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Supplies:
4/Medium weight yarn in…
Main Color
Contrast Color
Mane/Tail Color
4mm crochet hook, 9mm safety eyes, tapestry needle, scissors, black embroidery thread, and stuffing.

Additional Information:
Difficulty: Easy
We start by making the nose of the horse, which works into the head. They are one piece. Next, we make the ears and horn. We then make the body, arms and legs. Finally, we make the hair for the mane and tail!

Head:

We start by creating the unicorn’s head. The head starts at the nose, which we make by creating a chain. We work around this chain in a round, and it will work into the head. If you want, you could even use this pattern to make a zebra or horse. Just choose the appropriate colors for it!

Head:

In Contrast Color

Round 1: Ch 9 (Pic 1). Sc 3 times in the 2nd Ch from the hook. Make sure to add a stitch marker to the first Sc you make (Pic 2). Sc in the next 6 st. Sc 3 times in the next st (Pic 3). Now we meet the end of the chain, so we will work on the other side of the chain. Sc in the next st, Skip the next st, Sc in the next 4 st (Pic 4-6) (17)

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5. 6.

Round 2: *Inc* in the next 3 st, Sc in the next 6 st, *Inc* in the next 3 st, Sc in the last 5 st (23)
Round 3: *Inc in the next st, Sc in the next st* 3 times, Sc in the next 6, *Inc in the next st, Sc in the next st* 3 times, Sc in the next 5 (29)
Round 4: *Inc in the next st, Sc in the next 2 st* 3 times, Sc in the next 6, *Inc in the next st, Sc in the next 2 st* 3 times, Sc in the next 5 (35)
Round 5: *Inc in the next st, Sc in the next 3 st* 3 times, Sc in the next 6, *Inc in the next st, Sc in the next 3 st* 3 times, Sc in the next 5 (41)
Round 6-11: *Sc* all around (41)
Switch to Main Color here
Round 12: *Sc* all around (41)
In the next round we will add stitch markers to mark where to place the safety eyes later.
Round 13: Sc next 18 st. Sc in the next st and add a st marker to the Sc just made. This marks where to place the eye. Sc in the next 3 st. Sc in the next st and add a st marker to the Sc just made. Sc in the next 17 st, *Inc* in last st (42)

Round 13 Eye Markers Pictured Below

Round 14: *Inc, Sc 6* all around (48)
Round 15-17: *Sc* all around (48)
Round 18: *Inc, Sc 7* all around (54)
Add safety eyes in the marked areas from Round 13 now.

Round 19-24: *Sc* all around (54)
Round 25: *Dec, Sc 7* all around (48)
Round 26: *Dec, Sc 6* all around (42)
Round 27: *Dec, Sc 5* all around (36)
Round 28: *Dec, Sc 4* all around (30)
Stuff head here. Continue stuffing after each round.

Round 29: *Dec, Sc 3* all around (24)
Round 30: *Dec, Sc 2* all around (18)
Round 31: *Dec, Sc* all around (12)
Round 33: *Dec* all around (6)
Finish off and sew closed. Set head aside for now.

Ears: (Make 2)

In Main Color

Round 1: 6 Sc in Magic Ring (6)
Round 2: *Sc* all around (6)
Round 3: *Inc* all around (12)
Round 4: *Sc* all around (12)
Round 5: *Inc, Sc* all around (18)
Round 6-8: *Sc* all around (18)
Round 9: *Dec, Sc* all around (12)
Finish off and fold the ear in half to make a crease. Pin to the unicorn as shown. Sew on.

Horn:

In Light Yellow

Round 1: 6 Sc in Magic Ring (6)
Round 2: *Sc* all around (6)
Round 3: *Inc* all around (12)
Round 4: *Sc* all around (12)
Round 5: *Inc, Sc in the next 2 st* all around (16)
Round 6-8: *Sc* all around (16)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Pin onto the unicorn as shown. Sew on, making sure to stuff before fully sewing closed.

Body:

In Main Color

Round 1: 6 Sc in Magic Ring (6)
Round 2: *Inc* all around (12)
Round 3: *Inc, Sc* all around (18)
Round 4: *Inc, Sc 2* all around (24)
Round 5: *Inc, Sc 3* all around (30)
Round 6: *Inc, Sc 4* all around (36)
Round 7: *Inc, Sc 5* all around (42)
Round 8: *Inc, Sc 6* all around (48)
Round 9: *Inc, Sc 7* all around (54)
Round 10-22: *Sc* all around (54)
Round 23: *Dec, Sc 7* all around (48)
Round 24-27: *Sc* all around (48)
Round 28: *Dec, Sc 6* all around (42)
Round 29-31: *Sc* all around (42)
Round 32: *Dec, Sc 5* all around (36)
Round 33: *Dec, Sc 4* all around (30)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Pin the head to the body as shown. Sew on, going from the body to the head.

Legs: (Make 2)

In Contrast Color

Round 1: 6 Sc in Magic Ring (6)
Round 2: *Inc* all around (12)
Round 3: *Inc, Sc* all around (18)
Round 4: *Inc, Sc 2* all around (24)
Round 5: *Inc, Sc 3* all around (30)
Round 6: In the BLO (Back Loop Only), *Sc* all around (30)
Round 7-11: In BOTH Loops, *Sc* all around (30)
Round 12: Switch to Main Color. *Sc* all around (30)
Round 13: *Dec, Sc 3* all around (24)
Round 14-16: *Sc* all around (24)
Round 17: *Dec, Sc 2* all around (18)
Round 18-21: *Sc* all around (18)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff now and pin to the unicorn as shown. Sew on.

Arms: (Make 2)

In Contrast Color

Round 1: 6 Sc in Magic Ring (6)
Round 2: *Inc* all around (12)
Round 3: *Inc, Sc* all around (18)
Round 4: *Inc, Sc 2* all around (24)
Round 5: In the BLO (Back Loop Only), *Sc* all around (24)
Round 6-9: In BOTH Loops, *Sc* all around (24)
Switch to Main Color now
Round 10-17: *Sc* all around (24)
Round 18: *Dec, Sc 2* all around (18)
Round 19-20: *Sc* all around (18)
Finish off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff now and pin onto the unicorn as shown. Sew on.

Mane:

To make the mane, we cut a piece of yarn and pull it into the head of the unicorn. We then secure it. This process is repeated for both the mane and the tail.

Take a ~8″ piece of yarn (Pic 1). Insert your hook into the mane area of the unicorn (Pic 2). Place the yarn on the hook (Pic 3) and pull it through the head (Pic 4-5).

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Yarn over with both yarn ends (Pic 6) and pull the yarn through the loop (Pic 7). Now pull both of the yarn ends at the same time to secure the hair (Pic 8-9). Repeat this process. I did about 3 strands of hair for a total of 5 rows (Pic 10-12).

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Tail:

To make the tail, we cut a piece of yarn and pull it into the tail area of the unicorn, then secure it.

Take a ~12″ piece of yarn (Pic 1). Find the area best to place the tail (Pic 2). Insert your hook into the tail area of the unicorn (Pic 3). Place the yarn on the hook (Pic 4) and pull it through the unicorn (Pic 5-6).

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Yarn over with both yarn ends (Pic 7) and pull the yarn through the loop (Pic 8). Now pull both of the yarn ends at the same time to secure the hair (Pic 9). Repeat this process. I did about 7 strands of hair for a total of 2 rows, then 4 strands of hair for the uppermost 3rd row (Pic 10-12).

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Eyebrows: (Optional)

In Black Embroidery Thread

Insert needle with thread above and to the right of the right eye, and pull needle out diagonal and to the left (Pic 1). Reinsert needle into the original insertion spot (Pic 2). Pull needle out above and to the left of the left eye (Pic 3). Reinsert needle diagonal and to the right (Pic 4). Pull needle out to the original insertion spot. Tie both ends of yarn to form a knot and weave the knot into the unicorn to hide the ends.

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Done! I hope you liked this pattern 🙂 It’s one of my favorite ones I’ve made so far. If you made this unicorn I would LOVE to see. You can “try” it on Pinterest to show me.