Create your own adorable panda bear with this free crochet pattern! This easy-to-follow guide will help you make a cuddly panda amigurumi that’s perfect for gifting or keeping for yourself. With simple stitches and basic techniques, even beginners can create this charming little friend.
Key Takeaways:
- 🧶 Simple pattern suitable for crocheters with basic skills
- 🐼 Makes an adorable panda that’s approximately 6 inches tall
- ⏱️ Can be completed in a weekend
- 🎁 Perfect for gifts or personal collection
Materials&Tools
- Yarn
- Polyester Fiberfill
- 2.25mm Hook(What I used in this pattern)
- Yarn Needle
- Glue (To connect the parts, you can also sew with yarn)
Abbreviation
- ch – chain
- sc – single crochet
- inc – increase (2 single crochets in one stitch)
- dec – decrease (merge 2 single crochets into 1)
- hdc – half double crochet
- dc – double crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- magic ring – adjustable ring to start crocheting in the round
- BLO – back loop only
- FLO – front loop only
How to Read Pattern?
- R5: ch, [1 sc, sc inc] x 6, sl st
In Round 5, start with a chain stitch, then repeat the pattern “1 single crochet, single scrochet increase” 6 times. End with a slip stitch.
- (sc+sc+sc)
Parentheses ( ) indicate that all stitches within them are worked into the same stitch. So ‘(sc+sc+sc)’ means working 3 single crochet stitches all into the same stitch.
Pattern Info
Head
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 6 sc
- R2: 6 inc
- R3: [sc, inc] x 6
- R4: [sc, inc, sc] x 6
- R5: [3 sc, inc] x 6
- R6: [2 sc, inc, 2 sc] x 6
- R7-9: 36 sc
- R10: 10 sc, 5 inc, 6 sc, 5 inc, 10 sc
- R11-13: 46 sc
- R14: 10 sc, 5 dec, 6 sc, 5 dec, 10 sc
- R15: [2 sc, dec, 2 sc] x 6
- R16: [3 sc, dec] x 6
- R17: [sc, dec, sc] x 6
- R18: [sc, dec] x 6
- R19: 6 dec
Ear x 2
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 6 sc
- R2: 6 inc
- R3: [3 sc, inc] x 3
- R4: 24 sc. Leave a long tail for sewing.
Eye Socket x 2
- 4 ch, 2 sc into 2nd chain from the hook, (sc+sc+sc), sc, inc
Bamboo
- Start with magic ring
- R1: 4 sc
- R2: 4 sc
- R3: [sc, inc] x 2
- R4: FLO : 6 sc
- R5: [sc, inc, sc] x 2
- R6-7: 8 sc
- R8: [3 sc, inc] x 2
- R9-10: 10 sc
- R11: BLO: 10 sc , Fasten off.
Bamboo Leaf x 2
6 ch, sl st into 2nd chain from the hook, sc, hdc, sc, sl st, 6 ch, sl st into 2nd chain from the hook, sc, hdc, sc, sl st
Bow
29 ch, sc, hdc, 10 dc, 2 sl st, sc, hdc, 10 dc, hdc, (sc+ch+sc), hdc, 10 dc, 2 sl st, sc, hdc, 10 dc, hdc, sc
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