A free crochet duck keychain pattern for a tiny yellow duck with an orange bill, a small blue bow tie and a round chain loop on its head. This amigurumi duck has big shiny eyes, rosy cheeks, little wings and a perky tail, so it reads as a duck from every side of your bag. It is worked in the round in single crochet with fingering yarn and a 2 mm hook, head and body in one piece, and is about 4.5 cm (1.75 in) tall with the loop; the bill, wings, feet, bow and cheeks are sewn on. Follow the row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and rotate the interactive 3D model to check each piece.

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sunny yellow yarnfingering weight20 m
sky blue yarnfingering weight5 m
orange yarnfingering weight5 m
blush pink yarnfingering weight5 m
Crochet hooksize 2 mm1
Safety eyesor embroider them for small kids2
Fiberfillpolyester stuffing30 g
Stitch markerfor spiral rounds1
Tapestry needlefor sewing parts1

Gauge

1 sc ≈ 3 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 2.7 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 33 sc × 37 rounds); yarn about 1.4 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.

Worked in

Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.

Parts

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R1with sunny yellow: 6 sc in MR(6)
R2inc ×6(12)
R3(1 sc, inc) ×6(18)
R41 sc, (inc, 2 sc) ×5, inc, 1 sc(24)
R5(3 sc, inc) ×6(30)
R62 sc, (inc, 4 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(36)
R7–936 sc(36)
R102 sc, (dec, 4 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(30)
R11(4 sc, inc) ×6(36)
R123 sc, (inc, 5 sc) ×5, inc, 2 sc(42)
R13–1442 sc(42)
R15(BLO)42 sc(42)
R163 sc, (dec, 5 sc) ×5, dec, 2 sc(36)
R17(4 sc, dec) ×6(30)
R182 sc, (dec, 3 sc) ×5, dec, 1 sc(24)
R19(2 sc, dec) ×6(18)
R20(1 sc, dec) ×6(12)
R21dec ×6(6)
Size before assembly: about 4.1 cm at the widest, 4.3 cm long; 21 rounds.
→ Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 3, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 2, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(10)
R21 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 2 sc(12)
R32 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 2 sc(14)
Size before assembly: an oval about 1.7 × 0.8 cm at the widest, 0.7 cm long; 3 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 2 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With orange: ch 5.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 45 %).

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 2, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 1, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(8)
R21 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc(10)
R31 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 2 sc(12)
A flat oval about 2.2 × 1.6 cm; 3 rounds. Worked around a chain, so it is an oval: sew it on with its long side (along the chain) running front to back. The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With sunny yellow: ch 4.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1starting in the 2nd ch from hook: sc 2, 3 sc in the last ch; continue along the other side of the chain: sc 1, 2 sc in the last ch (the one you made the first sc in)(8)
R21 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 1 sc(10)
R31 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 2 sc(12)
Size before assembly: an oval about 1.4 × 0.8 cm at the widest, 0.7 cm long; 3 rounds. The piece is oval: the rounds go around the chain, and on the finished toy the chain (the long side of the oval) runs side to side; the starting chain is at the front of the piece (on the finished toy). The round-start marker is in the middle of a long side (the piece's centre line), while R1 starts at a turn: after R1 shift the round start — sc 1 more (not counted in any round) and place the marker there. The increases fall on the turns.
With orange: ch 4.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Press the piece flat (the opening becomes a straight line), front and back walls together.

R1with blush pink: 5 sc in MR(5)
R2inc ×5(10)
A flat circle about 1 cm across; 2 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.

R1with sky blue: 4 sc in MR(4)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×2(6)
R35 sc, inc(7)
R41 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 1 sc(5)
Size before assembly: about 0.7 cm at the widest, 1 cm long; 4 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Press the piece flat to about 3 mm thick (oval cross-section). Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 5 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with sky blue: 4 sc in MR(4)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×2(6)
R3(1 sc, dec) ×2(4)
Size before assembly: about 0.6 cm at the widest, 0.8 cm long; 3 rounds.
→ Start stuffing (lightly) and keep adding as you decrease.
Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 4 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.

R1with sunny yellow: 4 sc in MR(4)
R2(1 sc, inc) ×2(6)
R3(2 sc, inc) ×2(8)
R44 sc, inc, 3 sc(9)
Size before assembly: about 0.9 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 4 rounds.
Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly, then press the piece slightly flat (oval cross-section; flattened 45 %).

Safety eyes and noses go in before the piece is stuffed and closed (see the pieces above); embroidery is easier before the piece is sewn on.

Safety eyes with a printed glint 6 mm (on the head-body): between rounds 7 and 8, 6 st apart (count along round 7: about 2.9 st each side of the centre front line).

Abbreviations

MR: magic ring
sc: single crochet
inc: 2 sc in the same stitch
dec: single crochet two stitches together (invisible decrease recommended)
BLO: work the round in back loops only
FLO: work the round in front loops only
ch: chain
sl st: slip stitch
st: stitch
R5: round 5; R7–14 = rounds 7 to 14 are the same
(…) ×6: repeat 6 times
(24): stitches in the round when it is done

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