The Crochet Giraffe Amigurumi Pattern is a clear, easy-to-follow blueprint for making a charming giraffe toy. It is perfect for everyone and encourages a fun crochet venture, leading to a lovely handmade cuddly.
Crochet Giraffe Amigurumi Pattern
The Crochet Giraffe Amigurumi Pattern guides you toward creating a captivating giraffe toy. It highlights peculiar characteristics like a tall neck, cross-stitched spots, and petite horns. It's an enjoyable crochet task that also advances your skills. The final result is a delightful Giraffe, a delightful model of crocheted stitches that brings a touch of wildlife allure to any toy assemblage with its distinctive design.
Making the Crochet Giraffe Amigurumi
Materials:
- Worsted weight yarn in brown, yellow, and black
- Crochet hook size H-8 (5.00 mm)
- Safety eyes
- Fiberfill
- Tapestry needle
- Scissors
Step by step Pattern
Body and head:
- Start with the brown yarn and make a magic ring.
- Crochet 6 single crochets (sc) in the ring, slip stitch to join.
- Increase by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sc).
- Continue crocheting sc around, increasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 36 sc.
- Change to yellow yarn.
- Crochet 20 rounds without increasing.
- Stuff the body firmly with fiberfill.
- Decrease by crocheting 2 sc together around (24 sc).
- Continue crocheting sc around, decreasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 12 sc.
- Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Legs:
- Make four identical legs using brown yarn.
- Start with a magic ring and crochet 6 sc in the ring.
- Increase by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sc).
- Continue crocheting sc around, increasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 18 sc.
- Crochet 10 rounds without increasing.
- Stuff the legs firmly with fiberfill.
- Decrease by crocheting 2 sc together around (9 sc).
- Continue crocheting sc around, decreasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 6 sc.
- Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
- Sew the legs to the body.
Tail:
- Make a chain of 20 stitches with brown yarn.
- Single crochet back down the chain to create a long, skinny tail.
- Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
- Sew the tail to the body.
Neck:
- With yellow yarn, crochet a chain of 20 stitches.
- Single crochet back down the chain to create a long, narrow neck.
- Sew the neck to the body, starting at the head and working down.
Head:
- Change to brown yarn.
- Make a magic ring and crochet 6 sc in the ring.
- Increase by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sc).
- Continue crocheting sc around, increasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 24 sc.
- Crochet 10 rounds without increasing.
- Stuff the head firmly with fiberfill.
- Decrease by crocheting 2 sc together around (12 sc).
- Continue crocheting sc around, decreasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 6 sc.
- Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
- Sew the head to the neck.
Ears:
- Make two identical ears using brown yarn.
- Start with a magic ring and crochet 6 sc in the ring.
- Increase by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sc).
- Crochet 4 rounds without increasing.
- Shape the ears by crocheting 3 sc, 2 sc together, 2 sc, 2 sc together, 3 sc around.
- Sew the ears to the head.
Eyes:
- Sew on the safety eyes.
Spots:
- Make small circles using black yarn.
- You can crochet them or cut them out of felt.
- Sew the spots onto the body and head.
Nose:
- Make a small circle using black yarn.
- Sew the nose to the face.
Mane:
- Cut several strands of brown yarn about 6 inches long.
- Fold the strands in half and loop them around the head, between the ears.
- Sew the ends of the yarn to secure the mane.
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