Ankylosaurus Dinosaur Amigurumi
Louie's Loops
Hard
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What you'll create
What you'll learn
What you'll need
Cotton Yarn
Weight
Colors
Crochet Hook
G6 / 4.00 mm
Safety Bead (x2)
6 mm
Stuffing
Darning Needle
Abbreviations
ch
Chain Stitch
st
Stitch
slst
Slip Stitch
sc
Single Crochet
inc
Increase
invdec
Invisible Decrease
FLO/BLO
Front / Back Loops Only
mbo
Mini Bobble Stitch
bean
Bean Stitch
sc2tog
Single Crochet 2 Together
bo
Bobble Stitch (4-dc bobble)
sbo
Spiky Bobble Stitch
Other Useful Info
Gauge
5 Rnds and 4 sts per 1”
Size
Finished piece is about 4” long
Worked
In the Round (unless otherwise stated)
The Pattern
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01Specialty Stitches
Crochet the Spiked Bobble (aka “sbo”)
(25:25)
Step 1:
Work 2 dc into one st, leaving the last loop of each on the hook.
Step 2:
With the loops still on the hook, work a mini picot (ch 2, slst into the 2nd ch from the hook)
Step 3:
Work 1 more dc into one st, leaving the last loop of each on the hook.
Crochet the Bean Stitch (aka “bean”)
(34:30)
Step 1:
Insert into next st, yarn over and pull through.
Step 2:
Yarn over, Insert into same st, yarn over and pull through.
Step 3:
Yarn over and pull through all 4 loops on the hook.
02Body
[Starting in Color A]
Magic loop
Rnd 1: sc 6 times into the magic loop (6)
Rnd 2: [sc 1, inc 1] 3 times (9)
Rnds 3-4: sc in each st (9 x 2)
In the next few Rnds, all sbo (spiked bobble) and bean (bean stitch) stitches are in Color B, the rest are in Color A.
Rnd 5: sc 2, inc 1, sc 1, sbo 1, inc 1, sc 1, sbo 1, inc 1 (12)
Rnd 6: [sc 1, inc 1] 3 times, [bean 1, inc 1] 2 times, sc 1, inc 1 (18)
All stitches in Rnd 7 are Color A (aka no bean or sbo sts).
bo = Bobble Stitch
*These are all in Color A and will be our feet.
Rnd 7: sc 1, bo 1, sc 2, bo 1, sc 13 (18)
Add eyes between Rnds 3 and 4 under the sbo stitches.
Rnd 8: sc 9, [bean 1, sc 1] 3 times, sc 3 (18)
Rnd 9: sc in each st (18)
Rnd 10: sc 10, [bean 1, sc 1] 3 times, sc 2 (18)
Rnd 11: sc 2, bo 1, sc 2, bo 1, sc 12 (18)
Rnd 12: sc 11, bean 1, sc 2, bean 1, sc 3 (18)
Rnd 13: [sc 1, invdec 1] 6 times (12)
Rnd 14: sc 9, bean 1, sc 2 (12)
Rnd 15: [sc 2, invdec 1] 3 times (9)
Rnd 16: sc 7, bean 1, sc 1 (9)
In the next few Rnds, all mbo (mini bobble stitches) are Color B
Rnd 17: sc 1, invdec 1, sc 1, invdec 1, mbo 1, invdec 1 (6)
Rnd 18: mbo 1, sc 3, mbo 1, sc 1 (6)
Rnd 19: mbo 1, sc 1, cut the yarn and pull through
Stuff fully, sew closed.
03Side Spikes
[All in Color B]
[Ch 3, pull ch tight, skip the first ch, sc2tog in the next 2 chs, ch 1], repeat 5 times total (5 spikes)
Cut the yarn and pull through. Sew these onto the sides of your Ankylosaurus after finishing the body.
(1:18:00) Sew on the Side Spikes up the sides of the dino starting at 1 st away from the bean stitch in Rnd 14 and going up the sides of the body ending 1 stitch down (towards the belly) from the sbo stitches from Rnd 5.
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This is really tough at first!