Elephant Pillow Crochet Pattern

Do you have an elephant lover in your life? If so, you’ll want to whip up a giant version of my Webster the Elephant bookmark pattern! I decided to alter this pattern to make it into an elephant pillow to give as a gift to friends of ours that are expecting their first child. What a sweet little (BIG) gift for baby!

Elephant Pillow Pattern

The original Webster is quite small – about the size of a tennis ball. This elephant pillow, however, is a whopping 34″ in circumference! His “wing span” (ear to ear) is about 22″ across and he is about 10″ tall.

I think he will be perfect for my friend’s nursery! ♥

Materials:

Crochet hook in size 15mm
Stitch marker
Gray blanket yarn – approx. 400 yards
Black worsted weight yarn (just enough for eyes)
Crochet hook in size G/4mm (for eyes)
Upholstery needle
Polyfill

Pattern Notes:

Work in a spiral, do NOT join at the end of each round.

Use your stitch marker to note the beginning stitch of each row.

Use Invisible Decrease for prettier sc2tog (see video tutorial)

We are triple stranding the yarn for this project. If you want him to be more of a soccer ball size, just use two strands and a 12mm hook.

Remember that you want to use Invisible Decrease for the sc2tog (decreases). It helps to create a prettier, smoother transition in amigurumi. See more tips for beautiful amigurumi.

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Elephant Pillow Pattern:

Head:

Holding three strands of yarn together…

Round 1: Magic circle. 8sc in circle. (8)
Round 2: 2sc in each st around (16)
Round 3: sc in each st around (16)
Round 4: *sc in next st, 2sc in next* repeat from * * around (24)
Round 5: sc in each st around (24)
Round 6: *sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next* repeat from * * around (32)
Rounds 7 – 13: sc in each st around (32)
Round 14: *sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog* repeat from * * around (24)
Round 15: sc in each st around (24)
Round 16: *sc in next st, sc2tog* repeat from * * around (16)
***add stuffing***
Round 17: *sc2tog* around (8)
Fasten off leaving a long enough tail to sew the stitches shut. Stuff completely and sew shut.

Trunk:

Holding three strands of yarn together…

Round 1: Magic circle. 6sc in circle. (6)
Round 2: sc in blo around. (6)
Rounds 3 – 9: sc in each st around (6)
Round 10: *sc in next st, 2sc in next* repeat from * * around (9)
Round 11: *sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next* repeat from * * around (12)
Fill with stuffing. Feed yarn through stitches on the top of trunk to pull it up/shape.

Ears (make two):

Holding three strands of yarn together…

Round 1: Magic circle. 8sc in circle. (8)
Round 2: 2sc in each (16)
Round 3: *sc in next st, 2sc in next* repeat from * * around (24)
Round 4: *sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next* repeat from * * around (32)
Rounds 5 – 7: sc in each st around (32)

Eyes:

With worsted weight black yarn and size G/4mm hook…

Round 1: Magic circle. Ch-2, 12dc in circle. Join to top of first dc with sl st. (12)
Round 2: Ch-2, 2dc in each st around. Join to top of first dc with sl st. (24)

Construction: 

Lay ears flat, then fold down top side. Sew ears onto opposite sides of the head, about 5 rows down from crown. Leave the bottom portion of the ear hanging freely as pictured.

Sew trunk onto the center of the face, toward the bottom. Position eyes and sew to face. Isn’t he just the cutest thing you ever did see?! I hope you love him!

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