Lexi Elephant

Author: Viktoriya Ivashok
Difficulty Level: medium

Amigurumi Lexi Elephant crochet

A free crochet tutorial for Lexi Elephant by Viktoriya Ivashok @vikusivashok.

With this pattern, you can crochet an elephant. For this amigurumi toy, any cotton or cotton blend yarn and a 1.75 mm crochet hook will work. If you like, you can decorate the head with a crocheted flower or bow.

Materials and tools

  • Gazzal Jeans yarn: 1110 gray, 1107 mint, 1104 pink
  • YarnArt Jeans yarn 62
  • 1.75 mm crochet hook
  • 12-16 mm safety eyes
  • Toy stuffing
  • Sewing needle for attaching parts
  • Scissors

Abbreviations

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

Lexi Elephant Amigurumi Crochet Pattern

Head

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3-14. 12 sc
15. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
16-18. 18 sc
19. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
20-22. 24 sc
23. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
24. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
25. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
26. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
27. (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
28-38. 54 sc
39. (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
40. (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
41. (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
42. (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
43. (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
44. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
45. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
46. 6 dec, close the opening.

Ears

Make 4 pieces total: 2 in white yarn and 2 in gray. Start with the white pieces.

1. 6 sc in MR
2. inc x 6 (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)

Place one white and one gray piece wrong sides together, then join them with sc (I do not count this round).

9. 48 sc, leave a tail for sewing

Body

1. 8 sc in MR
2. inc x 8 (16)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 8 (24)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 8 (32)
5. (3 sc, inc) x 8 (40)
6. (4 sc, inc) x 8 (48)
7. (5 sc, inc) x 8 (56)
8. (6 sc, inc) x 8 (64)
9. (7 sc, inc) x 8 (72)
10-19. 72 sc
20. 3 sc, skip 12 sc, 6 sc, skip 12 sc, 6 sc, skip 12 sc, 6 sc, skip 12 sc, 3 sc (24)
21. (2 sc, dec) x6 (18)
22. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
23. 6 dec, close the opening

Legs (4 pieces)

Join the main-color yarn.

1-10. 15 sc
Change to white yarn
11-14. 15 sc
15. 7 dec, sc, close the opening

Tail

11 ch, from the 2nd chain from the hook: 10 sc

Toy assembly

  • Insert the eyes between rounds 23 and 24
  • Sew the ears at round 24, leaving 6 sc between the eyes and ears
  • Sew the tail in the center at round 11
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