Crochet Appliques – Giraffe

Find here a free Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique.


I hadn’t done any crochet appliques for a long time and I missed it. So I asked in my facebook group what appliques I could do and someone asked for some jungle crochet appliques (by the way, don’t forget to join the group. You can ask your questions, share your finished projects and I will regularly ask you what pattern you would like to see next).  So here are my first appliques for the jungle/safari theme! What do you think of these mum and daughter giraffe crochet appliques? You can use them to personalize a crochet blanket, a crochet bag or even a hat!

I hope you will enjoy and understand the pattern. If you have any questions, feel free to write to me. And I would love to see your work!

Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique

Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique crochet applique giraffe


Crochet Giraffe Appliques

 

Material:

  • Yarn calling for 5,5 mm hook in: cream, yellow and brown
  • A very small amount of pearl cotton in black (for the eyelashes)
  • Size 3.5 mm crochet hook.
  • 2 black safety eyes (7.5 mm)
  • Stitch markers
  • Tapestry needle

Abbreviations:

  • chain (ch)
  • magic ring (mr)
  • single crochet (sc)
  • increase (inc)
  • invisible decrease (dec)
  • slip stitch (sl st)
  • half double crochet (hdc)
  • double crochet (dc)

What did I use?

Light worsted yarn.
I used « I love this cotton» from Hobby Lobby.


Pattern: How to crochet a giraffe applique?


The large applique giraffe (7 in)


The body – Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the yellow yarn.

  • ch 8. (8)
  • Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 7 ch. (7)
  • Row 2: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 5 st, 1 inc. (9)
  • Rows 3 to 9: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (9)
  • Row 10: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 5 st, 1 dec. (7)
  • Row 11: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (7)
  • Row 12: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 3 st, 1 dec. (5)
  • Row 13: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 1 st, 1 dec. (3)
  • Rows 14 to 25: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)
  • do not turn, make 1 sc evenly all around (you do not want to crochet to tight for this part – you can also use a bigger size crochet). (approx. 54 st)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the head on), fasten off.


The head – Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the cream yarn.

  • ch 4. (4)
  • Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 3 ch. (3)
  • Row 2: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next st, 1 inc. (5)
  • Row 3: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (5)
  • Row 4: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next st, 1 dec. (3)

Change the yarn and keep working with the yellow yarn.

  • Row 5: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next st, 1 inc. (5)
  • Rows 6 to 7: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (5)
  • Row 8: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 2 st. (6)
  • Row 9: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 inc. (8)
  • Row 10: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (8)
  • Row 11: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 4 st, 1 dec. (6)
  • do not turn, make 1 sc evenly all around (you do not want to crochet to tight for this part – you can also use a bigger size crochet). (approx. 25 st)

Cut the yarn, fasten off.

Decide where to place the eyes but do not attach them yet. Once you know where to place them, take them off, take your tapestry needle and the black cotton pearl and make some eyelashes (see pictures below). When the eyelashes are done, put the eyes back and attach them.


The legs (make 4)

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the yellow yarn.

  • ch 4. (4)
  • Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 3 ch. (3)
  • Rows 2 to 6: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)

Change for the brown yarn.

  • Rows 7 to 9: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (3)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the legs to the body), fasten off.

 


The horns (make 2)

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the brown yarn.

  • ch 6. (6)
  • Row 1: starting from the 4th ch from the hook: 1 sl st in the next 3 ch. (3)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the horns to the head), fasten off.


The ears (make 2)

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the yellow yarn.

  • ch 5. (5)
  • Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next ch, 1 hdc in the next ch, 1 dc in the next 2 ch. (4)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the ears to the head), fasten off.


The tail

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the yellow yarn.

  • ch 10. (10)
  • cut 2 strands of brown yarn. Insert your hook in the last ch, grab these 2 strands by the middle and pull them through the ch. With your hands, take all the ends, pull them through the look and tighten up. Cut the brown yarn to a shorter length and separate each strand of yarn to give a more natural look.

Assembling all pieces together – Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique

Sew the first ear to the head and with the same yellow yarn, sew both horns and the last ear (see pictures below).

Sew the head to the body: you can decide where to place the head (eg: higher if you want a long neck or lower if you want a smaller neck) and change the position (eg: you can put the head slightly inclined).

Sew two legs at the front of the body and sew two legs at the back of the body (see the picture below for their positions).

Sew the tail, just above one of the back leg.

To make the brown spots, I used my brown yarn and tapestry needle and I make several little crosses (different sizes) at different places.

Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique


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The small applique giraffe (5.5 in)


The body – Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the yellow yarn.

  • ch 6. (6)
  • Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 5 ch. (5)
  • Row 2: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 3 st, 1 inc. (7)
  • Rows 3 to 6: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (7)
  • Row 7: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 3 st, 1 dec. (5)
  • Row 8: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (5)
  • Row 9: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next st, 1 dec. (3)
  • Row 10: ch1, turn; 1 sc in the next 1 st, 1 dec. (2) (NB: this step will make the head slightly asymmetric but it won’t really be visible)
  • Rows 11 to 17: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (2)
  • do not turn, make 1 sc evenly all around (you do not want to crochet to tight for this part – you can also use a bigger size crochet). (approx. 37 st)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the head on), fasten off.


The head – Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the cream yarn.

  • ch 3. (3)
  • Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 2 ch. (2)
  • Row 2: ch1, turn; 2 inc. (4)

Change the yarn and keep working with the yellow yarn.

  • Row 3: ch1, turn; 2 dec. (2)
  • Row 4: ch1, turn; 2 inc. (4)
  • Row 5: ch1, turn; 1 inc, 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 inc. (6)
  • Rows 6 to 8: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (6)
  • Row 9: ch1, turn; 1 dec, 1 sc in the next 2 st, 1 dec. (4)
  • do not turn, make 1 sc evenly all around (you do not want to crochet to tight for this part – you can also use a bigger size crochet). (approx. 18 st)

Cut the yarn, fasten off.

Decide where to place the eyes and attach them.


The legs (make 4)

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the yellow yarn.

  • ch 3. (3)
  • Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next 2 ch. (2)
  • Rows 2 to 4: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (2)

Change for the brown yarn.

  • Rows 5 to 6: ch1, turn; 1 sc in all st. (2)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the legs to the body), fasten off.


The horns (make 2)

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the brown yarn.

  • ch 5. (5)
  • Row 1: starting from the 3rd ch from the hook: 1 sl st in the next 2 ch. (2)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the horns to the head), fasten off.


The ears (make 2)

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the yellow yarn.

  • ch 4. (4)
  • Row 1: starting from the 2nd ch from the hook: 1 sc in the next ch, 1 hdc in the next ch, 1 dc in the next ch. (3)

Cut the yarn (leave a long tail to sew the ears to the head), fasten off.


The tail

With a 3.5 mm crochet and the yellow yarn.

  • ch 7. (7)
  • cut 1 strand of brown yarn. Insert your hook in the last ch, grab this strand by the middle and pull them through the ch. With your hands, take all the ends, pull them through the look and tighten up. Cut the brown yarn to a shorter length and separate each strand of yarn to give a more natural look.

Assembling all pieces together – Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique

Sew the first ear to the head and with the same yellow yarn, sew both horns and the last ear (see pictures below).

Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique

Sew two legs at the front of the body and sew two legs at the back of the body (see the picture below for their positions).

Sew the tail, just above one of the back leg.

Sew the head to the body: you can decide where to place the head (eg: higher if you want a long neck or lower if you want a smaller neck) and change the position (eg: you can put the head slightly inclined).

To make the brown spots, I used my brown yarn and tapestry needle and I make several little crosses (different sizes) at different places.

crochet giraffe Crochet Pattern Giraffe Applique

All done! I hope you enjoyed this pattern! Don’t forget to show me your work, it does encourage me to create more patterns.


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Crochet Giraffe Applique

 

16 thoughts on “Crochet Appliques – Giraffe”

  1. I love your designs
    Do you have one for a golden doodle?
    I own one and doodle owners are crazy about their fury friends.

  2. Very cute, do you by chance have a pattern for an elephant? These would be cute to go with a Japanese lesson.

  3. some of the patterns give you a print option,some don’t.Please include those.I’m doing a Noah’s Ark and I wanted to make several crocheted animals and have had to piece the patterns.

    Thank you,
    Marsha

    1. Hi, sorry for my late reply. I had to take a little break from my blog. I will try to add this option to all my patterns soon.

  4. I just found your appliques and want to thank you much for all that you have! Very easy to follow for a beginner and this is going to save a lot on my embroidery machine-a lot less thread. Please keep adding to your list and one thing people do a lot is make a lot for girls and I have a new grandson Kayden and I would love to find firetruck- cars- train and the like. I havent checked you may have some already but thank you for this pattern and all I will soon find as I browse <3

    1. Thank you so much for your nice words! I have not done any vehicles appliques yet but it is a wonderful idea and I will try to make some as soon as possible. Congratulations on your new Grandson!

  5. Love all of the pieces you create.

    I made the giraffe and the only question I have is, what can I use to keep the neck stiff so it doesn’t bend?

    Thank you
    Linda

    1. Thank you Linda.
      For instance, if attached to a blanket, I sew all around including the neck. You can also stick the appliqué to a piece a felt.
      I hope this helps!

      1. Thank you for your lovely patterns. I have so much wool to use up so am going to make blankets for the refugee kiddies. I used to do aid work and teach crochet in Timor Leste for many years but post covid has changed everything so these inspired me so thank you.

  6. This is awesome! I made the big one for a friend (aged around 5), and he loved it so much! The instructions are very easy to use, and I really appreciate it.. I wanted to make a 2D giraffe for him, and there weren’t that many, but this one is perfect! Thanks so much!! 🙂
    I will be using this website again…. 😛

    1. Thank you so much for your nice words! That means a lot to me. I am working on new appliques so more new patterns should come soon!

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