Elephant with a Ball
Free Elephant with a Ball crochet tutorial by @canalcrochet.
With this pattern, you can crochet an elephant. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn will work for this amigurumi. If you like, you can decorate the little elephant with a ribbon, scarf, or ball.
Materials and Tools
- Gray yarn (for the elephant)
- Yarn in different colors (for the ball)
- 1.75 mm crochet hook
- 4 mm safety eyes
- Toy stuffing
- Needle for sewing pieces together
- Scissors
Abbreviations
- MR - magic ring
- ch - chain stitch
- sl st - slip stitch
- sc - single crochet
- inc - increase
- dec - decrease
- (...) x n - repeat n times
Amigurumi Crochet Elephant with a Ball Pattern
Head
1. 6 sc in MR
2. (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
3. 3 dec, 3 inc (9)
4. 9 sc
5. (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
6. 1 inc, 4 dec, 3 inc (12)
7. 12 sc
8. (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
9. 2 inc, 5 dec, 3 inc (15)
10. 15 sc
11. 4 sc, inc (18)
12. 3 inc, 6 dec, 3 inc (18)
13. 18 sc
14. 3 inc, 12 sc, 3 inc (24)
15. (1 sc, inc) x 3, 12 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3 (30)
16. (2 sc, inc) x 3, 12 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3 (36)
17. (3 sc, inc) x 3, 12 sc, (3 sc, inc) x 3 (42)
18-22. 42 sc
23. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
24. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
25. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
26. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Stuff and attach the eyes.
27. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Ears (make 2)
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Mouth
Crochet in turning rows.
1. 6 ch
2. 1 dec, 2 sc, 1 dec
3. 2 dec
4. 1 sl st
Legs (make 4)
First crochet 4 legs.
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc in the back loop only
4-7. 12 sc
On the last leg, do not cut the yarn. Crochet around all 4 legs.
Body
8. 12 sc x 4 (48)
9-13. 48 sc
14. (4 sc, dec) x 8 (40)
15. 40 sc
16. (3 sc, dec) x (32)
Sew up the opening between the legs.
17. (2 sc, dec)
Stuff the legs
18. (1 sc, dec) (16)
Stuff the body
19. (1 sc, dec) x 5, 1 sc (11)
Pull tight and sew closed.
Tail
1. 8 ch
2. 7 sl st
Ball
Crochet a ball in any size. You can alternate different yarn colors.
