Hi everyone! I’m Julia from Little World of Whimsy, and I’m here to share a cute fluffy narwhal pattern with you just in time for beach season this summer. Jumbo velvet yarn has been all the rage lately, and being able to whip up a giant amigurumi in an hour or so is truly incredible. This pattern takes less than a skein of yarn of peach and white, and can be sized up and down if you don’t have velvet on hand. You can get the inexpensive, beautifully formatted, printable PDF on Etsy here.
Materials:
- Clover Amour Crochet Hook P/Q (15.0 mm) – Art No.1059
- Sweet Snuggles Yarn by Loops and Threads (<1 skein of each color: Peach and White)
- Mini Patchworks Scissors – Art No. 493/CW
- Quick Locking Stitch Marker (Small) – Art No. 3030
- Darning Needle Set (Bent Tip) – Art No. 3121
- 10.0mm Safety eyes
- Fiberfill stuffing
Abbreviations:
- BLO: work in the back loop only
- CC: contrast color
- ch: chain
- dec: decrease
- inc: increase (2 scs in the same stitch)
- MC: main color
- MR: magic ring
- rnd: round
- sc: single crochet
- slst: slip stitch
- st(s): stitch(es)
- x sc: sc x number of times
- (x sts): x total stitches in round/row
Technical Notes:
1.Crochet in continuous spiral rounds, unless specified otherwise. Use a stitch marker or piece of yarn to keep track of the last stitch in each round.
2.When filling with polyester stuffing, pull apart each large chunk into many smaller chunks. This ensures an even distribution of firmness within the amigurumi.
3.When working with velvet yarn, feel for the stitches with your fingers if you have trouble seeing them. Using your left hand to feel for each small gap in the stitch.
4.Try to avoid frogging velvet yarn since it sheds easily, and close the magic ring in the beginning as soon as possible, gently but firmly. Attempting to close it later on may result in breaking the yarn.
5.For this pattern, the MC is peach, and CC1 is white.
Final Size:
Approx. 10″ x 6″ (excluding horn)
To adjust the size of this amigurumi to be bigger or smaller, increase or decrease the weight of the yarn and hook.
Pattern:
BODY (in MC)
Round 1: 8 sc in MR (8 sts)
Round 2: inc x8 (16 sts)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x8 (24 sts)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x8 (32 sts)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x8 (40 sts)
Round 6-7 (2 rnds): sc around (40 sts) Round 8: (7 sc, inc) x5 (45 sts)
Round 9-12 (4 rnds): sc around (45 sts)
Round 13: (3 sc, dec) x2.
Create first flipper: chain 4 off the side of the narwhal, and beginning from the second chain from the hook, sc, 2 hdc, then continue working on the round (see fig. 1 and 2). The flipper does not take up a whole stitch, and merely occupies the space between the last decrease and the beginning of the first single crochet in the next step.
Continue working in the round: (3 sc, dec) x3.
Create the tail: chain 4 off the side of the narwhal, and beginning from the second chain from the hook, 3 sc back. Then, chain 4 off the side, and sc 3 back, then continue working on the round (See fig. 3 and 4).
Continue working in the round: (3 sc, dec) x3.
Create second flipper identically to the first one: chain 4 off the side of the narwhal, and beginning from the second chain from the hook, sc, 2 hdc, then continue working on the round.
Continue working in the round: 3 sc, dec. (36 sts total in round 13) Switch to CC1. Insert 10.0mm safety eyes between rounds 10 and 11, 9 stitches apart. Center the eyes between the two flippers.
Round 14: BLO, (2 sc, dec) x9 (27 sts)
Round 15: (sc, dec) x9 (18 sts)
Stuff.
Round 16: dec x9 (9 sts)
Round 17: dec x4, sc (5 sts)
Finish off, leaving a tail. Using a tapestry needle, thread needle through each of the last five stitches and pull tight to close the hole. Then insert needle through center of the last round and push it out anywhere else in the narwhal, then cut the end to hide it.
HORN (in CC1)
Round 1: 4 sc in MR (4 sts)
Round 2: (sc, inc) x2 (6 sts)
Round 3: (2 sc, inc) x2 (8 sts)
Round 4: sc around (8 sts)
Gently stuff. Finish off, leaving a tail for sewing. Sew to the whale between rounds 3-5 (counting from the top), directly between the eyes.
I hope you enjoyed crocheting him and found the pattern helpful. I would love to see your finished amigurumi, so share a picture on Instagram with me by using the #littleworldofwhimsy and tagging me @littleworldofwhimsy.
This pattern is free but if you’d like to purchase a low-cost PDF, you can find it here.
Once again, if you have any questions don’t hesitate to reach out to me with a direct message on Instagram @littleworldofwhimsy or through email at littleworldofwhimsy@gmail.com.
Happy crocheting!