Little Hippo

Free crochet tutorial for a Little Hippo by Yuliya Koroleva @igruli_ot_yuli.

Using this pattern, you can crochet a hippo in pants. Any acrylic, cotton, or cotton blend yarn and a suitable crochet hook will work for this amigurumi. The hippo's legs and body are crocheted as one piece.

Materials and Tools

• Yarn in two colors
• Crochet hook
• Black thread for embroidering the nose
• Safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Needle for sewing pieces
• Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Crochet Amigurumi Hippo Pattern

Legs (make 2)

Start with the main color:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5-7. 24 sc without changes
8-10. Change to the pants color (24)

Cut the yarn. Crochet the second leg, but do not cut the yarn. Continue crocheting the body. Make 2 ch and join to the first leg with sc. This will be the first stitch of round 11. Continue crocheting around the legs and make 2 increases. I place them on the sides of the legs by eye. Then crochet 23 more sc around the leg. Do not forget to make an increase. Next, crochet 2 ch, then 24 sc around the second leg, make an increase, and crochet 2 more ch. You should have 54 sc total.

Body

Crochet the body in a spiral.

12-16. 54 sc
17. Make 2 decreases on the sides (52)
18-20. 52 sc
21. Make 2 decreases on the sides (50)
22. Change to the main color and crochet in the back loops only (50)
23. 50 sc
24. Make 2 decreases on the sides (48)
25. 48 sc
26. (10 sc, dec) x 4 (44)
27-29. 44 sc
30. (9 sc, dec) x 4 (40)
31. 40 sc
32. (8 sc, dec) x 4 (36)
33. 36 sc
34. (7 sc, dec) x 4 (32)
35. 32 sc
36. (6 sc, dec) x 4 (28)
37. (5 sc, dec) x 4 (24)
38. 24 sc

Head

Chain 8, plus 1 turning chain (9 ch).

Round 1: Crochet around the chain on both sides as follows: 7 sc, 3 sc in the last ch, turn and continue along the other side: 6 sc, 2 sc in the first ch. (18)
Round 2: inc, 6 sc, inc, inc, inc, 6 sc, inc, inc (24)
Round 3: 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 1 sc, inc (30)
Round 4: 2 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 2 sc, inc (36)
Round 5: 3 sc, inc, 9 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc, 9 sc, inc, 3 sc, inc (42)
Round 6: 4 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 4 sc, inc (48)
Rounds 7-12: without changes (48)
Round 13: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 14: without changes (42)
Round 15: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 16: without changes (36)
Round 17: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 18: without changes (30)
Round 19: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 20: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 21: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Rounds 22-25: without changes (48)
Round 26: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 27: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 28: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)

Start stuffing.

Round 29: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 30: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Round 31: (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 32: dec x 6 (6)

Pull the opening closed.

Arms (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4-22. 18 sc without changes
23. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
24. 12 sc

Stuff the arms, fold them, and crochet the edge together with sc.

Ears (make 2)

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. without changes (12)
4. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
5-6. 18 sc without changes

Fold together and crochet across with single crochet.

Toy Assembly

• Sew on the head
• Shape the muzzle
• Sew on the arms and ears
• For the suspenders, join the yarn at the back on round 22, chain the required number of ch, turn, crochet along the chain with sc, and sew in place