Free Crochet Mini Reindeer Pattern For Christmas

A crocheted reindeer with some mommy love can be an irresistible gift for little ones at Christmas. So, I decided to share this free crochet mini reindeer amigurumi pattern for beginners.

These reindeer sit like a doll, and due to their smallness, they can also be hung as the cutest ornaments or made fun keychains to refresh the memories of Christmas for a whole year. The pattern is really simple and needs less yarn. So, follow through on this till the end.

Designers: Scandistyle_dolls On Instagram

Materials Used 

Below are the specific types of materials the creator of this tiniest amigurumi has used (have them in hand before getting started)

• Yarn (beige, milky, brown). The designer has beige and milky – Vita Brilliant (Fingering / 4-ply / Super Fine, 380 m /100 g), brown – thin chenille yarn (regular yarn can be used).

Which other yarns can I use for the crocheted reindeer?

Although the creator used wool and wool acrylic blends, you can use other yarns in the same color and thicknesses. These yarns are cotton or acrylic, as recommended most for the amigurumi, like the crochet reindeer.

• Crochet hook: The Designer had a Clover size of 1.5 mm. Such crochet hook sizes produce tightnesses in the yarn.
• Plastic eyes size 3 mm, glue (you can avoid them if the receiver of the amigurumi reindeer is a child smaller than three years)
• Brown thin thread for nose embroidery. 5. Polyester fiberfill, needle, pins, scissors.

Stitches And abbreviations to know

Abbreviations

MR – magic (amigurumi) ring: This crochet technique can be easily understood with the video tutorial below.

• Ch – chain: To chain, yarn over and pull through the loop on a crochet hook.
• SC-single crochet: To do one single crochet stitch, insert the hook into the stitch. Yarn over and pull up a loop, YO and pull through both the loops on the hook.
• Inc – increase: This step will involve crocheting a particular stitch (specified by the pattern) more than once in one stitch. The number will also specified by the pattern.
• Dec – decrease: In this step, you will crochet the incomplete stitch in many stitches (the pattern will specify no and stitch type) and keep gathering the loops on the hook. In the end, drawing all those loops at once with the yarn over.
• slst – slip stitch: In this stitch, you will insert the hook into the stitch, yarn over and pull through the loop on the crochet hook.

Crochet Pattern for the Mini Reindeer

Now you can read the free crochet Reindeer pattern and start crocheting these mini amigurumi:

Skill Level: Easy

Finished Size: 6-7 cm.

Head, option 1 (wide
muzzle)
Milky.
1-6 sc in MR
2-6 inc (12)
3-(1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4-18 sc
Change to beige. 5-6-18 sc (3 rounds)
7-7 sc, 4 inc, 7 sc (22)
8-7 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 7 sc (24) 9-(3 sc, inc)*6 (30) 10-12-30 sc (3 rounds)
13-(3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
14-(2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
15-(1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
Stuff.
16-6 dec
Secure and cut off the thread, weave in the ends.

Head, option 2 (narrow muzzle)
Milky.
1-6 sc in MR
2-(1 sc, inc)*3 (9) 3-(2 sc, inc)*3 (12) Change to beige. 4-(3 sc, inc)*3 (15) 5-(4 sc, inc)*3 (18) 6-7 sc, 4 inc, 7 sc (22)
7-7 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 7 sc (24) 8-(3 sc, inc)*6 (30) 9-11-30 sc (3 rounds) 12-(3 sc, dec)*6 (24) 13-(2 sc, dec)*6 (18) 14-(1 sc, dec)*6 (12) Stuff.
15-6 dec
Secure and cut off the thread, weave in the ends.

Ears (make 2) Beige.
1-6 sc in MR
2-(1 sc, inc)*3 (9) 3-(2 sc, inc)*3 (12) 4-12 sc
5-(2 sc, dec)*3 (9)
Cut off the thread, leave a thread for sewing. Fold the edges together, sew them using a needle, then fold the ear in half and sew it again.

Horns (make 2)
Brown.
1 – 5 sc in MR
2-3-5 sc (2 rounds)
Crochet 2 equal parts. Cut off the thread on the first part, do not cut off the thread on the second part, but continue crocheting the horn. Connect the first part:
45 sc on the fist part, 5 sc on the second part (10) 5-5 dec (5)
6-5 sc
Cut off the thread, leave a thread for sewing. Do not stuff the horn. Make the second horn similarly.

Body Beige.
1-6 sc in MR
2-6 inc (12)
3-(1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4-(2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
5-7-24 sc (3 rounds)
8-6 dec, (1 sc, dec)*4 (14) 9-11-14 sc (3 rounds) 12-(5 sc, dec)*2 (12) 13-12 sc
Cut off the thread, leave a
thread for sewing. Stuff.

Tail
Beige.
1-6 sc in MR
2-(1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
3-9 sc
Cut off the thread and leave a thread for sewing. Fold the edges together and sew them using a needle.

Legs (make 2)
Beige.
1-6 sc in MR 2-6 inc (12)
3-5-12 sc (3 rounds)
6-(2 sc, dec)*3 (9) 7-10-9 sc (4 rounds)
Stuff.
Tighten the hole, secure the thread and weave in the ends.

Arms (make 2)
Beige.
1-6 sc in MR
2-(1 sc, inc)*3 (9)
3-4 9 sc (2 rounds)
5-(1 sc, dec)*3 (6) 6-7-6 sc (2 rounds) Stuff.
Tighten the hole, secure the thread and weave in the ends.

Assembly
1 – glue on the eyes between the 7th and 8th rounds, on the edges of the 4 increases of the 7th round (for wide muzzle reindeer), or between the 6th and 7th rounds, on the edges of the 4 increases of the 6th round (for narrow muzzle reindeer). Embroider a nose with a brown thread on the second round of the muzzle.
2 – sew on the ears on 10-11 rounds (11-12 rounds for the wide muzzle reindeer) on the sides of the head (at the level of the eyes). Sew on the horns above the ears, close to them. Embroider has white stitches on the forehead.
3- sew on the head to the body.
4 – attach arms using thread attaching (or sewing) 1 round below the seam between head and body.
5- attach legs using thread attaching (or sewing) between the 4th and 5th rounds of the body on the sides.
6 sew on the tail at the back of the toy approximately on 5-6 rounds.