A step-by-step tutorial to create an adorable amigurumi seahorse with a gentle heart. Hop is the perfect summer companion, ideal as a handmade gift or as a charming addition to your collection of crocheted sea creatures!
Follow the video tutorial step by step. Are you ready? Grab your crochet hook and let’s get started!
Welcome back to Pinky Time, where every stitch feels like a hug and every project is filled with handmade happiness!
Today I’d like to introduce you to Hop, an amigurumi seahorse that looks as though it has swum straight out of an underwater fairy tale.
Soft, sky blue, and adorned with mint-green fins, Hop is the perfect companion for your creative days… even under a beach umbrella!
What you’ll find in this tutorial:
Amigurumi seahorse | Crochet tutorial YouTube
⏰ Working time: 1 hour
Skill level: 🌸🌸🌸 intermediate
Used yarn and accessories
- 50 gr Tre Sfere FIOCCO 100% cotton yarn category FINE (2) in the following colors: light blue (cod.7510) and light green (cod. 7618)
- Crochet hook: 2,5 or 3 mm
- 10 mm safety eyes
- needle
- stitch marker
- Polyester stuffing
The final size of the seahorse is 11 cm tall if you work with the suggested yarn!
Useful information before starting
Before starting an amigurumi seahorse project, there are a few things to keep in mind:
- The seahorse is worked from the bottom to the top of the head, in one piece.
- Start with the body, and when you finish the last round, remember to fix the bigger and little fins and sew the mouth on the body.
- Fix the eyes between the 38th and 39th rounds, with a distance of 11 stitches between each other.
- Embroider the cheek with the same yarn as the fins, using the long-leaving tail.
- Stuff and finish the rounds so you don’t have difficulty getting caught in the fiberfill.
Crochet Pattern: Seahorse amigurumi
- MR = Magic Ring
- CH = Chain
- INC = Increase
- DEC = Decrease
- SC = Single Crochet
- PIC = Picot (3 CHs and 1 SL ST in the 3rd CH from hook)
- DC = Double Crochet
- SL ST = Slip Stitch
- REP * = Repeat the instructions between the two asterisks (…) for the indicated number of times.
Step 1—Body instruction
- Round 1: MR, 6 SC (6)
- Rounds 2-16: 1 SC in each stitches around (6×15)
- Round 17: 6 INC (12)
- Round 18: 1 SC in each stitches around (12)
- Round 19: * 1 SC, INC *; REP * 6 times (18)
- Rounds 20-21: 1 SC in each stitches around (18×2)
- Round 22: * 2 SC, INC *; REP * 6 times (24)
- Round 23: 1 SC in each stitches around (24)
- Round 24: * 3 SC, INC *; REP * 6 times (30)
- Rounds 25-26: 1 SC in each stitches around (30×2)
- Round 27: * 3 SC, DEC *; REP * 6 times (24)
- Round 28: 1 SC in each stitches around (24)
- Round 29: * 2 SC, DEC *; REP * 6 times (18)
- Round 30: 1 SC in each stitches around (18)
- Round 31: * 2 SC, INC *; REP * 6 times (24)
- Round 32: * 3 SC, INC *; REP * 6 times (30)
- Round 33: * 4 SC, INC *; REP * 6 times (36)
- Round 34: 5 SC, INC, 3 INC, *5 SC, INC*; REP * 4 times, 3 SC (44)
- Round 35: 1 SC in each stitches around (44)
- Round 36: 5 SC, DEC, 3 DEC, * 5 SC, DEC *; REP * 4 times, 3 SC (36)
- Round 37: *4 SC, DEC *; REP * 6 times (30)
- Rounds 38-39: 1 SC in each stitches around (30×2)
- Round 40: *3 SC, DEC *; REP * 6 times (24)
- Round 41: *2 SC, DEC *; REP * 6 times (18)
- Round 42: *1 SC, DEC *; REP * 6 times (12)
- Round 43: 6 DEC (6)
Step 2—Little and bigger fin (make 2)
- Round 1: MR, 6 SC. Make 1 SL ST in the next stitch. (6)
Watch the video tutorial of round 1 - Round 2: 3 CH, 1 DC in the same CH point, 1 DC in the first stitch, INC of DC, 1 DC, 1 SC, INC of SC, 1 SC. Close with 1 SL ST and cut the yarn.
Watch the video tutorial of round 2
To make the little ones, follow the 1st round and pull tightly to close the hole.
Cut the yarn and leave a long tail to sew the fins on the body and embroider the cheek under the eyes with the same yarn.
Step 3—Mouth
- Round 1: Hook the thread on the front of the muzzle (see photo) and make a circle of 9 CH. (9)
Watch the video tutorial how to make round 1 of the mouth - Round 2: 1 CH, INC in each stitches around (18)
Watch the video tutorial how to make round 2 of the mouth
If you do not like to crochet on the body, follow the pattern down here:
- Round 1: Make 10 CHs, join in a ring with 1 SL ST. Work 1 SC in each CHs. (9)
- Round 2: INC in each stitch. (18)
Step 4—Crest
- Row 1: Hook the yarn on the top middle of the head and make 26 CHs, crocheting a vertical line along the back. (26)
Watch the video how to make the row 1 of the seahorse’s crest - Row 2: 1 turning CH, *3 SC, 1 SL ST in the next 2 stitches* ; REP * 3 times, 3 SL ST, *(1 SC, 2 DC) in the same stitch, (2 DC, 1 SC) in the same stitch, 1 SL ST in the next 2 stitches*; REP * 3 times (3 smaller and 3 bigger)
Watch the video tutorial how to make the row 2 of the seahorse’s crest.
With the same yarn of the fins, embroider the cheek under the eyes, making a horizontal line. 🎬 VIDEO TUTORIAL 06:30
Wrap the tail to give shape and fix it with some sewing stitches. 🎬 VIDEO TUTORIAL 07:50
I hope you had fun making this project! If you make it, tag me on social media @giuliapinkytime and use the hashtag #AMIGURUMIPINKYTIME
Do you have questions? Drop them in the comments or come say hi in the Facebook group — we’ll share some tea, a chat… and a bit of colorful yarn!
For more free crochet patterns, check out my list of OTHER AMIGURUMI TUTORIALS.
I can’t wait to see your version of this project! Feel free to tag me (@giuliapinkytime) in your photos on Instagram if you’d like!
Happy Pinky Time, stay curious, and see you in the next tutorial
This pattern is an original pattern by Giulia Mollica of giuliapinkytime. Please do not claim this pattern as your own. If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern, but please do not reprint it on your site. You may keep a copy for your own personal use, but please DO NOT sell the pattern or distribute it.
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