Amigurumi Guardian Angel with Baby – FREE Crochet Pattern

Bring a sense of serenity and love to your crochet collection with the Amigurumi Guardian Angel with Baby, a project that’s as peaceful as it is timeless. 👼🧶 This heirloom-style design features a praying guardian angel with delicate lace wings, an openwork halo, and gentle details that radiate comfort and grace. Nestled beside her is a sleeping baby in a woven basket, creating a tender scene that symbolizes protection and care.

Perfect as a heartfelt gift, a nursery accent, or a treasured holiday display, this angel and baby duo captures the beauty of handmade tradition. With its soft textures and calming presence, the Amigurumi Guardian Angel with Baby is a joyful way to crochet love, faith, and a sprinkle of handmade magic—one loop at a time! ✨🧵🌸

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👼 Guardian Angel with Baby in Basket Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Create a peaceful heirloom-style amigurumi featuring a praying guardian angel with delicate lace wings, an openwork halo, and a sleeping baby nestled in a woven basket. This design focuses on soft expressions, flowing textures, and ornamental details, making it perfect for nativity scenes, memorial keepsakes, christening gifts, or elegant home décor.

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✨ Skill Level

Intermediate to Advanced – includes shaping, dense textured panels, surface details, multi-part assembly, and careful positioning.

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📏 Finished Size (using DK yarn & 2.5 mm hook)

• Angel: approx. 30–32 cm (12–12.5 in) tall
• Baby: approx. 7–8 cm (3 in)
• Basket: approx. 6–7 cm (2.5–2.75 in) diameter

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🧶 Materials

DK weight yarn:

• Light grey or pale blue-grey – robe, sleeves, cape
• Cream / off-white – wings, halo
• Skin tone – angel face, hands, baby
• Light brown – angel hair, baby hair
• Warm tan – basket

Notions:

• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• Polyester fiberfill
• Yarn needle
• Stitch markers
• Thin craft wire (halo; optional wing shaping)
• Embroidery thread: brown (eyes), soft pink (blush)

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🧵 Abbreviations (US Terms)

MR – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
FO – fasten off
BLO / FLO – back / front loop only

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👩 ANGEL

Head

With skin tone:

R1: MR, 6 sc (6)
R2: inc ×6 (12)
R3: (sc, inc) ×6 (18)
R4: (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)
R5: (3 sc, inc) ×6 (30)
R6: (4 sc, inc) ×6 (36)
R7–R12: sc around (36)

Embroider softly curved closed eyes. Add gentle blush.

R13: (4 sc, dec) ×6 (30)
R14: (3 sc, dec) ×6 (24)
R15: (2 sc, dec) ×6 (18) – stuff firmly
R16: (sc, dec) ×6 (12)
R17: dec ×6 (6)
FO, close.

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Nose

With skin tone:
MR, 5 sc. FO.
Sew centered between eyes.

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💇 HAIR

The hair is thick, smooth, and rope-like, not flat strands.

Hair Cap

With light brown:

R1: MR, 6 sc (6)
R2: inc ×6 (12)
R3: (sc, inc) ×6 (18)
R4: (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)
R5: (3 sc, inc) ×6 (30)
R6: (4 sc, inc) ×6 (36)
R7–R9: sc around (36)
FO.

Sew securely to head.

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Rope-Style Hair Sections

Each hair section is worked as a thick cord, not a flat chain.

For each section:

• Use 2 strands of DK yarn held together
• Ch 18–22
• Starting in 2nd ch, sl st back along the chain

This creates a rounded rope texture.

Placement:

• Create a deep side part
• Attach sections densely along both sides of the part
• Continue around sides and back
• Allow sections to drape smoothly over shoulders

Trim ends lightly for even length.

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👗 ROBE, CAPE & SKIRT

(Light Grey / Pale Blue-Grey)

Attach robe yarn at base of head.

Upper Torso

R1: sc 36 evenly around neck opening (36)
R2–R6: sc around (36)

Stuff lightly at shoulders only.

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Cape Expansion

R7: (5 sc, inc) ×6 (42)
R8: (6 sc, inc) ×6 (48)

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Flowing Skirt & Cape

R9–R14: sc around (48)

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Vertical Texture

R15–R20: BLO sc around (48)

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Lower Flare

R21: (7 sc, inc) ×6 (54)
R22: (8 sc, inc) ×6 (60)
R23–R26: sc around (60)

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Scalloped Hem

R27: (sl st, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sl st) repeat around
FO.

The robe naturally opens at the front to frame the basket.

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✋ SLEEVES & PRAYING HANDS

Hands (Make 2)

With skin tone:

R1: MR, 6 sc (6)
R2–R3: sc around (6)

Lightly stuff palms only.
FO.

Sew hands together palm-to-palm.

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Bell Sleeves

Join robe yarn at armholes.

R1: sc 12 around opening (12)
R2: (sc, inc) ×6 (18)
R3: (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)
R4–R6: sc around (24)
FO.

Insert joined hands so they rest naturally at chest level.

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🪢 FRONT ROPE DETAIL (Thick & Prominent)

Cut 4–5 strands of robe yarn, each 30 cm long.
Braid tightly into a thick cord.

Sew vertically from neckline to hem, centered.

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🪽 WINGS (Make 2)

The wings are wide semicircle fans with radiating lace, not flat panels.

With cream:

Ch 6.

Row 1: sc in 2nd ch and across (5)
Row 2: ch 3, turn, dc in each st (5)
Row 3: ch 1, turn, (sc, ch 3, skip 1) repeat across

Rows 4–10:

• At each row, add 1 extra ch-space at both ends
• Maintain the (sc, ch 3, skip 1) pattern

Final size per wing: approx. 12–13 cm wide, clear fan shape.

Outer Edge:
(sl st, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, sl st) in each loop.

Optional: run thin wire along top curve.

Attach high on back, angled upward and outward.

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😇 HALO

With cream:

Ch 42, join.

R1: sc around (42)
R2: (ch 3, skip 2, sc) repeat around
R3: (sc, ch 2, sc) in each loop

Thread wire through final round.
Shape into oval and sew so it floats behind head.

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👶 BABY (Visible Arms, Resting Pose)

Head

With skin tone:

R1: MR, 6 sc (6)
R2: inc ×6 (12)
R3: (sc, inc) ×6 (18)
R4: (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)
R5–R6: sc around (24)

Embroider closed eyes and blush.

R7: (2 sc, dec) ×6 (18)
R8: (sc, dec) ×6 (12) – stuff lightly
R9: dec ×6 (6)
FO.

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Body

With cream:

R1: MR, 6 sc (6)
R2: inc ×6 (12)
R3: (sc, inc) ×6 (18)
R4–R6: sc around (18)

Stuff lightly and sew head on.

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Baby Arms (Make 2)

With skin tone:

R1: MR, 6 sc (6)
R2–R3: sc around (6)

Very lightly stuff.
FO.

Sew arms flat against the sides of the body in a resting position.

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Baby Hair (Dense Top Coverage)

Create a small hair cap:

With light brown:

R1: MR, 6 sc
R2: inc ×6 (12)
R3: sc around (12)
FO.

Sew to top of head.

Add short rope-style strands (2 strands held together, ch 5–6, sl st back) around cap edge.

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🧺 BASKET

With warm tan:

R1: MR, 6 sc (6)
R2: inc ×6 (12)
R3: (sc, inc) ×6 (18)
R4: (2 sc, inc) ×6 (24)

R5–R8: BLO sc around (24)
R9: FLO sc around (24)
R10: reverse sc (crab stitch) around
FO.

Place baby inside and secure lightly.

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🪡 FINAL ASSEMBLY

1. Sew head to robe
2. Attach sleeves and praying hands
3. Secure wings and halo
4. Position basket at robe opening
5. Adjust robe folds to frame baby
6. Weave in all ends neatly

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🌟 Final Touch

Gently shape the wings and halo. Ensure the robe drapes softly and the praying hands remain centered. This guardian angel with baby is a timeless crochet piece designed to convey peace, protection, and grace—perfect for meaningful gifts and cherished displays.