Today, I’m happy to announce the newest addition to the collection: the crochet Leopard free pattern! Here I am, continuing to share this special collection with you: the Safari crochet animals! This collection is very close to my heart since it was created especially for my baby girl, with some wonderful input from all you amigurumi crocheters at Little Crochet Farm. Remember when I asked which collection I should make for her? The majority of you voted for Safari crochet Animals, and I’m delighted to bring them to life!
The Amigurumi Safari Animals will feature 12 delightful crochet stuffed animals that will be released online bit by bit. And when I say “bit by bit,” I really mean it!
In the meantime, you can already check out the Lion, Elephant, Zebra, Giraffe, Hippopotamus and Tiger! They’re all beautiful crochet stuffed animals, perfect for your next amigurumi project!
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Leopard free crochet pattern
Materials:
- 2mm crochet hook
- Schachenmayr Catania Sports Yarn weight. Or, any sports weight yarn colors light brown, dark brown, and beige.
- Black and white 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!


Crochet Leopard Pattern Instructions
BODY
With light brown 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
12 rnd (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
13 to 15 rnd 42sc
16 rnd (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
17 to 20 rnd 36sc
21 rnd (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
22 to 25 rnd 30sc
26 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
27 to 30 rnd 24sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off.
• Add stuffing material.
HEAD
With light brown 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
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 and fasten it off. Leave a tail for sewing later.
• Add stuffing material.
PAWS
With beige 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 light brown
7 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.


SNOUT
With beige start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
3 rnd (3inc, 3sc) repeat 2 times Total 18sts
*3inc means 1 inc followed by another increase. Two single crochet in the same stitch in the next 3 stitches.
4 and 5 rnd 18sc
• Cut the yarn, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing it.
TOP OF THE SNOUT
Here we will work with rows. With light brown yarn chain 5. Skip the first chain and start,
1 row 4sc, chain 1, turn
2 row 1sc, 1dec, 1sc, chain 1, turn total 3sts
3 row 1sc, 1dec, chain 1, turn Total 2sts
4 row 2sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a tail for sewing it.

EARS
With beige yarn start,
1 row 5sc in a magic ring, chain 1 and turn.
2 row 1sc, 1inc, 1sc, 1inc, 1sc, chain 1 and turn. Total 7sts
• Change to light brown
3 row 3sc, 1inc, 3sc, chain 1 and turn. Total 8sts
4 row 8sc, chain 1 and turn,
5 row 1inc, 6sc, 1inc. Total 10sts
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off and make another one following the same instructions.
• Leave a small tail for sewing.


TAIL
With light brown start,
1 rnd 6sc
2 to 15 rnd 6sc
16 rnd 3sc crocheting the sides together, closing the tail.
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a tail for sewing it later.
ASSEMBLY
- Introduce two rounds of the body inside the head. Sew the head taking the second round (counting from top to bottom) of the body, and one stitch from the head.
- 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 10 and 18 of the head. Sew the light brown detail on top of the snout. With dark brown, embroider a little nose, in a triangle shape, on the tip of the light brown detail.
- Fold the ears in half, making a triangle shape. Sew it in the top of the head, starting from round 3 and going down to round 8. See the images for reference.
- Embroider the eyes in round 10 of the head, leaving 4 stitches between them. With the same thread, embroider the eyebrow 3 rounds above the eye with 2 stitches in length.
- OPTIONAL: take a small piece of light pink yarn and embroider two little lines on each cheek. One round under the eyes 2 stitches to the side.
- Sew the tail in round 12 on the back side of the body.
- Now, take a long piece of dark brown yarn and embroider a couple of small lines all around its body. When you make two lines, one on top of the other, with the length of one stitch, these messy lines will look like leopard dots!


Congratulations!!!
Your Leopard crochet toy is ready!
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See you next time!
Love,
Ana