Dear friends, are you ready to crochet a magnificent elephant amigurumi? Today, I’m excited to share a stunning plush elephant pattern by Elena Zvyagintseva. This adorable crocheted elephant is quite large, measuring around 25 cm in height, making it the perfect size for cuddling or display. The designer used Himalaya Dolphin Baby yarn and a 4.5 mm hook to bring this toy to life. The arms and legs are securely fastened with thread, allowing them to move for extra playfulness.
Plush Velvet Elephant Evelyn Amigurumi Toy Details
This elephant amigurumi features thoughtful and accurate color choices, adding to its overall charm. A special touch in this design is the use of fabric on the inside of the elephant’s ears, giving it a unique and detailed appearance.
Designer: elenababytoys
Download the free PDF pattern and create your very own Plush Velvet Elephant Evelyn today – it’s a fantastic project for all skill levels and an adorable addition to your amigurumi collection!
MATERIALS:
● – plush yarn 1-2 skeins (Himalaya Dolphin baby, Kamtex Velour, Dolce YarnArt, AlizeSofty, etc. From AlizeSofty we crochet in 2 threads);
● – hook № 4.5 and 5;
● – safety eyes 1 cm;
● – white felt for squirrels;
● – 4 buttons with a diameter of 1.5 or 2 cm for sewing on limbs;
● – fabric for finishing paws and ears (can be replaced with AlizeSofty yarn);
● – thread for embroidering eyebrows;
● – thread for sewing on details;
● – stuffing for toys;
● – scissors, needle.
Abbreviations
MR – Amigurumi Magic ring
sc : Single Crochet
inc : Increase
dec : Decrease
st: Stitch
sl-st or Slst: Slip Stitch
ch : Chain
BLO : Crochet into back loops only
HEAD AND BODY
The head and body are crochet in one piece. We start from the head.
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc = 12
3. (sc, inc)*6 = 18
4. (2sc, inc)*6 = 24
5. (3sc, inc)*6 = 30
6. (4sc, inc)*6 = 36
7. (5sc, inc)*6 = 42
8.-13. = 42 (6 rows)
Between rows 12 and 13 we put markers for attaching eyes. The distance between the eyes is about 12 sc. If the eyes are on a safe fastening, fasten them tightly now. Cut out circles from felt for the whites, insert the eyes into them and attach the eyes.
14. 16 sc, skip 10 sc, make 4 ch, 16 sc =36
15. 2sc, (dec, 4sc)*5, dec, 2sc = 30
16. (3sc, dec)*6 = 24
17. (2sc, dec)*6 = 18
18. = 18 slst (if you make sc, then the neck will “dangle”, slst, as it were, strengthens the neck and you crochet the next row not in them, but in the previous one with the capture of slst)
We fill the head and begin to crochet the body.
19. – 20. = 18 (2 rows)
21. (2sc, inc)*6= 24
22. =24
23. 14 sc, 6 inc, 4 sc = 30
*** *The increases should be located under the lower part of the future trunk. If there is an offset, then we crochet the 23rd row taking into account the offset.
24. = 30
25. 14sc, (inc, sc)*6, 4sc = 36 see***
26. – 29. = 36 (4 rows)
30. (4sc, dec)*6 = 30
31. (3sc, dec)*6 = 24
32. = 24
33. (2sc, dec)*6 = 18
34. (sc, dec)*6 = 12
35. 6 dec = 6
We stuff the body, pull the hole.
Arms (2 parts)
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc = 12
3 – 6 = 12 (4 rows)
7. 3 dec, 6 sc = 9
8 – 9. = 9 (2 rows)
10. dec, 7sc = 8
11 – 13 = 8 (3 rows)
Fasten the yarn, cut it, leaving about 15 cm. Stuff the arms, tighten the hole.
LEGS (2 parts)
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc = 12
3. (sc, inc)*6 = 18
4. (2 sc, inc)*6 = 24
5. BLO 24 sc
6. = 24
7. 2sc, (dec, sc)*6, 2sc, dec = 17
8. 5 sc, 3 dec, 6 sc = 14
9 – 12 = 14 (4 rows)
13. dec, 5 sc, dec, 5 sc = 12
14. = 12
Fasten the yarn, cut it, leaving about 15 cm. Stuff the legs, tighten the hole.
Trunk
1. We make 14 sc through the hole on the head (10 sc from above and 4 from below along the ch)
2. = 14 sc
3. = 13 sc
We make decrease from the underside of the trunk, in all rows where there are decrease.
4. = 12
5. = 11
6. = 11
7.-8. = 10
9.-10. = 9
11.-13. = 8
Stuff the trunk, cut the yarn. Pull the hole over the back side.
EARS (2 parts)
Hook number 5.
1. 6 sc in MR
2. 6 inc = 12
3. (sc, inc)*6 = 18
4. (2sc, inc)*6 = 24
5. (3sc, inc)*6 = 30
6. 3sc, (inc, 3sc)*4, inc, slst
Fasten the yarn and cut.
ASSEMBLY AND DESIGN
If the eyes are sewn on or glued, then sew them on now.
First, we cut out the whites from the felt, attach them to the eyes.
Where there will be eyes we make tightenings (in the place of the eye at the 1st stage of crocheting, we put markers). (If the eyes are on a secure mount, we also make tightening points at the points as shown in the photo.) After the tightening is done, we fasten the eyes.
Cut out circles from the fabric for the ears and legs. We sew them on. You can crochet circles of yarn. The yarn should be thinner than the main yarn, for example AlizeSofty.
We sew connected circles.
Sew on the ears.
We sew the ears between points 2 and 3 for the loops on the ears between points 1 and 2 (See photo. Point 1 center. From point 1 to point 2 approximately 4 rows, between points 2 – 2 and 3 – 3 approximately 7 rows.
Sew on arms and legs.
We fasten the arms to the pins where we like, we look so that everything is even.
If you like everything, then we insert the needle from the inside of the handle, bring it out into the button, insert it into the arm and then into the body. Further according to the scheme. I do it several times. After we tighten the yarn and bring it to the arm where it was injected.
We tie in knots. We draw the ends of the yarn at point 5 (see photo. Point 5 between 5 and 6 rows from point 6 is the center). We will make a tail out of them.
Sew the legs in the same way.
TAIL
From the ends of the yarn weave a pigtail, fix it and make a brush. We embroider eyebrows.
That’s all.
