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Finished amigurumi of Snape's Patronus: a seated turquoise doe with dark blue eyes.

Free amigurumi pattern

Snape's Patronus

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MR
Magic ring
sc
Single crochet
inc
Increase
dec
Decrease
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Head

Chain 9 and start in the second chain from the hook:

RoundStitchesTotal
17sc, 3sc in the last stitch, continue along the other side of the chain: 6sc, inc18
2 and 318sc18
4(2sc, inc)x3, 9sc21
54sc, inc, (sc, inc)x2, 12sc24
624sc24
7sc, inc, 3sc, 6inc, 3sc, inc, 9sc32
84sc, (sc, inc)x8, 12sc40
9–1640sc40
17(8sc, dec)x436
18(4sc, dec)x630
19(3sc, dec)x624
20(2sc, dec)x618
21(sc, dec)x612
226dec6

Stuff, fasten off and weave in the end.

Finished head seen from the side, with a teardrop shape.Head seen from underneath, with the opening still unclosed.

Body

RoundStitchesTotal
1MR 6sc6
26inc12
3(sc, inc)x618
4(2sc, inc)x624
5(2sc, inc)x832
6(3sc, inc)x840
7–1040sc40
11(3sc, dec)x832
12 and 1332sc32
14(2sc, dec)x824
15 and 1624sc24
17(sc, dec)x816
1816sc16

Stuff, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.

Sew the body between rounds 9 and 15 of the head.

Finished rounded body.

Ears x2

RoundStitchesTotal
1MR 5sc5
2(5inc)10
3(sc, inc)x515
4–615sc15
7(sc, dec)x510

Fasten off, fold in half and sew both ends of the last round together as shown in the photo. Leave a tail to sew the ears between rounds 15 and 16 of the head.

Both ears folded in half and sewn along the base.

Hind legs x2

RoundStitchesTotal
1MR 5sc5
25inc10
3(sc, inc)x515
415sc15
54sc, 3dec, 5sc12

Fasten off, leaving a tail to sew the legs between rounds 5 and 8 of the body.

Both hind legs, one viewed from the outside and the other from the inside.

Front legs x2

RoundStitchesTotal
1MR 6sc6
2(2sc, inc)x28
3–138sc8

Fasten off, leaving a tail to sew the legs between rounds 16 and 18 of the body.

Both front legs, long and narrow.

Eyes x2

RoundStitchesTotal
1MR 5sc5
25inc10

Fasten off, leaving a tail to sew the eyes between rounds 7 and 11 of the head.

Tail

RoundStitchesTotal
1MR 4sc4
2(4inc)8
3(sc, inc)x412
4 and 512sc12
6(sc, dec)x48

Fasten off, leaving a tail to sew the tail to the back of the body between rounds 5 and 6.

Finished tail, small and rounded.

Finishing touches

To finish, cut two circles of white felt and glue them onto the eyes to make your Patronus even more adorable.

Your Patronus is ready!

Finished Patronus viewed from the side, with a felt eye glued on and the tail sewn to the back.