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Crochet Elephant Applique

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Crochet heart-shaped Elephant applique

 

Here is one of my heart-shaped designs – crochet Elephant applique! His head and ears are made from crocheted hearts.  To make this Elephant applique, you need to crochet hearts according to the instructions and then sew them together in the shape of the animal!

It is easy and fun to make and the result is very cute!

 

The pattern for this crochet Elephant Applique is also available as a print-friendly, styled and advertisement-free PDF in my Etsy shop.

 

 

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Crochet Elephant Applique – Free Crochet Pattern

 

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Abbreviations:

Ch – chain

DC – double crochet

HDC – half double crochet

Rnd – round

SC- single crochet

Sl St – slip stitch

St (Sts) – stitch (stitches)

TR – treble crochet

 

Finished Size:

This crochet Elephant applique is about 3 -1/4″ wide and 2-3/4″ tall.

 

Materials:

Yarn

  • crochet light weight cotton size 3 (in my examples I used Aunt Lydia’s crochet cotton thread size 3 and Patons Grace light weight 3 cotton yarn)
  • cotton crochet thread size 10

 

Hooks

  • crochet hook 1/2.75 mm
  • crochet hook size 6/1.8 mm

 


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Crochet Elephant appliques, heart-shaped Elephants

 

Instructions:

I will show you two options to make this Elephant applique. In option 1 I used two different weight yarns. Crochet light weight 3 cotton doesn’t have many color choices. So, for the Ears, I used crochet cotton size 10, which has a large color pallet. In option 2 – Elephant is made with one weight yarn.

For this crochet Elephant applique you need to make Head with a Trunk and two Ears. 

Option 1. Elephant made with two different weight yarns

 

Elephant applique made from hearts, crochet

 

 

Materials I used: crochet light weight 3 cotton yarn for the Head, cotton crochet thread size 10 for the Ears, crochet hook 1/2.75 mm, crochet hook size 6/1.8 mm

 

Head with a Trunk

With crochet light weight 3 cotton yarn and hook 1/2.75 mm, Ch 4;

Rnd 1. Make all of the next stitches into the fourth Ch from hook (the first Ch made) working under both loops – 3 DC, 3 HDC, Ch 1,  DC (Heart point), Ch 1, 3 HDC, 3 DC, Ch 3, Sl St in center.

Rnd 2.  Ch 3, HDC + DC in first St, 3 TR in next St, 2 DC in next St, HDC into each of next 3 Sts, HDC into Ch-1 stitch, Ch 1, DC in next St (Heart point), Ch 1, HDC into Ch-1 stitch, HDC into each of next 3 Sts, 2 DC in next St, 3 TR in next St, DC + HDC in next St, Ch 3, Sl St in center.

Rnd 3.  Ch 3, SC in first St, 2 SC in each of next 4 Sts, SC in each of the next 6 Sts, SC in Ch-1 St, Ch 1, DC in next St (Heart point); making a Trunk – Ch 12, SC in 3rd Ch from the hook, SC in next Ch, 2 SC in next Ch, SC in each of next 7 Chs, Sl St into top of DC (see Note below);

SC in Ch-1 St, SC in each of the next 6 Sts,  2 SC in each of next 4 Sts, SC in next St, Ch 3, Sl St in center. Fasten off.

 

Note:

Working in top of a stitch – when instructed to work into the top of a stitch, insert hook under two loops highlighted in blue in direction of arrow.

Working in top of a stitch

 

Ear – make 2 (see also instructions for the Large Size Heart)

With cotton crochet thread size 10 and hook 6/1.8 mm, Ch 4;

Rnd 1. Make all of the next stitches into the fourth Ch from hook (the first Ch made) working under both loops – 3 DC, 3 HDC, Ch 1,  DC (Heart point), Ch 1, 3 HDC, 3 DC, Ch 3, Sl St in center.

Rnd 2.  Ch 3, HDC + DC in first St, 3 TR in next St, 2 DC in next St, HDC into each of next 3 Sts, HDC into Ch-1 stitch, Ch 1, DC in next St (Heart point), Ch 1, HDC into Ch-1 stitch, HDC into each of next 3 Sts, 2 DC in next St, 3 TR in next St, DC + HDC in next St, Ch 3, Sl St in center.

Rnd 3. Ch 3, SC in top of first St of previous Rnd, 2 SC in each of next 4 Sts, SC in each of the next 6 Sts, SC into Ch-1 St, Ch 1, DC in next St (Heart point), Ch 1, SC into Ch-1 St, SC in each of the next 6 Sts, 2 SC in each of next 4 Sts, SC in next St, Ch 3, Sl St in center. Fasten off.

 

Option 2 – Elephant made with one weight yarn

Crochet elephant made from hearts, applique

 

With crochet light weight 3 cotton yarn and hook 1/2.75 mm, make Head with a Trunk – follow the Instructions above.

Ear – make 2 (see also instructions for the Medium Size Heart)

With crochet light weight 3 cotton yarn and hook 1/2.75 mm, Ch 4;

Rnd 1.  Make all of the next stitches in fourth Ch from hook (the first Ch made) working under both loops – 3 DC, 3 HDC, Ch 1, DC (Heart point), Ch 1, 3 HDC, 3 DC, Ch 3, Sl St in center.

Rnd 2. Ch 3, SC into first St, 2 SC into each of next 2 Sts, SC into each of next 3 Sts, SC into Ch-1 St, Ch 1, DC into next St (Heart point), Ch 1, SC into Ch-1 St, SC into each of next 3 Sts, 2 SC into each of next 2 Sts, SC into next St, Ch 3, Sl St in center. Fasten off.

Finishing

Sew Ears to the Head.  Block your applique as necessary.

Eyes

You have multiple options to make eyes. You can embroider them. You can also use buttons or googly eyes. (For babies and small children items – embroider the eyes on).

 

 

 
 

 

I hope you enjoyed this crochet Elephant applique pattern!

 

 

With Love,

 
 

 

 

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  1. anne says

    06/20/2015 at 7:07 am

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  2. Gina Somma says

    02/16/2016 at 1:58 pm

    Hi Elena,
    Did you mean 2 medium hearts for the elephant ears? On the pictures it looks like large for the head and medium for the ears!
    Thanks,
    Gina

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    • GoldenLucyCrafts says

      02/16/2016 at 5:59 pm

      Gina, I was using the same Large Heart pattern for the head and for the ears but different thread size and hooks. For the head – crochet cotton thread size 3 and hook 2.75 mm, for the ears – crochet cotton thread size 10 and hook 1.8 mm.
      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. GinaSomma says

    02/17/2016 at 12:00 am

    Elena, thank you for your reply. I am using Caron Simply Soft yarn so I will use the medium heart for the ears.
    Thanks again for sharing the lovely patterns!

    Reply
  4. Hazel says

    02/21/2017 at 6:51 am

    I think all your things are so cute

    Reply
    • GoldenLucyCrafts says

      02/21/2017 at 7:02 pm

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  5. Gina Somma says

    02/21/2017 at 9:10 pm

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