Less time piecing together tiny parts means more time for what you love—creating a cuddly, handmade giraffe that’s ready to be hugged, gifted, or proudly displayed! 🧵🦒💛
Spend less time assembling (and more time crocheting giraffe ) 🦒✨
Material:
Yarn ( Susan’s Family ): light
yellow ( 16 ), light brown ( 26 ),
brown ( 34 ), green ( 37 )
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
As with all my pattern updates, this pattern now has:
- more photos & video tutorials
- less sewing & assembly
- clearer instructions
P.S. Did you know that giraffes only need 5 to 30 minutes of sleep per day? I sure didn’t, until I looked it up while designing this pattern. You learn something new every day! 🦒✨
Ears: ( Make 2 )
Use light yellow yarn.
1. Mr, 4sc [ 4]
2. ( sc, inc )*2 [ 6 ) 3. ( sc, inc )*3 [ 9 ]
4. ( 2sc, inc )*3 [ 12 ]
5. 12sc, slst [ 12 ]
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the ears to the head between round 6-7
Horns: ( Make 2 )
Use light brown yarn.
1. Mr, 5sc [ 5 ]
2. 5inc [ 10 ]
3.4. 10sc [10 ]
5. 5dec [ 5 ]
Change the yarn to light yellow.
6. 5sc [ 5 ]
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the horns to the head between round 4-5.
Spots for Head:
Use light brown yarn. First type: ( Make 2 )
1. Mr, 4sc, slst [ 4 ]
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Second type: ( Make 1 )
1. Mr, 5sc, slst [ 5 ]
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Head: ( Use light yellow yarn )
Red word : brown 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, 8sc, 6inc, 11sc [ 54 ]
14.16 1sc, 32sc, 11sc [ 54 ] 1 7. 11sc, 6dec, 8sc, 6dec, 11sc [42 ]
18. 5sc, dec, 4sc, sc, dec, ( 5sc, dec )*2, 3sc, 2sc, dec, 5sc, dec [36 ] 19. ( 4sc, dec )6 [ 30 ]
20. ( 3sc, dec )*6 [ 24 ] 21. ( 2sc, dec )*6 [ 18 ]
Insert safety eyes between rounds 12–13 leaving a space of 6sc
o Embroider the eyebrow with brown embroidery thread
o Embroider the nose with light yellow embroidery thread
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing
Arms: ( Make 2)
Use brown yarn
1. Mr, 6sc [6 ] Change the yarn to light yellow.
2. ( 2sc, inc )*2 [ 8 ] 3. 8sc [ 8 ] 4.( 3sc, inc )*2 [ 10 ]
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.
Spots for Body:
Use light brown yarn.
First type: ( Make 1 )
Use light brown yarn.
First type: ( Make 1 )
1. Mr, 6sc, slst [ 5 ]
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Second type:( Make 1 ) 1. Mr, 4sc, slst [ 5 ]
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Second type: ( Make 1 )
Third type: ( Make 1 ) 1. Mr 6sc, slst [ 5 ]
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Tail: ( Use light yellow yarn )
Make a chain of 7ch, start in second ch from the hook: 6slst.
Fasten off, leave a long tail for sewing.
Sew the tail to the body between round 7-8.
Cut ayarn strands in light brown color. Attach a strands to of the tail.
Fasten off and trim the excess.
Legs: ( Make 2)
o Right leg
Use brown yarn.
1. MR, 6sc [ 6 ]
2. ( sc, inc )*3 [ 9 ]
Change the yarn to light yellow.
3. 9sc [ 9 ] Fasten off
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 side of chain ) [ 30 ]
5. ( 4sc, inc )*6 [ 36 ] 6. sc, inc, 24sc, ( inc, sc )*5 [ 42 ]
7.8 48sc [ 42 ]
9. ( 3sc, inc, 3sc )*6 48 ] 10.12 42sc [ 48] 13. ( 3sc, dec, 3sc )*6 [ 42]
14. 42sc [ 42 ]
15. ( 5sc, dec )*6 [ 36 ] 16. 36sc [ 36 ] Change the yarn to green. 17. ( 4sc, dec )*6 [ 30 ]
Change the yarn to light yellow.
18. BLO, ( 3sc, dec )*6 [24] 19. ( 2sc, dec )*6 [ 18 ]
20.23 18sc [ 18 ]
Fasten off.
Use green yarn working on the FLO Round 18 of the Body:
Ch1, ( 3hdc in the same st )*30.
Fasten off.