Free Crochet Elephant Doll Pattern For All Skill Levels

Crochet this cuddly elephant doll for a nursery girl/boy in your life following this pattern. It will be perfect for beginner amigurumi crocheters and a huggable buddy for little ones. So, crochet it today to gift a birthday, baby shower or a charity element.

Designer: Crafty Lacey on Instagram

How To Crochet Elephant Pattern

A complete pattern for the elephant doll will be provided in this section. Grab your hook, collect the remaining materials and get started!

Minimum Skill: Beginner

Note: The pattern is written in the US instructions.

Techniques and Abbreviations

These techniques will be needed to crochet this elephant pattern, and here are the abbreviations the designer used for each:

ch – chain
sc – single crochet
inc – increase
dec – decrease
* – The succeeding one will be repeated

Pattern:

Elephant
Arms
1= 6 sc in ring 2= inc (12)
3-18= sc in all 12
You will need *2mm hook
*6mm safety eyes

Head

1= 6sc in ring 2= inc (12)
3= 1sc, inc (18) 4= 2sc, inc (24) 5=3sc, inc (30) 6=4sc, inc (36) 7= 5sc, inc (42) 8= 6sc, inc (48) 9=7sc, inc (54) 10-18 sc in all 19=7sc, dec (48) 20= 6sc, dec (42) 21= 5sc, dec (36) Attache safety eyes Between row 14-15 with 7st apart
22=4sc, dec (30) 23=3sc, dec (24)

Elephant

Body
Start with orange 1=6 sc in ring 2= inc (12) 3=1sc, inc (18) 4= 2sc, inc (24) 5=3sc, inc (30) 6= 4sc, inc (36) 7= 5sc, inc (42) 8=6sc, inc (48) 9-14= sc in all 15= 6sc, dec (42) 16-19= sc in all 42 20=5sc, dec (36) 21-23 sc in all 36
24= 4sc, dec (30) 25=3sc, dec (24)

Legs Black

1= 6sc in ring 2= inc (12) 3= 1sc, inc (18) 4= 2sc, inc (24) 5=3sc, inc (30) 6= sc in all (30) Change colour Orange 7= sc in all (30)
8= 7sc, (2sc, dec )*4, 7sc (26) 9-10 sc in all (26)
11=9sc, dec, 5sc, dec, 8sc (24) 12= sc in all (24)
13=9sc, (sc, dec)*2, 9sc (22) 14-16 sc in all (22)
17= 8sC, (1sc, dec)*2, 8sc (20) 18= 4sc, (1sc, dec)* 4, 4sc (16) 19-21= sc in all (16)
22- 2sc, (1sc, dec)*4, 2sc (12) 23-25= sc in all (12)
26-3sc, (1sc, dec)*2, 3sc (10) 27-35= sc in all (10)

Elephant
Ears
Start with pink

1= 4sc in ring ch 1 turn 2= (inc) in every st, ch 1 turn 3= slst, (inc)*6, slst, ch 1 turn 4= slst, (inc)*12, ch 1 turn Change color to gray 5= slst, (inc)*24, ch 1 turn 6-7= sc in all
Sc along the bottom

Trunk

1= 4sc in ring
2= inc
3-4 sc in all 5=3sc, inc (10) 6= sc in all
7= 4sc, inc (12) 8= sc in all
9= 5sc, inc (14)
10= sc in all
11= 6sc, inc (16)
12-13 sc in all