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Today, the new daily crochet pattern Amigurumi Lights Shiba Free Crochet Pattern, I want to give you some information about this pattern;
DIFFICULTY
INTERMEDIATE
Materials
- Any yarn in golden brown, ivory, black, soft pink, white, red, blue, green and yellow colour
- Crochet hook that matches the size of your yarn
- A pair of safety eyes and washer (I use oval eyes in 10x8mm)
- (Optional) A safety nose (I use 10mm, but nose pattern is provided)
- Tapestry/yarn needle
- Stitch marker
- Scissors
- Stuffing
- A hot glue gun
SIZE
I used Bali cotton yarn in size #2 (sport) and a 2.50mm crochet
hook. My Lights Shiba turned out approximately 12cm (3.4″) tall.
ABBREVIATIONS
R = round/row
ch = chain
st(s) = stitch(es)
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
tc = triple crochet
inc = increase (2sc in 1 st)
dec = decrease (sc in 2 st)
BLO = back loop only
FLO = front loop only
sk = skip
slst = slip stitch
x(…) = repeat (…) times
Sealing method
I often use this method to get rid of some tails because it saves
more time than weaving the tails in one by one. However, make
sure the area that you want to “seal” is not visible, thus, not making
it ugly.
- Hold the tail to your piece. If you have more than 1 tail, you can
twist it to become one.
- Apply a small amount of hot glue gun, quickly and carefully press
it using a metal flat object, I’m using my scissors.
Cut off the tail and you’re done
HEAD
(golden brown, ivory)
R1: (in golden brown) 6sc in magic ring [6]
R2: inc x6 [12]
R3: (inc, sc) x6 [18]
R4: (inc, 2sc) x6 [24]
R5: (inc, 3sc) x6 [30]
R6: (inc, 4sc) x6 [36]
R7: (inc, 5sc) x6 [42]
R8-R13: sc around (6 rounds) [42]
R14: (inc, 6sc) x6 [48]
R15: sc around [48]
R16: 15sc, (change to ivory) 18sc, (change to golden brown) 15sc [48]
R17: 14sc, (change to ivory) 20sc, (change to golden brown) 14sc [48]
R18: dec, 6sc, dec, 3sc, (change to ivory) 3sc, (dec, 6sc) x2, dec, sc,
(change to golden brown) 5sc, dec, 6sc [42]
R19: 5sc, dec, 4sc, (change to ivory) sc, (dec, 5sc) x2, dec, 2sc, (change to golden brown) 3sc, dec, 5sc, dec[36]
R20: dec, 4sc, dec, 3sc, (change to ivory) sc, (dec, 4sc) x2, dec, (change to golden brown) 4sc, dec, 4sc [30]
Insert the eyes (I inserted it between round 15 and 16, and about 10 sts in between).
Place them right above the ivory colour, and on the 4th st of the ivory st on each left and right sides (see pictures)
R21: (3sc, dec) x2, (change to ivory) (3sc, dec) x2, sc, (change to golden brown) 2sc, dec, 3sc, dec [24]
R22: (dec, 2sc) x2, (change to ivory) (dec, 2sc) x2, (change to golden brown) (dec, 2sc) x2, [18]
Slst, fasten off, weave the tail in, add more stuffing if needed.
Body
(golden brown, ivory)
R1: (in golden brown) 6sc in magic ring [6]
R2: inc x6 [12]
R3: (inc, sc) x6 [18]
R4: (inc, 2sc) x6 [24]
R5: 10sc, (change to ivory) 4sc, (change to golden brown) 10sc [24]
R6-R9: 10sc, (change to ivory) 5sc, (change to golden brown) 9sc (4 rounds) [24]
R10: (dec, 2sc) x2, dec, (change to ivory) 2sc, dec, sc, (change to golden brown) sc, (dec, 2sc) x2 [18]
R11: 7sc, (change to ivory) 4sc, (change to golden brown) 7sc [18]
Slst, fasten off, leave a tail for sewing and stuff fully.
Ears (make 2)
(golden brown)
R1: 4sc in magic ring [4]
R2: (inc, sc) x2 [6]
R3: (inc, 2sc) x2 [8]
R4: (inc, 3sc) x2 [10]
R5: (inc, 4sc) x2 [12]
R6: (inc, 5sc) x2 [14]
Slst, fasten off, leave a tail for sewing and don’t stuff
Legs (make 2)
(ivory, golden brown, black)
R1: 6sc in magic ring [6]
R2: inc x6 [12]
R3: BLO sc around [12]
R4-R5: (change to golden brown) sc around (2 rounds) [12]
R6: (dec, 4sc) x2 [10]
Slst, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
Now we’re gonna make details on the paws.
- Make the middle bean: (in black yarn) Ch 2, (starting from 2nd ch from hook) hdc. Seal off the tails.
- Using black yarn, pull out the yarn from the toe, then tie a knot 2 times, as close as possible to the toe.
- Insert the needle to the same hole that you pulled out, then pull it out again next to it.
- Repeat until you have 3 toe beans.
- Glue the middle bean that you made earlier below the toe beans.
- Stuff fully
Arms (make 2)
(golden brown, ivory)
R1: (in ivory) 4sc in magic ring [4]
R2: inc x4 [8]
R3-R7: (change to golden brown) sc around
[5 rounds) [8]
Slst, fasten off, leave a tail for sewing and stuff lightly.
Eyebrows (make 2)
(ivory)
Ch 4, (starting from 2nd ch from hook) sc, hdc, sc [3]
Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing, or not leaving a tail and just glue them later.
Ear details (make 2)
(ivory)
Ch 5, (starting from 2nd ch from hook) sc, 2dc, tc [4]
Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing, or not leaving a tail and just glue them later.
Tail
(golden brown)
R1: 4sc in magic ring [4]
R2: (inc, sc) x2 [6]
R3: (inc, 2sc) x2 [8]
R4: (inc, sc) x4 [12]
R5-R6: 3sc, 6dc, 3sc (2 rounds) [12]
R7: (dec, sc) x4 [8]
Slst, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
Snout
(ivory)
R1: ch 6, (starting from 2nd ch from hook) 5sc. Turn to the other side of the chains then 5sc again.
Now you’re working in rounds. [10]
R2: (inc, sc) x5 [15]
R3: (inc, 2sc) x5 [20]
R4: sc around [20]
Slst, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
Now we’re going to embroider the mouth.
1) Embroider a short vertical line in the centre of the snout, slightly upper.
2) Embroider an upside down “v” shape on lower part of the vertical line.
Santa hat
(red, white)
R1: (in red) 4sc in magic ring [4]
R2: (inc, sc) x2 [6]
R3: sc around [6]
R4: (inc, 2sc) x2 [8]
R5: (inc, 3sc) x2 [10]
R6: (inc, 4sc) x2 [12]
R7: (inc, 5sc) x2 [14]
R8: (inc, 6sc) x2 [16]
R9: (inc, 7sc) x2 [18]
R10: (inc, 8sc) x2 [20]
R11: (inc, 9sc) x2 [22]
R12: (inc, 10sc) x2 [24]
R13: (inc, 7sc) x3 [27]
R14: (inc, 8sc) x3 [30]
R15: (inc, 9sc) x3 [33]
R16-R17: (change to white) sc around (2 rounds) [33]
R18: FLO (inc, 10sc) x3 [36]
R19: sc around
Slst, fasten off and weave in/seal off the tail.
Flip the lower part inside out until R18 where you can see the line of loops from the FLO.
Now we’re making the little ball.
R1: (in white) 4sc in magic ring [4]
R2: inc x4 [8]
R3: sc around [8]
R4: dec x4 [4]
Slst, fasten off, leave a tail for sewing or not leaving a tail and just glue them later.
Sew/glue it to the top of the santa hat
Cheeks (make 2)
(soft pink)
R1: 5sc in magic ring [5]
R2: inc x5 [10]
Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing, or not leaving a tail and just glue them later
Nose (optional)
(black)
I’m using a safety nose and cut the spike on the back of it using cutting pliers. Then, I will glue it to the snout later. If you don’t have safety nose (or can’t find one), you can just crochet it:
Ch 4, (starting from 2nd ch from hook) sc, hdc, sc [3]
Fasten off and leave a tail for sewing, or not leaving a tail and just glue them later.
Lights
(black, red, yellow, blue, green)
We’re going to make the cable first.
1) ch 7.
2) (starting from 2nd ch from hook) 2slst.
3) Repeat step 1 and 2.
4) Repeat step 1 and 2 six more times, then end with ch 5. Weave in/- seal off the tails.
5) Make 2 lights in each red, yellow, blue and green colour.
Lights pattern: ch 3, (starting from 2nd ch from hook) 2slst. Seal off the tails. (Or you can just make the lights shape out of felt to make it simpler.)
6) Glue the lights to the lights “cap” on the cable that you made earlier. Make sure no same color is placed side by side. Place them on the front and back of the caps by turns (see picture) because we want to make the lights go up and down like on the picture at the very top of the page.
Assembly
I recommend to use ball point pins for assembly. This way will help
you to keep the pieces in place and make it easier to do the sewing.
I’m using a hot glue gun to attach some of the parts, but if you
make this amigurumi for kids, I recommend to make it fully sewn.
- Sew the body to the head.
- Sew the legs to the body (see pictures).
- This step is optional, I inserted a wire through the upper part of the
body for the arms. (Not recommended if you make this amigurumi for kids) - Sew the arms to the sides of the upper body.
- Sew the ears on approx. R5-R11 of the head
- Sew/glue the ear details on the ears.
- Sew the snout on the centre of the face, place the top of the
snout 1 round above the round that you insert safety eyes. Before fully close the gap, insert little stuffing.
- Attach the nose in the middle and upper part of the snout.
- Attach the eyebrows approx. 2 round above the eyes, slightly to the centre and forming like angry eyebrows a little.
- Sew the tail on the lower back of the body. Using the excess
yarn, sew the top part of the tail to the body to fix the tail so it will remain curled.
- Place the santa hat on the right ear (our POV) and fold the end
of the santa hat. Then, sew/glue it in place. - Attach the cheeks on both sides of the lower part of the face.
- Last but not least, place the lights on one
side ot the hand, to front side of the body and
to the other side of the hand (it’s like he’s
holding it). Then, apply a little hot glue on the
hands so the lights will stay in place.
And.. You’re done!
