Pattern author Julia Kraft

Pattern author Julia Kraft

Pattern author Julia Kraft

Materials:

Yarn - Himalaya dolphin baby (or any of its analogues will do, for example, YarnArt dolce,
Wolans bunny baby, Himalaya velvet etc).
1. 1,5 of a skein of plush yarn (main color for body;
2. ¼ of a skein of plush yarn (pink color for ears and cheeks);
3. a little of white plush yarn for claws and whites of eyes;
4. a little of thin black yarn for eyes, eyebrows, eyelashes and elephant trunk;
5. safety eyes - 16 mm;
6. hook 4mm (or the size you usually work with plush yarn).
7. stuffing material;
8. long yarn needle for sewing parts.

Abbreviations:

MR – magic ring
sc – single crochet
hdc inc – 2 hdc crocheted together
inc - increase (2 sc crochet together)
dec – decrease
ch – chain stitch
sl st – slip stitch
BLO - back loops only
FLO - front loops only
() * n - repeat sequence in brackets n times
() – number of stitches in round/row

Head
1) 8 sc in MR (8)
2) 8 inc (16)
3) (1 sc, inc) * 8 (24)
4) (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
5) (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
6) (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
7)– 13) 42 sc (7 rounds)
14) 11 sc, 4 inc, 13 sc, 4 inc, 10 sc (50)

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

In round 15 we will form a hole for elephant trunk.

15) 21 sc, make ch5, skip 9sts, 20 sc (46)

16) 21 sc, 5 sc on the chain, 20 sc (46)
17) 11 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 10 sc (42)

Insert safety eyes between rounds 12 and 13. The distance between eyes - 10sts (that is, 10sts
should be between the "legs" of the eyes),the distance between the extreme inner points of
the eyes ≈ 6 sc.
important!!! Position of the eyes should be equidistant from the elephant trunk hole
18) (dec, 5 sc) * 6 (36)
19) 2 sc, dec, (4 sc, dec) * 5, 2 sc (30)

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

20) (dec, 3 sc) * 6 (24)

Start to stuff the head.
21) (1 sc, dec) * 8 (16)
22) 8 dec (8)

Make 2 dec more.

Stuff the head to the end. Pull to close the hole (use a needle). Fasten off, cut the yarn and hide
the end inside the head.

Then start to crochet an elephant trunk

Find ch5 of the round 15, 3rd ch (central) of the chain will be the beginning of the 1st round. So
that marker of the beginning will be at the bottom of the trunk (in the middle).

1) ch1, 1 sc, 1 sc*, 9 sc on the top part of the trunk, 1 sc*, 1 sc (14)
2– 3) 14 sc (2 rounds)

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

Important! Decrease stitches of rounds 4 – 9 should be on the top, in the middle of the trunk.
Make additional sts if you need.
4) 7 sc, dec, 5 sc (13)
5) 7 sc, dec, 4 sc (12)
Stuff as you go.
6) 7 sc, dec, 3 sc (11)
7) 6 sc, dec, 3 sc (10)
8) 6 sc, dec, 2 sc (9)
9) 6 sc, dec, 1 sc (8)
10– 12) 8 sc (3 ряда)
Stuff the part to the end.
Make sl st. Pull to close the hole (pull BACK LOOPS ONLY, use a needle).
The insert a needle in the middle of the elephant trunk hole, hide the end inside, Slightly
tighten the yarn to make a little recess on the trunk.

Pattern author Julia Kraft

Pattern author Julia Kraft

Tightening of eyes
Use a needle and a thread matching with the main yarn (you may also use dental floss).
In the picture, the letters indicate the insertion points of the needle when tightening; the
sequence is below

Mouth
8 sc in MRА (8) – do not tighten the ring.
(oe ch2, in 2nd ch - 7 sc)
Fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving long end for sewing.

Crochet first legs and arms, then the bode, because arm and legs we will crochet to the body.

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

Legs
Srat with pink yarn.
1) 8 sc in MR (8)
2) 8 inc (16)
3) (1 sc, inc) * 8 (24)
Change yarn to gray color.
4) 7 sc, puff stitch (white color), dec, puff stitch (white color), dec, puff stitch (white color),
10 sc (22)
Finish all stitches in round 4 with gray yarn (if to look at the round from the top, all stitches are
gray).

Ther work with gray yarn only.

5) work BLO: 20 sc, dec (21)
6) 7 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 8 sc (19)
7) 19 sc
8) 8 sc, dec, 9 sc (18)
9) 6 sc, 5 inc (work FLO), 7 sc (23)
10) 6 sc, 5 dec, 7 sc (18)
In round 11, leave 1 st unworked. So we moove the beginning of round 12.
11) 17 sc (1st unworked)
12) (dec, 7 sc) * 2 (16)
13) 16 sc
14) (dec, 6 sc) * 2 (14)
15) (dec, 5 sc) * 2 (12)
Make 1sc more.
Stuff the leg (lightly stuff the top part).
16) Fold the leg in hald and wotk 6sc through both layers,
joining sides together.

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

Fasten off, cut the yarn and hide the end inside the part.

Arms
Start with pink yarn.
1) 6 sc in MR (6)
2) 6 inc (12)
3) (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
Change yarn to gray color.
4) 6 sc, puff stitch (white color), 1 sc, puff stitch (white color), 1 sc, puff stitch (white color),
7 sc (18)
IMPORTANT! Finish all stitches in round 4 with gray yarn (if to look at the round from the top,
all stitches are gray).
Ther work with gray yarn only.
In round 5, leave 1 st unworked. So we moove the beginning of round 6.

5) work BLO 17 sc (1 st unworked)

6) dec, 5 sc, dec, 2 sc, dec, 5 sc (15)
7– 9) 15 sc (3 rounds)
10) 6 sc, 5 inc (work FLO), 4 sc (20)
11) 6 sc, 5 dec, 4 sc (15)
12) 15 sc

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

13) 7 sc, dec, 6 sc (14)

14) (dec, 5 sc) * 2 (12)
15) 12 sc
16) (dec, 4 sc) * 2 (10)
Make 1 sc more.
Stuff the part (lightly stuff the top part).
Fold the arm in half and work 5 sc through both layers, joining 2 sides together.
Fasten off, cut the yarn and hide the end inside the part.

Body
1) 6 sc in MR (6)
2) 6 inc (12)
3) (1 sc, inc) * 6 (18)
4) (2 sc, inc) * 6 (24)
5) (3 sc, inc) * 6 (30)
6) (4 sc, inc) * 6 (36)
7) (5 sc, inc) * 6 (42)
8) 16 sc, inc, 6 sc, inc, 18 sc (44)
9– 10) 44 sc (2 rounds)
Crochet legs to the body in round 11.
11 ) work 44 sc in the following way↓
6 sc – work on the body
6 sc – through THE BODY AND THE LEG
19 sc – on the body
6 sc – through THE BODY AND THE LEG
7 sc – ob tne body

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

12 - 14) 44 sc (3 rounds)
15) 13 sc, (dec, 3 sc) * 3, dec, 14 sc (40)
16 ) 13 sc, (dec, 4 sc) * 2, dec, 13 sc (37)
17) 13 sc, dec, 6 sc, dec, 14 sc (35)
18) 35 sc
19) 5 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 9 sc, dec, 4 sc, dec, 5 sc (31)
20) (4 sc, dec) * 2, 7 sc, (dec, 4 sc) * 2 (27)
21) 4 sc, dec, (7 sc, dec) * 2, 3 sc (24)
22) 24 sc
Crochet arms to the body in round 23.
IMPORTANT!!! Arms should be places srtictly
on sides (make additional sts if you need).
This option is possible because your crochet
density may differ from mine.
23) 2 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec, 3 sc, dec, 5 sc, dec,
1 sc (20), work these stitches in the following
way↓
24) 2 sc, dec – on the body
5 sc – through THE BODY AND THE ARM

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

dec, 3 sc, dec – on the body

5 sc – through THE BODY AND THE ARM
dec, 1 sc – on the body
24) 20 sc
Fasten off and cut the yarn.

Ears
The ear consists of 2 identical parts (differing only in color), which will be joined together.
Each part of ear work with TURNING ROWS. Make ch2 in the beginnig of each row.

Make ch15.
1) ch2, 14 sc (15)
2) ch2, 12 sc, inc, 1 sc (16)
3)– 4) ch2, 15 sc (16) – 2 rows
5) ch2, dec, 13 sc (15)
6) ch2, 14 sc (15)
7) ch2, dec, 12 sc (14)
8) ch2, 13 sc (14)
9) ch2, dec, 11 sc (13)
10) ch2, 12 sc (13)
11) ch2, dec, 10 sc (12)
12) ch2, 11 sc (12)
13) ch2, inc, 10 sc (13)
14)– 18) ch2, 12 sc (13) - 5 rows
19) ch1, dec, 10 sc (12)

1st part - cut off the yarn

2nd part - do not cut off the yarn
Join 2 part of the ear, after you crocheted both.
IMPORTANT!!! When joining the parts, do not forget that they should be mirrored to each
other.
Put 2 part to each other. Turn the inner part to face ourselves; insert the hook through both
layers, crochet around with sc. (work with the yarn you did not cut off)

Pattern author Julia Kraft

Pattern author Julia Kraft

Fasten off, cut the yarn, leaving long end for sewing.
When you finish both ears. Make the following: use a needle and the end of yarn, bend the
base of the ear and stitch it. Then sew the ears between rounds 6-14 of the head.

Pattern author Julia Kraft

Pattern author Julia Kraft

Make face:
Embroidery the whites of the eyes with a white plush yarn.
With a thin black thread, embroider the eyelash line, cilia (or you can glue eyelashes), eyebrows
and folds on the elephant trunk.

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

Crochet TAIL.
1. Insert your hook between rounds 9 and 10 of the body (on the back).
Come out the yarn and fasten with ch1.
2. Make ch10.

3. From 2nd ch from the hook: 9 sc.

4. Fasten off by tying a knot between the two ends of the yarn. Hide the end inside the body
(make sure that the knot "hidden" inside the body).

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Pattern author Julia Kraft

Sew all remaining parts together and your elephant will be ready!
Thank you for purchasing this pattern!

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