Height: 4” (10 cm)
Skill level: Beginner
Crochet hook: B/C – 1/2 (2,5 mm)
Materials: Needle & black yarn, 2 safety eyes (7 mm), scissors and fiber filling
Garn: Rainbow Cotton 8/4
How much yarn do I need?
yellow (001): 1 skein
Orange (057): 1 skein
Abbreviations:
- ch = chain
- sc = single crochet
- sl st = slip stitch
- MR = magic ring
- […] = no. of stitches
- (…) = no. of rounds
- inc = increase, work 2 sts in 1 st
- dec = decrease, work 2 sts together
- dc = double crochet
Head
In yellow (001)
R1: 6 sc in a MR [6]
R2: inc 6x [12]
R3: *1 sc, inc* 6x [18]
R4: *2 sc, inc* 6x [24]
R5: *3 sc, inc* 6x [30]
R6: *4 sc, inc* 6x [36]
R7: *5 sc, inc* 6x [42]
R8-13: 1 sc in each st (6 rounds) [42]
Insert safety eyes between rounds 9/10 with 9 sts between the eyes.
R14: *5 sc, dec* 6x [36]
R15: *4 sc, dec* 6x [30]
R16: *3 sc, dec* 6x [24]
Put fiber filling in the head and add while you work.
R17: *2 sc, dec* 6x [18]
R18: *1 sc, dec* 6x [12]
R19: dec 6x [6]
Bind off by pulling the thread through the front loops of the last 6 sc.
Tighten and hide the thread in the head.
Body
In yellow (001)
R1: 6 sc in a MR [6]
R2: inc 6x [12]
R3: *1 sc, inc* 6x [18]
R4: *2 sc, inc* 6x [24]
R5: *3 sc, inc* 6x [30]
R6- R9: 1 sc in each st (4 rounds) [30]
R10: *3 sc, dec* 6x [24]
R11-12: 1 sc in each st (2 rounds) [24]
R13: *2 sc, dec* 6x [18]
Put fiber filling in the body and bind off. Leave a long tail for sewing the head to the body.
Wings
In yellow (001), make 2.
R1: 6 sc in a MR [6]
R2: *1 sc, inc* 3x [9]
R3: *2 sc, inc* 3x [12]
R4-5: 1 sc in each st (2 rounds) [12]
R6: *4 sc, dec* 2x [10] R7: *3 sc, dec* 2x [8]
R8: *2 sc, dec* 2x [6]
Bind off but don’t fill the wings. Fold them flat and attach them to both sides of the body in R13.
Feet
In orange (057)
R1: 6 sc in a MR [6]
R2: *1 sc, inc* 3x [9]
R3-5: 1 sc in each st (3 rounds) [9]
Increase in the last sc 1x [10]
After this, fold the foot flat and work the toes through both sides:
Make 3 ch, start in the 2nd ch from the hook, work 2 sc, 1 sl st on the foot, 1 sl st and 3 ch in next sc, 2 sc on the ch that’s left, 1 sl st on the foot, 1 sl st and 3 ch in next sc, 2 sc on the ch that’s left, 1 sl st in last sc and bind off. The foot is done and doesn’t need filling either.
Attach the feet to the front of the body so the bottom of the feet and the body line up.
Beak
In orange (057)
R1: 6 sc in a MR [6]
R2: *1 sc, inc* 3x [9]
R3: *1 sc in each st [9]
Bind off and leave a long tail for sewing the beak to the head between R9 and R13. Carefully check if the beak is placed in the middle between the eyes.
Tail
In yellow (001)
R1: 6 sc in a MR [6]
R2: *1 sc, inc* 3x [9]
R3: *2 sc, inc* 3x [12]
Bind off and leave a long tail for sewing the tail to the back of the body between R3 and R5. The miniature duckling is done!