Difficulty Level: Easy

Using this pattern, you can crochet a small elephant with felt eyes using a hook. You can choose any yarn for amigurumi (cotton, acrylic, blended yarn). The whole toy is crocheted in a spiral, in one color. The claws are embroidered with white thread. The eye whites are made from a piece of white felt and then sewn on with black thread.

Materials and Tools:

• Yarn: gray, white, black
• Hook
• Eyes for toys
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• White felt
• Needle for sewing pieces
• Scissors

Abbreviations:

• KA — amigurumi ring
• ch — chain stitch
• sl st — slip stitch
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• (…) х n — repeat n times

Pattern for Crocheting Amigurumi Elephant

Legs (2 pieces):

1. 8 sc in KA
2. 8 inc
3. (3 sc, 1 inc) х 4
4. In back loops only, 20 sc
   5-7. 20 sc
5. (3 sc, 1 dec) х 4
6. 16 sc
7. (2 sc, 1 dec) х 4
8. (1 sc, 1 dec) х 4

Arms (2 pieces):

1. 6 sc in KA
2. 6 inc
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) х 6
4. In back loops only, 18 sc
   5-7. 18 sc
5. (1 sc, 1 dec) х 4
   9-10. 12 sc
6. 6 dec
7. 6 sc

Stuff, leave a thread for sewing, tighten the remaining loops.

Body:

1. 6 sc in KA
2. 6 inc
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) х 6
4. (2 sc, 1 inc) х 6
5. (3 sc, 1 inc) х 6
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) х 6
7. (5 sc, 1 inc) х 6
8. (6 sc, 1 inc) х 6
9. (7 sc, 1 inc) х 6
10. (8 sc, 1 inc) х 6
    11-15. 60 sc
11. (8 sc, 1 dec) х 6
12. 18 sc, (1 dec, 1 sc) х 6, 18 sc
13. 48 sc
14. (6 sc, 1 dec) х 6
15. 42 sc
16. (5 sc, 1 dec) х 6
17. 36 sc
18. (4 sc, 1 dec) х 6
19. 30 sc
20. (13 sc, 1 dec) х 2

Stuff, leave thread for sewing.

Head:

1. 7 sc in KA
2. 7 inc
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) х 7
4. (2 sc, 1 inc) х 7
5. (3 sc, 1 inc) х 7
   6-7. 35 sc
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) х 7
7. (5 sc, 1 inc) х 7
   10-11. 49 sc
8. (6 sc, 1 inc) х 7
   13-17. 56 sc
9. (6 sc, 1 dec) х 7
10. (5 sc, 1 dec) х 7
11. (4 sc, 1 dec) х 7
12. (3 sc, 1 dec) х 7

Trunk:

1. 6 sc in KA
2. 6 inc
3. 12 sc
4. 12 sc
5. In back loops only, 12 sc
6. (1 sc, 1 dec) х 4
7. 8 sc
8. (1 sc, 1 dec) х 4
9. 12 sc
   10-11. 12 sc
10. 2 sc, 1 inc, 5 sc, 1 inc, 3 sc
11. 14 sc
12. 10 sc, turn and crochet 7 sc back

Leave a thread for sewing. Fold the end of the trunk inward. Stuff the trunk with filler.

Ears (2 pieces):

1. 8 sc in KA
2. 8 inc
3. (1 sc, 1 inc) х 8
4. (2 sc, 1 inc) х 8
5. (3 sc, 1 inc) х 8
6. (4 sc, 1 inc) х 8

Assembly:

Sew the head, ears, trunk, arms, and legs to the body.
Cut the eye whites from white felt. Sew them above the trunk with stitch lashes. Embroider eyebrows.
Sew on bead pupils.
Embroider claws on the arms and legs with white yarn.
Make a tail at the back. Attach a thread, make a chain of air loops, and add a small tassel at the end.

Author: Olga Melnikova – @olgamelnikova_toys_

Enjoy!