Crochet Unicorn Pattern

I am delighted to share this free crochet unicorn pattern with you!

I was recently commissioned to make a crochet unicorn toy, using my crochet horse design as the fundamental structure.

From those building blocks, I created a brand new crochet unicorn design. I hope you will find it both elegant and endearing!

Crochet Unicorn Equipment

You will need the following equipment to make your own crochet unicorn toy:

• Size G / 4mm Crochet Hook
• 100g DK Lilac Mix Yarn (Patons DK Smoothie Lilac Mix)
• 100g DK Purple Yarn (Patons DK Smoothie Magenta)
• 100g DK Cream Yarn (Patons DK Smoothie Cream)
• Toy Stuffing
• Steel Yarn Needle

Patons Smoothie DK yarn can be a little hard to get hold of in the USA. Here are some suggested alternatives if you can’t find any in your area:

• Lilac Mix Yarn (Worsted, for the mane/tail)
• Dark Purple DK Yarn
• Cream DK Yarn

Crochet Unicorn Pattern

The crochet unicorn pattern below is going to produce the individual pieces you will need to construct your very own crochet unicorn toy.

Crochet Unicorn Head

Begin using your 4mm crochet hook, and start in the Lilac Mix yarn.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of 6 stitches. (6)

Round 2

Put two single crochets (2sc) into each stitch of the round. (12)

Round 3

Put 1sc into the first stitch, then 2sc into the next. Repeat six times.
(1sc, 2sc) x 6. (18)

Round 4

(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 6. (24)

Round 5

(1sc x 3, 2sc) x 6. (30)

Round 6

(1sc x 4, 2sc) x 6. (36)

Round 7 – 9

Put 1sc into each stitch. At the final stitch of round 9, color change to Cream. (36)

Round 10 – 15

Make 1sc in each stitch for the round. (36)

Round 16

(1sc x 5, 2sc) x 2, 1sc in each stitch to the end of the round. (38)

Round 17

(1sc x 6, 2sc) x 2, 1sc in each stitch to the end of the round. (40)

Round 18

(1sc x 7, 2sc) x 2, 1sc in each stitch to the end of the round. (42)

Round 19 – 25

Put 1sc into each stitch of the round. (42)

Round 26

(1sc x 5, sc2tog) x 6. (36)

Round 27

(1sc x 4, sc2tog) x 6. (30)

Round 28

(1sc x 3, sc2tog) x 6. (24)

Insert safety eyes into the front of the unicorn’s head. Leaving the sloped section underneath, forming her jaw line.

Round 29

(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 6. (18)

Round 30

(1sc, sc2tog) x 6. (12)

Fill with toy safe stuffing.

Round 31

Sc2tog six times.

Sew closed and leave a long thread of yarn.

Crochet Unicorn Horn

Begin with your 4mm crochet hook and Magenta DK yarn.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of 3 stitches (3)

Round 2

Make 2sc in each stitch (6)

Round 3

(1sc, 2sc) x 3. (9)

Round 4 – 10

Put 1sc in each stitch. (9)

Round 11 – 13

Make 2sc, then 1sc in the remaining stitches (10)

Round 14

1sc in each stitch for the round. (10)

Tie off and leave a long length of yarn.

Stuff the horn fully. Don’t let the stitches become stretched out.

Using a steel yarn needle, attach the horn to the head just above the eyes.

Crochet Unicorn Ears

Begin with the 4mm crochet hook in the Cream yarn.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of 5 stitches (5)

Round 2

Put 2sc in each stitch (10)

Round 3 – 7

Make 1sc in each stitch. (10)

Round 8

(1sc, 2sc) x 5. (15)

Round 9

Put 1sc in each stitch. (15)

Crochet Unicorn Neck

Begin with the 4mm crochet hook using your Cream yarn.

Round 1

Make a chain of forty two stitches, then slip stitch to join.

Round 2 – 3

Ch2, then make 1sc into each stitch. Sl st to join at the end of the round.

Round 4

Ch2. (1sc x 5, sc2tog) x 6. Sl st to join.

Round 5

Ch2. (1sc x 4, sc2tog) x 6. Sl st to join.

Round 6

Put 1sc in each stitch

Round 7

Ch2. (1sc x 3, sc2tog) x 6. Sl st to join.

Round 8 – 13

Put 1 sc in each stitch. Cut off and leave a long tail.

Crochet Unicorn Body

Begin with your 4mm crochet hook and Cream DK Smoothie yarn.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of six stitches. (6)

Round 2

Put 2sc into each stitch. (12)

Round 3

(1sc, 2sc) x 6. (18)

Round 4

(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 6. (24)

Round 5

(1sc x 3, 2sc) x 6. (30)

Round 6

(1sc x 4, 2sc) x 6. (36)

Round 7

(1sc x 5, 2sc) x 6. (42)

Round 8 – 35

Put 1sc into each stitch. (42)

Round 36

Make 1sc in the first five stitches, then single crochet the next two stitches together. Repeat five further times. ( (1sc x 5, sc2tog) x 6 ) (36)

Round 37

(1sc x 4, sc2tog) x 6. (30)

Round 38

(1sc x 3, sc2tog) x 6. (24)

Round 39

(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 6. (18)

Fill with toy safe stuffing.

Round 40

(1sc, sc2tog) x 6. (12)

Round 41

sc2tog six times to close.

Cut off and leave a long tail of yarn

Crochet Unicorn Front Legs

Make two crochet unicorn front legs.

Begin with your 4mm crochet hook and the Lilac Mix yarn.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of 6. (6)

Round 2

Put 2sc in each stitch. (12)

Round 3

(1sc, 2sc) x 6. (18)

Round 4

(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 6. (24)

Round 5 – 6

Put 1sc in each stitch. (24)

Round 7

(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 6, cc to Magenta at the end of the round. (18)

Round 8

Put 1 sc in each, cc to Cream at the end of the round. (18)

Round 9

(1sc, sc2tog) x 6 (12)

Round 10 – 31

1sc in each stitch. (12)

Fill the hoof and leg with toy stuffing.

Round 32

sc2tog to close. Tie off, leaving a long end for sewing the leg to the body later.

Crochet Unicorn Back Legs

Make two back legs using the following pattern:

Begin with the Lilac Mix yarn and your 4mm crochet hook.

Round 1

Make a magic circle of 6 stitches. (6)

Round 2

Put 2sc in each stitch. (12)

Round 3

(1sc, 2sc) x 6. (18)

Round 4

(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 6. (24)

Round 5 – 6

Put 1sc in each stitch. (24)

Round 7

(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 6, cc to Magenta at the end of the round. (18)

Round 8

Put 1 sc in each, cc to Cream at the end of the round. (18)

Round 9

(1sc, sc2tog) x 6 (12)

Round 10 – 28

Put 1sc in each st (12)

Round 29

(1sc, 2sc) x 6 (18)

Round 30

(1sc x 2, 2sc) x 6 (24)

Round 31

(1sc x 2, sc2tog) x 6 (18)

Round 32

(1sc, sc2tog) x 6 (12)

Fill to the top of row 28 with toy stuffing

Round 33

Sc2tog until closed

Crochet Unicorn Tail

To make your unicorn tail, take two strands of yarn. One strand from your cream ball and one from your multicoloured ball.

Thread a sharp steel yarn needle and pull through at the top of the unicorn’s bottom.

Pull a length through to midway, which is approximately the height of the crochet unicorn toy standing. Cut off the length and repeat.

When you have a thick collection of strands in this area, take your dark purple yarn and wind it around the base. To secure loop it a few times through itself. Do this at the side which won’t be on display, just underneath the tail.

I then took sections of the tail in groups of three and braided them together. I collected the braids and wrapped another long strand of dark purple yarn around at the base to secure.

Crochet Unicorn Mane

Your crochet unicorn mane is made similarly to the tail.

Bring strands of yarn through using your needle, cutting them at matching lengths.

Sew the hair from the unicorn’s forehead, working down the neck. Make the insertion points gradually closer together as you decend the neck.

Crochet Unicorn Toy Safety

Crochet toys are not recommended for kids under three years old. The crochet unicorn described here was made for an adult as a decoration piece and in place of a lost beloved childhood toy.

It was therefore not designed with child safety in mind.

But don’t worry if you would like your crochet unicorn to act as a toy, there are a few adjustments you can make.

Although the eyes are safety eyes and therefore shouldn’t come out and act as a choking hazard, the unicorn shown here has hair that is woven in loosely. It could therefore be pulled out.

If you want to create the same unicorn with sturdier hair, I recommend braiding it in the same way as the tail and tying off in groups along the neckline. This will make the hair harder to remove.

Make sure that your stitching is very thorough at the joints and sacrifice any movement in the legs for posing in order to get the tightest seem possible.

Gentle supervised play should then therefore be absolutely fine for over 3’s.

My 3 year old daughter plays and sleeps with a collection of the crochet animals you will find on this site, and they can make treasured toys as well as creative decorative objects.