Sharing this special collection with you, the Safari crochet animals! This collection was created especially for my baby girl, with the help of you, readers from Little Crochet Farm. A while back, I asked about which collection should I create for her, and the majority of you voted for a Safari crochet Animal!
Today I share with you this beautiful Giraffe amigurumi! One more free amigurumi pattern for the Safari Animals! The collection has 12 crochet animals that slowly will start coming out online! I hope you have some fun crocheting these animals!
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Crochet Plush Giraffe free crochet pattern
Materials:
- 8mm crochet hook,
- Chenille yarn of your preference, colors brown and yellow. For this amigurumi, I used the brand Alize Velluto. Similar yarn weight and texture suggestions can be Universal Yarn and Creative World crafts.
- Black sports weight for embroidery the face.
- Stuffing material
- Scissors
- Sewing needle.
- Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.
Finish size: 48cm or (about) 19 inches.
For a low-cost, ad-free and printable pattern, you can find it in Ravelry here! And on Etsy here!
Chunky Crochet Giraffe pattern instructions
BODY
With yellow yarn start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
4 rnd (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
5 rnd (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
6 rnd (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
7 rnd (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
8 rnd (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 48sts
9 to 12 rnd 48sc
13 rnd (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
14 rnd 42sc
15 rnd (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
16 to 18 rnd 36sc
19 rnd (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
20 to 23 rnd 30sc
24 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
25 to 30 rnd 24sc.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Add stuffing material.
HEAD
With yellow yarn start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
4 rnd (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
5 rnd (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
6 rnd (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
7 rnd (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
8 rnd (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 48sts
9 to 17 rnd 48sc
19 rnd (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
20 rnd (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
21 rnd (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
22 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a long tail for sewing later.
• Add stuffing material.
LEGS
With brown start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
4 and 5 rnd 18sc
6 rnd (1sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 12sts
• Change to yellow,
7 to 15 rnd 12sc
• Add stuffing material until half of the paws before continuing to round 16
16 rnd 6sc crocheting the sides together, closing the paw.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Make four in total following the same instructions.
• Leave a small tail for sewing it.
SNOUT
With a brown start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (3inc, 3sc) repeat 2 times Total 18sts
*3inc means two single crochet in the same stitch in the next 3 stitches.
4 and 5 rnd 18sc
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off and leave a tail for sewing it.
ANTENNAS
With brown yarn start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 9sts
3 rnd 9sc
4 rnd (1sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 6sts
• Change to yellow color
5 to 7 rnd 6sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a small tail for sewing.
• Make another one following the same instructions.
• Add stuffing material only in the brown part of the antennas.
EARS
With yellow yarn start,
1 rnd 4sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 4sc
3 rnd 4inc Total 8sts
4 rnd 8sc
5 rnd (1sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times Total 12sts
6 rnd 12sc
7 rnd 6dec Total 6sts
8 rnd 6sc
9 rnd 3sc folding the edge and crocheting the sides together, closing the ear.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a small tail for sewing.
• Make another one following the same instructions.
• Don’t need to add stuffing material here.
TAIL
With yellow yarn chain 7. Skip the first chain and start,
1 row 6hdc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a tail for sewing.
• Cut 2 pieces with 3cm (1inch) length and attach it on the first stitch of the tail (opposite to where you left the small piece of yellow yarn for sewing)
• With a sewing needle, open the strings of the brown yarn to make it fussy.
BODY DOTS
With a brown start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
• Join with a slip stitch in the first stitch of the round.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a tail for sewing later.
• Make three in total.
With brown start,
1 rnd 8sc in a magic ring
• Join with a slip stitch in the first stitch of the round.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a tail for sewing later.
• Make nine in total.
ASSEMBLY
- Introduce two rounds of the body inside the head. Sew the head, taking the body’s second round (counting from top to bottom).
- Sew the top paws in the first round of the body, leaving 6 stitches between one to another.
- Sew the down paws in round 10 of the body, leaving 14 stitches between one to another.
- Sew the snout between rounds 12 and 20 of the head. Before finishing sewing the snout, add stuffing material inside and continue sewing to close it completely.
- Sew the antennas between rounds 2 and 3 of the head and the ears 3 rounds under the antennas.
- With an embroidering needle, embroider the eyes in round 11 of the head (or one round above the snout), leaving 4 stitches between them.
- With the same thread, embroider the eyebrow three rounds above the eyes. Optional: Make one little straight line on the cheeks with light pink yarn.
- Sew the dots on its body. I sew 3 little dots, one big in the front part of the body, 2 little ones, and 1 big in the back of the body. Two small ones on the face, and 2 small ones and 1 big ones on the back of the head.
- Sew the tail in round 10 of the body.
Congratulations!!!
Your crochet Plush Giraffe is ready!
I hope you enjoy this pattern. If you have any questions or comments in general, please leave them in the comment box below.
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See you next time!
Love,
Ana
deedee
Wednesday 21st of August 2024
Your patterns are absoluly beautiful ! You are Awsome !
Ana
Thursday 6th of February 2025
Thank you so much for the kind words!