Crochet koala pattern

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 Materials and tools:

1. Grey, white, black, yellow and peach/pink yarns for crocheting.

Yarn Weight: A (24-26 stitches), 5 ply, Sport, Fine, 12 wpi.
I use:
Alize Cotton Gold (55% cotton, 45% acrylic; 361yd/12992in/330m, 3,53oz/100g) color
55 white, 200 light drey, 216 dark yellow;
Yarn Art Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 175yd/6299in/160m, 1,76oz/50g) color 53
black, 73 light peach (for boy) / 36 light pink (for girl);
2. Grey furry yarn for koala girl. I use YarnArt Mink (100% polyamide,
82yd/2953in/75m, 1,76oz/50g), color 334 light grey;
3. Thin pink yarn for rose (for koala girl). I use YarnArt Iris (100% cotton,
151yd/5433in/138m, 0,7oz/20g), color 915 pink;
4. Thin black yarn for embroidery eyes, eyebrows and mouth. I use YarnArt Iris color
935 black;
5. Thin yellow (for boy) / pink (for girl) yarn for embroidery cheeks and belly. I use Alize
Cotton Gold color 216 dark yellow (I separated 2 strands from 5) / YarnArt Iris color
915 pink;
6. Stuffing materials (I use hollow fiber);
7. Scissors;
8. Crochet hook (I use 2mm size as main hook and 1mm for rose for koala girl);
9. Needle.

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 ABBREVIATIONS (USA terminology):

RA – amigurumi ring / magic ring

ch – chain
sc – single crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec – decrease (make 1 sc from two stitch)
sl – slip stitch
dc – double crochet
BLO – back loop only
(…)*n – repeat n times
(…) – total stitches in the round / row
1. – number of the round / row

Toys size ~ 0,25yd/9in/23cm using the

materials described.
Please note that specifics and density of
your crocheting may differ from mine, as a
result, the size and appearance of your toy
may be slightly differ.

The pattern contains links to a YouTube

videos about the difficult moments in
crocheting and tips. If the links are inactive,
copy them and paste in the https input line.

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 HEAD NOSE
(crochet with grey yarn in the continuous spiral, stuff the (crochet with black yarn in the continuous spiral)
head as you go) 1. make chain 5 (5)
1. 6sc in the RA (6) 2. start from 2nd chain from the hook: 3sc, 3dc in
2. 6inc (12) 1 stitch, on the other side of the chain: 2sc, inc
3. (sc, inc)*6 (18) (10) (photo 2)
4. (2sc, inc)*6 (24) 1 3. inc, 2sc, (2dc in 1stitch)*3, 4sc (14) (photo 3)
5. (3sc, inc)*6 (30) 4. sc, inc, 2sc, (2dc in 1stitch)*6, 4sc (21) (photo 4)
6. (4sc, inc)*6 (36) 5. (2dc in 1stitch)*2, sc, 2sl
7. (5sc, inc)*6 (42) Break the yarn, fasten off your work and leave a
8. (6sc, inc)*6 (48) long tail for sewing (photo 5).
9. (7sc, inc)*6 (54)
10. (8sc, inc)*6 (60)
11. (9sc, inc)*6 (66) (photo 1)
12-19 (8 rounds). 66sc (66) (photo 6) 2 3
20. (10sc, inc)*6 (72)
21. (11sc, inc)*6 (78) (photo 7)
22. 26sc, 3inc, 36sc, 3inc, 10sc (84)
There are cheeks of koala and cheeks should be
located on the sides of the head (photo 9).
23-24. 84sc (84)
25. 26sc, 3dec, 36sc, 3dec, 10sc (78) 4 5
26. (11sc, dec)*6 (72)
27. (10sc, dec)*6 (66)
28. (9sc, dec)*6 (60)
29. (8sc, dec)*6 (54)
30. (7sc, dec)*6 (48)
31. (6sc, dec)*6 (42)
32. (5sc, dec)*6 (36)
33. (4sc, dec)*6 (30)
34. (3sc, dec)*6 (24)
35. (2sc, dec)*6 (18)
Break the yarn, fasten off your work and leave
a long tail for sewing (photo 8).
6 7

8 9

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 EARS FOR BOY ASSEMBLING
Front detail, 2 details Don’t break the yarn from the back detail of the
(crochet with peach yarn in turning rows) ear, apply to the detail with the peach center
1. 6sc in the RA (6) (photo 10) (photo 19) and crochet in a semicircle: 31sc, 3sc in
2. turn: ch, (sc, inc)*3 (9) (photo 11) 1 stitch (photo 20-23).
3. turn: ch, (2sc, inc)*3 (12) (photo 12) Hide all the threads in the ear (photo 23),
4. turn: ch, (2sc, inc)*4 (16) (photo 13) continue to crochet 16-17sc on the base of the ear.
5. turn: ch, (3sc, inc)*4 (20) (photo 14) Break the yarn, fasten off your work and leave a
Change color to grey:
long tail for sewing.
6. turn: ch, (4sc, inc)*4 (24)
Repeat these steps with the second pair of details
7. turn: ch, (5sc, inc)*4 (28) (photo 15) (photo 24).
8. turn: ch, (6sc, inc)*4 (32) (photo 16)
Break the yarn, fasten off your work and leave 10 11
a short tail (photo 17).

Back detail, 2 details

(crochet with grey yarn in turning rows)
1. 6sc in the RA (6)
2. turn: ch, (sc, inc)*3 (9)
3. turn: ch, (2sc, inc)*3 (12)
4. turn: ch, (2sc, inc)*4 (16)
12 13
5. turn: ch, (3sc, inc)*4 (20)
6. turn: ch, (4sc, inc)*4 (24)
7. turn: ch, (5sc, inc)*4 (28)
8. turn: ch, (6sc, inc)*4 (32) (photo 18)

14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21

22 23 24

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 EARS FOR GIRL ASSEMBLING
Front detail of ears, 2 details (video https://youtu.be/kV542vD31UM)
(crochet with pink yarn in turning rows) Don’t break the yarn from the back detail of the
1. 6sc in RA (6) (photo 25) ear, leave a long tail for sewing. Apply the detail
2. turn: ch, (sc, inc)*3 (9) (photo 26) with the pink center and grey together. Sew both
3. turn: ch, (2sc, inc)*3 (12) (photo 27) details together in a semicircle with grey yarn.
4. turn: ch, (2sc, inc)*4 (16) (photo 28) Hide all short tails between the details and
5. turn: ch, (3sc, inc)*4 (20) (photo 29) continue to sew.
Change yarn color from pink to grey:
Break the yarn, fasten off your work and leave a
(video https://youtu.be/kV542vD31UM, photo
long tail for sewing.
30) Repeat these steps with the second pair of
6. ch, (4sc, inc)*4 (24) details (photo 33-34).
7. ch, (5sc, inc)*4 (28)
8. ch, (6sc, inc)*4 (32)
If necessary, comb the fluffy part of the ears with
Break the yarn, fasten off your work and leave a brush and trim.
a short tail (photo 31).

Back detail of ears, 2 details 25 26

(crochet with grey yarn in turning rows)
1. 6sc in RA (6)
2. turn: ch, (sc, inc)*3 (9)
3. turn: ch, (2sc, inc)*3 (12)
4. turn: ch, (2sc, inc)*4 (16)
5. turn: ch, (3sc, inc)*4 (20)
6. turn: ch, (4sc, inc)*4 (24) 27 28
7. turn: ch, (5sc, inc)*4 (28)
8. turn: ch, (6sc, inc)*4 (32) (photo 32)

29 30 31

18 19 20

32 33 34

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 ASSEMBLY AND DESIGN OF THE HEAD
1. Sew ears on the 5-20 rounds on the sides of the head (photo 35-36).
2. Sew the nose on the 19-26 rounds in the center of the head, stuff lightly (photo 35-36).
3. Embroider the mouth with thin black yarn (see the video https://youtu.be/dC0ZjEETM74):
draw a stitch from the center of the nose's bottom down 5 rounds; make a horizontal stitch,
perpendicular to the first stitch, it's length is 3sc (photo 36).

35 36

4. Embroider eyes and eyelashes with thin black yarn (photo 37-43, see the video
https://youtu.be/dC0ZjEETM74).

37 38 39 40

41 42 43

5. Embroider the eyebrows above the eyes with thin black yarn (photo 44).
6. Embroider freckles with vertical stitches under the eyes in a chaotic manner with thin yellow or
pink yarn (photo 45).
Koala's head is ready (photo 46).

44 45 46

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 LEGS AND BODY
(crochet with grey yarn, stuff as you go)
Left leg: Right leg:
1. 6sc in RA (6) 1. 6sc in RA (6)
2. 6inc (12) 2. 6inc (12)
3. (sc, inc)*6 (18) 3. (sc, inc)*6 (18)
4. (2sc, inc)*6 (24) 4. (2sc, inc)*6 (24)
5-7 (3 rounds). 24sc (24) 5-7 (3 rounds). 24sc (24)
8. 6dec, 12sc (18) 8. 6dec, 12sc (18)
9. 3dec, 12sc (15) 9. 3dec, 12sc (15)
10-12 (3 rounds). 15sc (15) 10-12 (3 rounds). 15sc (15)
13. 4sc, inc, sc, inc, 5sc, inc, sc, inc (19) 13. 4sc, inc, sc, inc, 5sc, inc, sc, inc (19)
14. 5sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 6sc, inc, 2sc, inc (23) 14. 5sc, inc, 2sc, inc, 6sc, inc, 2sc, inc (23)
15. 23sc (23) 15. 23sc (23)
Break the yarn, fasten off your work and Crochet 5sc more to reach the inner side of
leave a short tail (photo 47). the leg (photo 47).

Don’t break the yarn, continue to crochet body.

16. 6ch, join to the left leg with sc (it’s first stitch in this round, photo 48), then crochet 22sc
in the stitches of the left leg, 6sc in the 6ch, 23sc in the stitches of the right leg, 6sc on the
other side of the 6ch (58) (photo 49)
17. (23sc, inc, 4sc, inc)*2 (62)
18. (11sc, inc, 11sc, inc, 6sc, inc)*2 (68) (photo 50)
Crochet 13sc more and place a stitch marker here. This will be the beginning of your next
round.
19-21 (3 rounds). 68sc (68) (photo 51)

47 48 49

50 51

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 Begin to introduce white yarn. Do it by the
52
jacquard method (see the video
https://youtu.be/vdMsOyMExf0). White color is
written by red italics.
22. 48sc, 6sc, 14sc (68) (photo 52)
23. 47sc, 8sc, 13sc (68)
24. 45sc, 12sc, 11sc (68)
25. 44sc, 14sc, 10sc (68)
26. 43sc, 16sc, 9sc (68)
27. 41sc, 20sc, 7sc (68)
28. 40sc, 22sc, 6sc (68)
29. 40sc, 22sc, 6sc (68) 53
30. 39sc, 24sc, 5sc (68) (photo 53)
31. dec, 31sc, dec, 4sc, 24sc, 5sc (66)
32. dec, 29sc, dec, 4sc, 24sc, 5sc (64)
33. dec, 28sc, dec, 3sc, 24sc, 5sc (62)
34. dec, 27sc, dec, 2sc, 24sc, 5sc (60)
35. dec, 26sc, dec, 2sc, 22sc, 6sc (58)
36. dec, 24sc, dec, 2sc, 22sc, 6sc (56)
37. dec, 23sc, dec, 2sc, 21sc, 6sc (54)
38. 28sc, 20sc, 4sc, dec (53)
39. 23sc, dec, 4sc, 19sc, 3sc, dec (51)
40. 29sc, 18sc, 4sc (51) (photo 54) 54
41. 23sc, dec, 5sc, 16sc, 3sc, dec (49)
42. 23sc, dec, 5sc, 14sc, 3sc, dec (47)
43. 22sc, dec, 6sc, 12sc, 3sc, dec (45)
44. 22sc, dec, 6sc, 10sc, 3sc, dec (43)
45. 22sc, dec 6sc, 9sc, 2sc, dec (41)
46. (6sc, dec)*3, 5sc, sc, dec, 5sc, 2sc, dec (36)
47. (4sc, dec)*6 (30)
48. (3sc, dec)*6 (24)
49. (2sc, dec)*6 (18)
Break the yarn, 55
fasten off your work
and hide tail in
the body (photo 55).

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 ARMS
(crochet with grey yarn, stuff lightly as you go to 2/3)
1. make chain 5
2. start from 2nd chain from hook: inc, 2sc, 3sc in 1stitch, don’t turn, on the other side of the
chain: 2sc, inc (11) (photo 57) 56
3. inc, 3sc, inc, sc, inc, 3sc, inc (15) (photo 58)
4. 2inc, 4sc, inc, sc, inc, 4sc, inc, sc (20) (photo 59)
5. 2sc, inc, 5sc, inc, 3sc, inc, 5sc, inc, sc (24) (photo 60)
6-8 (3 rounds). 24sc (24) (photo 61)
9. (2sc, dec)*6 (18) (photo 62)
10. 6sc, 3dec, 6sc (15) (photo 63)
11-27 (17 rounds). 15sc (15) (photo 64)
Break the yarn, fasten off your work and leave a long tail. Close front loops by the needle
(photo 65-68, see the video https://youtu.be/a4vqVTniynk), get the yarn between 24 and 25
rounds, leave a long tail for sewing (photo 56).

57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64

65 66 67 68

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 CROWN
(crochet with yellow yarn)
1. 6sc in RA (6)
2. 6inc (12) (photo 69)
3. (sc, inc)*6 (18) (photo 70)
4. BLO 18sc (18) (photo 71)
5. 18sc (18) (photo 72)
6. [(in 1stitch: sl, 2ch, dc, 2ch, sl), sl]*9 (18)
Break the yarn, fasten off your work and leave a long tail for sewing (photo 73-74).

69 70 71

72 73 74

Sew crown to the head (photo 75).

75

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 HEADBAND WITH ROSE
(crochet with thin pink yarn in turning rows)
See scheme below the text description!
Make chain 48 (48)
1. in the 6th stitch from the hook: dc, (ch, skip 2ch on the base chain,
in the 3th stitch: dc, 2ch, dc)*14 (photo 76)
2. turn: 3ch, in the first arch with 2ch of the last row: dc, 2ch, 2dc, ch, (in the arch with 2ch
of the last row: 2dc, 2ch, 2dc, ch)*13, in the arch with 2ch of last row: 2dc, 2ch, 2dc (photo
77)
3. turn: 3ch, (3dc in the arch with 2ch of the last row), sl in the arch with 1ch of the last
row, (6dc in the arch with 2ch of the last row, sl in the arch with 1ch of the last row)*4,
(8dc in the arch with 2ch of the last row, sl in the arch with 1ch of the last row)*4, (10dc in
the arch with 2ch of the last row, sl in the arch with 1ch of the last row)*5, 10dc in the arch
with 2ch of the last row (photo 78)

Break the yarn, fasten off your work and leave a long tail for assembling.
Twist the lace tape in a spiral (photo 79).
Sew with a needle all the layers of the flower, fix it's shape (photo 80-81).

62 63 64

76 77 78

79 80 81

Make chain 110-130 (check the length of the chain so that it fits snugly on your koala's head,
it can be longer or shorter than my headband), make sl in the first chain (photo 82).
Sew rose for this chain and put headband on the head (photo 83).

82 83

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 Embroider vertical stitches on the koala’s belly with thin yellow or pink
yarn (photo 84).

84

ASSEMBLY
1. Fix the head on the body with the needles (photo 85).
2. Sew the head on the body (see the video https://youtu.be/tdoAlzK1NFw) (photo 86).
3. Fix arms on the body with the needles (thread is inserted between 6 and 7 rounds from the
head) (photo 87).
4. Sew arms on the body with thread mount (see the video https://youtu.be/mZE_GvU5QOw)
(photo 88).
5. Break the yarns, fasten off your work, fix and hide tails in the body.

85 86 87 88

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 Congratulations!
Your cute koala is ready!
I'm so happy that you choose crochet this toy.
Thank you very much. I hope you enjoyed crocheting with me
and I'm sure your koala is unique and charming.
I'm looking forward to your koala
I would be very grateful for your feedback.

Have a great day =)

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