crochet elephant pattern free pdf

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• Material:
•  Yarn ( Susan’s Family ): purple
• ( 08 ), light purple ( 04 ), light pink
• ( 49 ), white ( 06 )
•  Crochet hook size 2.2mm
•  Safety eyes size 5mm
•  Needle for sewing
•  Stuffing (Polyfil)

• Abbreviations:
•  Rnd – Round
•  MR- Magic ring
•  Sc -Single crochet
•  Slst – Slip stitch
•  Inc – Single crochet increase
•  Dec – Single crochet decrease
•  Ch – Chain
•  FLO – Front loop only
•  BLO – Back loop only
•  Hdc – half double crochet
•  (…)* – Repeat instruction x time
•  […] – Number of stitches of each round/row

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Ears:

( Make 2 )
o Part 1( Make 2 )
Use light pink yarn.

1. Mr, 6sc [ 6 ]
2. 6inc [ 12 ]
3. ( sc, inc, sc )*6 [ 18 ] Fasten off

Part 2( Make 2 )
Use light purple yarn.
1. Mr, 6sc [ 6 ]
2. 6inc [ 12 ]
3. ( sc, inc, sc )*6 [18 ]

Do not cut the yarn. Crochet part 1 & part 2 of ear together. Sc around.
Fold the ear in half. Make 3 slst to close the top part of the ear.
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the ears to the head between round 10-11

Head:

( Use light purple yarn )

1. Mr, 8sc [ 8 ]
2. 8inc [ 16 ]
3. ( sc, inc )8 [ 24] 4. ( 3sc, inc )*6 [ 30 ]
5. ( 2sc, inc, 2sc )*6 [ 36 ]

6. 36sc [ 36 ]
7. ( 5sc, inc )*6 [ 42 ]
8-12 42sc [ 42 ]
13. 11sc, 6inc, 2sc, make 4ch, skip 4 sc and insert your [ 54 ]
hook in next stitch, 2sc, 6inc, 11sc
14. 25sc, 4sc in next 4 chain stitches, 25sc [ 54 ] 15-16. 54sc [ 54 ]
17. 11sc, 6dec, 8sc, 6dec, 11sc [ 42 ]
18. ( 5sc, dec )*6 [36 ] 19. ( 4sc, dec )*6 [ 30 ]

Insert safety eyes between rounds 12-13 leaving a space of 6sc.
Embroider the eyebrow with black embroidery thread.
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing

Trunk:

( Use light purple yarn )
Connect the yarn to row 13 of the head. It will be the first stitch of trunk

1. 4sc around the head, sc in next 4 chain st. [ 8 ]
2. 8sc [ 8 ]
3. 6sc, dec [ 7 ]
4. 5sc, dec [6 ]
5.4sc, dec [ 5 ]
6. 5sc [5 ]
Fasten off.

Tighten the loop ( BLO ). Fasten the yarn.
Use some purple yarn to embroider a trunk and make the hair.
( Like the picture)

picture 2

Arms: ( Make 2)
Use light pink yarn.

1. Mr, 6sc [ 8 ] Change the yarn to light purple.
2. ( 2sc, inc )*2 [ 8 ]
3. 8sc [ 8 ]
4. ( 3sc, inc )*2 [ 8 ]

Press both layers of the arm’s open end together so that they lie flat on top of
each other aligning the stitches side by side. Join and sc together the 2
opposite stitches (sc 5).
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the arms to the body between round 14-16.

Tail:

( Use purple yarn )
In order to get a thicker tail, use two stands of the yarn together while
crocheting the tail. Insert your crochet hook into between rounds 7-8 of body:
5ch , fasten off and trim the excess.

Legs: ( Make 2)
o Right leg
Use light pink yarn.

1. MR, 6sc [ 6 ]
2. ( sc, inc )*3 [ 9 ]
Change the yarn to light purple.
3. 9sc [ 9 ]
Fasten of

Left leg
Repeating rounds 1-3 of the right leg with the same color. Do not cut the yarn
as we will join the legs together to make the body.

Body:

From the left leg, make a chain of 6ch, connect it to the right leg

4. 9sc ( right leg ), 6sc ( on the chain ), 9sc ( left leg ), 6sc ( the other [ 30 ]
side of chain )
5. ( 4sc, inc )*6 [ 36 ] 6. sc, inc, 24sc, ( inc, sc )*5 [ 42 ]
7.8 42sc [ 42_]
9.( 3sc, inc, 3sc )*6 [ 48 ]
10.12 48sc [ 48 ]
13. ( 3sc, dec, 3sc )*6 [ 42 ] 14. 42sc [ 42 ] 15.( 5sc, dec )*6 [ 42 ] 16. 36sc Change the yarn to white. 17. ( 4sc, dec )*6 [ 42 ]
18. BLO, 30sc [ 42 ]
Change the yarn to light purple. [ 42 ] 19. 30sc [ 42 ]

Fasten off.
 Use white yarn working on the FLO Round 18 of the Body:
Ch1, ( 3hdc in the same st )*30.