Isn’t she the sweetest?
Peony came about in my mind the same time as Lonny the Lamb. When I was working on my Farm Series I really wanted to create some baby animals that would be a little smaller and easier to handle and make than my giant guys! She is adorable and cuddly at only 16″ for me. She is made from almost the same pattern that I wrote for Lonny, but Lonny is 2-stranded and she is a single strand of 4-ply worsted weight yarn.
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If you’d like to get the downloadable PDF hop right over to my Etsy where you can download the PDF for both Peony and Lonny for a super low price. Here is the link for PEONY and here is LONNY – they would both be super cute for a new baby nursery!
Check out links to other of my Farm Animals HERE on my latest post for Haybelly. ALL of my Farm Series is available here on my blog for free or in my Etsy for a small fee. You can also get the link to the entire BUNDLE HERE
If you like her, don’t forget to check out the guy that started my whole Farm Series, Haybelly the Horse, Peony’s father.
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Materials:
This Pony uses Caron One Pound in White for her body, head, legs etc and some scraps of a 4-ply worsted weight yarn in gray, pink and lavender. Her hair is Caron Jumbo in the color Easter Basket.
-Hook : I used a G and H hook for this pattern.
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-Safety Eyes or buttons (or yarn to embroider if you choose) and needle to embroider face. These are the eyes that I have used for Peony.
-Stuffing. I have used Poly-Fill brand stuffing, but feel free to use what you prefer.
– I don’t use Stitch markers, but if you do you will want those to keep track of your rounds. As a “free” stitch marker you can loop a bright colored piece of scrap yarn through your stitch to act as a marker – then just pull it out when you get back around to it and move it up one row. Easy marker!
This is a simplified pattern – a chart with the numbers – you need to have knowledge of crochet amigurumi and how to do rounds and increases to read. If you do it will be pretty straight forward. All of my Etsy PDF files come with a cheat sheet that helps read my increases/decreases
I start my work with a chain 2 and then sc in second chain from hook, but you can also start with a magic ring if you prefer that start.
This pattern starts with nose/head and then the body is worked. I will make notes along the way to assist with this.
This pattern begins at the front of the nose and then continues to head if you’d like to make a color change. On my large horse, Haybelly, he has a color change as you start to increase again on the head. FO is on back of the head. After that I like to do the ears and sew them on and place the head in my work area to watch me as I finish the rest – this will cause you to smile =)
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5 | 30 |
| 6 | 36 |
| 7-12 | 36 *do your embroidery for the mouth/nose how you want that before getting too far ahead so you can tie off ends inside. My mouth is between rounds 4-5.
Also make your nostrils and sew them on. My are a simple circle of sc 6 in a ring and then for the next round make 2sc in each stitch around for 12sc. Then I slip stitches around in each stitch and ended with a long tail for sewing. The nostrils are between rounds 5-9 |
| 13 | 30 |
| 14 | 24 |
Head
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 15-18 | 24 |
| 19 | 30 – I placed eyes between rounds 19-20 with about 7-8 stitches between them. I also placed a little flower patch under one of the safety eyes and sewed it down. See notes below this chart for the pattern I used for this. |
| 20 | 36 |
| 21 | 36 |
| 22 | 42 |
| 23-25 | 42 |
| 26 | 36 *Stuff as you go and stuff well and continue to stuff. |
| 27 | 30 |
| 28 | 24 |
| 29 | 18 |
| 30 | 12 – place more stuffing inside if needed to be full. |
| 31 | 12 *sew closed. Hide end inside |
The little flower eye patch is very simple. I used my H hook and some lavender yarn:
Chain 4 and join to form a ring. In that ring work all of the following stitches:
(Chain up 2, dc, tr, tr, dc, chain 2, slip stitch in ring) repeat 3 more times.
Ears(make 2): *I used my H hook for the ears
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 1 | 5 *I just do my one increase at the beginning of the round. |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 12 |
| 9 | 13 |
| 10 | 14 *FO leaving long tail. Gather in half at the bottom and fold up to sew |
Body: I used the same color from the back of my head for the body. I feel that you need to probably use the same color from back of head as you do the body to make your sewing blend in and be invisible. You do not want to do all this work and then have visible sewing stitches. The body starts from the bottom up and we leave an opening at top for the neck. You want to pin your head in place and make sure to stuff the neck VERY well before final stitches to support the head.
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5 | 30 |
| 6 | 36 |
| 7 | 42 |
| 8 | 48 |
| 9-18 | 48 |
| 19 | 42 |
| 20 | 42 |
| 21 | 36 |
| 22 | 36 |
| 23 | 30 |
| 24 | 30 |
| 25 | 24 |
| 26 | 24 |
| 27 | 18 |
| 28 | 18 *leave super long tail to sew on the head. I positioned the head to sew with on only the gray part on back of the head. |
Feet/Legs (make 4): *I have used my H hook for these to make it easier, but I was only lightly stuffing them. If you go up to this hook size for ease just be aware of overstuffing. I also crochet tight so going up to an H hook may not be an option for you. You never want to have gaps or holes in your work.
| Row/Round | Stitch Count/Number |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 24 |
| 5-8 | 24 |
| 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 12 |
| 11 | 6 – change color to your leg color |
| 12-26 | 6 *FO leave long tail to sew. I placed the legs between rounds 6-8 on bottom of body. |
I chose to make Peony’s “feet” in different colors, but this is up to you. After making them, weave a piece of contrasting yarn from the middle of foot up about 6 rows and pull back through the center of foot and tie it little to pucker the foot.
Last is the Mane and Tail. I have used the Easter Basket yarn and pulled it through the head and upper face and trimmed and braided a side piece and then gathered into a side pony for the pony =)
The hair/mane is largely up to you.
Also, I stress it all the time on my blog posts – steam, steam, steam! Steam that yarn slightly for mane and tail to relax the yarn and give it a nice, straight finish. If you have never done any steam blocking or relaxing acrylic yarn before look this up online. It makes such a huge difference! You probably know how “squiggly” yarn comes out of a skein. I have steamed Peony’s hair – think of it as a hair straightener for your amigurumi. I did a post on steaming here on my blog and you can read it HERE.
The tail is a simple braid from a few strands. Here are some photos that may help with this:
If you enjoyed this pattern you may also enjoy making Haybelly the Horse, Peony’s father. He is large and fabulous and also in my Etsy store and on my blog. Peony worked up for me to be 16” and Haybelly is almost 30”
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