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Today is Day 3 of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. That means we are already a quarter of the way through, and today is not a bug! The first bird in the series is a little Happy Hummingbird.
There will be a few birds included in this series but I was probably most excited about the hummingbird, in fact that is probably why it is this early in the set. It was one of the first designs that I made. I was excited to make this one because it is the most different than other birds that I have made in the past. It is still made in the same way as others but simple changes, like the long pointy beak, turned it into a hummingbird.
If you are familiar with my other crochet alongs then you probably know that for a lot of animals I have kind of a standard body/head that I use for most of them, and that includes most birds. That is one thing that has made this theme an interesting challenge, because most of the animals in this set don't work with my standard body. But since I have used it for birds in the past I used it for this one too.
The head and body are made in one piece from the bottom up. The long beak, wings, tail, and feet are made separately and sewn on after. I also added a color change from the green color of the body to a coral color for the bottom of the head. Technically the red color is just supposed to be on the front, like the chin area, but I just made the whole bottom part of the head that color to make the color change easier. I used a small unlabeled ball of yarn from my stash for the coral color so I don't know exactly what yarn/color it is, but anything in the red/pink/coral family would work. I thought a pinky orange would work better with my green than a bright red so that is what I went with. Another change that I made for the hummingbird is that instead of a yellow or orange beak and feet, I made them out of a dark gray. The white belly patch is not shown in the pictures but it is just a white circle sewn onto the front of the body.
The finished hummingbird is about 4 inches tall, similar in size to the other 2 animals in the set so far. One quarter of the way done and so far we have a Dragonfly, an Ant, and a Hummingbird. What do you think tomorrow will be?
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How to Crochet an Happy Hummingbird
Finished Size about 4" tall
You will need:
- Worsted weight yarn in green, red/coral, and black/dark gray (Sample made with Loops and Threads Impeccable in Jade, Red Heart Super Saver in Charcoal, and a coral pink color that I had small unlabeled ball of in my stash possibly Impeccable in Coral but I'm not sure)
- G crochet hook (4/4.25 mm)
- 2- 6mm safety eyes
- stuffing
- yarn needle
- stitch markers
- scissors
Instructions:
All of the pieces except for the feet are made beginning with a magic ring. The feet are made starting with a chain and then using slip stitches and more chains to make the "toes" kind of like how you would make a picot stitch. Only the body and head section is stuffed.
Body/Head
Make 1 starting with green yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Rounds 4-8: 1 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 9: sc2tog around (9 sc)
Begin stuffing and continue stuffing as you work
Change to coral/red yarn
Round 10: 2 sc in each st (18 sc)
Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)
Round 12: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Change to green yarn
Rounds 13-15: 1 sc in each st (24 sc)
Round 16: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (18 sc)
Insert safety eyes between rounds 13 and 14 about 3 stitches apart
Round 17: [sc2tog, sc in next st] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 18: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off, weave in ends
Beak
Make 1 with gray or black yarn
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Rounds 2-4: 1 sc in each st (4 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing
Sew the beak to the face just below the eyes
Belly Patch
Make 1 starting with white yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (18 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the circle onto the front of the body, just below the red at the neck
Wings
Make 2 with green yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)
Round 4: sc2tog around (6 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Flatten the wing and sew one to each side of the body, I sewed them on angled towards the back like when a hummingbird is flying
Tail
Make 1 with green yarn, beginning with magic ring
Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Rounds 3-5: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)
Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing
Flatten and sew to the back of the body
Feet
Make 2 with black or gray yarn
*the feet are made by crocheting a chain and slip stitching in some of the chains to make each of the "toes" similar to a picot, at the end you will single crochet in the first chains that you made
ch 5
turn, sk the first 2 ch from hook, sl st in next ch, [ch 3, sl st in the first of the 3 ch you just made] 2 times, 1 sc in each of the last 2 ch from the starting ch
Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing
Sew the feet to the bottom of the body
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