I’m sharing the second in a series of three amigurumi patterns by guest contributor Constanza from Paw-Gurumis today. Lou Bird is a bird amigurumi crochet pattern inspired by underground rock legend, Lou Reed.

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Constanza Prajoux has been creating little yarn creatures for about 10 years. Born in Chile 31 years ago, but still a kid inside, her love for weird, colorful and dark natured things, comics, music, and her friends inspire her to try to give each amigurumi a unique personality under the name Paw-Gurumis.
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Lou Bird
Bird Amigurumi Crochet Pattern by Paw-Gurumis

Pattern Notes from Underground Crafter
- This pattern uses US crochet abbreviations. You can find a standard list of abbreviations here.
- Body, Back Feathers, Wing Feathers, Top Feathers, and Beak are crocheted in the round in unjoined spirals. (Optional: Use a stitch marker in the last stitch of each round to mark position. Move stitch marker up each round.)
- Feet and Sunglasses are crocheted flat in rows.
- Pattern pieces worked in the round list the total number of stitches in the round first with directions following in parenthesis.
- To increase, work 2 sc into same st.
- To decrease, I recommend the invdec. Planet June has a helpful invdec video tutorial here.
- Oombawka Design Crochet has helpful tutorials for the magic circle (also called the magic ring) here.
- Add this pattern to your Ravelry queue or favorites here.
For this amigurumi you’ll need
- 3.00 mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
- Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK 422 Daffodil Yellow
- Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK 402 Pure Black
- Paintbox Yarns Metallic DK 07 Sea Breeze
- Stuffing
Body (with Paintbox Yarns Metallic DK 07 Sea Breeze)
- 1. – 6 st in magic circle (see Pattern Notes)
- 2. – 12 (inc 6 times)
- 3. – 18 (*inc sc* 6 times)
- 4. – 24 (*inc 2sc* 6 times)
- 5. – 30 (*inc 3sc* 6 times)
- 6. – 36 (*inc 4sc* 6 times)
- 7. – 42 (*inc 5sc* 6 times)
- 8. – 48 (*inc 6sc* 6 times)
- 9. – 54 (*inc 7sc* 6 times)
- 10. – 60 (*inc 8sc* 6 times)
- 11-16. – 60 (sc around)
- 17. – 54 (*dec 8sc* 6 times)
- 18. – 54 (sc around)
- 19. – 54 (sc around)
- 20. – 48 (*dec 7sc* 6 times)
- 21. – 48 (sc around)
- 22. – 48 (sc around)
- 23. – 42 (*dec 6sc* 6 times)
- 24. – 42 (sc around)
- 25. – 42 (sc around). Start stuffing.
- 26. – 36 (*dec 5sc* 6 times)
- 27. – 36 (sc around)
- 28. – 30 (*dec 4sc* 6 times)
- 29. – 30 (sc around)
- 30. – 24 (*dec 3sc* 6 times)
- 31. – 24 (sc around)
- 32. – 18 (*dec 2sc* 6 times)
- 33. – 18 (sc around)
- 34. – 9 (dec 9 times). Finish off and close.

Back Feathers, make 3 (with Paintbox Yarns Metallic DK 07 Sea Breeze)
- 1. – 6 st in magic circle (see Pattern Notes)
- 2. – 12 (inc 6 times)
- 3. – 18 (*inc sc* 6 times)
- 4. – 18 (sc around)
- 5. – 18 (sc around)
- 6. – 15 (*dec 4sc* 3 times)
- 7. – 15 (sc around)
- 8. – 12 (*dec 3sc* 3 times)
- 9.- 12 (sc around)
- 10. – 12 (sc around)
- 11. – 9 (*dec 2sc* 3 times)
- 12. – 9 (sc around)
- 13. – 9 (sc around)
- 14. – 9 (sc around). Finish off and leave long tail to sew into body.

Wing Feathers, make 4 (with Paintbox Yarns Metallic DK 07 Sea Breeze)
- 1. – 5 st in magic circle (see Pattern Notes).
- 2. – 10 (inc 5 times)
- 3. – 15 (*inc sc* 5 times)
- 4. – 15 (sc around)
- 5. – 15 (sc around)
- 6. – 12 (*dec 3sc* 3 times)
- 7. – 12 (sc around)
- 8. – 9 (*dec 2sc* 3 times)
- 9. – 9 (sc around)
- 10. – 6 (*dec sc* 3 times)
- 11. – 6 (sc around) Finish off and leave a long tail to sew into body.

Top Feathers, make 3 (with Paintbox Yarns Metallic DK 07 Sea Breeze)
- 1. – 4 st in magic circle (see Pattern Notes)
- 2. – 8 (inc 4 times)
- 3. – 8 (sc around)
- 4. – 8 (sc around)
- 5. – 7 (dec 6sc)
- 6. – 7 (sc around)
- 7. – 6 (dec 5sc)
- 8. – 6 (sc around)
- 9. – 6 (sc around). FO and leave a long tail to sew into body.

Feet, make 2 (with Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK 422 Daffodil Yellow)
- 1. – Ch4 and start working on second ch from hook, make 1 sc on each ch (3sc)

- 2. – Ch4 and repeat as row 1.

- 3. – Repeat as row 2.

Beak (with Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK 422 Daffodil Yellow)
- 1. – 3 st in magic circle
- 2. – 4 (inc 2sc)
- 3. – 5 (inc 3sc)
- 4. – 6 (inc 4sc)
- 5. – 6 (sc around)
- 6. – 7 (sc around). Finish off and leave a long tail to sew into body.

Sunglasses (with Paintbox Yarns Cotton DK 402 Pure Black)
- 1. – Ch26 and start working on second ch from hook, make 7slst on first 7chains. Ch1 and make 4dc on next 4 chains, ch1 and make 3slst. Ch1 and make 7slst. Finish off and leave long tail to sew into body.

Joining everything
- First you’ll sew the tail feather.


- The feet should go like this, placed in the bottom of our bird.

- Wings should go on the sides of the body, like this. And top feather in the highest part of our Lou Bird.

- And finally add the beak and sunglasses. And our Rock and Roll animal is done!

Cute, Cute bird!