I am with you on this cold winter day with the mini crochet panda amigurumi pattern. A big thank you to the pattern designer for the cute crochet panda. To make such a tiny crochet bear, our designer used worsted weight yarn and a 2.5mm crochet hook. You can work with threads in the colors you want, but if you want to make a panda, black and white thread will suffice. Thanks to the very detailed step by step crochet panda pattern instruction and detailed construction pictures, you can complete the cute crochet bear without difficulty. Take a look at the material list right now and get to work.

Mini Crochet Panda Amigurumi PDF Free Pattern

Designer: lindsey_crochets

Materials

I used worsted weight yarn, a 2.5 mm hook, 8 mm safety eyes, and a 9 mm safety nose.

Abbreviations

MR: Magic ring
Ch: Chain
Sc: Single crochet
Inc: Increase
Dec: Decrease
Slst: Slip stitch
BLO: Back loop only
FLO: Front loop only
Hdc: Half double crochet
Dc: Double crochet

Muzzle

Use white yarn.
Rnd 1. ch 4, starting from the 2nd ch from the hook complete 2 sc, inc. On the other side of the chain complete 2 sc, inc. (8)
Rnd 2. (sc,inc)*4 (12)
Rnd 3. 12 sc (12)
Fasten off and leave a tail that is a few inches long (for sewing the muzzle onto the bear later).
To even out the muzzle even further, take your finishing yarn in your tapestry needle, skip the next stitch (that comes right after the stitch you completed before finishing off), and insert your needle through the following stitch.
Pull through. Then insert your yarn back through the front loop only of the stitch you just skipped and pull through.
Place safety nose between rounds 1 and 2 of the muzzle and embroider a black line from the middle of the nose to the end (round 3) of the muzzle (reference pictures later in the pattern if necessary).
Set muzzle aside.

Head

Begin with white yarn.
For rounds 16-23, blue text indicates a color change to black yarn.
After round 23, the rest of the head is crocheted in white.

Rnd 1. ch 4, starting from the 2nd ch from the hook complete: 2 sc, inc. On the other side of the chain complete: 2 sc, inc. (8)
Rnd 2. 8 inc (16)
Rnd 3. (sc,inc)*8 (24)
Rnd 4. (2sc,inc)*8 (32)
Rnd 5. (3sc,inc)*8 (40)
Rnd 6. 40 sc (40)
Rnd 7. (4sc,inc)*8 (48)
Rnd 8-11. (4 rounds) 48 sc (48)
Rnd 12. 7 sc, 2 sc, 6 sc, 2 sc, 31 sc (48)
Rnd 13. 6 sc, 5 sc, 2 sc, 5 sc, 30 sc (48)
Rnd 14. 5 sc, 6 sc, 2 sc, 6 sc, 29 sc (48)
Rnd 15. 4 sc, 6 sc, 4 sc, 6 sc, 28 sc (48)
Rnd 16. 4 sc, 5 sc, 6 sc, 5 sc, 28 sc (48)
Rnd 17. 5 sc, 4 sc, 6 sc, 4 sc, 29 sc (48)
Rnd 18. (4sc,dec)*8 (40)
Rnd 19. 40 sc (40)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 15 and 16, about 9 stitches apart.
Embroider the bottom outer edges of each eye with white yarn.
If desired, stuff the muzzle and then sew it onto rounds 14-17 of the head.
(If you stuff the muzzle, ı recommend sewing about half the muzzle onto the face, stuff the muzzle, and continue to stuff as you sew). For the regular bear, embroider eyebrows on round 12. If you haven’t already, stuff the head so far and continue to stuff as you go.

Rnd 20. (3sc,dec)*8 (32)
Rnd 21. (2sc,dec)*8 (24)
Rnd 22. BLO: (sc,dec)*8 (16)
Rnd 23. 8 dec (8)
Fasten off and weave/ tuck in the end tail.

Ears (Make 2)

Use black yarn.
This will be crocheted in distinct rounds (with a ch 1 at the beginning and a slst to the first st you made of each round).
Rnd 1. ch 2, complete 8 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook, slst to the first stitch of the round (8)
Rnd 2. ch 1, inc x8, slst to the first stitch of the round (16)
Rnd 3-4. (2 rounds): ch 1, hdc, 5 sc, hdc, dc, hdc, 5 sc, hdc, dc, slst to the first stitch of the round.
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. So ears onto about rounds 6-11 of the head.

Arm (Make 2)

Use black yarn.
Rnd 1. ch 2, complete 6 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook (6)
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3-8. (6 rounds): 12 sc (12)
Stuff the tip of the arm.
Rnd 9. ch 1, fold arm in half and crochet closed with 6 sc (6)

Leg (Make 2)

Use black yarn.
Rnd 1. ch 2, complete 7 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook (7)
Rnd 2. 7 inc (14)
Rnd 3. BLO: 14 sc (14)
Rnd 4-5. (2 rounds): 14 sc (14)
Fasten off the first leg but not the second leg you make.

Connecting the legs/body

Rnd 6. In round 6, you will create a chain of 4 on your second leg, connect to the first leg by single crocheting all the way around.
Then you will single crochet along one side of the chain, single crochet all around the first leg, and single crochet along the other side of the chain.
This will give you a total of 36 stitches. Feel free to skip the more detailed directions below if you’re already familiar with this technique.

If you’d like more guidance, place a green stitch marker in the last stitch you completed on each leg. Place a blue stitch marker in the first sc you made of round 5 on each leg. The purpose of this is to more clearly identify the first and last stitches of each leg as this can get confusing when joining them. Feel free to remove stitch markers as you go.
Next continuing on the second leg you made, chain 4. Insert your hook beneath the stitch that contains the blue stitch marker on your first leg.

Complete 14 sc around the first leg, making sure the 14th single crochet is in the stitch that contains the green stitch marker.
Next, complete 4 sc along the side of the chain.
Next, insert your hook beneath the stitch that contains the blue stitch marker on your second leg.
Complete 14 sc around the second leg, making sure that the 14th single crochet is in the stitch that contains the green stitch marker.

Lastly, complete 4 sc along the other side of the chain.

Rnd 7. 8 sc, (3sc,inc)*4, 12 sc (40)
Rnd 8. 40 sc (40)
Change to white yarn.
Rnd 9-13. (5 rounds): 40 sc (40)
Rnd 14. 8 sc, (3sc,dec)*4, 12 sc (36)
Rnd 15. 36 sc (36)
Change to black yarn.
Rnd 16. (7sc,dec)*4 (32)
Rnd 17. (6sc,dec)*4 (28)
For round 18 you will single crochet all the way around while also crocheting the arms on.
To do so, insert your hook under one stitch of the arm and the corresponding stitch on the body.
Then, complete a single crochet.

Tip: Because each arm is crocheted in a spiral, the tip tends to tilt in one direction. Whether you would rather your arms tilt slightly inward toward the body or outward away from the body, make sure they are consistent.
I chose to have each arm til inward. (The yarn tail of each arm, where ı finished off the arm, fell on the right side as ı crocheted each arm on).

Rnd 18. 4 sc, crochet the first arm on the next 6 corresponding pairs of stitches, 8 sc, crochet the second arm on the next 6 corresponding pairs of stitches, 4 sc (28)
Fasten off and leave a tail long enough to sew the body onto the head.
If you have not already, weave or tuck in the ends of your arms. (I wove each arm’s yarn tail to the inside of the body and made a double knot on a stitch to keep it secure).
Stuff the body, and use the tail to sew the body onto the head. (I sew about half of the body on, stuff the body so far, and continue to stuff as ı sew).

Tail

Use black yarn. Stuff if desired.

Rnd 1. ch 2, complete 6 sc in the 2nd ch from the hook (6)
Rnd 2. 6 inc (12)
Rnd 3. 12 sc (12)
Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing.
Stuff the tail ligtly and sew it onto rounds 9-11 of the body.