Sol Buddy free crochet sun pattern

Discover a free crochet pattern to create an adorable Sol Buddy sun amigurumi. This cute crochet sun pattern is perfect for beginners and makes a cheerful handmade gift, nursery decoration, desk accessory, or uplifting home decor piece. Keep your crochet sun on a desk, bookshelf or bedside table as a cozy reminder that sunny days brighten our mood, inspire our dreams, and warm our soul. The finished size of your amigurumi sun may vary depending on your yarn choice and crochet hook size.

Designer: @thebluebobbin

🧶 Materials needed:

1. 2,25 mm crochet hook
2. Materials
3. 2,25 mm crochet hook
4. Cotton yarn in yellow, orange, a bit of black and a bit of pink. You can also use a multicolour yarn with hues of yellow. I used Hobbii Cotton Friends 8/4 and Hobbii Cotton Friends Print 8/4
5. Yarn needle
6. Scissors
7. Stitch marker/piece of yarn
8. Polyfiber stuffing
9. Yarn needle
10. Scissors
11. Stitch marker/piece of yarn
12. Polyfiber stuffing

📌 Abbreviations used (US terms):

• mr - magic ring
• st/sts - stitch/stitches
• sc - single crochet
• inc - increase (2 sc in 1 st)
• hdc - half double crochet
• dc - double crochet
• dc inc - double crochet increase (2 dc in 1 st)
• dec - decrease (sc 2 sts together)
• ch - chain
• blo - back loop only
• flo - front loop only
• rnd/rnds - round/rounds
• [...] x... - repeat instructions within [] x ... times
• (...) - total number of sts in this rnd
• FO - fasten off

Free amigurumi sun crochet pattern

Body

Rnd 1. 6 sc in a mr (6)

Rnd 2. [Inc] x 6 (12)

Rnd 3. [1 sc, inc] x 6 (18)

Rnd 4. [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24)

Rnd 5. [3 sc, inc] x 6 (30)

Rnd 6. [4 sc, inc] x 6 (36)

Rnd 7. [5 sc, inc] x 6 (42)

Rnd 8. [6 sc, inc] x 6 (48)

Rnd 9. [7 sc, inc] x 6 (54)

Rnd 10. [8 sc, inc] x 6 (60)

Rnd 11-12. (2 rnds) 60 sc (60)

Rnd 13. 9 sc, blo 42 sc, 9 sc (60)

Rnd 14. [8 sc, dec] x 6 (54)

Rnd 15. [7 sc, dec] x 6 (48)

Rnd 16. [6 sc, dec] x 6 (42)

Rnd 17. [5 sc, dec] x 6 (36)

Start stuffing Sol buddy nice and even until the end

Rnd 18. [4 sc, dec] x 6 (30)

Rnd 19. [3 sc, dec] x 6 (24)

Rnd 20. [2 sc, dec] x 6 (18)

Rnd 21. [1 sc, dec] x 6 (12)

Rnd 22. Dec x 6 (6)

FO and leave a yarn tail to close the hole by inserting your needle only through the 6 front loops of the last rnd.

Rays

In flo of rnd 12

Attach new yarn and work the following: [sl st, hdc, dc inc, ch 1, dc inc, hdc, sc] x 7

FO and hide the yarn tails.

Legs x 2

Rnd 1. 6 sc in a mr (6)

Rnd 2. [Inc] x 6 (12)

Rnd 3. [5 sc, inc] x 2 (14)

Rnd 4-5. (2 rnds) 14 sc (14)

FO and leave a long tail for sewing the legs onto the body.

Use the photo as a reference to embroider the eyes with black yarn and the cheeks with pink yarn. For the eyes you can also use 6 mm safety eyes or you can make French knots wrapping the yarn around your needle 5 times.

Stuff the legs a bit and sew them approx. between rnds 6-12 leaving 4-5 sts apart.

And your Sol buddy is ready! I hope you like my pattern!