GIRAFFE BALLERINA

Finished size – 33 cm (if using similar yarn)

Supplies
Yarn – the example is crocheted with Supreme Cotton (100% cotton, 50g = 125m)
beige nr 059
light pink nr 018
white nr 001
Polyester fiberfill, Safe eyes (Ø3 mm)
Crochet hook 1.5 mm (or in accordance with the yarn you use)
Stitch marker, Pins, Embroidery needle
Elastic for waistband about 17cm long
Pink tulle size about 312cmx14cm, Pink thread, Sewing needle, Sewing machine
2 bows for shoes

Abbreviations
mr = magic ring inc = include
sl st = slip stitch dec = decrease
ch = chain rep = repeat
sc = single crochet hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet st = stitch

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 PATTERN

HEAD
1: Pink. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
3: (sc, inc) x 6 [18]
4: (2sc, inc) x 6 [24]
5: (3sc, inc) x 6 [30]
6: (4sc, inc) x 6 [36]
7-9: sc in each stitch around [36]
10: 13sc, popcorn stitch, 8sc, popcorn stitch, 13sc [36] (see instruction below how to make a popcorn stitch)
11-13: sc in each stitch around [36]
14: White. 4sc, dec, 4sc, (1sc, inc) x 8, 4sc, dec, 4sc [42]
15: (dec, 1sc) x 3, 24sc, (dec, 1sc) x 3 [36]
16-20: sc in each stitch around [36]
Attach safe eyes between rows 16th and 17th. Attach first eye between 14th and 15th sts and second eye between
22nd and 23rd sts.
21: (4sc, dec) x 6 [30]
22: sc in each stitch around [30]
23: (3sc, dec) x 6 [24]
24: sc in each stitch around [24]
Stuff the head.
25: (2sc, dec) x 6 [18]
26: (1sc, dec) x 6 [12]
27: dec x 6 [6]
Fasten off and hide the yarn.

HORNS (make 2)
1: Beige. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
3-5: sc in each stitch around [12]
Start filling the horn.
6: dec x 6 [6]
7-13: sc in each stitch around [6]
Fasten off and leave long yarn tail to sew the horn to the head.

EARS (make 2)
1: White. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
3: (sc, inc) x 6 [18]
4-9: sc in each stitch around [18]
Fold the ears in half and crochet both sides together with 5 sc. Fasten off and leave long yarn tail.

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LEGS (make 2)
1: Beige. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
3: (3sc, inc) x 3 [15]
4-7: sc in each stitch around [15]
8: Turn. Starting from the next st sc in each of next 12sts (the rest of the sts are left out of the work at the moment)
9: Turn. Starting from the next st sc in each of next 10sts
10: Turn. Starting from the next st sc in each of next 8sts
11: Turn. Starting from the next st sc in each of next 6sts
12: Turn. Starting from the next st sc in each of next 4sts

13: Do not turn. Work in continuous rounds. Start from the next st and pick up 14sts: 3 from behind, 4 from the side, 3
from the front part and 4 from the other side. [14]
14: (5sc, dec) x 2 [12]
15: sc in each stitch around [12]
16: 10sc, dec [11]
17: (3sc, dec) x 2, 1sc [9]
Stuff the foot firmly. Do not fill the rest of the leg.
18: White. Work in back loops only (see instruction below). Sc in each stitch around [9]
19-54: sc in each stitch around [9]
Fasten off and hide the yarn.

ARMS (make 2)
1: Beige. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
3-4 : sc in each stitch around [12]
Stuff firmly. Do not fill the rest of the arm.
5: (2sc, dec) x 3 [9]

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6: sc in each stitch around [9]
7: White. (2sc, dec) x 2, 1sc [7]
8-30: sc in each stitch around [7]
Fasten off and hide the yarn.

BODY
TIP: make the arms and legs bofere you start crocheting the body.
1: Pink. Start 6 sc in a magic ring [6]
2: Work 2 sc in each st around [12]
3: (sc, inc) x 6 [18]
4: (2sc, inc) x 6 [24]
5: (3sc, inc) x 6 [30]
6: Attaching the legs. Sc in the next 4 st through both sides of the leg and through the body, inc in the next st, sc in the
next 2st. 2sc, inc, 1sc through both sides of the second leg and through the body. Then work as follow: 3sc, inc, (4sc,
inc) x 3 [36]

7: (5sc, inc) x 6 [42]

8: (6sc, inc) x 6 [48]
9 –19: sc in each stitch around [48]
20: (6sc, dec) x 6 [42]
21: (5sc, dec) x 6 [36]
22: (4sc, dec) x 3. Attaching arms. Sc in the next 3 st through both sides of the arm and through the body. 1sc, dec, 4sc,
dec, 2sc, dec, 1sc. Attach the second arm with 1sc. We will attach the rest of the arm in the next row. [30]
23: Sc in the next 2st through both sides of the arm and through the body. Then work as follow: 1sc, dec, (3sc, dec) x 5
[24]
24: sc in each stitch around [24]
Start filling the body.
25: White. Work in back loops only (see instruction below). (6sc, dec) x 3 [21]
26: sc in each stitch around [21]
27: (5sc, dec) x 3 [18]
28-35: sc in each stitch around [18]
36: 2hdc, 10sc, 2hdc, 4dc [18]
Fasten off and leave long yarn tail to sew the body to the head.

SKIRT
Cut the elastic the same as the waist measurement, plus about 0.5cm. Fold in half piece of tulle. You should receive a
rectangle - 312cm x 7cm. Took a piece of pink thread with a big knot on one end and use a gathering stitch to attach it
to the net along the folded edge. Pull on the thread. You want it gathered the same width as the waist measurement
so it fits the elastic waistband.
Sew the elastic to the tulle. Sew both endings of the elastic together.

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COLLAR
White. Turn your giraffe up side down. Start from the middle pink stitch at the back and work in front loops only.
2ch, dc in the same stitch, (dc, dc-inc) x 5, dc + hdc, ch, sl st, ch, hdc + dc, (dc, dc-inc) x 5, sl st in first d. Sew the collar
to the body and hide the yarn.

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SEWING
Pin the ears and horns to the head. Sew it to the head.

Sew the head to the body. Attach bows to shoes.

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 FEW ESSENTIALS

POPCORN STITCH
Work 3 double crochet stitches in the same stitch. Drop the loop from your hook. Insert your hook from front to back
under the first double crochet of the group. Grab the dropped loop with your hook and pull it through the stitch.

WORKING ON BACK LOOPS ONLY

To crochet in the back loop of a stitch, insert your crochet hook underneath the back loop only and make the stitch.

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BACK POST SINGLE CROCHET STITCH

Insert hook from the wrong side of the fabric into the Insert hook from front to back around the post gap to hook-
side of the next stitch to be worked. the into the far-side gap.

Yarn over and draw loop through both gaps. Yarn over and draw through remaining 2 loops on hook.

INVISIBLE DECREASE

Insert your hook into the front loop only of the next stitch. Now insert your hook into the front loop only of the next
stitch. Yarn over and pull the strand of yarn through 2 loops on your hook.

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