Lucky the Horse

Now that I have some experience with doing color changes within a round, I decided to use my new knowledge in making my new horse ami!   “Lucky” the horse is made in a soft, neutral shade of beige and has a lovely patch of white on his head between his eyes.  I’ve been wanting to make a horse for a very long time now and what better time than now, a few months before the new Lunar New Year of the Horse?  For all of you who are interested in making a fresh crocheted horse for 2014, here is a great pattern for you!   I just finished it up and there are lots of pictures to guide you in making your own “Lucky” horse!  There is even a tutorial on how to neatly make color changes.  Dazzle your loved ones with your crochet skills and pick up a pattern today!

I try to challenge myself with each new creation I make.  For Lucky, the challenge was his mane. I have never worked a mane before and to tell you the truth, I was a bit worried that I wouldn’t be able to make it to my satisfaction.   There was plenty of frustration on my part, with lots of tying and untying knots.  There were also plenty of great suggestions from Facebook friends so thank you everyone for trying to help me out! I ultimately decided on using the popular latch hook technique…at least that’s what I think it’s called.  At one point I thought the name was a “lark’s knot”, but I think that is technically a little bit different.  If someone out there knows what I should be calling this, please let me know!  I was just confused because it seemed like to latch hook, one needed a latch hook needle.  I just used my regular crochet needle and was able to do it just fine.

horsefront
Lucky
The windblown look :)
The windblown look 🙂
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Braided tail

I’m pretty happy with how the mane and tail turned out.  What do you think?

For the limbs, I used the back post single crochet once in each hoof.  The only other time I’ve ever used that particular stitch was in my Peanut the Elephant pattern.  I think it adds a nice bit of detail, don’t you?  I can’t wait to see all the horses that will be made with this pattern!  I’ve really enjoyed the photos of the Spike dolls that you have been sending me!  I’m thrilled that Spike is getting such a positive reception!

Now on to my next project.  I have two lined up and I’m not sure which to start first.  Both have late November deadlines so I guess it doesn’t really matter which one I start, as long as I start now!  🙂  Til next time, happy crocheting!!

18 thoughts on “Lucky the Horse”

  1. Hola quiero decirte que tus trabajos son maravillosos y muy pero muy tiernos te felicito le capturas la dulzura de cada animalito besos Sandra.

  2. He/She is absolutely adorable. From head to hoof…, LOL.
    I would have used the loop stitch for his mane. I do not know how you did it, but loop stitch is my go to for things like that. It is a little tricky and awkward at first, but like every thing else that is awkward.
    I love Lucky, going to look into getting the pattern. Thanks for all your amigurumi, you are very talented.

  3. I have recently come across these cute ami animals I’ve never done crochet before so I’m going to give it a go. Doubt mine will turn out as beautiful as yours he’s lovely

  4. Need this pattern & it shows as free on pinterest. Is there a link to this pattern? Want to give to my niece & thanks

  5. I made Lucky for my cousin-in-law for her baby shower and I heard her say afterwards that he was her favorite gift!! I’ve done a couple ami projects before but I’m still learning. This pattern is great! Thanks so much for sharing!!

    1. Hello there!
      First off, I offer my sincere apologies for such a horribly delayed response! I haven’t been keeping up with my website inbox and finally decided to remedy it and I’m going through each message now.
      I apologize that you got some misleading information regarding my Lucky the Horse pattern! How frustrating to see that is offered as a free pattern and then to discover that it is not! I assure you that I have a never once offered this pattern for free. However, I know there are MANY dishonest people and sites out there in the online world that publish my patterns for free, sell my patterns for their own profit, mislead customers with “free” advertising, etc.. It’s absolutely maddening and it happens all the time and there is little I can do about it. It’s gotten so bad and it’s upset me so much that it’s one of the reasons that I stepped away from coming up with new designs for a while now. I’m going to try to get back into it now but I know that I’ll be seeing all of my patterns pirated somewhere soon. Anyways, I just wanted you to know what was happening and that I would never mislead anyone on purpose like that. Thanks for reading this through! I wish you a good day – stay safe!
      Warm regards,
      Amy

  6. Hello Sandy,

    First off, my apologies for the horribly delayed response!
    Can you please tell me where you see the false advertising? Is it on my littlemuggles.com website? I cannot control what other people do with my patterns – many very dishonest sites will post my patterns as their own, post that they are free, even sell my patterns for their own profit! It is terrible! But please know that I would never falsely advertise my own patterns. I would never ever do that.
    Thanks for reading this –
    Warm regards,
    Amy

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