Making Your Crochet Macaw Parrot Amigurumi Materials: Fine yarn Yarnart Jeans (160 m / 50 g; 55% cotton, 45% acrylic) in yellow, pink, blue, green, black, brown and white colors 2.5 mm crochet hook 2.0 mm crochet hook for beak 8 mm safety eyes Polyester fiberfill Scissors and sewing needleStep by step Pattern Body: Start with yellow yarn and a 2.5 mm crochet hook. Make a magic ring and crochet 6 sc into the ring. Crochet in a continuous spiral, increasing 6 sc evenly around each round until there are 42 sc. Work 10 rounds without increasing. Switch to blue yarn and crochet 5 rounds without increasing. Switch back to yellow yarn and crochet 5 rounds without increasing. Stuff the body firmly with polyester fiberfill. Decrease 6 sc evenly around each round until you have 12 sc remaining. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.Head:With yellow yarn and a 2.5 mm crochet hook, make a magic ring and crochet 6 sc into the ring. Increase 6 sc evenly around each round until there are 36 sc. Work 8 rounds without increasing. Switch to green yarn and crochet 1 round without increasing. Switch to black yarn and crochet 4 rounds without increasing. Decrease 6 sc evenly around each round until you have 18 sc remaining. Stuff the head firmly with polyester fiberfill. Decrease 6 sc evenly around each round until you have 6 sc remaining. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Attach the safety eyes with the black sewing thread.

Beak:With black yarn and a 2.0 mm crochet hook, chain 4. Single crochet in the second chain from the hook, then 2 sc in each of the remaining chains. Slip stitch in the first sc to form a ring. Single crochet around the ring, increasing 2 sc in each sc around. Continue crocheting in rounds, increasing 1 sc in each sc around until you have the desired beak size. Stuff the beak lightly with polyester fiberfill. Decrease 1 sc in each sc around until you have 6 sc remaining. Fasten off and weave in the ends. Sew the beak to the head.Wings (make 2):With blue yarn and a 2.5 mm crochet hook, chain 16. Work 15 sc in the chain. Chain 2, turn, and work 14 sc across. Chain 2, turn, and work 13 sc across. Continue decreasing in this way until you have 1 sc remaining. Fasten off and weave in the ends. Repeat steps 1-6 to make the second wing. Sew the wings to the body.

Tail: With red yarn and a 2.5 mm crochet hook, chain 20. Work 19 sc in the chain. Chain 2, turn, and work 18 sc across. Chain 2, turn, and work 17 sc across. Continue decreasing in this way until you have 1 sc remaining. Fasten off and weave in the ends. With yellow yarn, repeat steps 1-6 to make the second layer of the tail. With green yarn, repeat steps 1-6 to make the third layer of the tail. Sew the layers of the tail together. Sew the tail to the body. Legs (make 2):With pink yarn and a 2.5 mm crochet hook, chain 6. Work 8 sc in the chain. Chain 2, turn, and work 7 sc across. Chain 2, turn, and work 6 sc across. Continue decreasing in this way until you have 3 sc remaining.