GAUGE:

5-rnd gauge circle = 1.75”/4.5cm Gauge isn’t terribly important in amigurumi, so it is okay to use a slightly larger hook if that is all you have. However, you don’t want to see stuffing through the stitches, so don’t get too big.

TECHNIQUES &
STITCHES:

• Magic ring (MR)
• Single crochet (sc)
• Increase (inc)
• Invisible decrease (invdec)

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Free rainbow crochet pattern instructions p.1

CROCHET CLOUDS

• Make 2 complete clouds, one for each side of the rainbow.

SMALL CIRCLES

• Make 8 using white yarn.
• Worked in the round.

Rnd 1: MR, sc 6. [6sts]
Rnd 2: Inc x 6. [12sts]
Break the yarn, make a sl st into the next st, then invisible join and weave tail into the back of the circle.

♥ In Rnd 4 of “Cloud Front and Back”, you will join 4 small circles to a large circle. “Join” the small circles by making an sc into one of the 12 sc of the circle, then continue to work around the small circle as described. Then make 1 sc into the base of the last sc you made in the large circle. This final sc is nearly impossible to see in Rnd 5 and you will naturally ignore it, so it is not included in the stitch count for Rnd 4 and is omitted in the instructions for Rnd 5.

Free rainbow crochet pattern instructions p.2

RAINBOW

• Worked in Rows.
• Change colors at the beginning of Rows as indicated. For example, [Blue] means to change to blue yarn.
• Begin in Purple yarn.
• Stitch count does not include ch at the end of each Row.

Rnd 1: Ch 34; turn, sc 33 starting in the second ch from the hook; turn, ch1. [33 sts]
Row 2: Sc 33; turn, ch 1.
Row 3: FLO, *sc 5, inc, sc 5* x 3; turn, ch 1. [36 sts]
Row 4: Sc 3, *inc, sc 11* x 2, inc, sc 8; turn, ch 1. [39 sts]
Row 5: [Blue], *sc 6, inc, sc 6* x 3; turn, ch 1. [42 sts]
Row 6: Sc 13, inc, sc 14, inc, sc 13; turn, ch 1. [44 sts]
Row 7: [Green], FLO, *sc 8, inc* x 4, sc 8; turn, ch 1. [48 sts]
Row 8: Sc 5, *inc, sc 15* x 2, inc, sc 10; turn, ch 1. [51 sts]
Row 9: [Yellow], FLO, *sc 8, inc, sc 8* x 3; turn, ch 1. [54 sts]
Row 10: Sc 11, *inc, sc 17* x 2, inc, sc 6; turn, ch 1. [57 sts]
Row 11: [Orange], FLO, sc 18, inc, sc 19, inc, sc 18; turn, ch 1. [59 sts]
Row 12: *Sc 11, inc* x 4, sc 11; turn, ch 1. [63 sts]
Row 13: [Red], FLO, *sc 10, inc, sc 10* x 3; turn, ch 1. [66 sts]
Row 14: Sc 13, *inc, sc 21* x 2, inc, sc 8; turn, ch 1. [69 sts]
Row 15: FLO, *sc 11, inc, sc 11* x 3; turn, ch 1. [72 sts]
Row 16: Sc 72.
Row 17: FLO, *sc 11, invdec, sc 11* x 3; turn, ch 1. [69 sts]
Row 18: Sc 13, *invdec, sc 21* x 2, invdec, sc 8; turn, ch 1. [66 sts]
Row 19: [Orange], FLO, *sc 10, invdec, sc 10* x 3; turn, ch 1. [63 sts]
Row 20: *Sc 11, invdec* x 4, sc 11; turn, ch 1. [59 sts]
Row 21: [Yellow], FLO, sc 18, invdec, sc 19, invdec, sc 18; turn, ch 1. [57 sts]
Row 22: Sc 11, *invdec, sc 17* x 2, invdec, sc 6; turn, ch 1. [54 sts]
Row 23: [Green], FLO, *sc 8, invdec, sc 8* x 3; turn, ch 1. [51sts]
Row 24: Sc 5, *invdec, sc 15* x 2, invdec, sc 10; turn, ch 1. [48 sts]
Row 25: [Blue], FLO, *sc 8, invdec* x 4, sc 8; turn, ch 1. [44 sts]
Row 26: Sc 13, invdec, sc 14, invdec, sc 13; turn, ch 1. [42 sts]
Row 27: [Purple], FLO, *sc 6, invdec, sc 6* x 3; turn, ch 1. [39 sts]
Row 28: Sc 3, *invdec, sc 11* x 2, invdec, sc 8; turn, ch 1. [36 sts]
Row 29: FLO, *sc 5, invdec, sc 5* x 3; turn, ch 1. [33 sts]
Row 30: Sc 33.

Break the Yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing, then fold the work in half. Line up the purple edges and sew them together. The rainbow should now look like a curved tube with open ends at either side.

Free rainbow crochet pattern instructions p.3

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Using white yarn, slip stitch around the raw edges of the rainbow. There should be thirty stitches on each side. Then sew the open end of the rainbow to the top of a cloud through the back loops of the sl sts. Stuff the tube of the rainbow firmly then close it by sewing the other open end to the remaining cloud in the same manner.