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Nieves Amigurumi Pattern

Nieves Amigurumi Pattern
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5-7 Hours Time Needed
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Intermediate Level

Ideal for those with basic crochet experience, featuring slightly more advanced stitches and techniques to expand your skills.

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Weekend Treat

Takes 5-7 hours, making it an enjoyable project to finish over a couple of days.

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Cute Companion

An adorable friend to cherish, handcrafted with love to bring comfort and joy for years to come.

About This Nieves Amigurumi Pattern

This pattern creates a delicate amigurumi character named Nieves, complete with a textured cap, tiny horns, ears and detachable accessories. The design mixes simple amigurumi shaping with a few decorative stitches like bobble and shell for texture. It is written in US terminology and includes clear placement notes for eyes, nose and facial shaping.

Nieves Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

Youll crochet the body and head in continuous spiral, then make the cap and accessories to assemble. Photos and detailed round-by-round instructions help with placement and finishing.

Why You'll Love This Nieves Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it combines soft shaping with sweet little details like the bobble cap and tiny horns. I adore how the small accessories — the floral button and ribbon — add personality with minimal effort. The design is forgiving and satisfying: you see progress quickly while still getting a polished result. I also enjoy that the pattern uses basic stitches in creative ways so you can practice consistency without getting overwhelmed.

Nieves Amigurumi Pattern step 1 - construction progress Nieves Amigurumi Pattern step 2 - assembly progress Nieves Amigurumi Pattern step 3 - details and accessories Nieves Amigurumi Pattern step 4 - final assembly and finishing

Switch Things Up

I love how easy it is to customize Nieves by changing colors; try pastel blues or mint greens for a fresh look.

I sometimes use a slightly thicker cotton and a larger hook to make a bigger, cuddlier version of this amigurumi.

I often add embroidered freckles or eyebrows to alter the expression and give each doll a unique personality.

I like to replace the floral button with a tiny bow or a wooden heart for different occasions or gift themes.

Want a winter theme? Use a soft grey for the horns and a deep berry pink for the cap to create a cozy seasonal friend.

I sometimes omit the horns to create a simpler hooded character, which is great for a more neutral baby gift.

For portability, you can make a mini version using fingering weight yarn and a 1.5 mm hook to create a keychain-sized friend.

I recommend experimenting with eye placement and nose position to change the expression — small shifts make a big difference.

Try sewing tiny felt mittens or knitting a tiny scarf to accessorize Nieves for a handcrafted touch.

I also like to use variegated yarn for the cap so the bobble texture shows color variation without extra color changes.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Skipping the backloop join when assembling the two base pieces can make the body unstable; join both pieces through the backloop as instructed and insert a cardboard disc between them for stability. ✗ Forgetting to insert safety eyes at the recommended rounds will place them incorrectly on the head; insert the safety eyes between rounds 20 and 21, seven stitches apart for correct placement. ✗ Not stuffing gradually causes lumps or uneven shaping; stuff the head and body little by little while checking the silhouette to maintain a smooth roundness. ✗ Changing colors without securing tails leaves loose ends; secure color changes with a stitch marker or secure stitch then weave ends neatly to hide them inside the stuffing.

Nieves Amigurumi Pattern

Make this sweet handmade Nieves amigurumi to add a cozy, charming friend to your crochet collection. The pattern guides you through the full assembly of head, body, cap, ears, horns and tiny accessories with clear step-by-step rounds. Youll enjoy the mix of basic amigurumi stitches and a few decorative techniques to create a polished finished toy.

Intermediate 5-7 Hours

Materials Needed for Nieves Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

  • 01
    Cotton yarn in white (main body)
  • 02
    Cotton yarn in beige (horns, nose, gloves)
  • 03
    Cotton yarn in pink (cap, jacket accents)
  • 04
    Cotton yarn in ecru (ear inner pieces)
  • 05
    Floral button and 2 small pink buttons

— Tools Required

  • 01
    Crochet hook 2 mm
  • 02
    2 Safety eyes 5 mm
  • 03
    Tapestry needle
  • 04
    Scissors
  • 05
    Beige ribbon
  • 06
    Polyester stuffing
  • 07
    Stitch markers (optional)

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— Materials :

Info :

Cotton in white, beige, pink, ecru. Crochet hook 2 mm. 2 Safety eyes of 5 mm. Tapestry needle. Floral button and 2 small pink buttons. Beige ribbon. Stuffing. *This pattern is written in US terminology

— Body :

Rnd 1 :

6 sc in magic ring / 6 sts

Rnd 2 :

inc in each st of the previous round / 12 sts

Rnd 3 :

(1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 18 sts

Rnd 4 :

(2 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 24 sts

Rnd 5 :

(3 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 30 sts

Rnd 6 :

(4 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 36 sts

Rnd 7 :

(5 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 42 sts

Rnd 8 :

(6 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 48 sts

Rnd 9 :

(7 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 54 sts

Info :

When youre on the second piece dont cut the thread, you must join both pieces with the instruction of round 10, taking both backloop of the base pieces. Dont forget to put between both pieces a piece of cardboard to give more stability to the base.

Rnd 10 :

4 sc, 1 inc, (8 sc, 1 inc) repeat 5 times, and 4 sc / 60 sts

Rnd 11 :

(9 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 66 sts

Rnd 12 :

5 sc, 1 inc (10 sc, 1 inc) repeat 5 times, 5 sc / 72 sts

Rnd 13 :

(11 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 78 sts

Rnd 14 to 26 :

78 sc / 78 sts

Rnd 27 :

(11 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times / 72 sts

Rnd 28 :

5 sc, 1 dec, (10 sc, 1 dec) repeat 5 times, 5 sc / 66 sts

Rnd 29 :

(9 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times / 60 sts

Rnd 30 :

60 sc / 60 sts

Rnd 31 :

4 sc, 1 dec, (8 sc, 1 dec) repeat 5 times, 4 sc / 54 sts

Rnd 32 :

54 sc / 54 sts

Rnd 33 :

(7 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times / 48 sts

Rnd 34 :

48 sc / 48 sts

Rnd 35 :

3 sc, 1 dec, (6 sc, 1 dec) repeat 5 times, 3 sc / 42 sts

Rnd 36 to 39 :

42 sc. Finish with slst and cut the thread. Add stuffing.

— Head :

Info :

With white color, work in continues spiral.

Rnd 1 :

6 sc in magic ring / 6 sts

Rnd 2 :

inc in each st of the previous round / 12 sts

Rnd 3 :

(1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 18 sts

Rnd 4 :

(2 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 24 sts

Rnd 5 :

1 sc, 1 inc, (3 sc, 1 inc) repeat 5 times, 2 sc / 30 sts

Rnd 6 :

(4 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 36 sts

Rnd 7 :

2 sc, 1 inc, (5 sc, 1 inc) repeat 5 times, 3 sc / 42 sts

Rnd 8 :

(6 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 48 sts

Rnd 9 :

(7 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 54 sts

Rnd 10 :

5 sc, 1 inc, (8 sc, 1 inc) repeat 5 times, sc / 60 sts

Rnd 11 :

(9 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 66 sts

Rnd 12 :

(10 sc, 1 inc) repeat 6 times / 72 sts

Rnd 13 to 28 :

72 sc / 72 sts. Insert the safety eyes between rounds 20 and 21 with 7 sts apart.

Rnd 29 :

5 sc, 1 dec, (10 sc, 1 dec) repeat 5 times, 5 sc / 66 sts

Rnd 30 :

(9 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times / 60 sts

Rnd 31 :

4 sc, 1 dec, (8 sc, 1 dec) repeat 5 times, 4 sc / 54 sts

Rnd 32 :

(7 sc, 1 dec) repeat 6 times / 48 sts

Rnd 33 :

3 sc, 1 dec, (6 sc, 1 dec) repeat 5 times, 3 sc / 42 sts

Info :

Add stuffing.

— Arms :

Info :

It consists of gloves and arms. The gloves are beige and the arms are white. Start with Beige color. Inside a magic ring 6 hdc, finish with slst and cut the thread. Reserve as this will be the finger.

Rnd 1 :

Ch 4, then 1 sc on the next chain, 1 sc, 3 sc on the 1 chain, 2 sc, 3 sc on the 1 st / 10 sts

Rnd 2 :

3 sc, 3 sc on 1 st, 4 sc, 3 sc on 1 st, 1 sc / 14 sts

Rnd 3 :

4 sc, 3 sc on 1 st, 6 sc, 3 sc on 1 st, 2 sc / 18 sts

Rnd 4 :

5 sc, 1 inc, 11 sc / 18 sts

Rnd 5 to 8 :

18 sc

Rnd 9 :

Here we'll incorporate the previously made finger. Make 4 sc, fold the finger in half so youll only make 3 sc of the finger joining it to the glove, complete the round / 18 sts

Rnd 10 :

7 sc, 1 dec, 7 sc, 1 dec. Now well change color, so were going to secure the beige color with a stitch marker / 16 sts

Rnd 11 :

With pink color, Backloop (6 sc, 1 dec) repeat 2 times / 14 sts

Rnd 12 to 21 :

14 sc. Finish with slst

Info :

Rnd 11: through the frontloop. Back to beige color. Well make the arcs, ch 3, on the base of the 3 chains you need to make a puff stitch of 2 hdc, then skip 1 st and slip stitch, repeat (ch 3, on the base of the 3 chains puff stitch of 2 hdc, then skip 1 st and slip stitch). I total youll 8 arcs.

— Nose :

Info :

With beige color. Inside a magic ring, chain 2 and 7hdc, then slip stitch on the second chain from the beginning. Close the magic ring and leave a long tail to sew to the head. Put the nose between rounds 20 to 23. Dont worry if it looks too close to the eyes. In the assembly part Ill show you how to give expression to Snows face and youll see that it changes its position.

— Horns :

Info :

Make 2. With beige color, work in continues spiral.

Make 2 pieces (piece A) - Rnd 1 :

6 sc in magic ring / 6 sts

Rnd 2 :

(1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 3 times / 9 sts

Rnd 3 to 7 :

9 sc

Make 2 pieces (piece B) - Rnd 1 :

6 sc in magic ring / 6 sts

Rnd 2 :

(1 sc, 1 inc) repeat 3 times / 9 sts

Rnd 3 to 5 :

9 sc

Rnd 6 :

(1 sc, 1 dec) repeat 3 times / 6 sts

Info :

Well continue to make the complete horn.

Rnd 8 :

Now you must attach to piece A. Crochet 9 sc on the piece A and then crochet 6 sc on the piece B. Youll have 15 sts.

Rnd 9 and 10 :

15 sc / 15 sts

— Cap :

Row 1 :

With light pink, chain 57 for the base, chain 3, now well make a "bobble stitch inside" of 5 hdc using: The second chain from the hook, the third, the fourth, the fifth and the sixth, close the bobble stitch (photo 2). The following bobble stitch will be do it at the stitches indicated in the photo below (photo 3). Repeat this stitch until the row is completed, well have a total of 28 "bobble stitch inside" See the following photo.

Row 2 :

Then turn the piece and chain 1, crochet 56 sc (one on each stitch) see photo of the back side.

Info :

Well finish until we complete row 13, which will be on the right side. With the odd rows as described in row 1 (except for the 57 chains of the base) and for the even rows you must do as described for row 2. Leave a long tail to sew, fold the rectangle in half as shown in the photo and sew stitch by stitch. The sewn part is the back of the cap.

Edge of the Cap - Instruction :

From where you are chain 7 (this will form the buttonhole), then 1 sc in the corner. Now well start to make the edge of the neck and the face. To do this, you must crochet 1 sc on each stitch until you reach the angle that is formed. Slip stitch in the next stitch, *skip 1 stitch and shell stitch of 3 hdc, skip 1 stitch and slip stitch in the next stitch*. Repeat the instruction from * to *, obtaining 14 shell stitches in total. Now make 1 sc on each stitch on the side of the neck, youll start making the lapel part, crochet 1 sc and slip stitch in the next stitch, * skip 1 stitch and crochet shell stitch of 3 hdc, skip 1 stitch and slip stitch in the next stitch*. Repeat the instruction from * to* to obtain 4 curves. The last curve should be of 5 hdc and it will be in the corner.

Info :

Next, well make the lower edge of the cap, it will also be done with shell stitch of 3hdc, each shell stitch must come out of the line of slip stitches and you must crochet the slip stitch of separation in the space that remains between lines of slip stitches, it is the one that is formed by half double crochets. See photo for more details. You must work in this way the whole bottom edge until you reach the last row de slst, slst on the corner. On the same place of the slst of the corner, crochet a shell stitch of 5 hdc and continue with the previous instruction for edge execution. You finish where you made the buttonhole.

Info :

Now well make the lower part, that is, the part covering the body. Position of the cap to start crocheting: Lay the piece on the table like this, the side just sewn is on the right, the opening that will be left to the face is on the left, the folded side is on top. * join in the lower left rear corner, watch out for this detail! These are the corners shown in the photo. Chain 15, finish and cut the thread (these chains will be waiting for us to use them later).

Info :

* Join the pink thread in the lower left front corner, chain 31 Row 1: chain 2, 9 hdc, 6 sc. Row 2: skip one stitch, slip stitch in the next stitch, turn and crochet 16 slst through the backloop. Row 3 to 39, we repeat row 1 and 2 alternating them, always making them both through the backloop until we finish in row 49, youll notice that at the end well have used the 15 chains that we left at the beginning.

— Ears of the cap :

Info :

Make 2 ecru pieces and 2 pink pieces

Rnd 1 :

Chain 4, 1 sc on the second chain from the hook, 1 sc, 5 hdc on the last chain, 2 sc, 3 sc on the latest available ch / 12 sts

Rnd 2 :

2 sc, 5 inc of hdc, 3 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 1 sc / 19 sts

Rnd 3 :

2 sc, 2 hdc, 6 inc of hdc, 2 hdc, 4 sc, 3 sc in 1 stitch, 2 sc / 25 sts

Info :

Now you must join 1 pink piece and 1 ecru piece, to do this put the pieces with the back inside, right sides outwards and with the pink color facing you. The pink piece is worked normally and the white piece is worked through the frontloop, you must crochet 1 sc in each stitch.

— Assembly :

Info :

Union head to body: With the help of a tapestry needle and white thread, sew stitch by stitch joining both pieces. Finish stuffing the neck when you have little space left to finish sewing.

Info :

The horns are placed between round 10 (single crochet) and rounds 11 (bobble stitch inside), leaving 8 groups of bobble stitches separating them.

Info :

The ears should be placed on the same line as the horns below them. You must fold them at the base. To join them you must skip 1 group of bobble stitches to put them on the base.

Info :

The floral button on the cap should be placed on the second line of the line of the slip stitches.

Info :

Small buttons: the first should be between round 22 and 23, the second between round 26 and 27. Arms: You should put a beige ribbon on the cuff of the gloves as decoration.

Info :

To place the arms to the body you must place them on the cap following the line of the ears and horns and the hands must be with the fingers or thumbs forward.

Info :

Facial features: Join stitches 1 and 2 (between rounds 28 and 29 goes stitch 2) with the tapestry needle and transparent thread, forming this vertical dividing fold under the nose. Stitch 3 is attached to the back of the neck, the same with stitch 4, both independent of each other (at no time we make a stitch between eyes), take care of the tension so that both eyes are equally sunken.

Assembly Instructions

  • Union head to body: With the help of a tapestry needle and white thread, sew stitch by stitch joining both pieces. Finish stuffing the neck when you have little space left to finish sewing.
  • Place the horns between round 10 (single crochet) and round 11 (bobble stitch inside) on the cap, leaving eight groups of bobble stitches separating them for symmetry.
  • Attach the ears to the same line as the horns just below them; fold the ear at the base and join by skipping one group of bobble stitches so the ears sit flush on the cap.
  • Sew the arms to the body by aligning them with the line of the ears and horns on the cap, positioning the hands with fingers or thumbs facing forward and securing firmly.
  • Place the floral button on the cap on the second line of slip stitches and sew two small pink buttons on the body between rounds 22-23 and 26-27 respectively.
  • Use a piece of cardboard between the two base pieces before joining round 10 for extra stability and stitch the base securely around the backloops.

Important Notes

  • 💡Insert safety eyes between rounds 20 and 21 with seven stitches between them to achieve the correct facial placement.
  • 💡When joining the two base pieces, take both backloops and add a cardboard disc between them to stabilize the base.
  • 💡Work the body and head in continuous spiral (no joining), counting stitches carefully after increases and decreases to maintain shape.
  • 💡Leave long tails when making the cap rectangle and ears so you can fold and sew neatly; pin placement before sewing helps with symmetry.

This little Nieves amigurumi brings a touch of handmade whimsy to any shelf or nursery. Its sweet textured cap and tiny horns make it an instant favorite for gifting and decorating. Enjoy the calming rhythm of crochet as you bring this charming friend to life. 🧶🧸

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FAQs

What size will the finished piece be?

The finished amigurumi measures approximately 18-22 cm tall when using the recommended cotton yarn and 2 mm hook, though exact size will depend on tension and stuffing.

Can I use different yarn weights for this pattern?

Yes, you can use different yarn weights, but the final size and stitch counts will change; choose an appropriate hook for your yarn and adjust eye size as needed.

Do I need prior crochet experience for this pattern?

This pattern is rated intermediate, so basic knowledge of single crochet, increases, decreases, half double crochet and working in the round is recommended.

How long does this project typically take to complete?

Most crocheters complete this project in 5-7 hours, though time may vary based on experience level and working pace.