Difficulty Level: Medium

With this pattern, you can crochet a little elf boy in a striped outfit and hat. For this amigurumi project, you will need YarnArt Jeans yarn. Each color will require about 5-8 grams. You can choose your preferred colors. The elf’s ears and cheeks are tinted with pastels or blush. The toy can also be made into a keychain.

The finished elf will be around 10-12 cm tall.

Materials and Tools:

• YarnArt Jeans yarn (approx. 5-8g each color)
  Colors: №01-white, №68-denim, №85-ginger, №51-red, №07-skin tone
• Crochet hook size 1.75-2 mm
• 6-7 mm safety eyes
• Toy stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Dry pastels for tinting
• Sewing needle for joining parts
• Scissors

Abbreviations:

• MR — magic ring
• ch — chain
• sl st — slip stitch
• sc — single crochet
• inc — increase
• dec — decrease
• BLO — back loop only
• FLO — front loop only
• (…) x n — repeat n times

Amigurumi Elf Crochet Instructions:

Arms (Make 2)
Start with skin tone yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 sc
   Change to red yarn:
3. In BLO: 6 sc
4. 6 sc
   Change to white yarn:
   5-6. 6 sc
   Change to red yarn:
5. 6 sc
   Change to white yarn:
   8-9. 6 sc (2 rounds)

Switch back to red, fold the arm in half and crochet 3 sc across. Cut the yarn, no need to stuff. Secure the yarn, leaving a tail if you’re planning to sew the arms later.

Ears (Make 2)
With skin tone yarn:

1. 4 sc in MR (4)
2. 4 sc
3. (inc, 1 sc) x 2 (6)
4. (inc, 2 sc) x 2 (8)
5. (inc, 3 sc) x 2 (10)
6. 10 sc
7. (inc, 4 sc) x 2 (12)

Fold the ear in half and crochet 6 sc. Fold in half again and crochet 3 sc. Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Legs (Make 2)
Start with white yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
   Change to red yarn:
3. In BLO: 12 sc
   Change to white yarn:
4. 12 sc
5. (1 sc, dec) x 4 (8)
   Change to red yarn:
6. 8 sc
   Change to white yarn:
   7-8. 8 sc (2 rounds)
   Change to denim yarn:
7. In BLO: 8 sc
   10-11. 8 sc

For the first leg, crochet a few stitches for alignment, fold in half and crochet 4 sc. For the second leg, do not add extra stitches, just fold in half and crochet 4 sc.

Hat
With denim yarn:

1. 5 sc in MR
2. 5 sc
3. inc, 4 sc (6)
4. (inc, 2 sc) x 2 (8)
5. (inc, 3 sc) x 2 (10)
6. (inc, 4 sc) x 2 (12)
7. (inc, 5 sc) x 2 (14)
8. (inc, 6 sc) x 2 (16)
9. (inc, 7 sc) x 2 (18)
10. (inc, 8 sc) x 2 (20)
11. (inc, 4 sc) x 4 (24)
12. (inc, 5 sc) x 4 (28)
13. (inc, 6 sc) x 4 (32)
14. (inc, 3 sc) x 8 (40)
15. (inc, 9 sc) x 4 (44)
16. (inc, 10 sc) x 4 (48)
17. (inc, 7 sc) x 6 (54)
18. 54 sc

Body and Head
Start with denim yarn:

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. (1 sc, inc) x 6 (18)
4. (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
5. 24 sc
6. (4 sc with leg, 8 sc) x 2 (24)
   7-8. 24 sc (2 rounds)
   Change to white yarn:
7. In BLO: 24 sc
8. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
   Change to red yarn:
9. 18 sc
   Change to white yarn:
10. 18 sc
11. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
    Change to red yarn:
12. 3 sc with arm, 4 sc, 3 sc with arm, 2 sc (12)
    Change to white yarn:
13. 12 sc
    Change to skin tone yarn:
14. In FLO: 12 inc (24)
15. (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
    This is for the cheeks:
16. 6 sc, 3 inc, 7 sc, 3 inc, 11 sc (36)
    19-20. 36 sc (2 rounds)
17. 6 sc, 3 dec, 7 sc, 3 dec, 11 sc (30)
    22-23. 30 sc (2 rounds)
18. 3 sc, 3 sc with ear, 14 sc, 3 sc with ear, 7 sc (30)
    25-27. 30 sc (3 rounds)

Insert eyes between rows 21 and 22, after 6 sc. Attach the eyes with 4 sc after placement. Change to ginger yarn:

28. 30 sc
29. In BLO: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
30. (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
31. (1 sc, dec) x 6 (12)
32. 6 dec (6), close and weave in the yarn.

Hair (Ginger yarn)
Attach the yarn to row 28 in FLO.

Long strands: 9 ch, 8 sc from the second chain, 2 sc – repeat 6-7 times.
Short strands: 3 ch, 2 sc from the second chain, 2 sc – repeat 9 times.

Finish decorating the toy, embroider the details (eyebrows, nose, and mouth) and the elf is ready!

Author: Natalia Babko / translated by onrecip

Enjoy!