In some way or another, I think we all have some types of love for Elephants! Even with their size, they always come across as such gentle creatures and so cute at the same time! Today, our Yarn Punk is showing us her variation of this circus elephant, how fun! So much character has been put into this amigurumi and we hope you love making it too!
Hi AstridThings!
“Hi! I am Astrid from the blog AstridThings! I am a creative busy bee and have been crocheting for over 7 years. On my blog you can find everything that interests me like crocheting, bookbinding, sewing, drawing and DIY’ing. Unfortunately my blog is only in Dutch for now, but I am working on an English variant that will come soon. In my daily life I study architecture and I am addicted to crocheting!
I have designed an elephant for you. This idea was already a long time in my head, but now I finally got the motivation to just start crocheting and trying to make it.
So here you can meet Oscar the Elephant! He is very playful, energetic and always playing with his circus ball. He doesn’t put the ball on the tip of his trunk like a regular elephant. No, he loves to put it on his trunk, where the ball perfectly fits in between. With his big head and ears he looks super cute! Find me on other platforms below!”
Links:
Blog: https://astridthings.blogspot.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astridthings/
Pinterest: https://nl.pinterest.com/astridabbeel/
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So this is what you need:
– 85 grams of Scheepjes Stonewashed in the color 802 Smokey Quartz
– 8 grams of Scheepjes Stonewashed in the color 833 Beryl
– 8 grams of Scheepjes Stonewashed in the color 807 Red Jasper
– 3mm crochet hook
– 2 safety eyes of 11mm
– polyester toy stuffing
And I have used the American crochet terms to be clear.
( ) repeat 2 times, this means you have to repeat the things between the brackets 2 times, it is written one time and then only ( ) to save some space.
Abbreviations
Sl st – Slip stitch
Ch – chain
Sc – Single Crochet
Inc – Increase
Dec – Decrease
FO -Finish Off
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Let’s Get Started!
HEAD
Start with grey.
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
Round 11: sc in each st around (60)
Round 12: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
Round 13: sc in each st around (66)
Round 14: (10 sc, inc) x 6 (72)
Round 15 – 17: sc in each st around (72)
Round 18: (11 sc, inc) x 6 (78)
Round 19 – 23: sc in each st around (78)
Round 24: (11 sc, dec) x 6 (72)
Round 25: sc in each st around (72)
Round 26: (10 sc, dec) x 6 (66)
Round 27: sc in each st around (66)
Round 28: (9 sc, dec) x 6 (60)
Round 29: sc in each st around (60)
Round 30: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Round 31: sc in each st around (54)
Round 32: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 33: sc in each st around (48)
Round 34: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 35: sc in each st around (42)
Insert the eyes between round 29 and 30, 13 and 35 st from the beginning of the round.
Round 36: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 37: sc in each st around (36)
Round 38: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 39 – 40: sc in each st around (30)
Round 41: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 42 – 43: sc in each st around (24)
Round 44: (6 sc, dec) x 3 (21)
Round 45: sc in each st around (21)
Round 46: 3 dec, (sc, inc) x 5, sc, 2 dec (21)
Round 47: sc in each st around (21)
Round 48: (5 sc, dec) x 3 (18)
Round 49: sc in each st around (18)
Round 50: 3 dec, sc, (sc, inc) x 4, sc, dec (18)
Round 51: sc in each st around (18)
Round 52: 3 dec, sc, (sc, inc) x 4, sc, dec (18)
Round 53: sc in each st around (18)
Round 54 – 55: 3 dec, sc, (sc, inc) x 4, sc, dec (18)
Round 56: sc in each st around (18)
Round 57 – 58: 3 dec, sc, (sc, inc) x 4, sc, dec (18)
Round 59: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 60: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Round 61: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 62: 6 dec (6)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
EARS
Start with grey.
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 10: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
Round 11: sc in each st around (60)
Round 12: (9 sc, inc) x 6 (66)
Round 13: sc in each st around (66)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Make 2 of these and sew the ears to the head on round 18, 19 and 20, next to the eyes. Weave in ends.
BODY
Start with grey.
Round 1: In this first row you will crochet around both sides of the chain to make the oval shaped body, start with a ch 6. Start crocheting in the second st from the hook, 4 sc, 3 sc in one st, 3 sc, 2 sc in the last st (12)
Round 2: inc, 3 sc, 3 inc, 3 sc, 2 inc (18)
Round 3: (sc, inc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (24)
Round 4: (sc, inc, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (30)
Round 5: (2 sc, inc, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (36)
Round 6: (3 sc, inc, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (42)
Round 7: (4 sc, inc, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (48)
Round 8: (5 sc, inc, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (54)
Round 9: (6 sc, inc, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (60)
Round 10: (7 sc, inc, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (66)
Round 11: sc in each st around (66)
Round 12: (8 sc, inc, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (72)
Round 13: sc in each st around (72)
Round 14: (9 sc, inc, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (78)
Round 15 – 23: sc in each st around (78)
Round 24: (9 sc, dec, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (72)
Round 25: sc in each st around (72)
Round 26: (8 sc, dec, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (66)
Round 27: (7 sc, dec, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (60)
Round 28: (6 sc, dec, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (54)
Round 29: (5 sc, dec, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (48)
Round 30: (4 sc, dec, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (42)
Round 31: (3 sc, dec, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (36)
Round 32: (2 sc, dec, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (30)
Round 33: (sc, dec, sc), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (24)
Round 34: (sc, dec), 3 sc, ( ) x 3, 3 sc, ( ) x 2 (18)
Round 35: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 36: 6 dec (6)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
LEGS
Start with grey.
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: crochet only in the back of the loops, sc in each st around (36)
Round 8: sc in each st around (36)
Round 9: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 10 – 13: sc in each st around (30)
Round 14: 1 ch to turn, dec, 18 sc, dec (20)
Round 15: 1 ch to turn, 2 dec, 11 sc, 2 dec (13)
Round 16: 1 ch to turn, 2 dec, 6 sc, 2 dec (8)
Round 17: 1 ch to turn, 2 dec, 2 sc, 2 dec (6)
Round 18: 1 ch to turn, dec, 2 sc, dec (6)
Fasten off and leave a long tail. Make 4 of these and sew them to the body. Weave in ends.
Sew the head to the body.
CIRCUS BALL
Start with red.
Start with red.
Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Change the color after every increase or decrease.
Round 2: 6 inc (12)
Round 3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)
Round 4: (2 sc, inc) x 6 (24)
Round 5: (3 sc, inc) x 6 (30)
Round 6: (4 sc, inc) x 6 (36)
Round 7: (5 sc, inc) x 6 (42)
Round 8: (6 sc, inc) x 6 (48)
Round 9: sc in each st around (48)
Round 10: (7 sc, inc) x 6 (54)
Round 11: sc in each st around (54)
Round 12: (8 sc, inc) x 6 (60)
Round 13 – 19: sc in each st around (60)
Round 20: (8 sc, dec) x 6 (54)
Round 21: sc in each st around (54)
Round 22: (7 sc, dec) x 6 (48)
Round 23: sc in each st around (48)
Round 24: (6 sc, dec) x 6 (42)
Round 25: (5 sc, dec) x 6 (36)
Round 26: (4 sc, dec) x 6 (30)
Round 27: (3 sc, dec) x 6 (24)
Round 28: (2 sc, dec) x 6 (18)
Round 29: (sc, dec) x 6 (12)
Round 30: 6 dec (6)
Fasten off and weave in ends.
And you are done!
You have now your own Oscar the Elephant!
If you make Oscar, I would love to see your result. You can always send me a PM on Instagram with a picture of your elephant or if you have other questions!
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Enjoy!
