Crochet elephant pattern.
THE REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Worsted weight yarn, I used Himalaya Dolphin Baby.
- Iris yarn for thread jointing.
- 4,5 mm crochet hook (or any different crochet hook matches your yarn).
- D=8 mm, two black beads.
- Tapestry needle.
- Stuffing material, fiberfill.
- Scissors.
The finished toy is ~6.6 inches / 17 cm tall.
TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS (US):
Ch - chain
Sc – single crochet
Inc – increase (make 2 sc into one loop)
Dec – decrease (make 2 sc together)
BLO – back loops only
*6 – repeat 6 times
(12) – number of stitches in the round
Ears. Make 2.
Crochet the inner piece
of the ear with white color yarn.
1. Chain 2, and start working into the 2nd
ch from hook 6 sc
2. 6inc (12)
3. (1sc, inc) *6 (18)
4. (2sc, inc) *6 (24)
5. (3sc, inc) *6 (30)
6. (4sc, inc) *6 (36)
Fasten off, and break the yarn.
Crochet the outer piece of
the ear (with pink color yarn) similar to the inner, but do not break the
yarn.
Fold bot part with the wrong side facing each other
and join them through both loops with sc in a circle.
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing.
Arms
1. Chain 2, and work into the 1st ch from hook 6sc
2. 6inc (12)
Work the third round through BLO.
3. (2sc,dec)*3 (9)
Continue crocheting through both loops.
4. 7sc, dec (8)
5-11. 8sc
Stuff with fiberfill.
Pull the hole, fasten off, and break the yarn.
Legs
With white color yarn
1. Chain 2, and work into the 1st ch from hook 6sc
2. 6 inc (12)
Work the third round through BLO.
3. 12sc
Continue crocheting through both loops with pink color
yarn.
4. (2sc,dec)*3 (9)
5-12. 9sc
Stuff with fiberfill.
Pull the hole, fasten off, and break the yarn.
Head - body
1. Chain 2, and start working into the 1st
ch from hook 6sc
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1sc, inc) *6 (18)
4. (2sc, inc) *6 (24)
5. (3sc, inc) *6 (30)
6-7. 30sc
8. 4 inc, 11sc, 4 inc, 11sc (38)
9. 38sc
10. 10sc, skip 7 sc and chain 3,
Start working into the 8th st 21sc (34)
11. 4 dec, 7sc, 4dec, 11sc (26)
12. 2sc, 2dec, 2sc, 2dec, (2sc, dec)*3, 2sc (19)
13. (1sc, dec)*5, 2dec (12)
14. 12sc
15. (1sc, inc) *6 (18)
16. 18sc
17. (2sc, inc) *6 (24)
18. 24sc
19. (3sc, inc) *6 (30)
20. 30sc
21. (4sc, inc) *6 (36)
At this stage, start crocheting the trunk.
1. Attach new yarn to the first st of the place where we skipped 7 sc, and work 10 sc in
a circle (10)
2. inc, 5sc, inc, 3sc (12)
3. 12sc
4. 8sc, 2dec (10)
5. 8sc, dec (9)
6. 7sc, dec (8)
7. 6sc, dec (7)
8. 5sc, dec (6)
9. 4sc, dec (5)
10-11. 5sc
Finish off.
Stuff the head with fiberfill.
Sew the eyes to the head between rounds 8 and 9 with 7
sc distance between them.
Embroider the eyelids.
Continue crocheting the body
22-24. 36sc
25. (4sc, dec) *6 (30)
26. (3sc, dec) *6 (24)
27. (2sc, dec) *6 (18)
28. (1sc, dec) *6 (12)
29. 6 dec
Stuff the body firmly, and pull the hole. Finish off.
Attach the arms to the body between rounds 17 and 18.
Attach the legs to the body between rounds 24 and 25.
Tail
Attach new yarn to the place where you want the tail to be (between rounds 24 and 25).
Chain 5, and start working into the 2nd ch from hook 4 sc.
Finish off.
Our elephant is ready!
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