Raymond the royal guard

Raymond the Royal Guard Amigurumi Pattern by Laura Wilson

What Is Being Made

Raymond the Royal Guard is a crocheted amigurumi toy designed by Laura Wilson. This downloadable PDF pattern provides instructions for creating a stuffed decorative figure with royal guard characteristics, suitable for display or as a handmade gift.

Craft and Primary Technique

This project uses crochet as the primary construction method. Crochet is a fiber craft that uses a single hook to create interlocking loops of yarn, building fabric from the ground up. The amigurumi technique—a Japanese craft tradition—involves crocheting small, densely-stuffed three-dimensional figures that are typically worked in continuous rounds to create seamless, sculptural forms.

Stitches and Construction Methods

The pattern employs fundamental crochet stitches including single crochet (sc), which forms the dense, tight fabric essential to amigurumi construction. The pattern includes specific color-changing techniques: when changing yarn colors within single crochet, you complete the color change by pushing the hook through the stitch, yarning over and pulling through to create 2 loops on the hook, then pulling through a loop of the new color to complete the stitch, with the next stitch automatically working in the new color.

The pattern uses turning chains when working in rows; importantly, the chain 1 or turning chain does not count as a stitch in row construction, a critical distinction for maintaining proper stitch counts and shaping.

Yarn and Materials

This project requires DK weight yarn, a medium-weight yarn category that provides appropriate thickness for detailed amigurumi work. The pattern specifies Hayfield Bonus DK in multiple colors: Peaches (888), Ladybird (698), Chocolate (947), Fields of Gold (666), Black (965), and White (961), plus Paintbox Yarns Simply DK in Marine Blue (133). These specific color selections create the royal guard character's distinctive appearance.

Additional materials include a 3mm crochet hook, 8mm black safety eyes for facial features, a stitch marker for tracking rounds, scissors, polyester stuffing for filling the three-dimensional form, and embroidery yarn with a needle for finishing details and securing components.

Difficulty Level

This pattern is rated as intermediate difficulty, indicating it requires foundational crochet knowledge including familiarity with basic stitches, color changes, and amigurumi assembly techniques. The pattern includes helpful tips such as guidance on stuffing small pieces using the crochet hook end and proper stitch counting conventions.

Pattern Format and Use

Raymond the Royal Guard is provided as a downloadable PDF pattern for personal, non-commercial use only. The pattern is strictly protected intellectual property; copying, distribution, or commercial use of the pattern or any of its parts is prohibited. Finished toys may be photographed and shared with proper credit to designer Laura Wilson, and completed toys may be sold as handmade finished items.