Hello everyone! recently i got an order for making some unicorns. On browsing Pinterest for some free pattern, i found most of them were rather large and i wanted mine to be smaller so that it can be used as key chain or bag charms. So i finally came up with a pattern of my own and i think it turned out pretty well. Read below for instructions.



Materials needed:
Acrylic yarns in white and pastel colors
Crochet hook according to the size of your yarn ( i used 3 mm  hook)
Black beads or safety eyes
Tapestry needle

Instructions:
The pattern is written in US terminology. This project is worked in continuous rounds unless stated otherwise
sc -single crochet
st- stitch
dec- one single crochet decrease
sl st - slip stitch


Head:
With main color,
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
R2: 2sc in each st (12)
R3:  *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep **(18)
R4: *sc in next 2 st, 2sc in next st*, rep ** (24) 
R5 - 11: sc in each stitch (24)
R12: *sc in next 4 st, dec 1 in next st*, rep **(20) 
R13: *sc in next 2 st, dec 1 in next st*, rep **(15) 
R14: *sc in next st, dec 1 in next st*, rep **(10) 
stuff firmly
R15:  sc dec in each stitch (5)
Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing 

Body:
With main color
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
R2: 2sc in each st (12)
R3:  *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep **(18)
R4: *sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st* rep ** (21)
R5 - 11: sc in each stitch (21)
R12: *sc in next 5 st, dec 1 in next st*, rep **(18) 
R13: *sc in next st, dec 1 in next st*, rep **(12) 
stuff firmly
R14: sc dec in each stitch (6) 

Fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing 

Mane:
The mane is worked as 3 parts. Choose a secondary color of your choice and this will be the color for mane 1

Mane 1:
R1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
R2: *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep ** (6)
R3: *sc in next st, 2sc in next st* rep ** (9)
R4: *sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next st* rep** (12)
R5-13: sc in each stitch (12)
stuff a small amount of fibre fill and close the opening by tapestry needle
Mane 2 and 3:
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
R2: *sc in next 2 stitch, 2 sc in next* rep ** (8)
R3-8: sc in each st (8)
R9: *sc in next 2 st, dec 1 in next st* (6)
Fasten off and Sew in the edges .

Legs: (make 4)
start with secondary color
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
 R2: *sc in next 2 stitch, 2 sc in next* rep ** (8)
switch to primary color
R3-4: sc in each st (8)

Ears: (make 2)
R1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
R2: *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep ** (6)
R3: *sc in next st, 2sc in next st* rep ** (9)

Horn:
R1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
R2: sc in next 3 st, 2 sc in next st (5)
R3: sc in next 4 st, 2 sc in next st (6)
R4: sc in next 5 st, 2 sc in next st (7)

Tail:
Take 6 strands of yarn (2 strands of each colors used for mane)  about 20 cm each. Insert hook to the back of the body where you want the tail to be. Fold the strands into half and pull through all the strands by hook and again pull through the strands in the loop formed.




Assembling:
Attach head slightly slanting to one end of the body (like in the pic below)
Add the mane 1 to the head and other two mane parts below mane 1
Attach 4 legs to the body and ears at each side of the mane
Attach the horn to mane 1



Also check out Unicorn macaroon pattern if you want to make a quick unicorn project. Hope you like it and enjoy making them as much as i did. Have a cheerful day! Hugs :)

Sometimes, I feel like yarns are more precious to us fellow crocheters than any other expensive items while we are in the middle of a project.. The measures i go to protect them from my little girl can't be described in words. Whenever i take my crochet hooks and yarn out, my little one will abandon all her activities and start messing with the yarns.  She won't settle for any other yarn, she will need the exact yarn with which i'm working. So i mostly confine to crochet during her nap time and after she goes to bed at night.

These sleepy eyed owls are so calming to watch and happy with the way they turned out. Which one do you like? Open eyes or the closed one.

Embrace your uniqueness, believe in miracles and sparkle from within..

Unicorns are the first thing that comes to my mind when i read this quote. Unicorn fever is catching up all over the world and doesn't look like it will fade anytime soon. So today I've come up with a pattern on how to make Unicorn macaron amigurumi. Let's head on to the pattern..




sc -single crochetst- stitch
sl st - slip stitch


Macaron: (Make 2)
R1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)  
R2: 2sc in each st (12)
R3:  *sc in next st, 2 sc in next st* rep **(18)
R4: *sc in next 2 st, 2sc in next st*, rep ** (24) 
R5: *sc in next 3 st, 2sc in next st*, rep ** (30)
R6: *sc in next 4 st, 2sc in next st* rep ** (36)
R7: sc in each st (36)
Switch to blue or pink color
R8: working in back loops only, sc in each stitch (36)

Sew the roses on the head and embroider the eyes and mouth before joining both the pieces

For rose: (make 3)
chain around 12 to 15 chains using blue, pink and lavender color yarns and leave a long tail
Roll the chained yarn from one end to other like we do for deco rose and stitch them in place when you are satisfied with the arrangement.

For ears: (make 2 )
R1: 4 sc in magic ring (4)
R2: *sc in first st, 2sc in next st* rep ** once (6)
R3:  *sc in first st, 2 sc in next st* rep ** twice (9)
R4: sc in each stitch (9)

Horn (make 1)
R1: 3 sc in magic ring (3)
R2: *sc in first 2 st, 2sc in next st (4)  
R3:  *sc in first 3 st, 2 sc in next st (5) 
R4: sc in first 4 st, 2 sc in next st (6) 
R5: sc in first 5 st, 2 sc in next st (7)




Joining:
For joining the macarons, with blue or pink yarn (that you've chosen for the filling) slip stitch in the back loop of the top macaron filling part (blue here) with the front loop of the bottom half of the macaron filling, start stuffing with poly fibre fill when you're three fourth done closing the macaron and continue stuffing a little till the end. 

Assembling:
Attach horns and ears to the finished macarons and you can also add black felt pieces cut in small rounds for the eyes. 






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May you have a magical and sweet day by making these cute little unicorn macarons..