Giraffe with Watermelon

Free Giraffe with Watermelon crochet tutorial by Natalia Balyk @igrushki_balyk.

With this pattern, you can crochet a giraffe with a watermelon. For this amigurumi project, any acrylic yarn, cotton yarn, or cotton blend yarn with a suitable crochet hook will work. All parts are crocheted in a spiral. The final toy size depends on the yarn weight, hook size, and your stitch tension.

Materials and Tools

• Alize Baby Wool yarn (50 g / 175 m), yellow
• Acrylic yarn (50 g / 200 m), brown, red, pink, white, and green
• YarnArt Iris yarn (20 g / 138 m), light pink (just a little for the face)
• 0.6 mm and 1.75 mm crochet hooks
• Toy stuffing
• Embroidery needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR - magic ring
• ch - chain stitch
• tch - turning chain
• sc - single crochet
• hdc - half double crochet
• sl st - slip stitch
• inc - increase
• dec - decrease
• 3-dec - crochet 3 sc together
• (...) x n - repeat n times

Giraffe with Watermelon Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Head

Start with white yarn. Chain 5 + 2 tch, work in a spiral.

Round 1: 4 sc, 3 sc in the last ch, 3 sc on the other side of the chain, inc = 12
Round 2: inc, 3 sc, inc x 3 times, 3 sc, inc x 2 times = 18
Round 3: 1 sc, inc, 3 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 3 times, 3 sc, (1 sc, inc) x 2 times = 24
Round 4: 2 sc, inc, 3 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 3 times, 3 sc, (2 sc, inc) x 2 times = 30
Round 5: 30 sc
Switch to yellow yarn.
Rounds 6-7: 30 sc
Round 8: (13 sc, dec) x 2 times = 28
Round 9: 28 sc
Round 10: (12 sc, dec) x 2 times = 26
Round 11: 26 sc
Round 12: (11 sc, dec) x 2 times = 24
Rounds 13-14: 24 sc
Round 15: (2 sc, dec) x 6 times = 18
Stuff the head.
Round 16: (1 sc, dec) x 6 times = 12
Round 17: dec x 6 times = 6

Cut the yarn and close the opening.

Ears (2 pieces)

Chain 3 + 2 tch, work in a spiral.

Round 1: 2 sc, 3 sc in the last ch, 1 sc on the other side of the chain, inc = 8
Round 2: inc, 1 sc, inc x 3 times, 1 sc, 1 sl st.

Leave a tail for sewing.

Horns (2 pieces)

Start with brown yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 times = 9
Round 3: (1 sc, dec) x 3 times = 6
Add a little stuffing. Switch to yellow yarn.
Round 4: 6 sc
Round 5: 6 sc, 1 sl st

Leave a tail for sewing.

Cheeks (2 pieces)

Use light pink fine cotton yarn, 0.6 mm hook.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR, 1 sl st

Leave a tail for sewing.

Tongue

Use light pink fine cotton yarn, 0.6 mm hook.

Chain 2 + 2 tch.

Round 1: 1 sc, 3 sc in the last ch, 1 sc on the other side of the chain = 5

Leave a tail for sewing.

Body

Work in a spiral and stuff as you go.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 6 times = 12
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 times = 18
Round 4: (inc, 2 sc) x 6 times = 24
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 times = 30
Round 6: 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5 times, 3 sc = 36
Rounds 7-10: 36 sc
Round 11: (4 sc, dec) x 6 times = 30
Round 12: 1 sc, dec, (3 sc, dec) x 5 times, 2 sc = 24
Round 13: 24 sc
Round 14: (2 sc, dec) x 6 times = 18
Round 15: 18 sc
Round 16: dec, 4 sc, dec, 1 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 1 sc = 14
Rounds 17-20: 14 sc
Round 21: 10 sc, 4 hdc = 14
Short row 22: 4 hdc, 1 sl st

Leave a tail for sewing.

Spot (5 pieces)

Use brown yarn. Chain 3 and in the 3rd ch from the hook crochet 1 sc, 1 sl st.

Leave a tail for sewing. Sew three spots on the front right side and the others on the back. When sewn on, the spots do not form perfect circles, and that is good. They come out slightly different from each other and look more realistic.

Arm (2 pieces)

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: (1 sc, inc) x 3 times = 9
Round 3: 9 sc
Round 4: 2 sc, dec, dec, 3 sc = 7
Stuff the lower part of the arm.
Rounds 5-8: 7 sc
Short row 9: dec, dec, 1 sc

Close the opening. Leave a tail for sewing.

Leg (2 pieces)

Chain 3 + 2 tch.

Round 1: 2 sc, 3 sc in the last ch, 1 sc on the other side of the chain, inc = 8
Round 2: inc, 1 sc, inc x 3 times, 1 sc, inc x 2 times = 14
Rounds 3-4: 14 sc
Round 5: 2 sc, (1 sc, dec) x 3 times, 3 sc = 11
Stuff the lower part of the leg. Do not stuff the upper part.
Round 6: 2 sc, dec x 3 times, 3 sc = 8
Rounds 7-11: 8 sc
Round 12: dec x 4 times = 4

Close the opening. Leave a tail for sewing.

Tail

Chain 10 (you can attach the yarn right away to round 7 of the body on the back). Cut the yarn and pull it through. Make a tassel at the end of the tail. Trim the strands evenly.

Toy Assembly

Sew the horns to the head first, then the ears, cheeks, and tongue. Use the tongue tail to embroider the mouth. With black thread, embroider curved eyes - the giraffe looks happy.

Count about 7 rounds up from the bottom of the body and sew on the legs.

Count about 8 rounds down from the top of the body and sew on the arms. Pin the arms and legs in place first. I used thread jointing so the arms and legs can move.

Join the head to the body using the tail left from the body. The head tilts slightly downward because of the hdc stitches in the last body round.

Sew on the tail at the level of body round 7. The giraffe is ready! Let's crochet a treat for it.

Watermelon Slice

Start with red yarn.

Round 1: 6 sc in MR
Round 2: inc x 6 times = 12
Round 3: (1 sc, inc) x 6 times = 18
Round 4: (inc, 2 sc) x 6 times = 24
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 times = 30
Round 6: 1 sc, inc, (4 sc, inc) x 5 times, 3 sc = 36
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 times = 42
Switch to light pink.
Round 8: 2 sc, inc, (6 sc, inc) x 5 times, 4 sc = 48
Continue with white yarn.
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 times = 54
Next, switch to green yarn.
Round 10: 3 sc, inc, (8 sc, inc) x 5 times, 5 sc = 60
Round 11 in BLO: (3 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 7 sc, dec, 4 sc, 3-dec) x 2 times
Finish with light green.
Round 12: dec, 19 sc, dec, 3-dec, dec, 19 sc, dec, dec

Leave a tail for sewing. Start sewing the piece and stuff it at the end (not too firmly!). Embroider black "seeds" with a needle through both sides of the slice. Give the watermelon to your giraffe. The toy is ready!