Hey Hey Crochet: Agnes the Unicorn pattern

I'm just going to go straight into this pattern without too much of a preamble. Enjoy - and please let me know if any of it does not make sense!!

I used Rico Creative cotton in White 80, Cardinal 11, Pink 64, and Fuschia 13, and a 4mm hook. Oh, and toy stuffing!

Agnes’ body –

Make a magic ring, ch1 and 6dc into ring, tighten magic ring and ss to join

Use a stitch marker throughout this project so you know where each round begins and ends, don't forget to move it as you go!

Rounds 1-5 [1dc, 2dc into next st] repeat until end of round

Rounds 6-8 dc in every st of previous rounds

Round 9 [5dc, dc2tog] repeat until end of round

Round 10 [4dc, dc2tog] repeat until end of round. The body will start to curl up like a pot which is good as you are creating the unicorn’s bottom!

Rounds 11 & 12 dc in every st of previous round

Round 13 [3dc, dc2tog] repeat until end of round

Rounds 14-24 dc in every st of previous rounds

Round 25 & 26 [3dc, dc2tog] repeat until end of round
Stuff the head from here on and add as you need to

Round 27 & 28 [2dc, dc2tog] repeat until end of round

Round 29 & 30 [1dc, dc2tog] repeat until end of round

Fasten off yarn leaving a long end that you can use too close up any opening remaining and for putting the unicorn together at the end.

Agnes’ legs – don't forget to make 4!!

I gave Agnes stripy hooves but if you don't want to then just make the entire leg pattern without changing colour at all.

Using Cardinal, make a magic ring, ch1 and 6dc into ring, tighten ring and ss to join, place a stitch marker in here and move it as you start each round.

Rounds 1-3 [1dc, 2dc into next st] repeat until end of round

Round 4 dc in every st of previous round
Change colour to fuschia
Rounds 5 & 6 dc in every st of previous round
Change colour to pink
Rounds 7 & 8 dc in every st of previous round
Change colour to white
Rounds 9 - 17 dc in every st of previous round
Stuff the leg

Rounds 18 & 19 [1dc, dc2tog] repeat until end of round

Fasten off yarn leaving a long end that you can use too close up any opening remaining and for putting the unicorn together at the end.

Agnes’ head –

The basic pattern for the head I took from the book 'Animal Amigurumi to Crochet' by Teri Crews (you can see it in my book recommendations on the right). It's a fabulous little book but it must be remembered that it is American so the entire pattern needed rewriting into English Crochet terms. So here it is -

I used the pattern for the Giraffe as the head looked most unicorn-like!

Round 1 ch2, 6dc in 2nd ch from hook, don't forget your stitch marker!

Round 2 2dc in each st around

Round 3 [dc, 2dc in next st] repeat around

Round 4 [dc in each of the next 2 st, 2dc in next st] repeat around

Round 5 -7 dc in each st of previous round

Round 8 [dc in each of the next 3dc, 2dc in next st] repeat around

Round 9 & 10 dc in each st of previous round

Round 11 [dc in each of the next 4dc, 2dc in next st] repeat around

Round 12 & 13 dc in each st of previous round

Round 14 [dc in each of the next 5dc, 2dc in next st] repeat around

Round 15 dc in each st of previous round

Round 16 [dc in each of the next 5dc, dc2tog in next 2st] repeat around

Round 17 [dc in each of the next 4dc, dc2tog in next 2st] repeat around

Round 18 [dc in each of the next 3dc, dc2tog in next 2st] repeat around

Round 19 dc in each st of previous round

Round 20 [dc in each of the next 2dc, dc2tog in next 2st] repeat around

Round 21 dc in each st of previous round
Begin to stuff the head firmly without stretching the stitches.

Round 22 [dc in next st, dc2tog in next 2st] repeat around
Fasten off leaving a long end for attaching head to the body

Agnes’ nose –

With Fuschia, ch7, 3dc in 2nd ch from hook, dc in next 4ch, then working in loops on other side of the chain, dc in next 4ch
Turn, 1ch, dc in middle 5ch to give a curve to bottom of the nose and then ss to join.
Fasten off with a long end and attach to the nose area of the head

Agnes' ears - don't forget to make 2!

Round 1 with white, ch2, 5dc in 2nd ch from hook

Round 2 2dc in each dc of previous round

Round 3 dc in each dc of previous round

Rounds 4 & 5 2dc in first dc, dc in each of the remaining dc of the previous round

Rounds 6 & 7 dc in each dc of the previous round

Round 8 2dc in first 2 dc, dc in each of the remaining dc of the previous round
Fasten off with a long end, using this end sew the bottom of the ear closed using a whipstitch and pull it tight as it will then give the ear a slight curve to it.

Sew ears onto head.

This picture shows all the component parts of the head before attachment. See picture at the bottom of this pattern for precise placement, but do feel free to attach them where ever you want to!

Agnes's Horn -

The horn was a little bit of trial and error to work out how best to make it. I eventually went with the creation of a flat triangle which I could sew up the side and shape as I wanted as I sewed!

I made it stripy, but of course you don't need to, just continue the pattern in what ever colour you wish.

In Cardinal, ch12

Row 1 dc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch to end

Row 2 turn, ch1, dc in each dc of previous row
Change colour to Fuschia
Row 3 turn, ch1, dc2tog, then dc in each remaining dc of previous row

Row 4 & 5 turn, ch1, dc2tog, then dc in each remaining dc of previous row
Change colour to pink
Row 6-10 turn, ch1, dc2tog, then dc in each remaining dc of previous row

Row 11 turn, ch1, dc2tog, fasten off leaving a long chain to attach horn to the forehead,
Use the fastened off lengths of each colour to sew up the sides of the horn and stuff as you go.

Completing the Unicorn -
Sew together all of the component parts of your unicorn, use the image to help you.
Don't forget the eyes and the mouth line.

Agnes' Tail and Mane -

I've used the three colours Cardinal, Fuschia and Pink to make the tail and mane and then just separated the yarn strands in order to give them more body. Add more or less yarn in order to get the thickness you desire.

They attach in the same way so use the instructions for both.

For the tail I used 12 threads of 4 inches in length.
For the mane I used 48 threads in 3 inch lengths.

Start by putting your hook under one of the dc stitches on the head where you want the mane to be.