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Leggy Capybara crochet pattern

  • Mathematically BalancedChecked by script: in all 102 rounds the increases and decreases add up to the stitch count.

by the pattern engineAnimals

Difficulty
3/3
Time
~4 h
Size
11.5 cm
Weirdness
1/5
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A4 PDF: materials, every round with a tick box, assembly and face

Free crochet capybara pattern: a Leggy Capybara amigurumi, about 12 cm tall in DK yarn with a 2.5 mm hook. The toy is a round brown capybara with a calm face and pink cheeks, sitting back with very long thin legs stretched out in white socks and dark brown shoes. You need about 110 m of yarn: 65 m caramel brown, 15 m tan, 10 m white, 10 m chocolate brown, 5 m dark brown and 5 m pink. Plan on roughly 4 hours. It is a funny desk buddy or a gift for capybara fans who like something unusual. Spin the 3D model and follow the round-by-round pattern; the long legs are simple tubes.

How to crochet the Leggy Capybara

Advanced · 12 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook

  1. Crochet the 11 pieces in rounds: Body and head, Snout, Ear ×2, Cheek ×2, Tail, Long leg ×2, Arm ×2 (102 rounds in all).
  2. Stuff and put it together in 7 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 57 rounds done

  26. Size before assembly: an oval about 10.3 × 7.9 cm at the widest, 9.6 cm long; 33 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 front to back; the starting chain is at the bottom of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is at a turn of the oval, on the piece's centre line; R1 starts there, so no shift is needed. The increases fall on the turns.
  27. With caramel brown: ch 8.
  28. → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
  29. Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 10 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

  6. Size before assembly: an oval about 5.2 × 2.8 cm at the widest, 3.2 cm long; 10 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 3 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
  7. With tan: ch 8.
  8. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff moderately 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 2.2 cm at the widest, 1.5 cm long; 5 rounds.
  6. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Shape it into a dish: rounds 1–2 are the front of the piece, the magic ring its centre. Push the centre in so the front is concave (about 2.4 mm at the centre) and turn rounds 3–5 to the back: they make a thick rounded rim (about 8 mm thick) and lie behind as a second layer; the piece is about 22 mm across.<!-- (dish 70 %) -->

  3. A flat circle about 1.7 cm across; 2 rounds.
  4. Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

  5. Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 1.2 cm long; 4 rounds.
  6. → Start stuffing (moderately) and keep adding as you decrease.
  7. 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.

  11. Size before assembly: an oval about 3.2 × 2 cm at the widest, 13.7 cm long; 39 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 vertically, top to bottom; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is at a turn of the oval, on the piece's centre line; R1 starts there, so no shift is needed. The increases fall on the turns.
  12. With chocolate brown: ch 5.
  13. Change to white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
  14. Change to caramel brown (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R18).
  15. 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.

  8. Size before assembly: about 2.2 cm at the widest, 2.8 cm long; 9 rounds.
  9. Change to caramel brown (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
  10. 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.

The whole face is embroidered. Order: the eyes (black satin), then the white glints over them, then the nose and mouth, blush last. Mark the centres with pins first and compare with the picture. Bring thread ends out where a sewn-on piece will cover them, or bury them in the stuffing.

  • Embroidery in chocolate brown thread (on the Body and head) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image), straight stitches through: (between rounds 27 and 28, 4 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 27, 4.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 27, 5.5 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 27, 6 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ) → (between rounds 27 and 28, 7 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's left ).
  • Satin stitch (on the Snout) (2, symmetric: the toy's left side is described, the right is its mirror image): in chocolate brown thread, a oval about 3.2 mm wide and 4.8 mm tall, horizontal stitches; centred between rounds 2 and 3, 1.5 st from the centre top line, toward the toy's left .
  • Embroidery in chocolate brown thread (on the Snout), straight stitches through: (between rounds 2 and 3, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 3, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's left ) → (in round 3, on the centre bottom line) → (in round 3, 1 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ) → (between rounds 2 and 3, 1.5 st from the centre bottom line, toward the toy's right ).

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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