How To Add Faces To Your Amigurumi Part 4: Crochet Eyes And Eyelids

Learn how-to crochet eyes & eyelids for your amigurumi with Jennifer from Squirrel Picnic and then make Motley The Bear:

Step 1
Crochet an eye.
With black, ch 2 or begin with a magic loop.
Rnd 1: 10 sc in 2nd ch from hook (or into magic loop and close). Join with slst. Break yarn. (10)
Step 2
Rnd 2: Ch 1 with white. 2 sc in next sc and ea sc around. Join with slst. (20)
FO, leaving a long tail. Weave in all other ends.
Step 3
Repeat Rnds 1-2 to make another eye.
Step 4
Crochet the amigurumi’s right eyelid (your left).
Ch 9.
Working back down the chain: Sc, hdc, dc, (htr, tr, htr), dc, hdc, sc, slst. FO, leaving a long tail.
Step 5
Thread the tail from the beginning of the chain onto a yarn needle. Insert your needle under the loops of the slst and pull the yarn through. Weave in this end.
Step 6
Crochet the amigurumi’s left eyelid (your right).
Ch 9.
Working back down the chain: Slst, sc, hdc, dc, (htr, tr, htr), dc, hdc, sc. FO, leaving a long tail.
Step 7
Thread the tail from the beginning of the chain onto a yarn needle. Insert your needle under the loops of the sc and pull the yarn through. Weave in this end.
Step 8
Pin eyes to amigurumi.
Step 9
Using the long tails, sew eyes to amigurumi.
Step 10
Pin eyelids to amigurumi.
Step 11
With the long tails that you didn’t weave in, sew the top edge of each eyelid to amigurumi.
Step 12
Give your amigurumi a big hug for putting up with all that poking and prodding.