Crochet Amigurumi Elephant Pattern

Listof Materials and Tools:

1. Sport weight/4ply yarn (50g/160m):

For body, tail, trunk, ears and arms- gray – Yarn Art Jeans No.46
For cheeks – pink – Yarn Art Jeans No.36
For ears – light pink – Yarn Art Jeans No.74

2. Hook size 2 mm

3. Polyester toy filling (I used fiberfill)

4. Black thread for embroidery of eyes and lines on the trunk

5. Cream thread for nails embroidery. I use YarnArt Jeans No.03

5. Needle with a large eye for assembly and toy decoration

6. Sewing pins for assembly

Abbreviations:

MR – magic ring
ch- chain
sc – single crochet
inc – increase (2 sc in one stitch)
dec – decrease (2 sc together)
sl st – slip stitch
(…)*N – instruction in brackets N times

Note

The pattern does not contain crochet lessons;
All pieces are crocheted in a spiral, unless otherwise indicated;
When crocheting, there is no need to follow the marker, i.e. no need to crochet extra stitches;
When using this yarn and hook, the toy is 11 inch (28 cm). When using a different yarn and hook size, the size of the finished toy changes.

Required Skills:
– amigurumi ring
– chain
– single crochet
– increase
– decrease
– slip stitch
– pull off the opening

Legs

First leg:

Crochet in gray color.

1 Rnd: 6 sc in MR
2 Rnd: 6 inc (12)
3 Rnd: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4 Rnd: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
5 Rnd: 24 sc
6 Rnd: 2 dec, 9 sc, 2 inc, 9 sc (24)
7 -8 Rnds: 24 sc (2 rounds)
9 Rnd: 2 dec, 9 sc, 2 inc, 9 sc (24)
10-11 Rnds: 24 sc (2 rounds)
12 Rnds: 2 dec, 9 sc, 2 inc, 9 sc (24)
13 Rnd: 24 sc + 1-2 extra sc, so that the hook is on the side of the leg.

Fasten off, cut the yarn.

Second leg:

Crochet in the same way as the first leg, but do not cut the yarn. Make ch9 and crochet the body.

Body

Crochet in gray color. Stuff as you go. Connect both legs: sc into the first leg. It is important that the toes look inward.

1 Rnd: 23 sc on the first leg, 9 sc on the chain, 24 sc on the second leg, 9 sc on the chain (66).
2-48 Rnd: 66 sc (47 rounds)
49 Rnd: (20 sc, dec) * 3 (63)
50- 51 Rnds: 63 sc (2 rounds)
52 Rnd: (19 sc, dec)*3 (60 sc)
53 -54 Rnds: 60 sc (2 rounds)
55 Rnd: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
56 Rnd: 54 sc
57 Rnd: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
58 Rnd: 48 sc
59 Rnd: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
60 Rnd: (5 sc, dec) *6 (36)
61 Rnd: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
62 Rnd: (3 sc, dec)* 6 (24)
63 Rnd: (2 sc, dec)* 6 (18)
64 Rnd: (1 sc, dec)* 6 (12)
65 Rnd: 6 dec

Tighten the hole. Fasten off and cut the yar

Trunk

Crochet in gray color. Don’t stuff.

Ch6. Starting from the second chain on the hook:

1 Rnd: 4 sc, 3 sc in the last chain, continue on the other side of the chain: 3 sc, inc (12)
2 Rnd: 12 sc
3 Rnd: (5 sc, inc)*2 (14)

Further, crochet increases on the sides in each 4th round (fold the part in half and make increases strictly on the sides).

4-6 Rnds: 14 sc (3 rounds)
7 Rnd: (inc, 6 sc)*2 (16)
8-10 Rnds: 16 sc (3 rounds)
11 Rnd: 1 sc, inc, 7 sc, inc, 6 sc (18)
12-14 Rnds: 18 sc (3 rounds)
15 Rnd: 2 sc, inc, 8 sc, inc, 6 sc (20)
16-18 Rnds: 20 sc (3 rounds)
19 Rnd: 3 sc, inc, 9 sc, inc, 6 sc (22)
20-22 Rnds: 22 sc (3 rounds)
23 Rnd: 5 sc, inc, 10 sc, inc, 5 sc ( 24)
24-26 Rnds: 24 sc (3 rounds)
27 Rnd: 6 sc, inc, 11 sc, inc, 5 sc (26)
28-30 Rnd: 26 sc (3 rounds)
31 Rnd: 8 sc, inc, 12 sc, inc, 4 sc (28)
32 Rnd: 28 sc + extra 11 sc, so that the hook is on the side of the trunk. Do not stuff.

Fold in half and crochet 14 sc through both sides. Fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing pieces.

Cheeks(make 2)

Crochet in pink color.

1 Rnd: 6 sc in MR
2 Rnd: 6 inc (12)
3 Rnd: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18) + 2 extra sl st

Arms(make 2)

Crochet in gray color. Stuff as you go to the middle.

1 Rnd: 6 sc in MR
2 Rnd: 6 inc (12)
3 Rnd: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
4 Rnd: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
5-21 Rnds: 24 sc (17 rounds)
22 Rnd: (dec, 10 sc)*2 (22)
23 Rnd: (dec, 9 sc)*2 (20)
24 Rnd: 20 sc

Fold in half and crochet 10 sc through both sides.

Fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing pieces.

Ears(make 2)

Crochet 1 detail in light pink color and 1 detail in gray color.

Ch12. Starting from the second chain on the hook:

1 Rnd: 10 sc, 3 sc in the last chain, continue on the other side of the chain: 9 sc, inc (24)
2 Rnd: inc, 9 sc, 3 inc, 9 sc, 2 inc (30)
3 Rnd: 1 sc, inc, 9 sc, (1 sc, inc)*3 , 9 sc, (1 sc, inc)*2 (36)
4 Rnd: 2 sc, inc, 9 sc, (2 sc, inc)*3 , 9 sc, (2 sc, inc)*2 (42)
5 Rnd: 3 sc, inc, 9 sc, (3 sc, inc)*3 , 9 sc, (3 sc, inc)*2 (48)
6 Rnd: 4 sc, inc, 9 sc, (4 sc, inc)*3 , 9 sc, (4 sc, inc)*2 (54)
7 Rnd: 5 sc, inc , 9 sc, (5 sc, inc)*3, 9 sc, (5 sc, inc)*2 (60)
8 Rnd: 6 sc, inc, 9 sc, ( 6 sc, inc)*3, 9 sc, ( 6 sc, inc)*2 (66)

Pink detail: Fasten off, cut the yarn.

Gray detail: Don’t cut the yarn, continue crocheting 9 round

Place the pink part in front of the gray one and crochet Rnd 9 through both pieces (as shown in the photo).

9 Rnd: 7 sc, inc, 9 sc, (7 sc, inc)*3, 9 sc, (7 sc, inc)*2 (72) + extra 7 sl st

Fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving a long tail for sewing pieces

Crochet the second ear in the same way.

Tail

Crochet in gray color. Do not stuff.

1 Rnd: 4 sc in MR
2 Rnd: 4 sc
3 Rnd: (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
4 Rnd: 6 sc
5 Rnd: ( 2 sc, inc)*2 (8)
6 Rnd: 8 sc
7 Rnd: ( 3 sc, inc)*2 (10)
8- 14 Rnds: 10 sc (7 rounds)

Fold in half and crochet 5 sc through both sides. Fasten off, cut the yarn. Leave a long tail for sewing pieces.

Cut off pieces of gray yarn. Thread them into the needle and stretch through the first round of the tail. Tie a knot. Fluff the threads with a needle.

Assembly and Decoration

Embroidery the eyes in the round 49 of the body at a distance of 10 sc.