Free Pattern Friday: Sitting Alligator Amigurumi

A 6" tall amigurumi of a sitting alligator. The pattern is available on Ravelry or you can find it written below. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at icrochetthings@gmail.com.

This is a super old pattern, probably around 3 years old. I remember thinking it was one of my first original patterns that wasn't entirely awful. Looking at it today, it could definitely use a lot of work.

When I picked this one for Free Pattern Friday, I felt obligated to do a few repairs to it. The body was a bit narrow at the top, making the head flimsy, so I fixed that. Also for some reason when I made this pattern I decided not to stuff the arms, so if you plan on making this I would try stuffing them to see if it looks better. Another change I might make is getting rid of the eyelids to make it look a bit cuter.

This is one of the patterns that I may update it the future. I think it has the potential to be cute if a couple adjustments were made. Plus I kind of want to see what it would look like in some different colors, maybe blue or pink. Anyway, TGIF and happy crocheting!

Materials:

▪  Worsted weight yarn in light green, medium green, dark green, black

▪  Stuffing
▪  9 mm safety eyes
▪  F hook (3.75 mm)
▪  Scissors
▪  Tapestry needle

Difficulty: Medium-Easy
You should know how to work in the round, increase, decrease, change colors, slip stitch, and triple crochet.

Pattern:
This is an icrochetthings original pattern © 2014-2015. Do not claim as your own. Do not copy, sell, or distribute this pattern. Do not sell any products made from this pattern.

Key

Head

Starting with medium green

1.  ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch  (6)
2.  [inc] around  (12)
3.  [sc, inc] around  (18)
4.  [2 sc, inc] around  (24)
5.  [3 sc, inc] around  (30)
6.  [4 sc, inc] around  (36)
7.  [11 sc, inc] around  (39)
8 – 12.  [sc] around  (39)
13.  [11 sc, dec] around  (36)
14.  [4 sc, dec] around  (30)
15.  [3 sc, dec] around  (24)
16.  [2 sc, dec] around  (18)
Stuff and attach safety eyes (I placed mine between rounds 11 and 12 at about 10 sts apart)
17.  [sc, dec] around  (12)
16.  [dec] around  (6)

F/O, sew shut

Body

Starting with medium green

1.  ch 2, 6 sc in 1^st ch  (6)
2.  [inc] around  (12)
3.  [sc, inc] around  (18)
4.  [2 sc, inc] around  (24)
5.  [3 sc, inc] around  (30)
6.  [9 sc, inc] around  (33)
7 – 10.  [sc] around  (33)
11.  [9 sc, dec] around  (30)
12.  [3 sc, dec] around  (24)
13 – 14.  [sc] around  (24)
15.  [2 sc, dec] around  (18)
16.  [sc] around  (18)
Stuff

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Snout

Starting with medium green

1.  ch 2, 9 sc in 1^st ch  (9)
2.  [2 sc, inc] around  (12)
3.  11 sc, inc  (13)
4.  12 sc, inc  (14)
5.  13 sc, inc  (15)
6.  14 sc, inc  (16)
7.  15 sc, inc  (17)
8.  16 sc, inc  (18)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

2 Arms

Starting with dark green

1.  ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch  (6)

2.  [2 sc, inc] around  (8)

3.  [sc] around  (9) – Break off dark green

4 – 8.  Attach medium green – [sc] around  (8)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

2 Feet

Starting with medium green

1.  ch 2, 6 sc in 1st ch  (6)
2.  [sc, inc] around  (9)
3 – 5.  [sc] around  (9) – Break off medium green, leave long tail for sewing
6.  Attach dark green – [sc] around  (9)
7.  Fold in half and [sc, ch 2, sc, sc in original st] across  (9)

F/O

2 Eyelids

Starting with medium green

1.  ch 4, [sc] across  (3)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Tail

Starting with medium green

1.  ch 2, 3 sc in 1st ch  (3)
2.  2 sc, inc  (4)
3.  [sc, inc] around  (6)
4.  [sc, inc] around  (9)
5.  8 sc, inc  (10)
6.  [4 sc, inc] around  (12)
7.  [5 sc, inc] around  (14)
8.  13 sc, inc  (15)
9.  14 sc, inc  (16)
10.  [7 sc, inc] around  (18)
11.  [5 sc, inc] around  (21)
12.  [6 sc, inc] around  (24)
13.  [sc] around  (24)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Small Belly Patch

Starting with light  green

1.  ch 8, [sc] across  (7)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Medium Belly Patch

Starting with light  green

1.  ch 9, [sc] across  (8)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Large Belly Patch

Starting with light  green

1.  ch 10, [sc] across  (9)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Back Ridge

Starting with dark  green

1.  ch 36, ss, [tr, ss] across  (35)

F/O, leave long tail for sewing

Assembly

See pictures above if you need help with placement

▪  Sew the snout onto the head, stuffing as you go
▪  Use black yarn to embroider nostrils and a mouth onto the snout
▪  Use dark green yarn to embroider 3 ridges onto the snout
▪  Use dark green yarn to embroider eyebrows onto the head
▪  Sew the eyelids above the eyes
▪  Sew the body onto the bottom of the head
▪  Sew the small belly patch onto the top of the body
▪  Sew the medium belly patch below the small belly patch
▪  Sew the large belly patch below the medium belly patch
▪  Sew the arms on either side of the body
▪  Sew the feet onto the front of the body
▪  Sew the tail onto the back of the body, stuffing as you go
▪  Sew the back ridge down the back of the head to the tail