Elephant crochet free pattern

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 Animals! So here we are, starting with this Elephant, 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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Elephant free crochet pattern

Materials:

  • 2mm crochet hook 
  • Gray, white, and a little bit of pink for the cheek. I used 100% cotton, lightweight, 4ply.
  • 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 gray 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 18 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, fasten it off, and leave a long tail for sewing.

• Add stuffing material

BODY

With gray 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 23 rnd  48sc

24 rnd  (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 42sts

25 rnd  (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts

26 rnd  (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts

27 rnd  (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts

28 to 31 rnd  24sc

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.

• Add stuffing material.

NOSE

With gray yarn start,

1 rnd  6sc in a magic ring

2 to 5 rnd  6sc

6 rnd  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times Total 8sts

7 to 10 rnd  8sc

11 rnd  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times Total 10sts

12 to 15 rnd  10sc

16 rnd  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 2 times Total 12sts

17 and 18 rnd  12sc

19 rnd  6sc crocheting the sides together, closing the nose.

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing it.

• Don’t need to add stuffing material here. The trunk has a good structure and is good for moving.

EARS

Start with gray,

1 row  4sc in a magic ring, chain 1 and turn

2 row  4inc, chain 1 and turn Total 8sts

3 row  (1sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times, chain 1 and turn Total 12sts

4 row  (2sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times, chain 1 and turn Total 16sts

5 row  (3sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times, chain 1 and turn Total 20sts

6 row  (4sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times, chain 1 and turn Total 24sts

7 row  (5sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times, chain 1 and turn Total 28sts

8 row  27sc, work 3sc on the last st, here continue working on the   foundation of the ear, making a contour, 15sc, 2sc in the   first st, join with sl.

• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and leave a tail for sewing it.

• Make another one following the same instructions.

PAWS

With gray 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

7 to 15  rnd  12sc

• Add stuffing material until half way 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 another four in total following the same instructions.

• Leave a small tail for sewing it.

TUSKS

With white yarn, chain 5. Skip the first chain and start,

1 row  4sl

• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a small tail for sewing .

• Make another one following the same instructions

TAIL

With gray yarn, chain 6. Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a small 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.
  2. Sew the top paws in the first round of the body, leaving 8 stitches between one to another.
  3. Sew the down paws in round 10 of the body, leaving 15 stitches between one to another.
  4. Sew the nose between rounds 11 and 12.
  5. Sew the tusks on each side under the nose.
  6. Sew the ears starting between rounds 4 and 5 and finishing in round 15. Leave the rest of the ear without sewing.
  7. Embroider the eyes in round 11, leaving 7 stitches between them. With the same thread, embroider the eyebrow one round above the eye. 1. Make a little X on its belly button.
  8. Cut about 10 pieces of 8cm (3 inches) and attach them on top of its head.
  9. Optional: With white yarn, embroider a small line beside the eyes. With a small piece of light pink yarn, embroider one line two rounds under its eyes and 1 stitch away from the nose.
  10. 1.Sew the tail on its back in round 11 of the body.
Congratulations!!!

Your Elephant 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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4 thoughts on “Elephant crochet free pattern”

  1. I am writing out this elephant free pattern as I have a baby in the family with a bedroom of safari animals, so this collection is coming out timely!!
    I write it in ‘my shorthand’ and just did see the head section and believe there is an error as you are decreasing the head….you still have increase there instead of decrease.
    Love your patterns!!
    Jill

    • Hey Jill! So cool with the safari bedroom! Just in time then!
      I have a little baby in the house, and maybe the lack of sleep is the reason for this many typos!
      Thank you for the comments!!
      Ana

  2. One more slight error was in the elephant body:
    R9-23, and then it started using R23 again instead of R24. I have this all written off and can’t wait to make this little cutie! Thank you so much for doing these creations! I’m loving it and hope I haven’t been too much a pain here.

    • Not a pain at all! I am grateful that you wrote me!!! Have a great week and enjoy this cutie!

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