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It is Day 8 of the Spring 2025 Little Safari Mini Amigururmi Crochet Along, and time for another little animal. We are 2/3 of the way done and today's animal is a Little Ostrich!
An ostrich was one of the animals on my list that I really wanted to keep on the list and make sure to include. I think because it was a bird, and I didn't have as many of those to choose from. Plus it is such a unique bird that I thought it would be a really interesting pattern to figure out.
One of the things about the ostrich is that it has a long, skinny neck, which is a little different than the style of animals that I am making. I had to make some small changes to the pattern to give it that sense of a long neck, without changing too much in order to keep the style consistent with the other animals.
To do this all that I did was make the same body and head style as normal, but after decreasing for the neck, instead of immediately doing an increase round like I normally do I added a few straight rounds to give it a longer neck.
I used a dark charcoal gray for the body, paired with a cream color for the feathers on the wings and tail. I used a beige color for the neck, head, and legs, and pink for the beak. The long legs are made a little differently than the rest because they are started at the top and end at the feet which have two toes because that is how many an ostrich has. That was a new little ostrich fact that I learned while making this.
Be sure to come back tomorrow to see what little safari animal will be next!
How to Crochet a Little Ostrich
Finished Size: about 4" tall sitting
You will need:
- medium weight yarn in black, cream, beige, and pink (sample made in Loops and Threads Impeccable in Dark Charcoal, Aran, Putty, and Soft Rose)
- G crochet hook (4/4.25 mm)
- 2- 6 mm safety eyes
- Polyfil fiberfill
- yarn needle
- stitch markers
- scissors
Instructions:
The body and head are made in one piece, the other pieces are made separately and sew on. All of the pieces, except the beak, are made beginning with a magic ring (mr).
Body
Make 1 starting with black, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Rounds 4-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work
Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)
Switch to Beige yarn
Rounds 10-12: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)
Round 13: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 14: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 15-18: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 19: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 16 and 17 about 3 stitches apart
Round 20: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 21: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off, weave in ends
Beak
Make 2 with pink yarn, beginning with chain
ch 3
sl st in the ch closest to hook, sc in next ch, dc in next ch
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Stitch the two beak pieces to the face together to make an open beak (the side of the dc along the face)
Wings
Make 2 starting with cream, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Switch to black yarn
Round 3: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 4: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Stitch wings to side of body
Legs
Make 2 with beige yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Rounds 2-6: 1 sc in each st (4 sc)
Round 7: sl st in next st, [ch 2, sc in first ch, sl st in next st] 2 times
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the 2 legs to the bottom side of the body in a sitting position
Tail
Make 1 starting with cream, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Switch to black yarn
Rounds 3-4: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Stitch wings to side of body
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