Smiling Sun Amigurumi

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A few weeks ago I made a set of dishcloths with some Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie in yellow, orange, and pink. After I finished I still had probably about a half a skein of each color left. The colors reminded me of bright, sunny, summer days so I decided what better to make then a little smiling sun.

We like to walk over to the park near our house for lunch and I usually try to bring a little project to work on as the kids play. This was a perfect little project to bring with me. It is small and simple enough that it didn't take long at all to make.

It is basically just a couple of circles stitched together with a pointy border around the outside. You could leave it plain but I thought a little smiley face would be cute so I added safety eyes and stitched on a mouth.

How to Crochet a Smiling Sun Amigurumi

You will need:

• Red Heart Scrubby Smoothie in Lemony, Brite Orange, and a small piece of Brite Pink
• G Crochet Hook
• Black Safety Eyes (10 mm)
• Poly-Fil Fiberfill
• Yarn Needle
• Scissors

Instructions:

Begin by making 2 circles with yellow yarn, start each circle with a magic ring

Sun Front

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)

Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch (12 sc)

Round 3: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next stitch] repeat around (18 sc)

Round 4: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 2 stitches] repeat around (24 sc)

Round 5: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 3 stitches] repeat around (30 sc)

Round 6: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 4 stitches] repeat around (36 sc)

Round 7: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 5 stitches] repeat around (42 sc)

Round 8: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 6 stitches] repeat around (48 sc)

Round 9: [2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in next 7 stitches] repeat around (54 sc)

Round 10: 1 sc in each stitch (54 sc)

Round 11: 1 sc in each stitch (54 sc)

Finish off, cut yarn

Sun Back

Work the same as the front but end after completing round 10

Assembly

Add safety eyes to sun front, embroider mouth with a scrap of pink yarn

Hold the two pieces wrong sides together and join orange yarn, sc around the edge working through both layers, when you have worked a little over halfway around begin stuffing and continue to stuff as you close up the opening, join to first sc with a slip stitch but do not cut yarn

Sun Rays

continuing with the orange yarn work in the round of orange sc that you just worked

ch 1, sc in first stitch, [sk 2, 3 dc in next stitch, ch 3, sl st in first ch, 3 dc in same stitch, sk 2, sc in next stitch] repeat around ending with a sl st in first sc

finish off, weave in ends