Horse Amigurumi

My little Crochet Horse Amigurumi.







My final satisfied horse, fuh... it took several tries to make it and here it is my black stallion that fits a dark knight, though it has no armor on, but it looks great and the wire in it legs is working wonders to pose him.

Did several type with many techniques... however its a mix and match.


The pink horse below is large head with thin legs.

The pinky white tiny pony like without its hair is large head with large legs.

The black one at the top of the page is small head and thin legs adding extra row of "sc, inc in all for the front legs". (This one is made of that fur like black yarn with minlon black yarn, and the neck is made with sewing the rectangle patch of hair part and a patch of the front neck into cylinder like shape)

The plain white one is the first trial and the body is made in 2 parts where the back legs are made first then joining to the front of the body. (Failed to get the pattern down though).

Few more that aint attached to each other is yet to be uplaoded in the future (so as any changes or varieties of parts) Hopefully i will manage a pegasus wing next...?






I know i have been away for some really long time, so here is something i had in mind for sometime, Partially done...

(Note : I used two yarns as it was too thin and soft to work on like normal size skeins. Just trying to finish up leftover yarns then getting more as after all this is just my hobby)... but ended up buying more.

Suggest at least intermediate level of crochet as i work in circles non stop...
If you tend to use fun fur, the first 4 rows use fun fur then rest is the horse skin fur, else just carry on like normal.
The Head

Type 1 : Large Head

Row	Head
1	5 chain Magic Ring	5
2	(inc) in all	10
3	(sc,inc) in all	15
4	(2sc,inc) in all	20
5	(3sc,inc) in all	25
6	sc in all	25
7	sc in all (Keep marker as the marker will be the lower part of the head.)	25
8	7sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, sc, dec, 7sc	21
9	sc in all	21
10	(sc, dec) in all	14
11	5sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 5sc	16
12	dec, 12sc, dec	14
13	sc in all	14
14	sc, dec, 8sc, dec, sc	12
15	inc, sc, dec, sc, inc, inc, sc, dec, sc, inc	14
16	(dec) in all	7
17	Finish off and pull the string inwards down to mark the area for the neck

Type 2 : Small Head

1	Magiv Ring	5
2	(inc) in all	10
3	(sc,inc) in all	15
4	(2sc,inc) in all	20
5	sc in all	20
6	sc in all	20
7	5sc, dec, sc, dec, dec, sc, dec, 5sc	16?
8	( sc, dec) in all, ends with sc	11?
9	4sc, inc, sc, inc, 4sc	13
10	dec, 7sc, dec	9
11	sc in all	9
12	inc, dec, sc, inc, inc, sc, dec, inc	?
13	dec in all	?
14	end off	?

As you know horse heads are long, so... i worked a little diagonally to get the shape i wanted.

The end of the yarn will be hanging on the edge, so i end up tucking and pulling below the jaws so it curve a bit and have its shape just nice at the nose.


Oh forgot to mention, i use needle only for pulling the thread downwards, but i still "huge dec" thingy at the end, i have no idea what that is actually though. I use many weird methods as long it looks neat and like horse nose.


The Body

Starting from the butt as its the most annoying part to do and i've been making this part over and over again for a simple way to understand, from different shapes... however, the final choice is simple enough as i made two semi spheres and join them up then work around it. Though the white horse in the picture is a little more complicated method, the still looks nearly alike and way simpler to do.

Rows	Body				Total
1		6 Chain Magic Ring			6
2		(inc) in all			12
3		(sc,inc) in all			18
4		(2sc,inc) in all			24
		End off and make another and tie of the ends together.

Bind them (whip stich, or also meant put them both together and 5sc) up like the picture above, you dont need to cut the yarn off and just continue working be

5	Whip stitch both parts 5 sc down from the knot tied, The knot area will form the tail area mean while the end of the 5th whip stitch is the bottom part of the body
6	sc around the edge	36
7	6sc turn, 4sc, turn, 2 sc, continue on 2 sc down the rows and 12 sc to the tail part.18sc turn, 4 sc turn, 2 sc, 3sc down the rows to the tail start again.. (Note, the 3rd sc should be in the center.	36
8	(2sc, dec) in all	27
9	(sc, dec) in all	18
10	(3sc, inc) in all, ends with 2 sc?
11	sc in all	22
12	sc in all	22
13	3sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 3sc	26
14	sc in all	26
15	sc in all	26
16	sc in all,	26
17	dec, 9sc, inc, sc,sc, inc, 9sc, dec, make sure its at the center	26
18	(3sc, inc)x2, 6sc (which should be on the "inc, sc, sc, inc" of the previous row), (inc, 3sc)x2	30
19	sc in all	30
20	(3sc dec) in all	24
21	(2sc, dec) in all	18
22	(sc, dec) in all	12
23	(dec) in all	6
24	end off…

The Legs x 4

Couple of notes read first :

1. Make the body first as you can add or decrease the row 2 to row 7 of "sc in all". This is to adjust the height of the horse.
2. Make 4 legs first before attaching the body so you can adjust it
3. Pin the legs first as the two front legs are opposite of the back legs. And to me the front leg of a horse should be more bigger and if so, i reduce a row from row 2 to row 7 and add "(inc, sc) in all at the end before finishing off.
4. The legs are not with the hoof, so add separately please...
5. Lastly the legs have two types, one for the cute pony and another is a little realistic like horse legs.

Okay carry on if you are ready :)


Thin Legs

Rows	Legs
1	6 chain magic ring	6
2	sc in all	6
3	sc in all	6
4	sc in all	6
5	sc in all	6
6	sc in all	6
7	sc in all	6
8	inc, 2sc, inc, 2sc	8
9	sc in all	8
10	(inc, sc) in all	12
11	inc, 11sc	13
12	11sc, turn	?
13	from second stitch 6sc, turn	?
14	from second stitch 4 sc, turn	?
15	from second stitch 2 sc, turn	?
16	(sc, inc) in all around	?
17	Finish Off	?

For Pony Like	Large Leg Type
1	5 chain magic ring
2	inc in all
3	inc in all
4	sc in all
5	(sc, dec) in all ~ ends with sc
6	sc in all
7	(2sc, dec) in all
8	dec, 6sc, dec
9	sc in all
10	(2sc, inc) in all
11	sc in all
12	(3sc, inc) in all ~ends with 2 sc
13	sc, inc, 20sc (it will go over a row) turn…
14	6 sc, turn
15	4 sc, turn
16	2 sc, turn
17	(sc, inc) in all around
18	Finish Off

For the front legs, i add on few rows so it look bigger, optional to do this part...

Right Legs from the place we stopped... clockwise from the top view

- 10 sc turn,
- 8sc, turn,
- 6sc, turn
- 4 sc, turn,

- sc, inc around the whole thing

if its Left Leg...
5 slip stitch clock wise from before or directly skip 5 stitches clockwise, And work anti-clockwise
- 10 sc turn,
- 8sc, turn,
- 6sc, turn
- 4 sc, don't turn, but continue sc, inc around the whole thing.

When sewing it on the body, it may be overlapping a bit

Neck

	Neck
1	15 chain Loop
2	sc in all
3	sc in all
4	sc in all
5	sc in all
6	sc in all
7	4sc, inc, 4sc, inc, 4sc, inc
8	sc in second stitch, 7sc, turn
9	sc in second stitch, 5sc, turn
10	sc in second stitch, 3sc, turn
11	sc in second stitch, sc, turn
12	(sc, inc) in all
13	End off

The Second Version of Pony's are here http://myskillsguide.blogspot.com/2011/10/little-pony-version-2.html