Triceratops Amigurumi Pattern

Finding dinosaur amigurumi is quite difficult. Free crochet dinosaur patterns, in particular, don’t usually look pretty. The crochet dinosaur pattern that I will share today looks very nice. This dinosaur is a triceratops. I remember it being a pretty strong dinosaur. In fact, it is one of the rare dinosaurs that can fight T-rex. Its construction is extremely simple. I just think the head part can be challenging. That’s why it’s an amigurumi pattern that I can recommend to beginners.

Designer
ketti.toys

Materials

This cute dinosaur is approximately 8.6” (22 cm) long.
Yarn: Yarnart Jeans or Alize Cotton Gold
Hook size: 2.5 mm
Two black beads 5 mm for eyes
Sewing needle and scissors
Fiberfill

Abbreviations

AR – Amigurumi Magic ring
MC – Amigurumi Magic ring
MR – Amigurumi Magic ring
App – application
ll – lift loop
sc : Single Crochet
inc : Increase
dec : Decrease
tr : Triple Crochet/ Treble Crochet
st: Stitch
dc : Double Crochet
hdc: Half Double Crochet
sl-st : Slip Stitch
ch : Chain
..in : make increase into same stitch as many as the number which is given in front of “inc” abbreviation (exp; 3inc, 4inc..).
FLO : Crochet into front loops only
BLO : Crochet into back loops only
BL : Bobble Stitch – do 5dc all in the same stitch and then yarn over and pull through all the loops on your hook (the original loop + 1 loop for each partially completed dc).

Head

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
R 6-12: 30 sc (7 rows)
R 13: 4 sc, 8 hdc, 18 sc (30)
R 14: (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
R 15: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
R 16-21: 42 sc (6 rows)
R 22: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
R 23: (4 sc, dec) * 6 (30)
R 24: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)
R 25: (2 sc, dec) * 6 (18)
R 26: (1sc, dec) * 6 (12)
R 27: (dec) * 6 (6)
Fasten off.

Body

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
R 8-12: 42 sc (5 rows)
R 13: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
R 14-15: 36 sc (2 rows)
R 16: (4 sc, dec) * 6 (30)
R 17-20: 30 sc (4 rows)
R 21: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)
R 22-24: 24 sc (3 rows), sl st
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Frill

With beige yarn:
Make 32 ch.
R 1: From the 3rd ch from hook: DC, 29 DC (30)
R 2: 2 ch, DC in the same st, DC in the next st; (2 DC in one st, DC in the next st) * 14
R 3: 1 ch, 44 sc
Change to lime yarn:
R 4: 2 ch, 4 DC in one st; 2 sl st, (5 DC in one st, 2 sl st) * repeat to the end of row
Fasten off.

Horn  small (make 1)

With lime yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2-3: 6 sc (2 rows)
R 4: (1 sc, inc) * 3 (9), sl st
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Horn  big (make 2)

With lime yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2-3: 6 sc (2 rows)
R 4: (1 sc, inc) * 3 (9)
R 5-8: 9 sc (4 rows), sl st
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Hind legs (make 2)

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: BLO 12 sc
R 4-9: 12 sc (6 rows)
R 10: 4 sc, sl st, 1 turning chain
R 11: 5 sc, sl st, 1 turning chain
R 12: 6 sc, sl st
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Fore legs (make 2)

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
R 3: BLO 12 sc
R 4-10: 12 sc (7 rows)
R 11: 4 sc, sl st, 1 turning chain
R 12: 5 sc, sl st, 1 turning chain
R 13: 6 sc, sl st
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Tail

R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2-3: 6 sc (2 rows)
R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 2 (8)
R 5: 8 sc
R 6: (3 sc, inc) * 2 (10)
R 7: 10 sc
R 8: (4 sc, inc) * 2 (12)
R 9: 12 sc
R 10: (5 sc, inc) * 2 (14)
R 11: 10 sc, 4 sl st (14)
R 12: (6 sc, inc) * 2 (16)
R 13: 16 sc
R 14: (7 sc, inc) * 2 (18)
R 15: 18 sc
R 16: (8 sc, inc) * 2 (20)
R 17: 20 sc
R 18: (9 sc, inc) * 2 (22)
R 19: 22 sc
R 20: (10 sc, inc) * 2 (24)
R 21: 24 sc
R 22: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
R 23: 30 sc, sl st
Fasten off. and leave a long tail for sewing.