Mini Mallard- Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along Day

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Today we start the second week of the Pond Pals Mini Amigurumi Crochet Along. It is Day 7 of the 12 days of the crochet along. Today is also the second bird of the series, a Mini Mallard. 

I feel like I am kind of cheating a little bit with this one because it is not the first duck I have made for one of these crochet alongs. I made a little duck as part of the Farm Animal Crochet Along last spring, and this one is made pretty much the same, just different colors. 

For the farm animal version of the duck I made a little white duck. When I was making that duck I thought it would be really cute to make it a little Mallard Duck with a green head, but I felt like those weren't necessarily the ducks you would see on a farm, so I went with a white duck instead. But now with the Pond Pals theme, I felt like this time the Mallard was a perfect fit. 

The Mini Mallard has a little brown body with a green head and a white band around its neck. It is made using the same body style as many of my mini amigurumi, including the hummingbird from earlier in this series. 

The finished mallard is about 4 inches tall, and joins the Dragonfly, Ant, Hummingbird, Worm, Turtle, and Bee. Five more animals to go. 

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How to Crochet a Mini Mallard

Finished Size about 4" tall 

You will need:

• Worsted weight yarn in brown, green, white, and yellow (Sample made with Loops and Threads Impeccable in soft Taupe, Big Twist Value in Forest, Red Heart Super Saver in White, and Loops and Threads Soft Classic in Butter)
• G crochet hook (4/4.25 mm)
• 2- 6mm safety eyes
• stuffing
• yarn needle
• stitch markers
• scissors

Instructions: 

All of the pieces are made beginning with a magic ring. Only the body/head  and tail pieces are stuffed, the others are flattened and sewn on. 

Body/Head

Make 1 starting with brown yarn and changing colors where indicated, 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 white yarn

Round 10:  2 sc in each st (18 sc)

Change to green yarn

Round 11: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (24 sc)

Rounds 12-15: 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

Wings

Make 2 with brown 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 wings and sew one to each side of the body

Bill

Make 1 with yellow 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: 1 sc in each st (9 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving a long tail for sewing

Sew the bill below the eyes on the head

Tail

Make 1 with brown yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 4 sc (4 sc)
Round 2: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (6 sc)
Round 3: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next st] repeat around (9 sc)
Round 4: [2 sc in first st, 1 sc in next 2 sts] repeat around (12 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn, leaving long tail for sewing

Add stuffing to the tail and sew on the bottom back of the body

Feet

Make 2 with yellow yarn, beginning with magic ring

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 1 sc in each st (6 sc)
Round 3: flatten the edge and working through two layer work 3 sc across the top edge closing up the open edge (3 sc)

Finish off and cut yarn leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the feet to the bottom of the body