{"id":1515,"date":"2018-11-03T08:35:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T07:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2018-11-03T08:35:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T07:35:01","slug":"free-crochet-pattern-how-to-crochet-a-baby-giraffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/?p=1515","title":{"rendered":"Free Crochet Pattern: How to crochet a baby giraffe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>You&#8217;ll need<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>less than one skein of yarn in your main colour (I take yellow cotton yarn)<\/li><li>bits and pieces in a second colour (I take brown) and in black<\/li><li>crochet hook, which is too small for your yarn (I take 2,5 where 3,5 is recommended)<\/li><li>filling<\/li><li>Scissors, needle and everything you need to make your crocheting cosy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbreviations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>ch = chain<\/li><li>dec = decrease<\/li><li>inc = increase<\/li><li>sc = single crochet<\/li><li>st = stitch<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>R: 5 ch<\/li><li>&nbsp;R:&nbsp;3 sc, 3 sc into next stitch, then continue on the other side of your ch with 2 sc, inc (10 sc)<\/li><li>R: inc,&nbsp;2 sc, 3 inc,&nbsp;2 sc, 2 inc (16 sc)<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;16 sc<\/li><li>R: 16 sc<\/li><li>R: [7 sc, inc] 2x (18 sc)<\/li><li>R: 8 inc,&nbsp;10 sc&nbsp;(26 sc)<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;4 sc, 10 inc,&nbsp;12 sc&nbsp;(36 sc)<\/li><li>R: 36 sc<\/li><li>36 sc<\/li><li>36 sc<\/li><li>36 sc<\/li><li>36 sc<\/li><li>36 sc<\/li><li>R: [4 sc, dec] 6x (30 sc)<\/li><li>R: [3 sc, dec] 6x&nbsp; (24 sc) &#8211; stuff after this round<\/li><li>R: [2 sc, dec] 6x&nbsp; (18 sc)<\/li><li>R: [sc, dec] 6x&nbsp; (12 sc) &#8211; stuff again<\/li><li>R: 6 dec<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut yarn and sew up the end<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Horns<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start between rounds 12 and 13:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>R: crochet 4 sc&nbsp;in a small square directly to the head. Do 1 sc in one direction, then change direction by 90\u00b0, do 1 sc again and so forth. Then sew up the beginning of the yarn.<\/li><li>R: 4 sc<\/li><li>R: 4 sc<\/li><li>R: 4 inc (8 sc)<\/li><li>R: 4 dec<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut yarn and sew up the end<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do the other horn in exactly the same way leaving 3-4 stitches in between<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ears:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Count 2 stitches towards the outside starting from the horn. When doing the right ear, the giraffe should not be facing you, when doing the left ear, the face should be turned into your direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>R:&nbsp;2 sc&nbsp;directly to head<\/li><li>R: 2 inc, ch, turn (4 sc)<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;4 sc, ch, turn<\/li><li>R: 4 sc, ch, turn<\/li><li>R: 4 sc, ch, turn<\/li><li>R: 2 dec<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut yarn and sew up the end, then do the other ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0333-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1684\"\/><figcaption>crochet your own giraffe amigurumi with this free pattern by Flauscheinhorn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Body and legs<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>R:&nbsp;16 sc&nbsp;directly to the head in a little square<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;16 sc<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;16 sc<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;16 sc<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;16 sc (if you want to make the neck longer, just go on doing rounds with 16 sc. For example you could go on until round 10 or 15.)<\/li><li>R: [3sc, inc] 4x (20 sc)<\/li><li>R: [4sc, inc] 4x&nbsp;(24 sc)<\/li><li>R: 24 sc<\/li><li>R: 24 sc<\/li><li>R: 24 sc<\/li><li>R: 24 sc<\/li><li>R: 24 sc<\/li><li>R: 24 sc<\/li><li>R: [3sc, inc] 6x&nbsp; (30 sc)<\/li><li>R: 30 sc<\/li><li>R: 30 sc<\/li><li>R: 30 sc<\/li><li>R: 30 sc<\/li><li>R: 30 sc<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;7 sc, skip 15 st,&nbsp;8 sc&nbsp;(15 sc)<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;6 sc, dec,&nbsp;7 sc&nbsp;(14 sc)<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;14 sc<\/li><li>R: 14 sc<\/li><li>R: [5 sc, dec] 2x (12 sc)<\/li><li>R: 6 dec<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut yarn and sew up the end, then stuff body and first leg. Do the second leg as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>R:&nbsp;15 sc (using the st you skipped, before)<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;6 sc, dec,&nbsp;7 sc&nbsp;(14 sc)<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;14 sc<\/li><li>R: 14 sc<\/li><li>R: [5 sc, dec] 2x (12 sc) &#8211; stuff after this round<\/li><li>R: 6 dec<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut yarn and sew up the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arms<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>R:&nbsp;8 sc directly to the side of the body, starting 8 rounds underneath the head. Crochet 4 sc into one direction, then turn your work by 180 degrees, crochet 4 sc back using the same holes you used before.<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;8 sc<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;8 sc<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;8 sc<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;8 sc<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;8 sc<\/li><li>R: [3 sc, inc] 2x (10 sc)<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;10 sc<\/li><li>R:&nbsp;10 sc &#8211; stuff<\/li><li>R: 5 dec<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut yarn and sew up the end<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do the other arm in the same way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dots<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>R:&nbsp;6 sc&nbsp;into magic ring<\/li><li>R: 6 inc (12 sc)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut yarn and sew dot onto the giraffe. You can do as many dots as you want and sew them on, where you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now embroider face as you see it on the pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready you are with your giraffe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_0304-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1624\"\/><figcaption>This sweet amigurumi giraffe makes the perfect sleeping aid for your little ones, and the pattern is 100% for free!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. I would be so happy, if you would share your giraffe pics with me. When posting them on social media you can tag @flausch_einhorn and I will find them \ud83d\ude42 Looking forward to see you, there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post, I show you how to crochet a giraffe amigurumi. You can either do the head only and take it as a keychain or sew it to a lovey or you can do the whole animal. You can also decide how long the neck of your giraffe should be. Altogether you&#8217;ll  design your very own amigurumi!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[39,113,117,170,193],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flauscheinhorn.mareikeschumacher.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}