Crochet Angel Ray: Free Big-Eyed Pattern!

Materials and Tools

Plush yarn in black, white, and orange, 100 gr./120 m. (e.g., Wolans Banny Baby colors 01, 63, 42, 40)
White faux fur yarn for hair (e.g., “Vyaz Mehovaya” and/or Himalaya Koala)
Glue-on eyes: 8 mm or 10 mm
Fiberfill (sintepuh) for stuffing
Crochet hook: 3 mm – 3.5 mm (Author uses Clover 3.25 mm)
Scissors
Glue for attaching eyes (e.g., “Moment Gel”)
Tapestry needle or darning needle for closing openings
Eyelashes (a small piece, optional)
Gold chenille wire for halo (optional)

Hello, dear crafter (maker)! If you’ve opened this master-class, it means you’re ready to create your own charming Angel Ray from the “Big-eyed New Year Friends” series! This free pattern is brought to you by Agnia Roginskaya of Milota Toys.

This master-class is an original design. It is forbidden to copy it, publish it under your own name, translate it into other languages without permission, conduct joint knit-alongs and online classes based on it, or film video master-classes based on it! You are permitted and encouraged to share this pattern and showcase your finished creations, tagging the author!

Abbreviations

sc: single crochet
hdc: half double crochet
dc: double crochet
PS: puff stitch (4 hdc with a shared top in one stitch)
ch: chain stitch
MR: magic ring
BLO: back loop only
dtr: double treble crochet

Important Color Notes:

Blue text indicates crocheting with white, textured/faux fur yarn.
Yellow text indicates crocheting with skin-colored yarn.

Body

Start crocheting the body from bottom to top. Begin with dark green yarn.

6 sc in MR (6)
6 inc (12)
(1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
6 sc, PS, 5 sc, PS, 5 sc (18)
18 sc (18)
5 sc, arm (ch 4, starting from 2nd chain from hook: 3 sl st), 9 sc, Arm, 4 sc (18)
18 sl st (18)

Do not cut the white yarn.

Change to skin-colored yarn.

BLO: 18 sc (18)
9 sc, PS, 8 sc (18)
8 sc, PS in white, 1 sc, PS in white, 7 sc (18)

Cut and secure the white and skin-colored yarn.

Change yarn to white, textured.

18 sc (18)
(1 sc, dec)*6 (12)

Stuff firmly with fiberfill.

6 dec

Cut the yarn and secure. Cinch the opening closed with a tapestry needle.

Wings

Right Wing

Crochet with white, plush yarn.

Attach yarn between rows 3 and 4 on the right side (with the toy’s back and side facing you).

Crochet from bottom to top:

(In one stitch: ch, 1 sc, hdc), (In one stitch: 2 dc, 1 dtr, ch 3, starting from 2nd chain from hook 2 sl st, ch 2, sl st into base.)

Cut the yarn and secure.

Left Wing

Crochet with white, plush yarn.

Attach yarn between rows 4 and 5 on the left side (with the toy’s back and side facing you).

Crochet from top to bottom:

In one stitch: ch 6, starting from 2nd chain from hook: 2 sl st, 1 dtr, 2 dc, (In one stitch: 1 hdc, sc, sl st).

Cut the yarn and secure.

Assembly

Glue eyes onto the white PS (puff stitches) on the head.
If there’s an opening between the white PS, carefully pull it closed with a thin thread.
Optionally, glue on eyelashes for extra charm.
Make a halo from gold chenille wire (optional) and attach it to the head.

Congratulations!

Your adorable Angel Ray is now complete! We hope you enjoyed creating this little friend.

When publishing your finished work, we’d love for you to tag the author, Agnia Roginskaya, @Knitted_toys_Milota_tois or @Agnia_Roginskaya, as the author of the master-class!

Agnia would be thrilled to see your little ones in the VK community album! You can find more of her “Big-eyed Friends” and connect with her here: