Pat the Platypus Crochet Pattern

Meet Pat the Platypus! He is my very first attempt at amigurumi crochet. He's a little scruffy and misshapen but he's perfectly happy being adorably imperfect!

Pat is my slightly altered version of Irene Strange's amigurumi pattern. Irene makes lots of quirky little amigurumi dolls. I love her blog!

Materials
3.5mm crochet hook
Blue yarn
Yellow yarn
Stuffing
Eyes

Stitches
Dc - double crochet
Inc - increase, 2dc in the same st
Dec - decrease, dc two stitches together by pushing hook through the first stitch and pulling the yarn through, then through the next stitch and pull yarn through. You'll have 3 hoops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through all three.
Ch - chain
Sl st - slip stitch

Body
With blue yarn, make a magic ring and work 6dc into the ring [6sts]
Round 1: 2dc in each st [12sts]
Round 2: (1dc in first st, inc next st) until the end. [18sts]
Round 3: (1dc in first two sts, inc next st) until end [24sts]
Rnd 4: (1dc in first three sts, inc next stitch) until end [30sts]
Rnds 5-19: 1dc in each st until end.
Rnd 20: In front loops only (1dc in next three stitches, dec) until end [24sts]
Rnd 21: In both loops (1dc in next two sts, dec) until end [18sts]
Stuff
Rnd 22: Dec until end [9sts]
Rnd 23: Dec three stitches together until end [3sts]
Fasten off.

Bill
Using yellow yarn, ch7.
Rnd 1: 1dc in second ch from hook in the first five sts. 3dc in last st. Work around the other side of ch to beginning as follows: 1dc in next four sts, 2dc in next st, sl st to first st [14sts]
Rnds 2-4: 1ch, 1dc in each st until end, sl st to first st
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Tail
With yellow yarn, make a magic ring and work 6dc into it [6sts]
Rnd 1: (Inc first st, 1dc in next two sts) to end [8sts]
Rnd 2: (Inc first st, 1dc in next three sts) to end [10sts]
Rnd 3: (Inc first st, 1dc in next four sts) to end [12sts]
Rnd 4: (inc first st, 1dc in next four sts) to end [12sts]
Rnd 5: (Inc first st, 1dc in next five sts) to end [16sts]
Rnds 6-11: 1dc in each st to end.
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Flippers
Make four.
ch4 with yellow yarn.
Row 1: In second ch from hook, 1dc in each st, turn [3sts]
Row 2: 1ch, inc first st, 1dc in next two sts, turn [4sts]
Row 3: 1ch, inc first st, 1dc in next three sts, turn [5sts]
Row 4: 1ch, inc first st, 1dc in next four sts, turn [6sts]
Row 5: 1ch, inc first st, 1dc in next five sts [7sts]
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Assembly
Add your eyes. Sew up his body and sew his bill over the magic circle. Sew his tail to the other end. Sew his flippers as you like them, I used pins to get them in the right places.


This pattern is my adaptation from one I found in Let's Get Crafting! magazine. I do not claim copyright.