Flower pals amigurumi ⋆ A little love everyday

Do you know that flowers triggers the release of dopamine, which makes us feel good? Flowers have the power to lift one’s mood and brighten the day. Similarly, I hope these flower pals amigurumi will cheer you up when you see them. Read below for instructions on how to make them.

Pattern notes: Flower pals amigurumi pattern is for personal use only. Please don’t copy, alter, reproduce, distribute or sell this pattern in whole or in parts. You may sell the finished products but please credit me as the designer and link back to this post.

You can buy the PDF version for this Flower pals amigurumi with step by step instructions and detailed pictures on my Etsy and Ravelry shop.

Instructions:

This pattern is written in US English terms and worked in continuous rounds unless stated otherwise.

Materials needed:

DK weight cotton yarn in yellow, green, brown and pink colour.
3 mm crochet hook.
Fiberfill for stuffing.
8mm safety eyes.
Tapestry needle.
Black embroidery thread and needle.
Pink felt for blush
Sewing pins.

Stitches/ Abbreviations

R – round/ row.
Ch – chain.
St(s) – stitch(es).
Sc – single crochet.
Dc – double crochet
Trc – Triple/ treble crochet.
P – picot stitch.
Inc – increase.
Dec – decrease.
Sl st – slip stitch.
[…] – repeat the instructions given in between the bracket.
(…) – total number of stitches.

Head:

Use yellow yarn for daisy and brown yarn for sunflower.

R1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6).

R2: Inc x 6 (12).

R3: [ Sc, inc ] x 6 (18).

R4: [ Sc, inc, sc ] x 6 (24).

R5: [ Sc 3, inc ] x 6 (30).

R6: [ Sc 2, inc, sc 2 ] x 6 (36).

R7: [ Sc 5, inc ] x 6 (42).

R8-15: Sc in each st (42)

R16: [ Sc 5, dec ] x 6 (36).

R17: [ Sc 2, dec, sc 2 ] x 6 (30).

Insert 8 mm safety eyes between R11 and R12 with 7 stitches in between.

R18: [ Sc 3, dec ] x 6 (24).

R19: [ Sc, dec, sc ] x 6 (18).

Stuff firmly, fasten off and weave in the ends.

Arms (make 2):

Using green yarn,

R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6).

R2: [ Sc 2, inc ] x 2 (8).

R3-R8: Sc in each st (8).

Sc through both the top layers to close.

Stuff a little and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Legs (make 2):

Using green yarn,

R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6).

R2: [ Sc, inc ] x 3 (9).

R3-R10: Sc in each st (9).

Fasten off the first leg but don’t cut off the yarn in second one.

Stuff the legs and continue to body part.

Body:

R11: With the second leg, chain 2, join to the first leg and sc around the first leg (9), sc in the 2 chains (2), sc around the second leg (9) and sc in the other side of 2 chains (2). (22 sts in total).

R12: [ Sc 10, inc ] x 2 (24).

R13-15: Sc in each st (24).

R16: [ Sc 10, dec ] x 2 (22).

R17: Sc in each st (22).

R18: [ dec, sc 9 ] x 2 (20).

R19: Sc in each st (20).

R20: [ dec, sc 8 ] x 2 (18).

Stuff the body and fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Petals:

Both the petals are worked in rows.

For Daisy:

Using pink yarn, ch 49.

Starting from second chain on hook,

[ sc, dc inc, trc inc, dc inc, sc, sl st ] x 8.

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Special Stitch used:

Picot (p) – Ch 2, sl st in second chain from hook.

For Sunflower:

Using yellow yarn, ch 49.

Starting from second chain on hook,

[ sc, dc inc, (trc, p, trc), dc inc, sc, sl st ] x 8.

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing.

Assembling:

Attach the head to the body.
Sew the arms on both sides of the body.
Place the petals around the head. Use sewing pins for positioning the petals and sew all around the head. I sewed mine about 5 stitches away from the eyes.
Embroider a smile using black emboidery thread.
Add in blush using pink felt (optional).

And your flower pals are now ready!