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Baby Lion crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 84 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineAnimals

Difficulty
3/3
Time
~3 h
Size
13.6 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

A free crochet lion pattern for a sitting golden lion cub with a big ruffled mane that frames its sweet face. This amigurumi lion has shiny safety eyes, a cream muzzle with a brown nose, pink cheeks, round ears with cream centers, a cream tummy and a tail with a bobbly tuft. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook; the mane is two chain-ring ruffles of popcorn stitches with a shell edge sewn around the head, and the cub is about 14 cm (5.5 in) tall. Follow the row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to see where every piece goes.

How to crochet the Baby Lion

Advanced · 14 cm tall · about 3 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 15 pieces in rounds: Head, Mane, back ruff, Mane, front ruff, Ear ×2, Muzzle, Body, Arm ×2, Foot ×2, Tail, Tail tuft, Cheek ×2 (99 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 11 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
  3. Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.

Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.

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Gauge

1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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0 of 77 rounds done

  25. Size before assembly: about 7.9 cm at the widest, 5.9 cm long; 25 rounds.
  26. Change to gold (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R14).
  27. → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  28. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  7. Size before assembly: about 12 cm at the widest, 0.6 cm long; 6 rounds.
  8. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  5. Size before assembly: about 9.9 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 4 rounds.
  6. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  7. Size before assembly: about 3.2 cm at the widest, 1.7 cm long; 6 rounds.
  8. Change to gold (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
  9. → This piece is not stuffed.
  10. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 5 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside. Do not stuff. Shape it into a dish: rounds 1–3 are the front of the piece, the magic ring its centre. Push the centre in so the front is concave (about 3 mm at the centre) and turn rounds 4–6 to the back: they make a thick rounded rim (about 8 mm thick) and lie behind as a second layer; the piece is about 32 mm across.<!-- (dish 50 %) -->

  5. Size before assembly: an oval about 3 × 2.2 cm at the widest, 1 cm long; 4 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
  6. With cream: ch 4.
  7. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  16. Size before assembly: about 6.6 cm at the widest, 4.8 cm long; 17 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
  17. Change to gold (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R15).
  18. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  5. Size before assembly: about 1.3 cm at the widest, 2.3 cm long; 7 rounds.
  6. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  6. Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 1.9 cm long; 6 rounds.
  7. Change to gold (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R2).
  8. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.

  3. Size before assembly: about 0.8 cm at the widest, 6.1 cm long; 17 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 80° around round 9<!-- the bend spreads over 5 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces up on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 9, 0.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left <!-- st 0.31 left -->). On the inner side draw rounds 8 and 9 together (1 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 2 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.

  6. Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 1.6 cm long; 5 rounds.
  7. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  8. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  3. A flat circle about 1.5 cm across; 2 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

  • Safety eyes with a printed glint 13 mm (on the head): between rounds 21 and 22, 16 st apart (count along round 21: about 7.9 st each side of the centre top line).
  • Satin stitch (on the muzzle): in nose thread, a triangle about 7.5 mm wide and 5.5 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred in round 1, on the centre top line.
  • Embroidery in mouth thread (on the muzzle), straight stitches through: (in round 1, on the centre bottom line ) → (in round 2, on the centre bottom line).
  • Embroidery in mouth thread (on the muzzle) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (in round 2, on the centre bottom line) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 0.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 2, 2 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ).

Abbreviations

MR
magic ring
sc
single crochet
inc
2 sc in the same stitch
dec
single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
BLO
work the round in back loops only
FLO
work the round in front loops only
ch
chain
sl st
slip stitch
st
stitch
R5
round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
(…) ×6
repeat 6 times
(24)
stitches in the round when it is done

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