I’m thrilled to keep sharing this special collection with you: the Safari crochet animals! This collection holds a dear place in my heart as it was crafted especially for my baby girl, with a bit of help from all you amigurumi lovers at Little Crochet Farm. Remember when I asked for your input on what collection to create for her? Well, the overwhelming response was for Safari crochet Animals, and here we are! One more member of this collection is out today, the Tiger. The Amigurumi Safari Animals features 12 adorable crochet stuffed animals that will gradually make their way online. And when I say “gradually,” I really mean it!
While we’re on the topic, you can already take a look at the Lion, Elephant, Zebra, Giraffe, and Hippopotamus! They’re all charming crochet stuffed animals perfect for your next amigurumi adventure!
Hello there! My name is Ana! Welcome to Little crochet farm.
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Tiger free crochet pattern
Materials:
- 2mm crochet hook
- Schachenmayr Catania Sports Yarn weight. Or, any sports weight yarn colors black, white, orange, and brown of your choice!
- Black thread for embroidering the eyes.
- Stuffing material
- Scissors
- Sewing needle.
- Or, you can use safety eyes! The position is at the end of this post.
Finish size: 18cm or (about) 7 inches.
For a low cost, ad-free and printable pattern, you can find it in Ravelry here! And on Etsy here!
HEAD
With orange 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 11 rnd 48sc
• Add the dark brown and continue working with both colors
12 rnd 3sc orange, 10sc brown, 14sc orange, 10sc brown, 11sc orange
13 and 14 rnd 48sc orange
15 rnd 3sc orange, 10sc brown, 14sc orange, 10sc brown, 11sc orange
• From here on, continue working only with orange.
16 and 17 rnd 48sc
18 rnd (6sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
19 rnd (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
20 rnd (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
21 rnd (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off and leave a tail for sewing it later.
• Add stuffing material.
BODY
With orange 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 to 17 rnd 42sc
18 rnd (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
19 to 22 rnd 36sc
23 rnd (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
24 to 26 rnd 30sc
27 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
28 to 30 rnd 24sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Add stuffing material.
PAWS
With white 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 orange
7 and 8 rnd 12sc
• Change to dark brown
9 rnd 12sc
• Change back to orange
10 and 11 rnd 12sc
• Change to dark brown
12 rnd 12sc
• Change back to orange,
13 to 15 rnd 12sc
• Add stuffing material
16 rnd 6sc crocheting the sides together, closing the paw.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Make another four in total following the same instructions.
• Leave a small tail for sewing it.
EARS
With orange color yarn start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 to 5 rnd 12sc
6 rnd 6sc crocheting the sides together, closing the ear.
• Cut the yarn, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
• Make another one.
With white, make 4 sc inside a magic ring, chain one and turn, make (1s and 1inc), and repeat two times. Cut the yarn and sew the piece in the finished ear.
TAIL
With orange start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 and 3 rnd 6sc
• Change to brown,
4 rnd 6sc
• Change back to orange,
5 to 7 rnd 6sc
• Repeat rounds 4 to 7 two times.
• Change back to orange
16 rnd 3sc crocheting the sides together, closing the tail.
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off and leave a tail for sewing it.
SNOUT
With white start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (3inc, 3sc) repeat 2 timesTotal 18sts
*3inc means 1 inc following by another increase. Two single crochet in the same stitch in the next 3 stitches.
4 and 5 rnd 24sc
• Cut the yarn, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing it.
ASSEMBLY
- 1.Introduce two rounds of the body inside the head. Sew the head taking the second round (counting from top to bottom) of the body.
- 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 muzzle between the two brown lines, taking rounds 12 and 18 of the head.
- Sew the ears between rounds 5 and 10 of the head.
- With an embroidering needle, embroider the eyes in round 11 of the head, leaving 6 stitches between them.
- With the same thread, embroider the eyebrow two rounds above the eye, with a length of 2 stitches.
- With the black sports weight yarn, embroider a triangle on its muzzle, leaving two rounds distance between the face in orange and the muzzle in white.
- With brown sports weight yarn, embroider three lines between the ears and on top of its head.
- Sew the tail in the central part of his back on round 12 of the body.
Congratulations!!!
Your Tiger crochet animal is ready!
I hope you enjoy this pattern, and if you have any questions or comments in general, leave them in the comment box below.
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See you next time!
Love,
Ana
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