Size:
15 inches from bottom of foot to top of head with weight 4 yarn and a 3.25 mm hook
Skill Level Needed:
Intermediate- suitable for novice crocheters, requires patience and precisions when assembling
the giraffe and basic crochet skills.
Contact Info:
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Materials Needed:
Red Heart white, Red Heart light gray, red heart medium purple
Hook Size: D Hook or 3.25 mm
12 mm safety eyes
Scissors, sewing needle, stitch marker, fiberfill stuffing
Abbreviations:
mr= magic ring- crochet single crochet stitches in to the
adjustable loop
ch= chain stitch
sc= single crochet stitch
sl= slip stitch
dc= double crochet stitch
inc= increase- make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch
dec=decrease- crochet two stitches together using the decrease method
(4 sc, inc) x 6= repeat the pattern between parentheses 6 times
Notes:
• Do not join rounds unless stated, work in a continuous spiral
• Use a stitch marker to mark the beginning of each round
• All stitches are worked in both loops unless stated otherwise in the pattern
Arms:
Starting with white yarn
1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6
Arms:
Starting with white yarn
1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6
2. Increase in each st around= 12
3-4. Sc in each st around
5. (2 sc, dec) x 3= 9
6. (2 sc, dec) x 2, sc= 7
Stuff the hands firmly and do not
Change to light gray yarn.
7-9. Sc in each st around
change to white yarn
10-11. Sc in each st around
Change to purple yarn
12-13. Sc in each st around
Alternate between white and purple every 2 rows
14-28. Sc in each st around
F/O and leave a long tail for sewing
Head:
Crocheted from nose to back of head
1- Make 6 sc into a magic ring=6
2- increase in each st around= 12
3- (sc, inc) x 6= 18
4- (2 sc, inc) x 6= 24
5- (3 sc, inc) x 6= 30
6- (4 sc, inc) x 6= 36
7-11. sc in each st around stuff the arms.
Change to light gray yarn.
12- (5 sc, inc) x 6= 42
13-20. sc in each st around
Start stuffing the head. Place eyes
Between rows 13 and 14, leaving
Approximately 15 holes between them.
21- (5 sc, dec) x 6= 36
22- sc in each st around
23- (4 sc, dec) x 6= 30
24- (3 sc, dec) x 6= 24
25- (2 sc, dec) x 6= 18
26- (sc, dec) x 6= 12
27- dec x 6= 6
F/O and leave a long tail for sewing
Body:
Starting with purple yarn
1- Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6
2- ncrease in each st around= 12
3- (sc, inc) x 6= 18
4- (2 sc, inc) x 6= 24
5- (3 sc, inc) x 6= 30
6- (4 sc, inc) x 6= 36
7- (5 sc, inc) x 6= 42
8-12. sc in each st around
Change to white yarn
13- sc in each st around BLO
14-15. sc in each st around
Change to purple yarn and alternate
Between white and purple
Every 2 rows from this point on
16- (5 sc, dec) x 6= 36
17-19. sc in each st around
20- (4 sc, dec) x 6= 30
21-23. Sc in each st around
24. (3 sc, dec) x 6= 24
25-26. Sc in each st around
27. (6 sc, dec) x 3= 21
28. Sc in each st around
Change to white yarn
29. (5 sc, dec) x 3= 18
30. Sc in each st around
change to gray yarn
31-47. Sc in each st around
stuffing the neck firmly as you crochet
F/O and leave a long tail for sewing
Skirt:
With purple yarn
Attach yarn to row 13 in Front loops
with a sl st
Ch 2
1- Make 2 dc in each st around, sl st
In 1st dc= 84
2- ch 2, make 2 dc in each st around, sl
St in 1st dc= 168
3- ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st in
1st sc= 168
F/O and weave in yarn ends
For the tulle tutu there is a great tutorial
Ears:
Make 2
With gray yarn
1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6
2. Increase in each st around= 12
3. (sc, inc) x 6= 18
4-9. Sc in each st around
10. (sc, dec) x 6= 12
11-12. Sc in each st around
F/O and pinch the ears together
to give them shape and sew closed.
Horns:
Make 2
1- Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6
2- increase in each st around= 12
3-5. sc in each st around
Start stuffing the horns
6- dec x 6= 6
7-11. sc in each st around
F/O and leave a long tail for sewing
Bow:
With purple yarn
1. Ch 12, sc in 2nd ch from hook
2-9. Ch 1, sc across
F/O and leave a long tail for sewing
Congratulations
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