Crochet Llama/Alpaca Amigurumi Pattern For Free

Get ready to create a delightfully soft and realistic-looking llama (or alpaca) using the coziest blanket yarn. This adorable project stands on its own, featuring a playful posture and detailed design with safety eyes, a tiny snout, and perky ears.

Utilizing simple crochet techniques like slip stitches, single crochets, and increases, you’ll shape the legs, body, and neck effortlessly. Perfect as a cute decoration or a huggable toy, this cuddly llama is sure to become a favorite. Follow along to craft this lovable creature with just a few materials and see it come to life, stitch by stitch!

Making Your Crochet Amigurumi Llama/Alpaka

Supplies Needed:

Alise Veluto Yarn (Chanel Yarn) in dark gray and off-white.
Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn.
4.5 mm crochet hook.
Thin black yarn for detailing.
Pair of safety eyes.
Scissors.
Yarn needle with an eye large enough to fit thicker yarn.
Stitch marker.
Stuffing (polyfill, fiberfill, or stuffing from old pillows).

Step by step Instructions

Legs:

Start with a slip knot with the lighter color.
Chain 2.
Into the second chain from the hook, place 5 single crochets (sc). (This is an alternative to creating a magic ring).
For Row 2, place 2 sc in each stitch around (10 sc).
Mark the start of your next row with a stitch marker.
For the next three rows, place 1 sc in each stitch around (10 stitches per row).
Leave a tail and snip off the yarn.
Create a second leg exactly like the first one but do not snip off the yarn.

Joining Legs:

From the second leg, chain 2 and join to the first leg with a slip stitch.
Place 7 sc in the first leg.
Increase (2 sc in one stitch) in the next three stitches.
Place 2 sc in the chain-2 space between the legs.
Place three increases in the second leg.
Chain 9 sc around the remaining part of the second leg.
Place 2 sc in the chain-2 space from the other side.

Continuing the Body:

Now you will have 30 stitches around both legs.
Repeat the process to create an additional set of legs and join them similarly.
Once you have both sets of legs, attach them by slip stitching 11 stitches along the inner edges of the legs.
Chain 1 and place 38 single crochets around the edge.
Place 1 sc in each stitch around for four rounds (39 sc per round).
Begin decreasing the body by placing a decrease at the start, followed by 27 sc, and three more decreases at the end until you achieve 33 stitches.
Continue decreasing and crocheting until the body is properly formed. End with 13 stitches for the last row.
Add stuffing to the body as you proceed.

The Neck:

Reattach yarn at the top to start the neck.
Chain 1 and place 17 single crochets around the neck opening.
For the next row, place 13 sc and 2 decreases.
Continue decreasing over the next rows until the neck shape is formed.

Head:

Chain 1 and place 13 sc around the neck.
Start increasing for the head by placing 1 increase in the first stitch and 4 single crochets.
Add increases uniformly for the next few rows to form a rounded head.
Place safety eyes two rows down from the top, positioning them with three stitches in-between.
Add stuffing to the head.

Snout:

Chain 2 and work 6 sc into the second chain from the hook.
Continue forming the snout by increasing and following the pattern until it is formed.
Embroider the nose and mouth details with black yarn.
Attach the snout to the head.

Ears:

Chain 5.
Work 1 slip stitch in the second chain from the hook, 1 sc in the next stitch, 1 double crochet in the following stitch, 1 sc in the next stitch, and end with a slip stitch.
Make a second ear and attach both ears above the eyes on the head.