New Pattern Release – Flip Flop Elephant Crochet Pattern! This adorable little Elephant is joining the Free Flip Flop pattern series this week.
Like his Flip Flop cousins (see Kitty, Teddy, Bunny) this Elephant crochet pattern has been designed using Bernat Velvet. This chenille style bulky weight (5) yarn makes some of the most soft, squishy lovable animals. The yarn can be found at most local Michaels and Walmart stores as well as online at www.yarnspirations.com. Feel free to experiment with your favourite Amigurumi yarns as well! Check out this post for some guidelines on how. The pattern is shown using 12mm safety eyes, from Suncatcher Craft Eyes (Danielle is fantastic and I highly recommend her eyes). For those of you wanting to sell or gift to kids under 3, the pattern also includes a video link for embroidering sleepy eyes.
All the patterns in the Flip Flop Series work up quickly and easily with minimal sewing required. The head and body are worked in one piece with the option to crochet the limbs in as you go. The patterns also include video tutorials to assist if you need it. Since they work up so quickly the Flip Flop Animals are perfect to take to your next craft market or make as a last minute gift.
Check out the flip flop elephant crochet pattern below or grab the inexpensive ad-free PDF on Ravelry or Etsy
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What you will need for your Flip Flop Elephant Crochet Pattern
Materials:
Hook size 5.5 mm (I)
Main Colour – Bernat Velvet Misty Gray (120 yards)
Optional – 40 yards (Red), small amount (favourite furry yarn)
- Polyester filling – small amount
- 2 – 12mm black safety eyes (not suitable for children under 3): see video for embroidering sleepy eye as an alternative.
- Stitch Markers or Safety pins to help with sewing placement
- Yarn needle to weave in the ends
Gauge:
4 Rounds of Gauge Pattern = 2.0 inch diameter
Gauge Pattern:
Create a Magic Ring
Round 1: 6sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: 2sc in each st (12)
Round 3: *sc, 2sc* 6 times (18)
Round 4: *sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc* 6 times (24)
Abbreviations:
| Bobble St. | Bobble Stitch |
| ch | chain |
| dc | double crochet |
| sc | single crochet |
| scdec | single crochet decrease |
| ss | slip stitch |
| st(s) | stich(es) |
| *to* | repeat the sequence between the ** the number of times indicated |
| YO | Yarn Over |
Special Stitches & Techniques:
Bobble Stitch – *YO, insert hook into indicated st, YO, pull up loop, YO, pull through 2 loops on hook* 4 times, YO, pull through all 5 loops on hook.
Magic ring – https://youtu.be/s3xHu-fmQ6k
No Sew Method Attaching Legs: https://youtu.be/W7x8-ylZiyU
No Sew Method Attaching Legs: https://youtu.be/-m_GTt5JVNE
Sleepy Eyes – https://youtu.be/4kO0XAkXMGo
Notes:
- #sc, eg. (2sc, 3sc, etc) shows the number of scs to be completed in the indicated st
- Sts listed between brackets are all worked in the same st, eg. (hdc, dc)
- I highly recommend using a stitch marker to help keep track of the rounds for the body/head
- The pattern has both a ‘sew’ and no sew option for the limbs shown in the Body/Head section.
Recommended Sequence:
It is highly recommended to complete the Flip Flop patterns in the order they are written (especially if you are using the no-sew option for the limbs).
Start your Flip Flop Elephant Crochet Pattern
Arms (make 2):
The arms are worked from the “hand” to the body, in continuous rounds.
Using Main Colour, create a Magic Ring
Round 1: 6sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: *2sc* 6 times (12)
Round 3-4: sc in each st (12)
Round 5: *sc in the next 2 sts, scdec* 3 times (9)
Round 6: *sc, scdec* 3 times (6)
Stuff only the ‘paw’ portion of the arm, the rest will be left unstuffed.
Rounds 7-12: sc in each st (6)
Flatten and sc through both sides.
End off leaving a 12 inch tail if sewing.
Legs (make 2):
The legs are worked from the “foot” to the body, in continuous rounds.
Using Main Colour, create a Magic Ring
Round 1: 6sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: *2sc* 6 times (12)
Round 3: *sc in the next 3 sts, 2sc* 3 times (15)
Rounds 4-6: sc in each st (15)
Round 7: *sc in the next 3 sts, scdec* 3 times (12)
Round 8: *sc in the next st, scdec* 4 times (8)
Stuff only the ‘paw’ portion of the leg, the rest will be left unstuffed.
Rounds 9-16: sc in each st (8)
Flatten and sc through both sides.
End off, leaving a 12 inch tail if sewing.
Body/Head:
The body and head are worked in one piece from the bottom up in continuous rounds.
Option 1: Sewing the Legs and Arms to the body
If you are sewing your legs and arms onto your body then ‘sc in each st’ for Round 6 and Round 21.
Option 2: Crochet Legs and Arms to the body
If you are crocheting your legs and arms onto your body please follow the pattern as written for the Body/Head.For assistance in crocheting the limbs on see Videos:
Attaching Legs: https://youtu.be/W7x8-ylZiyU
Attaching Arms:https://youtu.be/-m_GTt5JVNE
Using Main Colour, create a Magic Ring
Round 1: 6sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: *2sc* 6 times (12)
Round 3: *sc in the next st, 2sc* 6 times (18)
Round 4: *sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc* 6 times (24)
Round 5: *sc in the next 3 sts, 2sc* 6 times (30)
Round 6 Option 1: sc in each st (30)
Option 2: Hold your first leg in front of your work (body). Working through both pieces, sc in the next 4 sts, working through the body only, sc in the next 5 sts, Hold the second leg in front of your work (body). Working through both pieces, sc in the next 4 sts, working through the body only, sc in the last 17 sts (30).
Rounds 7-12: sc in each st (30)
Round 13: *sc in the next 3 sts, scdec* 6 times (24)
Rounds 14-16: sc in each st (24)
Note: You may want to begin stuffing
Round 17: *sc in the next 2 sts, scdec* 6 times (18)
Round 18-19: sc in each st (18)
Round 20: *sc in the next st, scdec* 6 times (12), end off, weave in end.
Round 21 Option 1: sc in each st (12)
Option 2: Place the animal down on a hard surface with the body face ‘up’ and the legs facing you. Locate the 3 centre front sts and mark them with a stitch marker (the arms will be placed on either side of these sts). Locate the far right marked st. Count over 3 sts to the right of it and attach your yarn to the body. (If left handed you will locate the left st and count over 3 sts to the left).
Place the first arm in front of the body to the right of the marked sts (left if you’re left handed). Working through both pieces (beginning with the first st of the arm and the stitch on the body you attached your yarn to), sc in the next 3 sts.
Working through the body only, sc in the next 3 sts (these are your marked sts). Place the second arm in front of your work (body). Working through both pieces, sc in the next 3 sts, working through the body only, sc in the last 3 sts (12).
Round 22: *sc in the next st, 2sc* 6 times (18)
Round 23: *sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc* 6 times (24)
Round 24: *sc in the next 3 sts, 2sc* 6 times (30)
Round 25: *sc in the next 4 sts, 2sc* 6 times (36)
Rounds 26-31: sc in each st (36)
Add safety eyes to Round 28 approximately 4-5 sts apart, continue stuffing.
Round 32: *sc in the next 4 sts, scdec* 6 times (30)
Round 33: *sc in the next 3 sts, scdec* 6 times (24)
Round 34: *sc in the next 2 sts, scdec* 6 times (18)
Finish stuffing
Round 35: *sc, scdec* 6 times (12)
Round 36: *scdec* 6 times (6)
End off leaving a 6 inch tail, cinch the last 6 sts together and weave in the end.
Trunk:
Made in continuous rounds.
Using Main Colour, create a Magic Ring
Round 1: 6sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: sc in each st (6)
Round 3: sc in the next 5 sts, 2sc (7)
Round 4: sc in the next 6 sts, 2sc (8)
Round 5: sc in the next 2 sts, scdec, sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc, 2sc (9)
Round 6: sc in the next 2 sts, scdec, sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc, sc, 2sc (10)
Round 7: sc in the next 2 sts, scdec, *sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc* twice (11)
Round 8: sc in the next 6 sts, 2sc, sc in the next 3 sts, 2sc (13)
End off leaving a 12 inch tail for sewing.
Ears: (make 2 of each)
Made in continuous rounds in 2 pieces crocheted together (lobe and top of the ear) at Round 4 of the ‘top of ear’.
Lobe:
Using Main Colour, create a Magic Ring
Round 1: 6sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: sc in each st (6)
End off leaving a 6 inch tail for sewing up hole from crocheting to the ‘top of ear’.
Top of Ear:
Using Main Colour, create a Magic Ring
Round 1: 6sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: *2sc* 6 times (12)
Round 3: sc in each st (12)
You will be crocheting the lobe onto the ‘top of ear’ in Round 4.
Round 4: join with a sc onto the lobe piece, sc in the next 5 sts, join with a sc onto the ‘top of ear’, sc in the next 11 sts (18)
Rounds 5-7: sc in each st (18)
Round 8: *sc in the next 4 sts, scdec* 3 times (15)
Rounds 9-10: sc in each st (15)
Round 11: *sc in the next 3 sts, scdec* 3 times (12)
End off leaving a 12 inch tail for sewing to the head.
Tail:
Worked in 1 row.
Using Main Colour, ch 7
Row 1: Bobble st into the 3rd ch from the hook, ss into the next 4 chs. (5)
End off, leaving a 9 inch tail for sewing.
Hair:
Made in connected rows.
Using Main Colour, Ch 5
Row 1: ss in the 2nd ch from the hook, ss in the next 3 chs (4)
Rows 2-3: turn, ch 5, ss in the 2nd ch from the hook, ss in the next 3 chs (4)
End off leaving a 9 inch tail for sewing.
Hat:
The hat is worked in continuous rounds from the top down.
Using Red, create a Magic Ring
Round 1: 6sc in the ring (6)
Round 2: sc in each st (6)
Round 3: *sc, 2sc* 3 times (9)
Round 4: sc in each st (9)
Round 5: *sc in the next 2 sts, 2sc* 3 times (12)
Round 6: *sc in the next 3 sts, 2sc* 3 times (15)
Round 7: *sc in the next 4 sts, 2sc* 3 times (18)
Round 8: *sc in the next 5 sts, 2sc* 3 times (21)
Round 9: *sc in the next 6 sts, 2sc* 3 times (24)
Round 10: *sc in the next 3 sts, 2sc* 6 times (30)
Round 11: *sc in the next 4 sts, 2sc* 6 times (36)
Rounds 12-17: sc in each st, after Round 17, change to Fur
Round 18: sc in each st (36)
End off, weave in ends (or leave an 18” tail for sewing if desired).
Pom Pom:
Created in continuous rounds.
Using Furry Yarn, create a magic ring (or ch2)
Round 1: 6sc in ring (or 6sc in 2nd ch from hook) (6)
Round 2: sc in each st (6)
End off, leaving a 6” tail for sewing. Sew to the tip of the hat.
Scarf:
Created in 1 Row
Using Red, ch 37
Row 1: dc in the 3rd ch from the hook, hdc in the next 34 sts (35)
End off, sew in all ends.
How to assemble your Flip Flop Elephant Crochet Pattern
Sewing Placement – I highly recommend pinning ALL parts in place BEFORE sewing to make sure everything sits properly and is to your liking 🙂
| Note: Disregard sewing the legs and arms if you’ve already crocheted them on. Legs: Place the legs at approx Round 5 of the body about 4 sts apart.Sew in place. When sewing the legs in place I sewed the top of the last FULL ROUND DOWN instead of just the sts from crocheting the round together. |
| Arms: Place the arms at approx Round 21 of the body, approx 3 sts apart. Sew in place. When sewing the arm in place I sewed the top of the last FULL ROUND DOWN instead of just the sts from crocheting the round together. |
| Trunk: Centre the trunk on the head placing it between Rounds 23 and 27 on the head. Stuff lightly and sew down along Round 8 of the trunk. |
| Ears: Place the ear down on a hard surface with the ‘lobe’ and ‘top of ear’ side by side. Fold in half lengthwise and sew the inner end together. Place the ears on either side of the head between Round 29 and 30. Sew in place. |
| Hair: Place on the centre of the head at the connected end. Sew in place. |
| Tail: Centred on the back of the body. Place on Round 7 of the body. Sew in place. |
| Hat and Scarf: Place as desired on the head and around the neck. |
Congratulations!
You have now completed your Flip Flop Elephant Crochet Pattern.
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