Brighten up your day with the Amigurumi Colorful Llama Twins Keychain, a cheerful duo that’s bursting with personality and pint-sized charm! 🦙🦙 With their vibrant yarn coats, playful expressions, and tiny accessories, these twin llamas are the perfect companions for your keys, bags, or gift baskets. Whether you’re crafting them as best friends, siblings, or a matching set for you and someone special, they bring a joyful splash of color and whimsy wherever they go.
This pattern is a treat for crocheters who love quick, customizable projects with lots of flair. Mix and match yarn shades, add pom-poms or mini blankets, and let each llama show off its own unique style. Whether you’re stitching for fun, gifting with love, or adding a handmade touch to your everyday essentials, the Colorful Llama Twins Keychain is sure to make you smile—one loop at a time! 🧶🌈
🦙 Amigurumi Colorful Twin Llamas Keychain Crochet Pattern
If you love tiny, colorful, and practical projects, these Amigurumi Llama Keychains will steal your heart! They’re tall, slender, and dressed in rainbow saddle blankets with playful tassels and bright little collars. Perfect as gifts, bag charms, or to brighten your keys, these llamas combine adorable details with just the right size for everyday use.
Follow this step-by-step pattern to create your own photo-accurate llamas that match the cheerful pair in the picture.
✨ Skill Level
Intermediate – involves small parts and shaping.
📏 Finished Size
Approximately 10–12 cm (4–5 inches) tall (excluding keychain ring).
🧶 Materials
- Cotton yarn (2.25–2.5 mm weight)
- Cream – body & head (~15 g each)
- Brown – hooves & muzzle outline (~2 g)
- Rainbow scraps – blanket & collar (~5 g total)
- Hook: 2.25 mm
- Eyes: 4 mm black beads or French-knot embroidery
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Embroidery thread (brown for muzzle, black for lashes, rainbow for collar poms)
- Keychain ring + two short chains (2–3 links each)
- Tapestry needle and scissors
🔤 Abbreviations (US Terms)
MR – magic ring
sc – single crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in same stitch)
dec – decrease (sc2tog)
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
st – stitch
🪶 Head + Neck (One Piece – Cream)
R1 – MR 6 (6)
R2 – (sc, inc) × 3 (9)
R3 – (2 sc, inc) × 3 (12) ← snout base
R4–R7 – sc around (12) ← short forward snout
R8 – (3 sc, inc) × 3 (15)
R9 – (4 sc, inc) × 3 (18)
R10–R15 – sc around (18) ← narrow oval head
R16 – (4 sc, dec) × 3 (15)
R17–R26 – sc around (15) ← long neck (~½ body height)
Fasten off with a long tail. Stuff evenly from snout to neck.
🐽 Nose & Mouth Embroidery
Using brown thread:
- Stitch two tiny nostrils at the snout tip.
- Add a small smile curve below.
- Work a brown whip stitch around the base where the snout meets the head (around R7) to create the distinct outline.
👀 Eyes (Embroidered or Beads)
Position between R9–R11, spaced 2–3 stitches apart near the top of the head.
Use 4 mm black beads or French knots.
Optional: add one small white stitch for a reflection dot.
🦻 Ears ×2 (Cream)
R1 – MR 4 (4)
R2 – (sc, inc) × 2 (6)
R3–R6 – sc around (6)
Fasten off and flatten. Attach ears very close together on top of head, angled slightly outward.
🦴 Body (Cream)
R1 – MR 6 (6)
R2 – inc × 6 (12)
R3 – (sc, inc) × 6 (18)
R4–R14 – sc around (18) ← slender tubular body
R15 – (2 sc, dec) × 4 (14)
R16 – (sc, dec) × 4 (10)
Stuff firmly and fasten off.
🦵 Legs ×4 (Brown → Cream)
Brown Section:
R1 – MR 6 (6)
R2 – inc × 6 (12)
R3 – (sc, dec) × 4 (8) ← refined ankle
Cream Section:
R4–R15 – sc around (8–9)
Stuff lightly and fasten off with a long tail.
Attach all four legs vertically at the corners of the body base for an upright stance.
🌀 Tail (Cream)
R1 – MR 5 (5)
R2 – (sc, inc) × 2 + sc (8)
Fasten off and add a small tuft of cream yarn for fluff.
🌈 Rainbow Blanket (Horizontal Wrap)
Ch 10, sc across (9).
Work 7 rows, one in each color (red → orange → yellow → green → blue → indigo → violet).
Border with one row of sc in orange.
Add 6–7 tassels on each short edge.
Sew around mid-body so the blanket covers about half the circumference.
💠 Collar
Ch 22 using red or blue yarn.
Embroider or attach 8–10 small beads or French knots evenly spaced along the front half.
Wrap the collar under the head and secure ends at the back.
🪡 Assembly
- Sew all four legs vertically under the body for a straight standing pose.
- Attach the neck upright to the center of the body.
- Sew on ears and embroider facial details.
- Add the tail to the rear center.
- Attach the rainbow blanket and collar.
- Ensure symmetry and adjust stuffing for smooth shape.
🔗 Keychain Attachment
Insert a short metal chain through the top of the head (behind ears) and secure it with a yarn loop.
Connect both llamas to a single split ring so they hang side by side.
🌟 Finishing Touches
- Keep stitches tight for a neat structure.
- Shape the snout and neck gently before closing.
- Use vivid rainbow colors for the most cheerful finish.
- Lightly brush the surface to remove lint and refine texture.
💫 Final Look
Your finished llamas will feature slender sculpted heads, long elegant necks, tubular bodies, straight legs, upright ears, rainbow blankets with tassels, and colorful beaded collars — a perfect, miniature pair ready to brighten any keychain or gift!
