec, 3 sc) x2 (14)
12.- 2 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 2 sc (12)
13 to 15.- 12 sc (12) 3 rounds
16.- 2 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 2 sc (14)
17.- 14 sc (14)
18.- (3 sc, inc, 3 sc) x 2 (16)
From here on we will work in rows, that is, at the end of each round we will lift a chain and turn the fabric.
19.- 3 sl st, 10 sc (13)
20 to 21.- 10 sc (10) 2 rows
Leave a long tail to sew to the body.
Stuff.
Head
In brown color
1.- 6 bp in AM (6)
2.- 6 inc (12)
3.- (sc, inc) x6 (18)
4.- (sc, inc.sc) x6 (24)
5.- (3 sc, inc) x6 (30)
6.- (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x6 (36)
7.- (5 sc, inc) x6 (42)
8.- (3 sc, inc, 3 sc) x6 (48)
9 to 14.- 48 sc (48) 6 rounds
15.- 12 sc, [FLO (inc, 3 sc) x3, (3 sc, inc) x3], 12 sc (54)
16.- 12 sc, (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x6, 12 sc (60)
17.- 60 sc (60)
Insert the safety eyes between rounds 13-14 with 8 visible sc of separation. Remember that if you used a different yarn or crochet than the one indicated, use a safety eye in proportion his head, for this you must calculate an approximate size of 3 x 3 sc of your fabric.
18.- (4 sc, dec, 4 sc) x6 (54)
19.- (7 sc, dec) x6 (48)
20. – (3 sc, dec, 3 sc) x6 (42)
21.- (5 sc, dec) x6 (36) Start filling.
22.- (sc, dec) x12 (24)
23.- BLO (sc, dec) x6 (12) Fill firmly.
24.-6 dec (6)
Close and cut yarn.
Snout
In Ivory
1.- 6 sc in AM (6)
2.- 6 inc (12)
3.- (sc, inc) x6 (18)
4.- (3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc) x2 (24)
5 to 6.- 24 sc (24) 2 rows
Leave a long tail to sew to the head
Insert safety nose centered at the top between rows 2-3
Ears x2
In Brown
1.- 4 sc in AM (4)
2.- 4 inc (8)
3.- (sc, inc) x4 (12)
4.- (sc, inc, sc) x4 (16)
5.- (3 sc, inc) x4 (20)
6.- (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) x4 (24)
7.- (3 sc, inc) x6 (30)
8 to 9.- 30 sc (30) 2 rows
10.- (3 sc, dec) x6 (24)
11.- (sc, dec, sc) x6 (18)
12.- (sc, dec) x6 (12)
Leave a long tail to sew to the head. Fold the Ear and sew the edge to give it the shape shown in the image.
Chest and Belly
In Ivory color.
We will work in rows.
We will make 7 ch and in the second ch from the crochet we will crochet:
1.- 6 sc (6)
2.- inc, 4 sc, inc (8)
3.- inc, 6 sc, inc (10)
4.- inc, 8 sc, inc (12)
5.- inc, 10 sc, inc (14)
6 to 25.- 14 sc (14) 20 rows
26.- dec, 10 sc, dec (12)
27 to 29.- 12 sc (12) 3 rows
30.- dec, 8 sc, dec (10)
31 to 32.- 10 sc (10) 2 rows
33.- dec, 6 sc, dec (8)
34 to 41.- 8 sc (8) rows Do not cut the yarn.
We will surround the piece with sc all around.
Leave a long tail to sew to the body.
Antlers
In beige.
Antler tips x6
1.- 6 sc in AM (6)
2 to 4.- 6 sc (6) 3 rounds
Cut yarn only in 4 pieces.
We will continue crocheting in one of the pieces, where we do not cut yarn the following: 5.-6 sc around the piece + 6 sc in a second piece (12) as shown in the image:
6.- sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 3 sc (10)
7.- sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 2 sc (8)
8 to 12.- 8 sc (8)
Leave long yarn to sew to the head Sew the remaining pieces to one side of the previous piece between rounds 9-11.
Tail
Start in brown.
1.- 4 sc in AM (4)
From this point we will work with continuous color changes
2.- In brown sc, inc; in Ivory sc, inc (6)
3.- In brown inc, sc, inc; in Ivory inc, sc, inc (10)
4.- In brown (sc, inc) x2, sc,; in Ivory (sc, inc) x2, sc (14)
5.- In brown sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, sc; in Ivory (inc, sc) x3, inc (20)
6 to 8.- In brown 9 sc; in Ivory 11 sc (20) 3 rounds
9.- In brown dec, 5 sc, dec; In Ivory dec, 7 sc, dec (16) 10.- In brown dec, 3 sc, dec; in Ivory 2 dec, sc, 2 dec (10) Fill.
11.- In brown dec, sc, dec; in Ivory dec, sc, dec (6) Close off and leave a yarn to sew to the body
Assembly
1.- We will start by joining the chest and belly of our reindeer to the body
2.- We will join the front legs, between rows 26-22 diagonally, on the side of the ivory piece that we joined previously
4.- Sew the back legs under the thighs
3.- We will join the thighs to the sides of the body, remember to stuff them before finishing sewing them
5.- We will join the snout to the head. Between rows 15-20. You must center the snout, using the eyes as a guide.
6.- Sew the ears, between rows 6-7, with 5 stitches separating them from the eyes.
7.- Join the head to the body, using the front strand that we left free on the head
8.- We will join the antlers, between rows 3-4. Aligned with the back of the ear. To give the horns more shape, you can use a pipe cleaner to articulate them.
9.- Attach the tail at the back, centering the color change of the tail with the patch that we sewed in step 1 of the assembly.
Final details
Embroider both sides of the eyes with white cotton yarn
Reindeer Harness:
Using red we will crochet a chain with the number of stitches necessary to surround the indicated part of our Reindeer, this will depend on your crocheting tension and the thickness of your yarn, so these stitches are for reference and you can modify them according to your Reindeer. I recommend measuring the pieces on your Reindeer’s body as you go along.
We will work in Rows.
Piece (Neck contour)
Make 36 ch, and in the second chain from the crochet we will crochet
1 to 2-35 sc (35) 2 rows
Leave a yarn to join the ends
Piece 2 (Belly contour)
Make 51 ch, and in the second chain from the crochet we will crochet
1 to 2-50 sc (50) 2 rows
Leave a yarn to join the ends
Piece 3 x2 (Harness sides)
Make 11 ch, and in the second chain from the crochet we will crochet
1 to 2-10 sc (10) 2 rows
Leave a yarn to join pieces 1 and 2
Sew the pieces to the reindeer body and paint gold dots around the harness or use yellow felt circles.
