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Our cute amigurumi springbok will be a hit at rugby games!

You will need

• 2 balls of Vinnis Colour Nikkim 100% Cotton Yarn colour way Sand (578) 1 ball each of Vinnis Colour Nikkim 100% Cotton Yarn colour way Chestnut (503), Mahogany (557) and Bottle Green (594). You can substitute another DK yarn with approximately 119m/50g.

• 3.5mm and 4mm crochet hook, or appropriate size for correct tension.

• one pair of 12mm safety eyes

• 1 safety pin used as a stitch marker

• a cheap micro fibre or hollow fibre filled pillow used as stuffing

• tapestry needle

• scissors

Abbreviations for the amigurumi springbok

ch: chain, ch-sp: chain space, sl st: slip stitch, dc: double crochet, fdc: foundationless double crochet, inc: increase, inc3: increase three, invd: invisible decrease, invd3: invisible decrease three, yo: yarn over hook, lp: loop, ins: insert inc: increase, flp: front loop, blp: back loop, *: repeat instructions from asterisk as directed

Special stitches

increase three (inc3): place three double crochets into the stitch to be increased invisible decrease three (invd3): pick up the front loops of the three stitches to be decreased and complete the decrease as per normal invisible decrease.

Working in rounds: Sand, [Mahogany] and (Chestnut): follow the shapes of the brackets when changing colours

The head, starting at the nose

Make a magic ring round 1: 5dc (5st) round 2: *1dc, inc3, *x2, 1dc, sl-st (9st) round 3: *1dc, inc, *x2, [inc3], *inc, 1dc *x2, sl-st (15st) round 4: *2dc, inc, *x2, [1, inc3, 1], *inc, 2dc, *x2, sl-st (21st) round 5: *3dc, inc, *x2, [2, inc3, 2], *inc, 3dc, *x2, sl-st (27st) round 6 – 9: 9dc, [1dc], 7dc, [1dc] 9dc, sl-st (27st) round 10: 7dc, invd, [1dc], inc, 5dc, inc, [1dc], invd, 7dc, sl-st (27st) round 11: 8dc, [1dc], 9dc, [1dc], 8dc, sl-st (27st) round 12: 6dc, invd, [1dc], inc, 7dc, inc, [1dc], invd, 6dc, sl-st (27st) round 13 – 15: 7dc, [1dc], 11dc, [1dc], 7dc, sl-st (27st) round 16: 7dc, [1dc], 5dc, inc3, 5dc, [1dc], 7dc, sl-st (29st) round 17: 3dc, inc, 3dc, [1dc] inc, 5dc, inc3, 5dc, inc, [1dc] 3dc, inc, 3dc, sl-st (35st) round 18: 4dc, inc, 3dc, [1dc], inc, 7dc, inc3, 7dc, inc, [1dc] 3dc, inc, 4dc, sl-st (40st) round 19: 4dc, inc, 4dc, [inc], 8dc, inc, 3dc, inc, 8dc, [inc], 4dc, inc, 4dc, sl-st (47st) round 20: 9dc, inc, [2dc], inc, 7dc, inc, 5dc, inc, 7dc, inc, [2dc], inc, 9dc, sl-st (53st) round 21: 11dc, [inc x2], invd x2, 19dc, invd x2, [inc x2], 11dc, sl-st (53st) round 22: 11dc, [1dc, inc x2, 1dc], invd x2, 5dc, (5dc), 5dc, invd x2 [1dc, inc x2, 1dc], 11dc, sl-st (53st) round 23: 10dc, inc, [6dc], invd x2, 2dc, (7dc), 2dc, invd x2, [6dc], inc, 10dc, sl-st (51st) round 24: 11dc, inc, [invd, 4dc], 4dc, (7dc), 4dc, [4dc, invd], inc, 11dc, sl-st (51st) Insert the safety eyes into the center of the Mahogany stripes of round 22 round 25: 13dc, [3dc, invd], 4dc, (inc, 5dc, inc), 4dc, [invd, 3dc], 13dc, sl-st (51st) round 26: 12dc, inc, [invd, 2dc], 4dc, (9dc), 4dc, [2dc, invd], inc, 12dc, sl-st (51 st) round 27: 13dc, inc, [1dc, invd], 3dc, (11dc), 3dc, [invd, 1dc], inc, 13dc, sl-st (51st) round 28: 7dc, invd, 6dc, [invd], 2dc, (5dc, invd, 6dc), 2dc, [invd], 6dc, invd, 7dc, sl-st (46st) round 29: 6dc, invd, 6dc, (1dc, invd, 5dc, invd, 5dc, invd, 1dc), 6dc, invd, 6dc, sl-st (41st) round 30: 5dc, invd, 5dc, (invd, 13dc, invd), 5dc, invd, 5dc, sl-st (37st) Stuff the head Continue using only Chestnut round 31: *5dc, invd *x5, 2dc (32st) round 32: *6dc, invd *x4 (28st) round 33: *5dc, invd *x4 (24st) round 34: *4dc, invd *x4 (20st) round 35: *3dc, invd *x4 (16st) round 36: *2dc, invd *x4 (12st) round 37: *invd *x6 (6st)

Cut yarn with enough length to sew in end.

Horn

Make two in Mahogany,

Make a magic ring round 1: 4dc into magic ring (4st) round 2: inc, 3dc (5st) round 3: 1dc, inc, 3dc (6st) round 4: 2dc, inc, 3dc (7st) round 5: 3dc, inc, 3dc (8st) round 6: 4dc, inc, 3dc (9st) round 7: 5dc, inc, 3dc (10st) round 8: 6dc, inc, 3dc (11st) round 9: 7dc, inc, 3dc (12st) round 10: 8dc, inc, 3dc (13st) round 11: 9dc, inc, 3dc (14st) round 12 – 13: 1dc in each st around (14st) Cut yarn with enough length to sew in end. Stuff firmly

Ears

Make two in Sand

6ch, sl-st closed round 1: 10dc into chain ring (10st) round 2: 2dc, inc3, 4dc, inc3, 2dc (14st) round 3: 3dc, inc3, 6dc, inc3, 3dc (18st) round 4: 4dc, inc3, 8dc, inc3, 4dc (22st) round 5: 5dc, inc3, 10dc, inc3, 5dc (26st) round 6: 6dc, inc3, 12dc, inc3, 6dc (30st) round 7: 7dc, inc3, 14dc, inc3, 7dc (34st) round 8: 8dc, inc3, 16dc, inc3, 6dc (36st) round 9: invd3, 16dc, invd3, 15dc (33st) round 10: invd3, 14dc, invd3, 13dc (29st) round 11: invd3, 12dc, invd3, 11dc (25st) round 12: invd3, 10dc, invd3, 9dc (21st) round 13: invd3, 8dc, invd3, 7dc (17st) round 14: invd3, 6dc, invd3, 5dc (13st) round 15: invd3, 4dc, invd3, 3dc (9st) round 16: invd3, 2dc, invd3, 1dc (5st) Cut yarn with enough length to sew in end. Do not stuff.