Free Cute Koala Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Cute Koala Amigurumi

Crochet a very cute Koala with this easy free koala crochet pattern, my most popular Amigurumi design. I originally created this adorable stuffed animal plushie in 2017, and since then, he has been on many adventures with me (see my instagram photo’s)

Now, the pattern is available for free. If you prefer a PDF version without ads, don’t worry, this cute koala crochet pattern is still available in my shops. The pattern is written in U.S. terms.

Size: The finished koala is about 6 inches / 15 cm tall when made with sport-weight cotton yarn. However, you can use any yarn you like, the thicker the yarn, the larger your koala will be!

Table of contents

Introducing Cute Koala
PDF Pattern
Basic Stitches Tutorial
Materials
Abbreviations
Free Koala Crochet Pattern

Cute Koala’s Story:

This Cute Koala loves gardening! The eucalyptus trees that he grows are perfect for sleeping and eating! He always carries some leaves in the little pocket on his dungaree, he might get hungry.

PDF Pattern Koala Crochet

PDF Pattern without ads:
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Basic Stitches Tutorial

If you are a beginner that want to learn how to crochet, check out my beginner-friendly basic stitches tutorial, it has many instructional videos on how to crochet every stitch. It shows you all you need to know to make your very own cute koala bear Amigurumi with this free koala crochet pattern.

Materials

These are the materials that I used. However, feel free to replace them with other materials of your choice. Furthermore, if you wish to crochet a larger or smaller version of the koala amigurumi using this free stuffed animal crochet pattern, you can simply use a thicker or thinner yarn and crochet hook.

Cotton Sport Weight version 15 cm / 6 inch:
– Grey cotton SMC Catania color: 172
– White cotton SMC Catania color: 106
– Black cotton SMC Catania color: 110
– Blue cotton SMC Catania color: 253
– Synthetic Poly Filling
– Crochet hook size B/1 (2.5 mm)
– Safety eyes 1 pair: 10 mm
– 2x buttons: 10 mm

Search for a similar cotton yarn you can buy near you on YARNSUB

Supplies:
– Scissors
– Tapestry needles with blunt point, nr. 16 or 17
– Pins

TIP: Are you using are using Blanket yarn? Then I recommend a L/11 (8.0 mm) crochet hook.
For Super Bulky Chenille yarn I recommend a H/8 (5.0 mm) crochet hook, for bulky velvet yarn a E/4 (3.5 mm) crochet hook.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations (U.S. Terms) used in this free koala bear crochet pattern:
(All abbreviations are explained in my basic stitches tutorial)
Rnd: Round
st: stitch
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
dec: decrease
inc: increase

Free Koala Crochet Pattern

Head:

Use grey yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc in all 6 st (12)
Rnd 3: (sc in next st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (36)
Rnd 7: (sc in next 5 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (42)
Rnd 8: (sc in next 6 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (48)
Rnd 9: (sc in next 7 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (54)
Rnd 10: (sc in next 8 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (60)
Rnd 11-12: sc in all 60 st (60)
Rnd 13: (sc in next 9 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (66)
Rnd 14-15: sc in all 66 st (66)
Rnd 16: (sc in next 10 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (72)
Rnd 17-24: sc in all 72 st (72)
Insert both safety eyes between rounds 19 and 20, one eye between the stitch 28-29 and one between stitch 44-45.
Rnd 25: (sc in next 10 st, dec) repeat 6 times (66)
Rnd 26: (sc in next 9 st, dec) repeat 6 times (60)
Rnd 27: (sc in next 8 st, dec) repeat 6 times (54)
Rnd 28: (sc in next 7 st, dec) repeat 6 times (48)
Rnd 29: (sc in next 6 st, dec) repeat 6 times (42)
Rnd 30: (sc in next 5 st, dec) repeat 6 times (36)
Rnd 31: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 32: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 33: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 6 times (18)
Stuff the head with filling.
Rnd 34: (sc, dec in next st) repeat 6 times (12)
Rnd 35: dec 6 times (6)
Finish the head by taking the last strand of yarn and sewing it through the front loops of every crochet stitch that you made in the last round. Pull the yarn tight to close the hole. Now stick a needle under the hole and weave in the yarn end.

Nose:

Use black yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: sc in all 18 st (18)
Fasten off with a slip stitch, leave a long piece of yarn to sew the nose onto the head.
Sew the nose onto rounds 18-23, on round 20 between stitch 33-40.

Ears 2x:

Use grey yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (24)
Rnd 5-6: sc in all 24 st (24)
Rnd 7: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 6 times (30)
Rnd 8-10: sc in all 30 st (30)
Fasten off with a slip stitch, leave a long piece of yarn to sew the ears onto the head. Flatten the ears.

Inside ears 2x:

Use white yarn
Ch 2
Row 1: Start in second ch from hook, 3 sc in second ch, ch 1, turn (3)
Row 2: inc in all 3 st, ch 1, turn (6)
Row 3: (sc in next st, inc) repeat 3 times, ch 1, turn (9)
Row 4: (sc in next 2 st, inc) repeat 3 times, ch 1, turn (12)
Row 5: (sc in next 3 st, inc) repeat 3 times, ch 1, turn (15)
Row 6: (sc in next 4 st, inc) repeat 3 times, ch 1, turn (18)
Fasten off, leave a long piece of yarn to sew the inside of the ears onto the ears.
Comb the inside of the ears with a dog comb to get a fury effect. It will take some time to get this effect, just keep brushing! Folding the ears while brushing will help to create a very fury effect.

Sew the inside of the ears onto the ear.
Sew the ears between rounds 8-21, the top of the right ear on st 14 of round 9 and the bottom on st 19 of round 20 of your koala Amigurumi.
The top of the left ear on st 41 of round 9 and the bottom on st 55 of round 20.

Body:

First make two legs:
Leg 2x:
Use grey yarn
Rnd 1: start 8 sc in a magic ring (8)
Rnd 2: inc 8 times (16)
Rnd 3-5: sc in all 16 st (16)
Change color to blue (I have a made detailed tutorial on how to color change)
Rnd 6: (sc in next 3 st, inc in next st) repeat 4 times (20)
Fasten one leg off with a slip stitch, do not fasten of the other leg.

Body:

Continue to crochet in the second leg.
Watch my video tutorial if you need help crocheting the legs together.
Rnd 1: sc in the next 10 sc, (now we are going to join with another leg) continue in the first stitch of the first leg, in all 20 st of Leg 1 continue in the eleventh stitch of the second leg, sc in next 10 st (40)
Rnd 2: sc in all 40 st (40)
Rnd 3: (sc in next 4 st, inc in next st) repeat 8 times (48)
Rnd 4-8: sc in all 48 st (48)
Rnd 9: (sc in next 4 st, dec) repeat 8 times (40)
Rnd 10-13: sc in all 40 st (40)
Rnd 14: sc in next 1 sc, change color to grey ,sc in all 39 st (40)
Rnd 15: (sc in next 3 st, dec) repeat 8 times (32)
Rnd 16: sc in all 32 st (32)
Fasten off with a slip stitch, leave a long piece of yarn to sew the body onto the head.
Now crochet a border between the blue and grey rounds. This technique is called Surface Crochet.
See photo’s below or learn how to Surface Crochet on your cute koala Amigurumi with my detailed video tutorial: www.mariskavos.nl/how-to-surface-crochet/

Insert the hook under the first stitch, grab the yarn and draw up a loop. Yarn over and draw through the loop on the hook attaching the yarn to the body. Insert the hook under the next stitch.Yarn over and draw the yarn under the stitch and through the loop on the hook (like a slip stitch).
Do this in all the stitches.
Stuff the body with fiber filling.

Suspenders 2x:

Use blue yarn
Ch 18
Row 1: Start in 7th ch from hook, sc in next 12 st
Fasten off. Sew the beginning of the suspenders on the back of the koala, on the top border, 6 stitches apart. Sew 2 small buttons on the front of the body, between round 17-18. On stitch 7 and the other on stitch15.
Now you can put the little hole of the suspenders around the buttons.

Pocket:

Use blue yarn
Ch 7
Row 1: Start in second ch from hook, sc in next 6 st, ch 1, turn (6)
Row 2-5: sc in next 6 st, ch 1, turn (6)
Sew the pocket on the body on round 11-14.
Sew the body onto the head, between round 31-32.

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Arm:

Use grey yarn
Rnd 1: start 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc 6 times (12)
Rnd 3-4: sc in all 12 st (12)
Rnd 5: (sc in next 2 st, dec) repeat 3 times (9)
Stuff the arms with filling.
Rnd 6-7: sc in all 9 st (9)
Rnd 8: sc in next 2 st, dec, sc in next 3 st, dec (7)
Rnd 9-14: sc in all 7 st (7)
Put a bit more stuffing into the arms.
Fasten off with a slip stitch, leave a long piece of yarn to sew the arms onto the body.
Sew the arms on the sides of the body on round 15.

Tail:

Use grey yarn
Rnd 1: start 4 sc in a magic ring (4)
Rnd 2: inc 4 times (8)
Fasten off with a slip stitch, leave a long piece of yarn to sew the tail onto the body or your koala.
Sew the tail on the back of the body on round 4-5.

Optional:

Leaves (2x):

Use green yarn
Ch 9
Row 1: Start in second ch from hook, sl st in next 2 st, sc in next 5 st, sl st in next st, ch 3 (8)
Continue around to opposite side of chain.
Row 2: Start in second ch from hook, sc in next 2 st, sl st in next st (first chain), sc in next 5 st, sl st in next 2 st (10)
Fasten off with a slip stitch in the first st of row 1. Weave in the yarn end.

Now your Koala is done, I hope you enjoyed this cute free koala crochet pattern, there are many more Amigurumi animal patterns available on my blog!