Giraffe

Free Giraffe crochet tutorial by @keti_amigurumi.

With this pattern, you can crochet a giraffe in a little sweater. For the booties, any cotton blend yarn will work: YarnArt Jeans, Alize Cotton Gold, Gazzal Baby Cotton, and others. The legs and body are crocheted as one piece, the arms are crocheted in as you go, and the remaining parts are sewn on.

Materials and Tools

• YarnArt Jeans yarn: yellow, white, brown, and a color for the sweater
• Embroidery thread for the muzzle
• 2 mm crochet hook
• 6 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Dry pastel or blush
• Needle for sewing parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Amigurumi Giraffe Crochet Pattern

Head

Place the eyes between rounds 14 and 15, with 7 sc between them.

1: 7 sc in MR
2: 7 inc (14)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 7 (21)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 7 (28)
5: (3 sc, inc) x 7 (35)
6: (4 sc, inc) x 7 (42)
7: (5 sc, inc) x 7 (49)
8-18: 49 sc
19: (5 sc, dec) x 7 (42)
20: (4 sc, dec) x 7 (35)
21: (3 sc, dec) x 7 (28)
22: (2 sc, dec) x 7 (21)
23: Make 3 dec evenly across the round (18 sc)

Arms (2 pieces)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3-4: 12 sc
5: 2 dec, 8 sc (10)
6-14: no changes

Stuff each arm halfway.

Tail

Crochet 11 ch.

Work back in the opposite direction: 10 sc. You should get a cord of 10 sc. Make a tassel at the tip of the tail. Sew it to round 4 of the body.

Horns (2 pieces)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3-4: 12 sc
5: 6 dec
6-8: 6 sc

Stuff the horns.

Ears (2 pieces)

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (3 sc, inc) x 3 (15)
4-5: 15 sc
6: 7 dec, sc (8)

Fold the ear, stitch it, and leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Muzzle

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5-6: 24 sc

Leave a yarn tail for sewing.

Legs (2 pieces)

Crochet one leg:

1: 6 sc in MR
2: 6 inc (12)
3: (sc, inc) x 3, 6 sc (15)
4-7: 15 sc

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Crochet the second leg the same way, but do not cut the yarn.

Body

Crochet 4 ch and join with sc to the second leg.

1: 4 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 16 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 10 sc (42)
2-8: 42 sc
9: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
10: 36 sc
11: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
12: 30 sc
13: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
14: 24 sc
15: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
16: 18 sc. Crochet in the arms on the sides.
17: 18 sc

Leave a yarn tail for sewing the head.

Toy Assembly

• Sew the horns between rounds 4 and 5.
• Sew the ears between rounds 8 and 9.
• Sew the muzzle onto round 15.
• Embroider the eyebrows, eyelashes, and brown check marks on the head and legs.