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Follow this free amigurumi giraffe pattern and make a cute crochet giraffe for your loved ones. The giraffe parts are crocheted separately and then stuffed with fiberfill before being stitched together to create the final product. The size of this crochet giraffe toy is about 30 cm (12″).
Designed and photos by @toys_from_hima
Translated by Amiguroom Toys
Materials:
- Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50g/160m), colors #87, 71, 01
- Hook size: 2.0 mm
- 12 mm safety eyes
- Black embroidery thread for eyebrows and lashes
- Sewing needle
- Scissors
- Fiberfill
Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
st = stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
F. o. = finish off
(…) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
(…)* 6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
Free amigurumi giraffe pattern
Head
With beige yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc)* 6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30)
R 6: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc)* 6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42)
R 8: (5 sc, inc, 1 sc)* 6 (48)
R 9: (7 sc, inc)* 6 (54)
R 10: (8 sc, inc)* 6 (60)
R 11-13: 60 sc (3 rows)
R 14: (9 sc, inc)* 6 (66)
R 15-17: 66 sc (3 rows)
R 18: (10 sc, inc)* 6 (72)
R 19-23: 72 sc (5 rows)
Insert safety eyes between R 14 and R 16 at the distance of 8 sts from each other.
R 24: (10 sc, dec)* 6 (66)
R 25: (9 sc, dec)* 6 (60)
R 26: (8 sc, dec)* 6 (54)
R 27: (7 sc, dec)* 6 (48)
R 28: (6 sc, dec)* 6 (42)
R 29: (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36)
R 30: (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30)
R 31: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)
Stuff with fiberfill.
Sl st. F. o.
Body
With beige yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)* 6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)* 6 (42)
R 8: (6 sc, inc)* 6 (48)
R 9: (7 sc, inc)* 6 (54)
R 10: (8 sc, inc)* 6 (60)
R 11-16: 60 sc (6 rows)
R 17: (8 sc, dec)* 6 (54)
R 18: 54 sc
R 19: (7 sc, dec)* 6 (48)
R 20: 48 sc
R 21: (6 sc, dec)* 6 (42)
R 22: 42 sc
R 23: (5 sc, dec)* 6 (36)
R 24: 36 sc
R 25: (4 sc, dec)* 6 (30)
R 26: 30 sc
R 27: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)
R 28-41: 24 sc (14 rows)
Stuff with fiberfill.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Horns (make 2)
Start with brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4: 18 sc
R 5: (1 sc, dec)* 6 (12)
Change to beige yarn:
R 6: (1 sc, dec)* 4 (8)
R 7-9: 8 sc (3 rows)
Sl st. F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Ears (make 2)
With beige yarn:
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)* 2 (6)
R 3: (2 sc, inc)* 2 (8)
R 4: (3 sc, inc)* 2 (10)
R 5: (4 sc, inc)* 2 (12)
R 6: (5 sc, inc)* 2 (14)
R 7: (6 sc, inc)* 2 (16)
R 8: 16 sc
R 9: (7 sc, inc)* 2 (18)
R 10: 18 sc
R 11: (7 sc, dec)* 2 (16)
R 12: (6 sc, dec)* 2 (14)
R 13: (5 sc, dec)* 2 (12)
Fold the top opening flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Muzzle
With white yarn:
Make 7 ch.
Make an oval starting from the 2nd ch from hook, work on both sides of the chain.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 5 sc, 3 sc in last st, on the other side: 4 sc, inc (14)
R 2: inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (20)
R 3: 1 sc, inc, 4 sc, (1 sc, inc)* 3, 4 sc, (1 sc, inc)* 2 (26)
R 4: 2 sc, inc, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc)* 3, 4 sc, (2 sc, inc)* 2 (32)
R 5: 32 sc, sl st
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Small spots
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Bigger spots
With brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Arms and legs (make 4)
The arms and legs are made using the same pattern.
Start with brown yarn:
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)* 6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 (18)
R 4: 18 sc
R 5: (1 sc, dec)* 6 (12)
Change to beige yarn:
R 6-17: 12 sc (12 rows)
Stuff with fiberfill.
Fold the top opening flat and 6 sc through both sides across.
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Tail
With beige yarn:
Make 7 ch.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 6 sc
F. o. and leave a long tail for sewing.
Then cut a brown yarn into 8 pieces of equal length (around 10 cm (3.9″)). Fold the yarn pieces in half and sew them to the end of the tail. Trim the ends with scissors.
Assembly
- Sew the head to the body.
- Make eye tightening.
- Embroider eye whites with a white yarn, eyebrows and lashes with a black embroidery thread, nostrils with a brown yarn.
- Sew the horns on the head between R 3 and R 5. You can stuff the horns if you want (I didn’t do it).
- Sew the ears two rows down from the horns.
- Sew the muzzle to the head. Add stuffing just before closing.
- Sew the spots on the head and body.
- Sew the arms to the body at the level of the 9-10th row from the head.
- Sew the legs to the body between R 9 and R 10.
- Sew the tail to the back side of the body between R 12 and R 13.
