Hello there! My name is Ana! Welcome to Little crochet farm.
Here, I share my crochet creations around nursery decor, amigurumi and crochet toys for babies! Crochet tutorials, lessons, paid and free patterns you can find it all here!
In this blog post, I share this chubby giraffe made out of my left over yarn from my Giraffe wall hanging, mother Doll and a giraffe rattle toy. It is a simple pattern, with a complete video tutorial and suitable for amigurumi beginners. Also, it is fast to crochet!
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Chubby Giraffe free amigurumi pattern
Materials:
- 2mm crochet hook
- I used DK microfiber yarn colors yellow and brown. But you can use any yarn of your preference!
- 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: 10cm
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HEAD
With yellow yarn start,
1 row 6sc in a magic ring
2 row 6inc Total 12sts
3 row (1sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 18sts
4 row (2sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 24sts
5 row (3sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 30sts
6 row (4sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 36sts
7 row (5sc, 1inc) repeat 6 times Total 42sts
8 row (13sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 45sts
9 to 16 row 45sc
17 row (13sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 42sts
18 row (5sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 36sts
19 row (4sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 30sts
20 row (3sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 24sts
21 row (2sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 18sts
• Stop to add stuffing material
22 row (1sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 12sts
• Cut the yarn, fasten off and hide the remaining tail inside the toy.
ANTENNAS
With brown yarn start,
1 row 6sc in a magic ring
2 row (1sc, 1inc) repeat 3 times Total 9sts
3 row 9sc
4 row (1sc, 1dec) repeat 3 times Total 6sts
5 and 6 row 6sc
• Cut the yarn, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
• Make another one.
EARS
With yellow yarn start,
1 row 4sc in a magic ring
2 row 4sc
3 row 4inc Total 8sts
4 row 8sc
5 row (1sc, 1inc) repeat 4 times Total 12sts
6 row 12sc
7 row 6dec Total 6sts
8 and 9 row 6sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing.
• Make another one following the same instructions.
LEGS
With brown yarn start,
1 row 6sc in a magic ring
2 row 6inc Total 12sts
3 row 12bpsc
• For the next 7 rows, add the yellow color yarn and start combining with making uneven stripes.
4 to 10 row 12sc
• Cut the yarn and fasten off. Leave a tail for sewing.
• Make four in total.
ASSEMBLY
- Use pins to fasten the ears and antennas on Giraffe’s head.
- Start sewing the ears first in between rows 7 to 9.
- Then, sew the antennas in the same line as the ears with 2 rows distance from the antennas to the ears.
- Sew the nose between rows 9 to 16
- Sew the four legs in the central part of the bottom of the head. Here, sew first the front 2 and then the two on the back
- Embroider the eyes in row 9 leaving 8 stitches between them.
Congratulations!!!
Your Chubby Giraffe amigurumi 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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