Artist Elephant

Free crochet tutorial for the Elephant by Joanne Noel.

With this pattern, you can crochet a dressed-up little elephant. For amigurumi, you can use any favorite yarn. A long-pile yarn will look especially good. To decorate the cap, you can use different beads. Shade the muzzle with dry pastels or eyeshadow.

Materials and tools

• Yarn
• Crochet hook
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Dry pastels for face shading
• Seed beads or beads to decorate the cap
• Ribbon for a bow
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• sl st - slip stitch
• sc - single crochet
• dc - double crochet
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Artist elephant amigurumi crochet pattern

All rounds are worked in a spiral. Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the first stitch of each round.

Body (the body is crocheted from the base up to the neck)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 times (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 times (30)
Round 6: (2 sc, inc) x 10 times (40)
Rounds 7-17: 40 sc
Round 18: (2 sc, dec) x 10 times (30)
Rounds 19-22: 30 sc
Round 23: (3 sc, dec) x 6 times (24)
Rounds 24-25: 24 sc
Round 26: (2 sc, dec) x 6 times (18)
Round 27: 18 sc
Round 28: (1 sc, dec) x 6 times (12)
Round 29: (1 sc, dec) x 4 times (8)

Fasten off and leave a yarn tail for sewing to the head. Start stuffing the body around round 15.

Legs (make 2)

Round 1: ch 7, sc in the second chain from hook, 4 sc, 3 sc in the last chain, then work on the other side of the chain: 4 sc, inc (14)
Round 2: inc, 4 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc, 2 inc (20)
Round 3: 20 sc
Round 4: 4 sc, 6 dec, 4 sc (14)
Round 5: 3 sc, 4 dec, 3 sc (10)
Round 6: inc, 9 sc (11)
Round 7: 2 sc, (inc, 2 sc) x 3 times, 1 sc (15)
Rounds 8-13: 15 sc
Round 14: dec x 7 times, 1 sc (8)

Cut the yarn and close the opening. Stuff the legs as you work.

Arms (make 2)

Round 1: 5 sc in MR (5)
Round 2: 5 inc (10)
Rounds 3-5: 10 sc
Rounds 6-7: 2 sl st, 8 sc (10)
Rounds 8-9: 10 sc
Round 10: inc, 9 sc (11)
Round 11: 11 sc
Round 12: inc, 10 sc (12)
Rounds 13-17: 12 sc
Round 18: (sc, dec) x 4 times (8)

If you are crocheting a shirt, change yarn color at the end of round 13. Cut the yarn and close the opening. Stuff as you work.

Head

The head and trunk are worked together from the top down to the neck.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 times (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 times (24)
Round 5: (1 sc, inc) x 12 times (36)
Round 6: 36 sc
Round 7: 7 sc, 3 inc, 15 sc, 3 inc, 8 sc (42)
Rounds 8-10: 42 sc
Round 11: 20 sc, 2 inc, 20 sc (44)
Round 12: 20 sc, 4 inc, 20 sc (48)
Rounds 13-14: 48 sc

The head is a bit tricky in rounds 15-16. Count your stitches carefully, because this is where the trunk begins. This will leave an opening in the face. There should be 10 skipped single stitches and 5 chain stitches. These 5 chain stitches will be included when crocheting the trunk.

Then continue finishing the head in the usual way.

Round 15: 19 sc, 5 ch, skip 10 sc, 19 sc (43) - these 43 stitches include the 5 ch.
Round 16: sc around, including the 5 chain stitches worked through the back loop only (43)
Round 17: 8 sc, 3 dec, 15 sc, 3 dec, 8 sc (37)
Round 18: (2 sc, dec) x 9 times (28)
Round 19: (2 sc, dec) x 7 times (21)
Round 20: (1 sc, dec) x 7 times (14)
Round 21: dec x 7 times (7)

Do not close the neck. Leave it open until you finish crocheting the trunk and make the eyes. They should be sewn through this opening.

Stuff the head as you work. Fasten off and leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Trunk

Round 1: work in a spiral across the 5 ch through the front loop and the 10 skipped single crochet stitches (15)
Rounds 2-3: 15 sc
Round 4: dec, 13 sc (14)
Rounds 5-6: 14 sc
Round 7: dec, 12 sc (13)
Rounds 8-9: 13 sc
Round 10: dec, 11 sc (12)
Rounds 11-12: 12 sc
Round 13: dec, 10 sc (11)
Round 14: 11 sc
Round 15: dec, 19 sc (10)
Rounds 16-17: 10 sc
Round 18: dec, 8 sc (9)
Rounds 19-22: 9 sc

Cut the yarn and close the opening.

Ears (make 2), work in rounds with a turning chain

Round 1: 5 sc in MR (5), ch, turn
Round 2: 5 inc (10), ch, turn
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 5 times (15), ch, turn
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 5 times (20), edge with sc

Leave a long tail for sewing to the head.

Collar

Ch 40, dc in the third chain from hook, then work dc along both sides of the chain. Next edging: in each dc (sc, 3 ch, sc). Decorate with ribbon and tie a bow around the neck.

Hat

Round 1: 5 sc in MR (5)
Rounds 2-6: 5 sc
Round 7: 5 inc (10)
Rounds 8-10: 10 sc
Round 11: 10 inc (20)
Rounds 12-13: 20 sc
Round 14: (4 sc, inc) x 4 times (24)
Round 15: 24 sc
Round 16: edging - in each sc (sc, 3 ch, sc)

Your crocheted elephant is ready! Please tag the author on social media - Joanne Noel.