Why not crochet a particularly easy-care crochet budgie as a felo.
To crochet this budgie, I used as a basis a crochet pattern from Parivonne’s World which was adapted by me accordingly.
Material for crochet budgie
- Crochet hook 2,5mm
- Amigurumi crochet yarn (Gründl)
- Filler absorbent cotton
- Eyes (plastic)
- Stitch markers & darning needles
How to crochet budgie
With this tutorial you can crochet either a green or a blue budgie, depending on which wool colour you choose. The alternative colours are indicated in the headings of the individual sections.
Head (yellow)
The head is yellow in both alternatives, but of course you can also use white wool for the blue budgie if you don’t want to crochet a yellow face.
- 1st round: 6 dc in a thread ringsee1crochet techniques [6].
- Pull thread ring tightly together
- 2nd rnd: each stitch verd. [12]
- 3rd round: 1 dc and 1 stitch doubled. [18]
- 4th-9th rnd: 18 dc each [18]
Body (light green or light blue)
Here you now have to decide whether you want to crochet a green or a blue budgie.
- Color change2See crochet techniques
- 1st rnd: 18 dc [18]
- 2nd rnd: 8 stitches digested. + 10 dc [26]
- 3rd-7th rnd: 26 dc each [26]
- Screw in plastic eyes (approx. 6mm) on the right and left of the head
- 8th round: decrease 2 dc + 1 stitch each. [20]
- 9. rnd: 20 dc [20]
- 10th round: decrease 2 dc + 1 stitch each. [15]
- 11-13 rnd: 15 dc [15]
Tail feathers (dark green or dark blue)
- Color change3See crochet techniques
- 1st round: 15 dc [15]
- 2nd round: decrease 1 dc + 1 stitch at a time [10]
- Stuff head and body well with stuffing wool
- 3rd-4th rnd: 10 dc each [10]
- 5th round: decrease 1 dc + 1 stitch each [ 7] .
- rd 6-13: 7 dc each [7]
- 1 ch, cut thread (approx. 20cm) and pull through
- Sew up tail feathers at the end with remaining thread
Beak (gray or beige)
- Cut thread with about 60cm
- Pull horizontally through approx. 3 stitches with darning needle and knot.
- Always poke the thread through the same hole at the bottom centre.
- Form the beak with about 6 threads and then sew them
Wax skin (blue or brown)
Depending on whether you want to crochet a rooster or a hen, you have to choose blue or brown here.
- Cut thread with about 30cm
- Mit Stopfnadel 2-3 Fäden über dem Schnabel vernähen
Wings (dark green or dark blue)
The wings also have to be adapted to the respective budgie colour, of course.
- Initial loop
- 16 Lm
- Crochet a dc in the 2nd ch
- 1 dc + 4 tr + 4 dc + 4 dc + 1 ch
- continue crocheting on the other side of the ch
- 4 dc + 4 dc + 4 tr + 1 dc + 1 dc
- 1 ch, cut thread (30cm) and pull through
- Sew the first third of the wing to the body with the remaining thread.
Feet (gray or beige)
- Initial loop
- 8 Lm
- 1 ch, cut thread, pull through and cut off
- Initial loop
- 4 ch
- Pull the last stitch through the 3rd stitch (from the end) of the 8 air stitches.
- Then crochet 4 ch for the last toe
- 1 ch, cut thread, pull through and cut off
- Sew or knot the feet to the body.