This is a lovely free pattern for an amigurumi elephant designed by Alelí Daiana. Here’s a summary and a simplified outline of the steps to make the amigurumi elephant:
Materials
- Gray Peruvian cotton thread
- Blue rustic cotton thread 8/6
- 2mm and 3mm crochet hooks
- Scissors
- Pins
- Yarn needle
- Point marker
- Silicone fleece
- 8mm safety eyes
- White, black, and pink embroidery thread
Abbreviations
- MR – Magic ring
- sc – Single crochet
- dec – Decrease
- inc – Increase
- dc – Double crochet
- ch – Chain
- hdc – Half double crochet
- slst – Slip stitch
- BLO – Back loop only
- FLO – Front loop only
Step-by-Step Pattern
Ears (x2)
- Round 1: Start with a chain of 7, then crochet around, increasing on both sides. (17 sc)
- Round 2: Increase and crochet 25 sc.
- Round 3: 1 sc, increase, and repeat for a total of 31 sc.
- Fold the ear with natural color fabric and crochet the back loop only (BLO) with the gray yarn, then join the two parts together. Leave a thread to sew the ear to the head.
Trunk
- Round 1: Start with 4 sc in a MR.
- Round 2: Increase across. (8 sc)
- Continue with sc and increases until Round 15. Finish by closing with a slst and leaving a tail to sew to the head.
Arms (x2)
- Round 1: 7 sc in a MR.
- Round 2: Increase. (14 sc)
- Round 3: 1 sc, 1 inc for 21 sc.
- Continue decreasing and shaping the arms until Round 19.
- Finish by folding and joining the arm with 4 sc and closing with a tail.