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!
Today I share with you this beautiful Zebra 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!
update: Elephant, Giraffe and Lion are online!
Hello there! My name is Ana! Welcome to Little crochet farm.
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Zebra free crochet pattern
Materials:
- 2mm crochet hook
- Schachenmayr Catania Sports Yarn weight colors 110, 106 and 429. Or, any sports weight yarn colors black, white and dark gray 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 white yarn 106 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 and 10 rnd 48sc
• Add the black yarn 110 and start working with both colors,
11 rnd 3sc white, 10sc black, 14sc white, 10sc black, 11sc white
12 and 13 rnd 48sc white
14 rnd 3sc white, 10sc black, 14sc white, 10sc black, 11sc white
15 and 16 rnd 48sc white
17 rnd 3sc white, 10sc black, 14sc white, 10sc black, 11sc white
• From here one, continue working only with white 106 color.
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 add stuffing material.
BODY
With white yarn 106 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 and 10 rnd 48sc
• Change to black 110 color,
11 rnd 48sc
• Change back to white,
12 rnd 48sc
13 rnd (6sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
14 rnd 42sc
15 rnd (5sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
• Change to black color,
16 rnd 36sc
• Change back to white,
17 to 19 rnd 36sc
20 rnd (4sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
• Change to black,
21 rnd 30sc
• Change back to white,
22 to 24 rnd 30sc
25 rnd (3sc, 1dec) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
• Change to black,
26 rnd 24sc
• Change back to white,
27 to 30 rnd 24sc
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off and leave a tail for sewing.
• Add stuffing material.
SNOUT
With gray 429 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 following by another increase. 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.
TAIL
With white yarn chain 9, skip the first chain and start,
1 row 8hdc
• Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Leave a tail for sewing it later.
• Cut 6 pieces of black yarn and attach it at the end of the tail.
EARS
Whith white yarn start,
1 rnd 6sc in a magic ring
2 rnd 6sc
3 rnd 6inc Total 12sts
4 to 6 rnd 12sc
7 rnd 6sc crocheting the sides together, closing the ear.
• Cut the yarn, fasten it off, and make another one following the same instructions
• Leave a small tail for sewing
PAWS
With dark gray 429 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 white color
7 and 8 rnd 12sc
• Change to black
9 rnd 12sc
• Change back to white
10 and 11 rnd 12sc
• Change to black
12 rnd 12sc
• Change back to white,
13 to 15 rnd 12sc
• Stop here to add stuffing material before continuing.
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.
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.
- Sew the top paws in the first round of the body, leaving 5 stitches between one to another.
- Sew the down paws in round 10 of the body, leaving 15 stitches between one to another.
- Sew the tail in the central part of the back in round 13.
- Sew the snout between rounds 12 to 18.
- Sew the ears between rounds 3 to 9.
- With an embroidering needle, embroider the eyes in round 11 (or one round above the snout) of the face leaving 6 stitches between them.
- With the same thread, embroider the eyebrows on the third round above the eye, taking the length of 2 stitches.
- OPTIONAL: with pink yarn, make two little lines on its cheeks, one round under the eye, 2 stitches away from the snout.
- MANE: Introduce the black yarn in the central part of the head, in round 7 (counting from the beginning of the neck), and start working chain stitches going up straight to the face. Stop 6 rounds before reaching the snout. Now, chain 2, and make 2 double crochet on each of the surface chain stitches you made. Once you reach the last chain stitch, chain 3, cut the yarn and fasten it off.
Congratulations!!!
Your Zebra 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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