MATERIALS

4mm crochet hook 10mm safety eyes Tapestry needle Stuffing

Blue medium-weight White medium-weight 
 Scissors 


yarn, with 3 stitch yarn (5 yds) (not included)
markers in it (88 yds)

HOW TO READ 

A WOOBLES PATTERN ABBREVIATIONS

This pattern is written in US

Rnd 3. [sc, inc] x6 (18) terminology, and crocheted in
continuous rounds. Watch video
Round

tutorials at thewoobles.com/tutorials
What stitches to do this round, and 

how many times

blo
 back loop only


ch
 chain

Total number of stitches in this round dec
 (invisible) decrease

inc
 increase (2 sc in the same hole)

For round 3, repeat the pattern in the brackets 6 times. rnd
 round

The pattern is: single crochet in 1 stitch, then increase sc
 single crochet

stitch in the next stitch. Because an increase is actually sl st slip stitch
2 single crochet stitches in the same stitch of the
previous round, the total number of stitches in this
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round is 18.

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HEAD & BODY
With blue yarn.

TIP Keep track of where you are by placing a

stitch marker in the first stitch of the current
round.

Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in a magic loop (6)


Rnd 2.
 6 inc (12)

Start here if you’re using the pre-made piece

Rnd 3.
 [sc, inc] x 6 (18)


Rnd 4.
 [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)

Rnd 5. [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)

TIP Your piece might start curling - that’s totally

normal. For a neater final look, push the
middle of your piece until it curves the other
way. This makes the “right side” face out.
Then keep crocheting to the left. If you’re a
lefty, keep crocheting to the right.

Rnds 6-10.
 30 sc (30)


Rnd 11.
 [9 sc, inc] x 3 (33)

Rnd 12.
 [10 sc, inc] x 3 (36)

Rnd 13.
 36 sc (36)

Rnd 14.
 8 sc, [sc, inc] x 9, 10 sc (45) 

Rnds 15-20.
 45 sc (45)

Rnd 21.
 8 sc, [sc, dec] x 9, 10 sc (36)

Rnd 22.
 36 sc (36)

Rnd 23. [4 sc, dec] x 6 (30)

The side with the belly bulge is the front of the

A
body. ttach the eyes between rounds 6 and with 7
an 8-stitch space between them on the front of the
body. If this amigurumi is for a baby or pet,
S ff
embroider the eyes instead. tu the piece but
ffi
save some amount of stu ng for the legs and
snout.
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LEGS TIP Remember to insert the hook from the
outside to the inside of the body.
With blue yarn.
Step 4.

Make two smaller rounds on top of the last round 13 sc. Stuff the leg and body as needed.

to create the legs:

Step 5.

First leg 7 dec blo.

Step 1.
 TIP blo means to do the stitch through the back
2 sc. Move the stitch marker to the second st. This loop only.
marks the new beginning of every round. 
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with
Step 2.
 a tail; then use it to pull the yarn tail through the
13 sc.
front loops of each stitch. Pull tight to close the
remaining gap.
Step 3.

Sc into the stitch marked by the stitch marker, this
will be the first st of this round and will connect the
front of the body to the back.

1 2 3

4 5

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Second leg
 Step 3.

Leave a sc on each side of the body between the 13 sc.

legs. Your piece should face you upside down with Step 4.

the first leg being on your right. Leave a long tail to Sc into the stitch marked by the stitch marker. 13
sew the gap between the legs later.
sc. Stuff the leg and the body as needed.

Step 1.
 Step 5.


Sl st join in the second unworked st on the front of 7 dec blo.


the body.

TIP sl st join means slip stitch join. Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with
a tail; then use it to pull the yarn tail through the
Step 2.
 front loops of each stitch. Pull tight to close the
Sc into the same st as your sl st join. Place a stitch remaining gap. Thread a needle with the starting
marker on the first st. This marks the beginning of yarn tail, and use it to whip stitch together the two
every new round. stitches between the legs.

1 2 3

4 5

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SNOUT EARS
With blue yarn. With blue yarn (make two).

TIP This is an oval. Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in a magic loop (6)


Rnd 2. 2 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc (8)
Rnd 1.
 ch 6 (6)

Rnd 2.



 sc in the second ch from the hook, 3 Invisible fasten off, leaving a long tail. Fold the ear
sc, 3 sc in the last ch. Rotate the piece in half, and sew each ear on either side of the head
to work on the other side of the on round 4, four stitches behind the eyes. The ears
foundation chain. 3 sc, inc (12)
 should be pointing up, with the opening facing
Rnd 3.
 [inc, 3 sc, 2 inc] x 2 (18)
 forward.
Rnd 4.
 [sc, inc, 3 sc, (sc, inc) x 2] x 2 (24)

Rnds 5-6. 24 sc (24)

Invisible fasten off, leaving a long tail. Sew the TA IL

snout on the head centered between the eyes,
With blue yarn.
spanning rounds 7 to 12. Stuff the snout before
fully closing it. Rnd 1.
 ch 6 (6)

Rnd 2. sc in the second ch from the hook, 4
sc (5)
HORNS Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a needle with
the tail, then use it to sew the rhino’s tail to the
With white yarn.

back of the body between rounds 18 and 19,

Small piece centered between the legs.

Rnd 1.
 start 3 sc in a magic loop (3)


Rnd 2. 3 inc (6)

Invisible fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a

needle with the tail, then use it to sew the small
horn on the head and snout, spanning round 6 of
the body and round 6 of the snout, and centered
between the eyes.

Big piece
Rnd 1.
 start 3 sc in a magic loop (3)

Rnd 2.
 3 inc (6)

Rnd 3.
 2 sc, 2 inc, 2 sc (8)

Rnd 4. 2 sc, [sc, inc] x 2, 2 sc (10)

Invisible fasten off, leaving a long tail. Thread a

needle with the tail, then use it to sew the big horn
on the snout, spanning 3 and 4, and centered
between the eyes. The horn should be pointing up.
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ARMS Step 2.

Sc both sides together.

With blue yarn (make two).

Step 3.

Rnd 1.
 start 6 sc in a magic loop (6)
 Continue to sc together the next three pairs of
Rnd 2.
 [2 sc, inc] x 2 (8)
 stitches. Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

Rnds 3-6. 8 sc (8)

Step 4.

Single crochet the open edge of the arm together, Thread a needle with the tail and use it to sew the
and sew the arms to the body:
arms to either side of the body, two stitches behind
each eye between rounds 12 and 13. Hide the tails in
Step 1.

the body.
Flatten the arm and insert the hook under the first
two stitches across from each other, so there are
five loops on the hook.

1 2

3 4

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NAILS Step 3.

Insert the needle one round up, and pull it out one
With white yarn. round down and two stitches to the left.

Embroider three vertical lines on each arm on Step 4.


round 2, and embroider three horizontal lines on Insert the needle one round up. Pull the needle out
each leg. Each line should be one stitch wide: of the same hole in the arm that it originally went
into, so that both yarn tails are coming out of the
Step 1.

same hole. Tie a knot with both yarn tails, as close
Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of yarn.
to the surface of the arm as possible. Hide the tails
Insert the needle somewhere under the arm, and
in the arm.

pull it out between rounds 1 and 2, aligned

centered on the arm. Leave a 6-inch yarn tail.
Step 5.

Repeat steps 1-4 to embroider the nails on the
Step 2.

second arm.
Insert the needle one round up, and pull it out one
round down and one stitch to the right.

1 2 3

4 5

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Step 6.
 Step 8.

Thread a needle with a forearm’s length of yarn. Insert the needle one stitch to the left. Pull the
Insert the needle somewhere on the side of the needle out of the same hole in the body that it
body, and pull it out the hole on the leg above the originally went into, so that both yarn tails are
remaining front loop, where you want the right side coming out of the same hole. Tie a knot with both
of the left nail to be. Leave a 6-inch yarn tail.
yarn tails, as close to the surface of the body as
possible. Hide the tails in the body.

Step 7.

Insert the needle one stitch to the left, and pull it Step 9.

out three stitches to the right. Repeat this step to Repeat steps 6-8 to embroider the nails on the
make a total of 2 lines. second leg.

6 7

8 9

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