Crochet sweet giraffe free amigurumi pattern

Here you can find a free amigurumi pattern to crochet this sweet giraffe toy. This is a beginner friendly crochet giraffe pattern from cotton yarn. The finished crochet giraffe amigurumi is about 12 inches (30-31cm) tall.

Designed by Nadin handmade
Photos by @marisha_nev

Supplies

• Vita Cotton Lily yarn (100% cotton; 125 m/50 g)
• 1.75mm crochet hook
• Black safety eyes
• Sewing needle
• Scissors
• Sewing pins
• Fiberfill stuffing

Additional information

Skill level: beginner
Size: 12″ (30-31cm)

Free amigurumi giraffe pattern

Abbreviation used (US terms)

• Rnd – round
• ch – chain
• st/sts – stitch/stitches
• sl st – slip stitch
• sc – single crochet
• inc – increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
• dec – invisible decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
• (…) – total number of stitches you should have at the end of the round
• (…)* 6 times – repeat the instructions between the brackets the indicated number of times

Body

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: (4 sc, inc)* 6 times (36)
Rnd 7: (5 sc, inc)* 6 times (42)
Rnd 8: (6 sc, inc)* 6 times (48)
Rnd 9: (7 sc, inc)* 6 times (54)
Rnd 10-20: 54 sc (11 rounds)
Rnd 21: (7 sc, dec)* 6 times (48)
Rnd 22-24: 48 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 25: (6 sc, dec)* 6 times (42)
Rnd 26-28: 42 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 29: (5 sc, dec)* 6 times (36)
Rnd 30-31: 42 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 32: (4 sc, dec)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 33-35: 30 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 36: (3 sc, dec)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 37-51: 24 sc (15 rounds)
Rnd 52: only 8 sc, turn
Rnd 53: 1 ch, skip 1 sc, 13 sc, turn
Rnd 54: 1 ch, skip 1 sc, 12 sc, turn
Rnd 55: 1 ch, skip 1 sc, 11 sc, turn
Rnd 56: 1 ch, skip 1 sc, 10 sc
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing to the head.

Head

Start with additional color yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 6: 30 sc
Rnd 7: (4 sc, inc)* 6 times (36)
Rnd 8: 36 sc
Rnd 9: (5 sc, inc)* 6 times (42)
Rnd 10-12: 42 sc (3 rounds)
Change to main color yarn:
Rnd 13-15: 42 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 16: (5 sc, dec)* 6 times (36)
Place safety eyes between rounds 15 and 16 with 7-8 sts (visible) between them.
Rnd 17-25: 36 sc (9 rounds)
Rnd 26: (4 sc, dec)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 27: 30 sc
Rnd 28: (3 sc, dec)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 29: (2 sc, dec)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 30: (1 sc, dec)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 31: (dec)* 6 times (6)
Fasten off.

Ears (make 2)

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (1 sc, inc)* 3 times (9)
Rnd 3: 9 sc
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc)* 3 times (12)
Rnd 5: 12 sc
Rnd 6: (3 sc, inc)* 3 times (15)
Rnd 7-8: 15 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 9: (4 sc, inc)* 3 times (18)
Rnd 10-11: 18 sc (2 rounds)
Rnd 12: (5 sc, inc)* 3 times (21)
Rnd 13-14: 21 sc (2 rounds)
Fold top of the ear and work sc across.
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing to the head.

Horns (make 2)

Start with additional color yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 4-6: 18 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 7: (1 sc, dec)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 8: (1 sc, dec)* 4 times (8)
Change to main color yarn:
Rnd 9-15: 8 sc (7 rounds)
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing to the head.

Legs (make 2)

Start with additional color yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 6-8: 30 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 9: (3 sc, dec)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 10: (2 sc, dec)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 11: (1 sc, dec)* 6 times (12)
Change to main color yarn:
Rnd 12-38: 12 sc (27 rounds)
Fold top of the leg and work sc across.
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing to the body.

Arms (make 2)

Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 4: (2 sc, inc)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 5: (3 sc, inc)* 6 times (30)
Rnd 6-8: 30 sc (3 rounds)
Rnd 9: (3 sc, dec)* 6 times (24)
Rnd 10: (2 sc, dec)* 6 times (18)
Rnd 11: (1 sc, dec)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 12-31: 12 sc (20 rounds)
Fold top of the arm and work sc across.
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing to the body.

Spots (make 5-6)

With additional color yarn:
Rnd 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: (inc)* 6 times (12)
Rnd 3: (1 sc, inc)* 6 times (18), sl st
Fasten off, leaving a long yarn tail for sewing to the body.

Assembly

1. Sew the head to the body.

2. Sew the arms to the body in round 37, the legs between rounds 2 and 7.

3. Sew the horns on the head in round 8 with 2 sts between them. Then sew the ears on the sides of the horns at the distance of 2 sts from the horns.
4. Lastly, sew the spots on the body.