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Today is Day 9 of the Spring 2026 Little Amazon Mini Amigururmi Crochet Along, and today we have the 3rd and final bird that will be in this set. The last bird in the Little Amazon is a Little Harpy Eagle.
As soon as I decided I would be doing an Amazon Rainforest theme I knew I wanted to include a Harpy Eagle in the set. I remember when I was in elementary school going on a field trip to a Bird of Prey center in Boise, Idaho. They had a Harpy Eagle there, and I remember thinking it was a pretty cool bird, kind of funny looking and huge. So when I was thinking of animals to include that was one that I immediately thought of and wanted to include.
The Little Harpy Eagle has a gray head with feathers that kind of stick up around its head. It has a white body on the front, with a black back. I added stripes of gray to the end of the tail. It also has a black hooked beak and yellow feet.
Because the front was white and the back was black I was a little unsure how to do that and I ended up deciding to make the body white, then make a tail that extends up to cover the back. I think it worked well to give the coloration I was hoping for.
I used 4 colors for my Little Harpy Eagle, 3 for the eagle plus the yellow for the feet. I used Red Heart Super Saver in White for the body, and Charcoal for the black parts- the tail, back, wings, and beak, and I used Saffron for the yellow feet. The light gray color that I used for the head, head feathers, and stripes on the tail was Big Twist Value in Soft Grey.
Day 9 means that we are three-quarters of the way done, only 3 more animals to go. Chack back tomorrow to see what Day 10's Little Amazon Animal will be!
How to Crochet a Little Harpy Eagle
Finished Size: about 4" tall sitting
You will need:
- medium weight yarn in white, light gray, dark gray or black, and yellow (sample made in Red Heart Super Saver in White, Charcoal, and Saffron, and Big Twist Value in Soft Grey)
- G crochet hook (4 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 sewn on. Most pieces are made beginning with a magic ring (mr), the beginning of each piece will indicate if it starts with a magic ring or a chain.
Body
Make 1 starting with white, 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 4-7: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Switch to black/dark gray
Round 8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work
Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)
Switch to light gray
Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 12-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 about 3-4 stitches apart
Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off, weave in ends
Beak
Make 1 with black yarn, beginning with magic ring (but you will not join at the end of the first round)
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 5 sc (5 sc)
Round 2: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in first 3 sts, ch 3, sl st to the first ch (furthest from the hook), sc in last 2 sts, sl st to first sc to join and curve beak
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the beak to the head between the eyes with the picot that makes the hooked part of the beak in front and the part that you joined at the end in the back
Head Feathers
Make 1 short and 1 long with light gray yarn, beginning with chain
[ch 3, sc in second ch from hook and next ch] 3 times for short feather strip and 4 times for long feather strip
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the two strips of feathers to the top/back of the head so they are sticking up, sew the shorter one in the front and the longer strip behind it
Tail/Back
Make 1 starting with dark gray/black yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
switch to light gray but don't cut dark gray/black
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
switch to dark gray/black
Round 3: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)
switch to light gray
Round 4: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)
switch to dark gray/black and cut light gray
Rounds 5-6: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)
you will now switch to working back and forth in rows
Row 7:1 sc in next 8 sts (8 sc)
Row 8: ch 1 turn, 1 sc in 8 sts (8 sc)
Rows 9-10: ch 1, turn, 1 sc in each st (8 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the back to the body along the dark stripe at the neck and stitch the opening of the tail portion to the bottom of the body
Wings
Make 2 with black yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 4: 1 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 5: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 6: [sc2tog, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the wings to the side of the body
Feet
Make 2 with yellow yarn, beginning with ch
*the feet are made by crocheting a chain and slip stitching in some of the chains to make each of the "toes" similar to a picot, at the end you will single crochet into the first chains that you made to make the "leg" portion
ch 5
turn, sk the first 2 ch from the hook, sl st in the next chapter, [ch 3, sl st in the first of the 3 ch you just made] 2 times, 1 sc in each of the last 2 ch from the starting ch
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the feet to the bottom of the body
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