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Lion Gryffin Amigurumi Pattern

Lion Gryffin Amigurumi Pattern
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A 10-12 hour project—great for savoring the process over several sessions.

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About This Lion Gryffin Amigurumi Pattern

This Lion Gryffin pattern is a masterpiece of amigurumi craftsmanship, combining traditional crochet techniques with needle felting and wire armature work. The lion features poseable arms, legs, and tail thanks to carefully integrated wire supports, while the needle-felted mane adds incredible texture and realism. Complete with house colors and accessories including a detailed crest and striped scarf, this pattern brings magical house pride to life in plush form.

Lion Gryffin Amigurumi Pattern crochet pattern - detailed view of completed project

The pattern includes detailed photo tutorials for complex techniques like claw creation, wire wrapping, and needle felting. You'll also learn how to embroider facial features and create miniature accessories with precision.

Why You'll Love This Lion Gryffin Amigurumi Pattern

I absolutely love this pattern because it pushes creative boundaries while remaining achievable with patience and practice. The combination of techniques keeps the project engaging from start to finish, and there's something magical about watching the felted mane come to life under your needle. The poseable limbs mean your finished lion can be positioned in countless ways, giving him personality and character. Creating the house accessories feels like crafting tiny treasures, and the final result is a stunning display piece that showcases your advanced skills. This isn't just a pattern; it's an heirloom-quality creation that tells a story.

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Switch Things Up

I love experimenting with this pattern to make each lion unique! Sometimes I swap the house colors entirely to represent different houses - emerald and silver creates a stunning serpent-inspired version, while blue and bronze makes a wise and scholarly companion.

For a more natural lion look, I've tried using all shades of tan and brown without the house colors, focusing on creating realistic shading with the yarn choices. The felted mane is perfect for experimenting with color blends - mixing ginger with darker brown or even blonde tones creates beautiful depth and dimension.

I've also played with expression by adjusting the eyebrow embroidery angle. A slight change in eyebrow position completely transforms the lion's personality from fierce and brave to gentle and wise. Some crafters add small wire whiskers using fishing line for extra realism.

The accessories offer endless customization too. I've embroidered different initials on the crest, added beaded details to the sword, or even created miniature books and wands as additional props. Size variations work beautifully - using thicker yarn and a larger hook creates an impressive statement piece, while finer thread makes an adorable miniature version perfect for ornaments or keychains.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

✗ Wire too loose causing floppy limbs - Solution: Wrap wire tightly with glue-coated yarn ensuring complete coverage before insertion into body ✗ Felted mane appearing patchy or uneven - Solution: Use consistent needle-felting pressure and add wool gradually in thin layers for smooth texture ✗ Color changes showing visible gaps in stripes - Solution: Complete the last stitch of previous color with new color yarn for seamless transitions ✗ Teddy joints feeling wobbly after assembly - Solution: Ensure cotter pin ends are tightly wrapped with pliers and disk sits flush against fabric ✗ Embroidered features looking asymmetrical - Solution: Use pins to mark placement before stitching and count stitches carefully for balanced facial expressions ✗ Tail wire poking through crochet stitches - Solution: Wrap wire ends carefully with pliers as shown and add extra yarn layer before crocheting around it

Lion Gryffin Amigurumi Pattern

Create your very own magical Lion Gryffin with this enchanting amigurumi pattern! This charming design features a beige lion with distinctive brown markings, a felted mane, and comes complete with house crest and scarf accessories. Perfect for fans of wizarding houses, this detailed pattern includes step-by-step instructions for crafting a poseable lion with wire-reinforced limbs and tail. The pattern incorporates unique techniques like needle felting for the mane and embroidery for facial features, making this a truly special handmade treasure.

Advanced 12-15 Hours

Materials Needed for Lion Gryffin Amigurumi Pattern

— Main Fabric

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    Beige yarn YarnArt Jeans 07 - Beige (Sport 12 wpi)
  • 02
    Yellow/Orange cotton yarn YarnArt Jeans 35 - Orange (Sport 12 wpi)
  • 03
    Burgundy yarn YarnArt Jeans 66 - Bordeaux (Sport 12 wpi)
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    Brown yarn YarnArt Jeans 71 - Cacao (Sport 12 wpi)
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    Ginger wool for felting Gamma FNR-050 (color 0230)
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    Black and white embroidery floss threads
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    Orange floss thread Gamma №3248 (or DMC №728 equivalent)
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    Silver metallized floss thread Gamma №0420 (or DMC №310 equivalent)

— Tools Required

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    Crochet hook 1.75mm
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    Crochet hook 1.5mm
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    Black safety eyes 6mm
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    Aluminum wire diameter 0.95mm
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    Felting needle Gamma FNR-050 №50
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    Needle for sewing
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    Scissors
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    Round-nose pliers
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    Pins and stitch markers (lots of pins recommended)
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    Transparent glue Moment Gel
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    Water soluble canvas
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    Needle comb
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    Toy stuffing/filler
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    Teddy joints: cotter pin T-shaped 25x2.00mm, shim 3x20mm, disk 10mm

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— Hands :

Materials :

Brown & beige yarn, hook 1.75mm

Round 1 :

Start with brown yarn 8sc in MR, join the beige yarn, brown yarn don't cut off (8)

Round 2 :

2sc, inc*3, 3sc (11)

Round 3 :

3sc, claw, 1sc, claw, 1sc, claw, 3sc (11)

Info :

HOW TO make claws: Grab brown yarn, pull out, complete sc with beige yarn

Round 4 :

2sc, dec*3, 3sc (8)

Round 5-10 :

8sc in each round (6 rounds)

Round 11 :

2sc, dec*2, close the round with sl st. Fasten the yarn and cut off (6)

Info :

Repeat for the second paw. Put the paws aside for later

— Tail :

Materials :

Beige yarn, hook 1.75mm, ginger wool, felting needle

Info :

Cut 15cm (5.9 inches) of wire. Wrap both ends of the wire. Wrap the wire with beige yarn and glue in one layer

Round 1 :

6sc in MR (6)

Round 2-31 :

6sc in each round (30 rounds)

Round 32 :

(2sc, inc)*2 (8)

Round 33 :

Crochet 4sc taking over the wire, 4sc (8)

Round 34 :

8sc, close the round with sl st. Fasten the yarn and cut off

Infos :

Cut wool 15cm (5.9 inches) long and 5cm (2 inches) wide. Thread 20cm (7.9 inches) of beige yarn into needle. Put the wool in and place the yarn with needle in center folded in half. Roll up wool and start felting with needle. When base of tail is tight enough, insert needle into ring amigurumi tail and pull out. Keep felting. Cut off excess part of tail leaving about 3cm (1 inch). Make incisions with scissors and felt some more. The tail is done

— Legs-Body :

Materials :

Brown & beige yarn, hook 1.75mm, filler, teddy joints, wire, glue

Round 1 :

3ch, crochet 10sc on both sides, close the round with sl st. Fasten the yarn and cut off

Info :

Join the beige yarn

Round 2 :

inc*4, 4sc (12)

Round 3 :

12sc

Round 4 :

1sc, dec*4, 3sc (8)

Round 5-6 :

8sc in each round

Round 7 :

2sc, inc, 5sc (9)

Round 8 :

9sc

Round 9 :

3sc, inc, 5sc, close the round with sl st. Fasten the yarn and cut off for the first leg (10)

Info :

Repeat all steps for the second leg, but don't cut off

Round 10 :

Make 2 sl st, crochet 7ch, join to the 9th stitch of the first leg's last round. Crochet around the resulting piece, making two increases to the sides

Round 11 :

36sc

Round 12 :

(5sc, inc)*6 (42)

Round 13 :

42sc

Round 14 :

35sc, crochet 4sc grabbing the stitches of the last round of tail, 2sc (42)

Round 15 :

35sc, crochet 4sc grabbing the stitches of the last round of tail, 2sc (42)

Round 16 :

42sc

Round 17 :

3sc, inc, (6sc, inc)*5, 3sc (48)

Round 18-23 :

48sc in each round (6 rounds)

Round 24 :

3sc, dec, (6sc, dec)*5, 3sc (42)

Round 25 :

42sc

Round 26 :

(5sc, dec)*6 (36)

Info :

Set the paws on their sides, focusing on the claws, they should look in the opposite direction from the tail

Round 27 :

7sc, crochet around the paw (6 st), 18sc, crochet around the paw (6 st), 11sc (48)

Round 28 :

3sc, dec, (6sc, dec)*5, 3sc (42)

Round 29 :

(5sc, dec)*6 (36)

Round 30 :

(2sc, dec)*9, set the wire (27)

Info :

HOW TO set wire: Measure the length from the nails of one paw to the nails of the other paw with a pencil and thread. Cut the wire and wrap it around with glue and yarn. Insert the wire in the legs

Round 31 :

(1sc, dec)*9 (18)

Round 32 :

(1sc, dec)*6. Insert cotter pin into shim (12)

Round 33 :

dec*6, close the ring. Fasten the yarn and cut off (6)

— Head :

Materials :

Brown & beige yarn, hook 1.75mm, black & white floss, needle, safety eyes

Round 1 :

8sc in MR (8)

Round 2 :

inc*8 (16)

Round 3 :

(1sc, inc)*8 (24)

Round 4 :

1sc, inc, (2sc, inc)*7, 1sc (32)

Round 5 :

(3sc, inc)*8 (40)

Round 6 :

2sc, inc, (4sc, inc)*7, 2sc (48)

Round 7-11 :

48sc in each round (5 rounds)

Info :

Put the disk on cotter pin and wrap the ends with pliers

Round 12 :

22sc, join the brown yarn, 4sc with brown yarn, beige yarn 22sc (48)

Round 13 :

18sc, 2ch, 2sc, 4sc with brown yarn, beige yarn 2sc, 2ch, 18sc (48)

Round 14 :

22sc, 4sc with brown yarn, beige yarn 22sc (48)

Round 15 :

22sc, 4sc with brown yarn, beige yarn 22sc (48)

Round 16 :

(9sc, dec)*2, 4sc with brown yarn, (9sc, dec)*2 (44)

Round 17 :

4sc, dec, 8sc, dec, 4sc, dec, with brown yarn 4sc, with beige yarn 4sc, dec, 8sc, dec, 4sc (40)

Info :

Insert the safety eyes at holes

Round 18 :

2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*2, 2sc, with brown yarn 4sc, with beige 2sc, dec, (4sc, dec)*2, 2sc (34)

Round 19 :

(3sc, dec)*3, with brown yarn inc, 2sc, inc, beige yarn (dec, 3sc)*3. Fasten the brown yarn and cut off (30)

Round 20 :

(3sc, dec)*6 (24)

Round 21 :

1sc, dec, (2sc, dec)*5, 1sc (18)

Round 22 :

(1sc, dec)*6 (12)

Round 23 :

dec*6, close the ring. Fasten the yarn and cut off (6)

Info :

Embroider the muzzle. Embroider a triangle with black floss. Make stitches from the bottom of the nose to the top. After sewing the nose, take the needle to the bottom of the nose and embroider mouth. Play with the eyebrows. Notice that when you embroider the brows, the lion's mood will change. Detach one warp from the white floss and sew a stitch from the top corner of the eye to the bottom corner

— Ears :

Materials :

Brown & beige yarn, hook 1.75mm

Step 1 :

Crochet 6dc in MR with brown yarn. Close the round with sl st. Fasten the yarn and cut off

Step 2 :

Crochet 6dc in MR with beige yarn. Close the round with sl st. Next row crochet both the beige and brown parts of the ear

Step 3 :

Turn, 1sc, inc*4, 1sc. Close the round with sl st. Fasten the yarn and cut off leaving a long end (10)

Info :

Crochet two ears

— Mane :

Materials :

Ginger wool, felting needle

Infos :

Set the ears with pins so that between the brown stripe from the nose and the ears fit a piece of wool. Sew on the ears. Felting mane around the head

— Claws Embroidery :

Info :

Embroider claws with brown yarn on the paws

— House Crest :

Materials :

Burgundy & orange yarn, hook 1.75mm, canvas, orange floss, needle

Orange Section :

10 ch, turning, 9sc (9)

Row 2 :

1ch, turning, 9sc (9)

Row 3 :

1ch, turning, 8sc, inc (10)

Row 4 :

1ch, turning, 10sc (10)

Row 5 :

1ch, turning, 9sc, inc (11)

Row 6 :

1ch, turning, 11sc (11)

Row 7 :

1ch, turning, 10sc, inc (12)

Row 8-9 :

1ch, turning, 12sc (12)

Row 10 :

Change to burgundy yarn. Crochet the sc in this way: half of the sc with orange yarn, and the other half with burgundy

Row 11-14 :

1ch, turning, 12sc with burgundy yarn (12)

Row 15 :

1ch, turning, 10sc, dec (11)

Row 16 :

1ch, turning, 11sc (11)

Row 17 :

1ch, turning, 9sc, dec (10)

Row 18 :

1ch, turning, 10sc (10)

Row 19 :

1ch, turning, 8sc, dec (9)

Row 20 :

1ch, turning, 9 sl st (9)

Row 21 :

10sc (burgundy + orange), 10 sc (orange + burgundy). Cut the orange yarn (20)

Row 22 :

1ch, turning, 10sc (burgundy), 10sc (orange) (20)

Row 23 :

1ch, turning, 10sc (orange), 10sc (burgundy) (20)

Row 24 :

1ch, turning, 10sc (burgundy), 10sc (orange) (20)

Row 25 :

1ch, turning, 10sc (orange), 10sc (burgundy) (20)

Row 26 :

1ch, turning, 10sc (burgundy), 10sc (orange) (20)

Row 27 :

1ch, turning, 10sc (orange), 10sc (burgundy) (20)

Row 28 :

1ch, turning, dec, 8sc (burgundy), 8sc, dec (orange) (18)

Row 29 :

1ch, turning, dec, 7sc (orange), 7sc, dec (burgundy) (16)

Row 30 :

1ch, turning, dec, 6sc (burgundy), 6sc, dec (orange) (14)

Row 31 :

1ch, turning, dec, 5sc (orange), 5sc, dec (burgundy) (12)

Row 32 :

1ch, turning, dec, 4sc (burgundy), 4sc, dec (orange) (10)

Row 33 :

1ch, turning, dec, 3sc (orange), 3sc, dec (burgundy) (8)

Row 34 :

1ch, turning, dec, 2sc (burgundy), 2sc, dec (orange) (6)

Row 35 :

1ch, turning, dec, sc (orange), sc, dec (burgundy) (4)

Row 36 :

1ch, turning, dec (burgundy), dec (orange) (2)

Row 37 :

1ch, turning, dec. Next crochet the detail around the perimeter counter-clockwise: 16sc (burgundy), 19sc (orange), 19sc (burgundy), 16sc, sl st in the 1st dec (orange) (71)

Infos :

Embroider the lines with burgundy yarn and fix with dark red threads. Embroider the letter G on water soluble canvas (approximately 2.5 cm or 1 inch high). Fix the canvas to the right lower side of the house crest. Get 2 threads of yellow floss and embroider the outline using backstitch. Then embroider inside with fill stitches. Rinse under running water and gently peel off canvas. Place crest on tablecloth and secure with pins. Cut approximately 20cm (7.8 inches) orange yarn and join to house crest with hook from both sides

— Sword of Gryffindor :

Materials :

Silver metallized floss, hook 1.5mm, needle

Instructions :

Make 20ch. Crochet 3sc, 3ch, 2sl st in small chain, 17 sl st in big chain. Turn, 17sl st in other side of chain, 3ch, 2sl st in small chain, 3sc. Close the round with sl st. Fasten the thread and cut off. Sew on a red bead or make a small dot with acrylic paint or nail polish

— Scarf :

Materials :

Burgundy yarn, hook 1.75mm, orange yarn, needle

Row 1 :

5ch, turning, 4sc (4)

Row 2-100 :

1ch, turning, 4sc (4)

Infos :

Use pins to mark stripe locations. Fold scarf 2-3-4 times for equal distance stripes. Thread yellow yarn into needle and make a knot on one end. Insert needle into center next to pin on wrong side. Make two turns wrapping the scarf without piercing through. Take needle out in center of wrong side. Step back two rows and make two more turns. Step back about 10 rows and make next turn next to pin. Repeat all steps next to each pin. Fasten yarn and cut off. Cut 8 strands of burgundy yarn 6cm (2.4 inches) long for the fringe and attach

Assembly Instructions

  • Attach the head to the body by inserting the cotter pin disk into the body opening and securing the joint with pliers
  • Position and sew the arms to the sides of the body between rounds 24-25, ensuring claws face away from the tail
  • Attach the felted tail to the back of the body at rounds 14-15, crocheting through both the tail stitches and body
  • Sew the ears onto the head with pins first for placement, positioning them on either side of the brown nose stripe
  • Needle felt the ginger mane around the entire head between the ears, building up layers for fullness and texture
  • Embroider the facial features including the triangular nose, mouth, eyebrows, and eye highlights using floss threads
  • Attach the house crest to the lion using the orange yarn straps, positioning it across the chest area like a banner

Important Notes

  • 💡Work tightly throughout the pattern to prevent stuffing from showing through, especially with wire-reinforced sections
  • 💡Use plenty of pins when positioning parts before sewing to ensure symmetrical placement and proper alignment
  • 💡Wrap all wire ends carefully with pliers as sharp edges can damage the yarn or poke through
  • 💡The needle felting process requires patience - add wool gradually in thin layers rather than thick clumps
  • 💡When changing colors, complete the last stitch of the previous color with the new color for clean transitions
  • 💡Stuff the body and head firmly but not overly tight to maintain good shape while allowing joint movement
  • 💡Keep track of which direction the claws face so arms are positioned correctly opposite from the tail

This magnificent Lion Gryffin pattern combines the best of amigurumi craftsmanship with house pride and magical details! From the poseable wire-reinforced limbs to the luxurious felted mane, every element has been thoughtfully designed to create an heirloom-quality treasure. The pattern includes detailed photo tutorials for advanced techniques, making challenging skills achievable with patience. Complete with house accessories including an embroidered crest and striped scarf, this lion is ready to represent with pride. Whether displayed on a shelf or posed in heroic stances, your finished lion will be a stunning showcase of your crochet mastery. 🦁✨

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FAQs

Can I make this pattern without using wire in the limbs and tail?

Yes, you can skip the wire if you prefer a softer, non-poseable lion. Simply crochet the limbs and tail as instructed without inserting wire, and stuff them normally. The lion will still look great, just won't hold different poses.

I've never done needle felting before. Is it difficult to learn for the mane?

Needle felting is straightforward once you understand the basic motion. The pattern includes detailed photo tutorials showing how to hold the needle and build up layers gradually. Start with small amounts of wool and work slowly - you can always add more. Watch a quick video tutorial on basic needle felting technique before starting.

What can I use instead of teddy joints if I can't find them?

You can sew the head directly to the body using strong thread and ladder stitch for a secure attachment. Alternatively, button joints work well - use two large buttons back-to-back with strong thread running through both the head and body.

Can I customize the house colors for a different house?

Absolutely! Simply substitute your house colors for the burgundy and orange/yellow used in the pattern. The techniques remain the same - just swap the yarn colors for the scarf, crest, and any accent details you'd like to customize.

How do I prevent the embroidered features from looking crooked?

Use pins to mark your placement before stitching anything permanent. Count stitches carefully to ensure symmetry, and don't be afraid to remove and redo embroidery if it doesn't look right. The pattern notes that eyebrow position can change the lion's expression, so experiment with placement first.

Is water soluble canvas necessary for the letter embroidery?

While water soluble canvas makes it much easier to achieve precise lettering, you can freehand embroider the letter if you're comfortable with embroidery. Alternatively, you could print the letter, trace it onto regular fabric, and use that as a guide under your crochet piece.