There is something deeply satisfying about a beaver in yarn: the flat paddle tail, the two proud front teeth, the busy little paws that look ready to build a dam on your bookshelf. This collection of crochet beaver ideas gathers twenty genuinely free patterns covering the whole dam-building family, from classic sitting amigurumi and a pocket-sized appliqué to a beaver hat with its own tail, two graph-based blanket designs, a festive Christmas set and one friendly video tutorial. Every pattern here is free to follow, and I have noted the yarn, hook and honest details for each one as we go.
A quick note before you cast on: beavers are a small corner of the crochet world, so this roundup leans on the full honest range of free formats — sixteen fully written patterns, two graph-based designs, one labelled video tutorial and one festive accessory set. Two designs are chart-based rather than fully written, one blog pattern also offers a paid PDF, and the video tutorial's matching PDF is sold separately while the video itself is free. Each of those is flagged clearly beside its pattern.
1. The Classic Woodland Beaver
We are starting with the pattern that has taught a whole generation of crocheters to make a beaver: Sharon Ojala's Amigurumi Beaver tutorial from 2013, worked in continuous rounds with a 3.75 mm hook and worsted weight yarn. The finished beaver stands about six and a half inches tall, with a dark brown muzzle, a lighter brown body, a tail stiffened with florist wire if you like, and signature teeth made from small bits of white felt glued behind the muzzle so they peep out just enough. The full tutorial is free on her Amigurumi To Go blog, written in her famously clear row-by-row style. If you have only made ball-shaped amigurumi before, this is the perfect next step, because every part is simple alone and the assembly is where the character appears.
Pattern: Amigurumi Beaver Free Tutorial by Sharon Ojala at Amigurumi To Go — Get the free pattern
2. The Tiny Five-Centimetre Mini
If your heart melts for miniature things, Supergurumi's Mini Beaver is almost unfairly cute: sitting down, it measures just five centimetres tall, small enough to perch on a desk, a car dashboard or the edge of a bookshelf. The pattern is worked in sport-weight cotton (the sample uses Schachenmayr Catania with a 2.5 mm hook), the head and body crocheted as one piece with separate legs, arms, tail, muzzle and ears sewn on in contrasting browns. The full pattern is free on the Supergurumi site in English, French, Spanish and Dutch, with clear round counts and a note that the parts are sewn on after stuffing. Make a whole family in different browns for a windowsill display; each one uses so little yarn that this is a brilliant stash-buster too.
Pattern: Mini Beaver by Supergurumi — Get the free pattern
3. The Big Chunky Showpiece
Jen Hayes designed her Crochet Beaver to be the woodland friend that stops visitors mid-sentence: a chunky body, a contrasting tummy panel, hands and feet with little digits, buck teeth, a button nose, an oversized tail, tiny ears and delightfully chunky cankles. The full pattern is free at the bottom of her blog post, worked in worsted weight yarn with a 3.5 mm hook, and it measures about eleven inches tall sitting — a proper shelf statement rather than a pocket toy. She rates it advanced intermediate, suiting a crocheter comfortable with shaping, foundation chains and a little hand embroidery, and she even shows a miniature version in size 10 crochet thread with a 1.5 mm hook. In toasted almond and brown it looks like a storybook illustration come to life.
Pattern: Crochet Beaver by Jen Hayes at Jen Hayes Creations — Get the free pattern
4. The Hat with Its Own Tail
Not every beaver in this collection is a toy, and Sweet Potato 3's Beaver Hat is the proof: a warm, characterful hat for a child, complete with ears, a face piece, teeth, a nose and a criss-cross-stitched tail sewn across the back. The full written pattern is free on her blog, with step-by-step notes on the sewing order so the face stays centred and the second ear lines up with the first — exactly the practical detail that saves a project. A beloved free pattern since 2014, it looks charming in classic beaver browns with a cream face. Make it for a woodland-themed birthday, a zoo trip or just a cold morning that needs cheering up.
Pattern: Beaver Hat with Tail by Sweet Potato 3 — Get the free pattern
5. The Pocket-Sized Appliqué
Jane and Sonja at Sustain My Craft Habit designed their Baby Beaver appliqué for Canada Day, and it remains one of the sweetest small beaver patterns anywhere: the finished appliqué measures about five inches wide by four inches tall, worked in medium weight yarn with a 4.50 mm hook. Because it is flat rather than stuffed, it is wonderfully versatile — stitch it onto a baby blanket, hat, sweater or backpack, or frame it as nursery art. The full pattern is free on their blog, and they encourage you to play with colour: beaver brown is traditional, but bright colours work just as well for a child's item. It is also a lovely first beaver for a newer crocheter: short rounds, gentle shaping, and buck teeth and a flat tail that still read instantly as beaver.
Pattern: Baby Beaver Appliqué by Jane and Sonja at Sustain My Craft Habit — Get the free pattern
6. The Woodland Winter Graph Square
Here is our first graph-based design, and it is a beauty: Winding Road Crochet's Busy Beaver is a corner-to-corner square from her Woodland Winter Wonderland blanket, showing a beaver hard at work on his winter lodge. Please note this one is chart-based rather than fully written — the free post gives you the C2C graph, with a half-double-crochet variant noted, so it suits a maker comfortable following a pixel chart. Worked as one square it becomes a cushion front, a wall hanging or part of a larger woodland blanket, and the lodge-building pose is full of storytelling charm. Pair it with the designer's other woodland squares if you fancy a whole blanket, or let this busy builder star on his own in earthy browns against a snowy background.
Pattern: Busy Beaver C2C Graph by Winding Road Crochet — Get the free pattern
7. The Downloadable Baby Beaver
Kati Galusz's Baby Beaver is the kind of small, neat amigurumi that looks far more polished than its effort suggests: about eleven centimetres long, worked in worsted weight yarn with a 3.5 mm hook and 6 mm safety eyes, with the head, body and tail cleverly made in one piece. It is a free Ravelry download — the pattern page confirms a price of zero — and you will need a free Ravelry account to grab the file. The intermediate shaping keeps the little beaver plump and smooth, and the single-piece construction means less sewing than most amigurumi. In soft browns with a cream belly it is a gentle, giftable size for a baby's shelf, and it pairs beautifully with the other small woodland animals in this list.
Pattern: Baby Beaver by Kati Galusz — Get the free pattern
8. The Ranger's National Park Beaver
There is something wonderful about a beaver pattern written by an actual park ranger: this one comes from Ranger Cody Lopez at the U.S. National Park Service, celebrating the animal the park service calls an ecosystem engineer. The full pattern is free on the NPS site, rated beginner-plus to intermediate, and it uses a 4 mm hook, two 8 mm safety eyes and one skein each of tan and dark brown medium weight yarn. The head and body are worked in one piece with a clever colour change for the muzzle area, and the pattern walks you through exactly when to place the eyes and stuff each section — very friendly for a first amigurumi. It is also a lovely teaching project: make it with a young nature lover and tell them how real beaver dams create the wetlands that clean the water.
Pattern: Beaver Crochet Pattern by Ranger Cody Lopez at the U.S. National Park Service — Get the free pattern
9. The Christmas Bitty Beaver
From the Woodland Christmas Crochet Along at 5 Little Monsters comes Bitty Beaver, a four-inch sitting sweetheart who arrives complete with his own little earflap hat, ready for the tree or the mantelpiece. The full pattern is free on the blog, worked in worsted weight yarn with a G hook, 6 mm safety eyes and an 8 or 9 mm safety nose, the head and body in one piece with the arms, legs, tail, nose and hat sewn on separately. The hat is the detail that makes him: earflaps on each side and a little flipped-up front flap in a contrasting colour, so he looks like he has just come in from the snow. Make him in walnut and coffee browns with a soft rose or red hat for Christmas, or skip the hat for a year-round woodland friend.
Pattern: Bitty Beaver by 5 Little Monsters — Get the free pattern
10. The Plush Chenille Joffy
Joffy the Plush Beaver is the squishiest member of this collection, a beginner-friendly chenille toy by Crochet from Mars, shared in full on the Amigurumi All Free Patterns blog with credit to the designer. The pattern uses a 4 mm hook and chunky chenille yarn in three colours — dark brown for the body, light brown for the belly and nose, blue for the little bow — plus 16 mm safety eyes, giving Joffy a wonderfully soft, huggable finish. The tutorial is written step by step from shaping the body to embroidering the face and attaching the bow, and the designer notes it is simple, cute and fun — exactly right. If you have never worked with chenille, this is a forgiving first project: the thick yarn hides small tension wobbles and works up fast, and the blue bow makes him look dressed for a party.
Pattern: Joffy the Plush Beaver by Crochet from Mars — Get the free pattern
11. The Blog-Page Classic
Stitches n Scraps offers one of the most complete free beaver patterns on a single blog page: a full amigurumi beaver with a muzzle, embroidered nose and eyes, a single tooth, and clear assembly notes for ears, muzzle and facial details. One honest disclosure here: the full written pattern is free to follow on the blog, and a downloadable PDF is also available on Ravelry for a small fee if you prefer a printable — the free blog version is complete on its own. The sample uses worsted weight yarn with a thoughtful mix of colours, and the embroidery notes are especially helpful, including how to pull the eyes slightly inward for a sweet expression. This is a solid, dependable beaver for a maker who wants everything on one page without hunting through videos or downloads.
Pattern: Amigurumi Crochet Beaver Pattern by Stitches n Scraps — Get the free pattern
12. The Seamless Sport-Weight Beaver
Marina Chuchkalova's amigurumi beaver, shared in full on the Amigurumi All Free Patterns blog with credit to the designer, is a clever little construction: worked in sport-weight five-ply yarn with a 2.00 mm hook, it stands about twenty-two centimetres tall, worked seamlessly with only six decreases across the whole head and body. That near-seamless build means very little sewing at the end, and the pattern notes that the same shaping can even be turned into a little bear. The sample uses soft browns with a cream muzzle and small safety eyes, and the finished beaver has a gentle, old-fashioned look for a nursery shelf. If you like fine yarn and neat, continuous rounds, this one will feel like a calm, satisfying weekend project.
Pattern: Amigurumi Beaver by Marina Chuchkalova — Get the free pattern
13. Flora and Her Little Flower
Flora the Beaver, by Mes Mignonneries and shared in full on the Amigurumi All Free Patterns blog with credit to the designer, is the romantic of the family: a cotton beaver in Ricorumi browns with a tiny pink-and-white flower sewn between her arms, as if just picked on a spring walk. The full pattern is free on the blog, worked with a 3 mm hook and 6 mm safety eyes, the head and body in one piece with separate arms, ears and a flattened, oval tail. The flower is made in two colours and sewn on last, so you can leave it off for a classic beaver or swap its colour to match a nursery. Flora is the beaver I would make for a spring baby shower or a woodland bedroom, because that one small flower changes the whole mood from busy builder to gentle garden friend.
Pattern: Flora the Beaver by Mes Mignonneries — Get the free pattern
14. The Bee-Beaver Mashup
Now for something gloriously unexpected, and honestly framed: My Fingers Fly's Bumble Beaver is not a realistic beaver at all, but a bee-and-beaver mashup, part bumble bee and part beaver, and it is all the more charming for it. The full pattern is free on the blog, worked in Bernat Blanket yarn with a large 8.0 mm hook, and the finished friend measures about ten inches tall, with gold, coal, taupe and white stripes, 20 mm safety eyes and an 18 mm nose. The pattern is written in continuous rounds with clear materials and gauge notes, and the mashup fits two collections at once — woodland animals and bumble bees. Make it for someone who loves a joke in yarn form, or for a nursery that already has bees and needs one busy honorary member.
Pattern: Bumble Beaver by My Fingers Fly — Get the free pattern
15. The Super-Bulky Little Beaver
The Mary Jay's Little Beaver is the chunky, quick-to-make member of the family, worked in super bulky weight yarn with a 6 mm hook and 14 mm safety eyes, which means it grows fast and feels wonderfully squishy in the hands. The full written pattern is free on her blog, published in December 2024, with careful notes on aligning the increases and decreases across the top and bottom so the shaping stays symmetrical, plus guidance on placing the eyes two rounds in front of the ears. Because the yarn is so thick, this is a brilliant weekend project and a great choice for a newer maker who wants a satisfying size without tiny stitches. In sand, white and two browns it has a soft, modern look, and it is the perfect base for the festive set waiting at Idea 20.
Pattern: Little Beaver Pattern by The Mary Jay — Get the free pattern
16. The Low-Sew Video Beaver
This one is our labelled video tutorial, included because the written beaver pool is genuinely thin and this is a genuinely good tutorial: Crochet with Kyra's Low Sew Crochet Beaver walks you through the whole chunky beaver on video, chapter by chapter, from feet and arms to ears, tail, body, shaping and teeth. The video itself is free to watch, and it uses Premier Parfait Chunky yarn in honey, chocolate and white with a 5 mm hook, 20 mm safety eyes and a 26 mm nose, so the finished beaver is big and soft. One clear disclosure: the matching PDF is sold on the designer's Etsy shop, so a printable would cost you, but the full step-by-step video costs nothing. If you learn better by watching than by reading, this is the beaver to put on your screen and crochet along with.
Pattern: LOW SEW Crochet Beaver video tutorial by Crochet with Kyra — Get the free pattern
17. The Hopper Baby Blanket
Magic Yarn Pixels' Hopper Beaver takes our beaver out of the toy box and onto the bed: a corner-to-corner baby blanket with a friendly beaver worked in pixels, rated easy, and sized to become an afghan, a throw or a larger bedspread by changing your yarn weight and hook size. This one is graph-based with written support — the free post includes the pixel graph and written notes, so it suits a maker comfortable with C2C, with guidance on calculating yarn and finished size. The beaver design is playful and modern, right at home in a nursery, and the C2C picture appears row by row as you work. Make it in soft browns and creams for a baby gift, or go bigger and bolder for a woodland-themed living room throw.
Pattern: Hopper Beaver C2C Baby Blanket by Magic Yarn Pixels — Get the free pattern
18. The Mini Forest Friend
Sharon Ojala returns for a second, completely different beaver in her Mini Forest Friends series, where the same maker gives us a smaller woodland beaver alongside a raccoon and a fox. The full pattern is free on her Amigurumi To Go blog: head and body from the top down, muzzle just below row five, eyes between rows six and seven, white felt teeth glued on after the snout is sewn in place. It is a different construction from her classic 2013 beaver, with its own shaping and a compact mini-forest feel, and it works beautifully as part of a trio or alone on a shelf. If you loved Idea 1 but want a smaller companion for it, or if you are building a whole forest shelf one animal at a time, this little friend belongs in your queue.
Pattern: Mini Forest Friends Beaver by Sharon Ojala at Amigurumi To Go — Get the free pattern
19. The Canada Day Beaver
Sir Purl Grey designed her beaver to celebrate Canada Day, and it shows in the best way: a proud little Canadian mascot in two shades of brown, with a lighter brown for the hands, feet and tail, a darker brown for the head and body, and a piece of white felt cut into a U-shape for the teeth. The full pattern is free on her blog, worked with a 5.0 mm hook, 8.0 mm safety eyes, black embroidery thread and polyester fibrefill, and it opens with a lovely note about beaver lodges, paddle tails and ever-growing teeth. The construction is straightforward amigurumi, and the finished beaver has a classic, storybook look for a Canada Day display or a woodland shelf any time of year. Pair it with a tiny maple leaf or miniature log for a whole scene in yarn.
Pattern: Beaver Amigurumi by Sir Purl Grey — Get the free pattern
20. The Christmas Beaver Set
We are finishing with festive cheer, and one honest framing note: The Mary Jay's Christmas Beaver pattern is an accessory set rather than a standalone beaver — it gives you the Christmas tree and Santa hat that turn her beaver into a holiday piece, complete with the story of a beaver who chopped down his own tree and tied it on his back. The pattern is free on her blog, designed to be made after the beaver, though you can also make the tree and hat first, or use them as standalone mini decorations. The tree can even be tied onto the beaver's back like trees strapped to car roofs, which is such a charming image, and the Santa hat finishes the whole joke. Pair it with Idea 15's Little Beaver base for the full festive friend, or let the tree and hat star alone among your Christmas crochet.
Pattern: Christmas Beaver with Tree and Santa Hat by The Mary Jay — Get the free pattern
Conclusion
And that is twenty beavers, my friend — classic amigurumi and tiny minis, a chunky showpiece and a super-bulky quick make, a hat, an appliqué, two graph designs, a video tutorial and a Christmas set, every one free and unmistakably beaver. If you are new to amigurumi, start with the ranger's beaver, the appliqué or the low-sew video; if you want a showpiece, the chunky Jen Hayes beaver or the chenille Joffy are calling your name. Whichever you choose, remember the beaver's lesson: small, steady stitches build something wonderful, one round at a time.
Now tell me — are you team classic brown beaver or team festive Christmas beaver, and which of these twenty is going on your hook first? I read every comment, and I cannot wait to see your makes!
