Crochet Hippo Amigurumi Idea

The Crochet Hippo Amigurumi Pattern is an uncomplicated guide to weaving a friendly hippo toy. Ideal for every crochet admirer, it assures an engaging crafting time, culminating in a charming.

Crochet Hippo Amigurumi Pattern

The Crochet Hippo Amigurumi Pattern is an engaging manual for crafting a cute crochet toy. This pattern exhibits a plump little hippo with round eyes, a friendly smile, and stubby legs. Fit for crocheters at any skill level; the Hippo Amigurumi adds a touch of safari fun to your personalized assortment of handmade crochet toys.

Making The Crochet Hippo Amigurumi

Materials:

• Sport weight yarn in grey, pink, and black
• Crochet hook size 2.5 mm
• Fiberfill
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Black embroidery floss
• Pink embroidery floss

Notes:

• The pattern uses US crochet terminology.
• Gauge is unimportant for this project, as the amigurumi is meant to be small and cuddly.
• You can adjust the size of the amigurumi by using a different weight of yarn or a different size crochet hook.
• The pattern is written in a continuous spiral, so you don’t need to turn your work at the end of each round.
• Be sure to stuff the amigurumi firmly as you go so that it keeps its shape.

Step by step Pattern

Head:

1. Make a magic ring with grey yarn.
2. Crochet 6 single crochets (sc) in the ring. Tighten the ring. (6 sc)
3. Increase 6 times evenly around (12 sc)
4. Rounds 2-8: Sc in each stitch around. (12 sc)
5. Round 9: Increase 6 times evenly around. (18 sc)
6. Rounds 10-16: Sc in each stitch around. (18 sc)
7. Round 17: Increase 6 times evenly around. (24 sc)
8. Rounds 18-22: Sc in each stitch around. (24 sc)
9. Round 23: Sc in each stitch around, except for the last 6 stitches. Stuff the head firmly. Sc in the remaining 6 stitches. (18 sc)
10. Rounds 24-28: Sc in each stitch around. (18 sc)
11. Round 29: Decrease 6 times evenly around. (12 sc)
12. Rounds 30-34: Sc in each stitch around. (12 sc)
13. Round 35: Decrease 6 times evenly around. (6 sc)
14. Stuff the head firmly. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Ears (make 2):

1. Make a magic ring with grey yarn.
2. Crochet 6 single crochets (sc) in the ring. Tighten the ring. (6 sc)
3. Round 2: Increase 3 times evenly around. (9 sc)
4. Rounds 3-5: Sc in each stitch around. (9 sc)
5. Round 6: Decrease 3 times evenly around. (6 sc)
6. Fasten off and weave in ends.
7. Sew the ears to the head, positioning them so that they are evenly spaced on the sides of the head.

Nose:

1. Make a magic ring with pink yarn.
2. Crochet 6 single crochets (sc) in the ring. Tighten the ring. (6 sc)
3. Increase 3 times evenly around. (9 sc)
4. Rounds 4-5: Sc in each stitch around. (9 sc)
5. Round 6: Decrease 3 times evenly around. (6 sc)
6. Fasten off and weave in ends.
7. Sew the nose to the face, positioning it in the center of the face below the eyes.

Eyes:

1. Embroider has two small black circles on the face for the eyes.

Mouth:

1. Embroider a small pink line on the face for the mouth.

Body:

1. Make a magic ring with grey yarn.
2. Crochet 6 single crochets (sc) in the ring. Tighten the ring. (6 sc)
3. Increase 6 times evenly around (12 sc)
4. Rounds 2-9: Sc in each stitch around. (12 sc)
5. Round 10: Increase 6 times evenly around. (18 sc)
6. Rounds 11-17: Sc in each stitch around. (18 sc)
7. Round 18: Sc in each stitch around, except for the last 6 stitches. Stuff the body firmly. Sc in the remaining 6 stitches. (12 sc)
8. Rounds 19-23: Sc in each stitch around. (12 sc)
9. Round 24: Decrease 6 times evenly around. (6 sc)
10. Stuff the body firmly. Fasten off and weave in ends.