The Crochet Giraffe Amigurumi Pattern offers a pleasant, straightforward approach to designing a cute giraffe toy. Apt for all, it initiates an engaging crochet pastime, forging a delightful handmade trinket.
Crochet Giraffe Amigurumi Pattern
The Crochet Giraffe Amigurumi Pattern helps you create a heartwarming giraffe toy. It showcases traits like ossicone horns, elongated neck, and intricate spots. This delightful amigurumi crochet activity enhances your craft skills. The resulting Giraffe amigurumi adds a hint of safari allure to any toy collection, captivating hearts with its distinctive design and irresistible charm.
Making the Crochet Giraffe Amigurumi
Materials:
- Yarn:
- Worsted-weight yarn in brown, yellow, and black (small amount)
- Crochet hook: H-8 (5.0 mm)
- Fiberfill stuffing
- Tapestry needle
- Scissors
- Safety eyes (12 mm black, optional)
- Embroidery needle and thread (optional, for details like the nose and mouth)
Step by step Pattern
Body and head (make one piece):
- Start with brown yarn and make a magic ring.
- Crochet 6 single crochets (sc) in the ring, slip stitch to join (round 1).
- Increase by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sc, round 2).
- Continue crocheting sc around, increasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 30 sc (round 8).
- Switch to yellow yarn.
- Crochet 20 rounds without increasing (rounds 9-28).
- Stuff the body and head firmly with fiberfill.
- Switch back to brown yarn.
- Decrease by crocheting 2 sc together around (20 sc, round 29).
- Continue crocheting sc around, decreasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 12 sc (round 33).
- Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Legs (make 4):
- Start with brown yarn and make a magic ring.
- Crochet 6 sc in the ring, slip stitch to join (round 1).
- Increase by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sc, round 2).
- Continue crocheting sc around, increasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 18 sc (round 3).
- Crochet 15 rounds without increasing (rounds 4-18).
- Stuff the legs lightly with fiberfill.
- Decrease by crocheting 2 sc together around (9 sc, round 19).
- Continue crocheting sc around, decreasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 6 sc (round 23).
- Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2):
- Start with yellow yarn and chain 4 stitches.
- Sc in the second chain from the hook, sc in each stitch across to the end (3 sc).
- Chain 2, turn.
- Sc in each stitch across, sc in the turning chain (4 sc).
- Chain 2, turn.
- Sc in the first 2 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch, sc in the next 2 stitches (5 sc).
- Repeat rows 5-6 once more.
- Chain 2, turn.
- Sc in the first 3 stitches, 2 sc in the next stitch, and sc in the next 3 stitches (6 sc).
- Repeat row 9 once more.
- Stuff the ears lightly with fiberfill.
- Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Horns (make 2):
- Start with brown yarn and make a magic ring.
- Crochet 6 sc in the ring, slip stitch to join (round 1).
- Increase by crocheting 2 sc in each stitch around (12 sc, round 2).
- Continue crocheting sc around, increasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 18 sc (round 3).
- Crochet 5 rounds without increasing (rounds 4-8).
- Stuff the horns lightly with fiberfill.
- Decrease by crocheting 2 sc together around (9 sc, round 9).
- Continue crocheting sc around, decreasing by 1 sc evenly around each round until you have 3 sc (round 12).
- Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing.
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