Free Amigurumi Giraffe Crochet Pattern

Follow this free amigurumi giraffe pattern and make a cute crochet giraffe for your loved ones! The giraffe parts are crocheted separately, stuffed with fiberfill, and stitched together to create the final product. The size of this crochet giraffe toy is about 30 cm (12″).

Designed and photos by: @toys_from_hima
Translated by: Amiguroom Toys

Materials Needed

• Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic, 50 g/160 m), colors #87, 71, 01
• Hook size: 2.0 mm
• 12 mm safety eyes
• Black embroidery thread for eyebrows and lashes
• Sewing needle
• Scissors
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations

• R = row
• mc = magic circle
• ch = chain
• st = stitch
• sl st = slip stitch
• sc = single crochet
• inc = 2 sc in the next stitch
• dec = single crochet 2 stitches together
• F.o. = finish off
• (…) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
• (…) * 6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated

Head

With beige yarn:

• R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
• R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
• R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
• R 4: (1 sc, inc, 1 sc) * 6 (24)
• R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
• R 6: (2 sc, inc, 2 sc) * 6 (36)
• R 7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
• R 8: (5 sc, inc, 1 sc) * 6 (48)
• R 9: (7 sc, inc) * 6 (54)
• R 10: (8 sc, inc) * 6 (60)
• R 11-13: 60 sc (3 rows)
• R 14: (9 sc, inc) * 6 (66)
• R 15-17: 66 sc (3 rows)
• R 18: (10 sc, inc) * 6 (72)
• R 19-23: 72 sc (5 rows)

Insert safety eyes between R 14 and R 16 at the distance of 8 sts from each other.

• R 24: (10 sc, dec) * 6 (66)
• R 25: (9 sc, dec) * 6 (60)
• R 26: (8 sc, dec) * 6 (54)
• R 27: (7 sc, dec) * 6 (48)
• R 28: (6 sc, dec) * 6 (42)
• R 29: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
• R 30: (4 sc, dec) * 6 (30)
• R 31: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)

Stuff with fiberfill.

Sl st. F.o.

Body

With beige yarn:

• R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
• R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
• R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
• R 4: (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
• R 5: (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
• R 6: (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
• R 7: (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
• R 8: (6 sc, inc) * 6 (48)
• R 9: (7 sc, inc) * 6 (54)
• R 10: (8 sc, inc) * 6 (60)
• R 11-16: 60 sc (6 rows)
• R 17: (8 sc, dec) * 6 (54)
• R 18: 54 sc
• R 19: (7 sc, dec) * 6 (48)
• R 20: 48 sc
• R 21: (6 sc, dec) * 6 (42)
• R 22: 42 sc
• R 23: (5 sc, dec) * 6 (36)
• R 24: 36 sc
• R 25: (4 sc, dec) * 6 (30)
• R 26: 30 sc
• R 27: (3 sc, dec) * 6 (24)
• R 28-41: 24 sc (14 rows)

Stuff with fiberfill.

F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Horns (Make 2)

Start with brown yarn:

• R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
• R 2: (inc) * 6 (12)
• R 3: (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
• R 4: 18 sc
• R 5: (1 sc, dec) * 6 (12)

Change to beige yarn:

• R 6: (1 sc, dec) * 4 (8)
• R 7-9: 8 sc (3 rows)

Sl st. F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Ears (Make 2)

With beige yarn:

• R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
• R 2: (1 sc, inc) * 2 (6)
• R 3: (2 sc, inc) * 2 (8)
• R 4: (3 sc, inc) * 2 (10)
• R 5: (4 sc, inc) * 2 (12)
• R 6: (5 sc, inc) * 2 (14)
• R 7: (6 sc, inc) * 2 (16)
• R 8: 16 sc
• R 9: (7 sc, inc) * 2 (18)
• R 10: 18 sc
• R 11: (7 sc, dec) * 2 (16)
• R 12: (6 sc, dec) * 2 (14)
• R 13: (5 sc, dec) * 2 (12)

Fold the top opening flat and 6 sc through both sides across.

F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.