Eugene the Giraffe

Free Eugene the Giraffe crochet tutorial by Svetlana Voronkova.

With this pattern, you can crochet a little giraffe. Any yarn in three colors will work for this amigurumi: variegated yarn for the body, black yarn for the hooves, and white yarn for the muzzle. The toy is crocheted as one piece; only the tail and ears are sewn on.

The finished toy is about 26 cm tall.

Materials and Tools

• Acrylic yarn (50 g / 135 m)
• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• 2 beads (for the horns)
• Wire
• Sewing needle for attaching parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR — magic ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (...) x n — repeat n times

Eugene the Giraffe Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Arms (make 2)

Start with black yarn.

6 sc in MR
Rnd 1: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 3: work in BLO - sc (18)
Rnds 4-7: sc (18)
Change to the variegated yarn for the body.
Rnds 8-17: sc (18)

Stuff lightly, fold in half, and crochet through both layers - 9 sc. Cut the yarn.

Muzzle

Start with white yarn.

6 sc in MR
Rnd 1: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 4: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnd 5: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Rnd 6: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Rnds 7-9: sc (42)
Change to the variegated yarn for the body.
Rnd 10: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnds 11-13: sc (36)

Cut the yarn.

Legs (make 2)

Start with black yarn.

6 sc in MR
Rnd 1: inc x 6 (12)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnd 3: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Rnd 4: work in BLO - sc (24)
Rnds 5-8: sc (24)
Change to the variegated yarn for the body.
Rnds 9-10: sc (24)
Rnd 11: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Rnds 12-13: sc (30)

Cut the yarn on one leg. On the second leg, continue crocheting 4 turning rows across 6 stitches. (bridge)

Body

Rnd 14: join the legs - 6 sc across the bridge together with the stitches of the second leg, 24 sc around the second leg, 5 sc across the bridge, 24 sc around the first leg, 5 sc across the bridge (58)
Rnd 15: 11 sc, inc, 13 sc, 3 inc, 13 sc, inc, 12 sc, 3 inc, 1 sc (66)

Move the marker to the middle of the back; make a shifting stitch if needed. Stuff as you go.

Rnds 16-22: sc (66)
Rnd 23: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
Rnds 24-26: sc (60)
Rnd 27: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Rnds 28-29: sc (54)
Crochet the arms in.
Rnd 30: 9 sc, 9 sc together with the arm, 18 sc, 9 sc together with the second arm, 9 sc (54)
Rnd 31: sc (54)
Rnd 32: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Rnd 33: sc (48)
Rnd 34: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Rnd 35: sc (42)
Rnd 36: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnd 37: sc (36)
Rnd 38: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 39: sc (30)
Rnd 40: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnds 41-45: sc (24)
Crochet the muzzle in.
Rnd 46: 7 sc, 10 sc together with the muzzle stitches, 7 sc (24)
Rnd 47: 7 sc, dec at the beginning of the muzzle, 28 sc across the muzzle, dec at the end of the muzzle, 7 sc (42)
Rnd 48: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Rnds 49-50: sc (36)
Rnd 51: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Rnd 52: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Rnd 53: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Rnd 54: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 55: dec x 6 (6)

Pull the remaining stitches closed, fasten off, and hide the yarn tail.

Ears (make 2)

Use the variegated yarn for the body.

6 sc in MR
Rnd 1: sc (6)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd 3: sc (9)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc) x 3 (12)
Rnd 5: sc (12)
Rnd 6: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Rnds 7-9: sc (18)
Rnd 10: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Rnd 11: dec x 6 (6)

Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing. Sew on the ears, make a tail from a chain of ch stitches, shape the eye sockets if desired, and glue on the eyes.