I made lots of rookie mistakes designing this hippo. In the previous version of the pattern, many of the pieces had to be made separately—then sewn together—when they could have been crocheted together as one piece. No more crocheting the snout to the head! 🎉 I’ve updated this hippo pattern to be as simple as possible.
In 2017 I taught myself how to crochet. After completing 3 small projects, I had the idea to write my very first amigurumi pattern. In hindsight, trying to write my own pattern at that point was a little overambitious. 😂 But I’m not one to back down from a challenge.
I first had the idea to make a set of six custom safari amigurumi animals for my nephew, Charlie, in February of 2017. Two months later I had patterns created for a lion, hippo, zebra and giraffe, but I was intimidated by the thought of making an elephant and monkey and went on to create …
As I was writing up this free giraffe crochet pattern, I realized I had no idea what the “horns” on a giraffe are called. After a quick Google search, I learned they’re called ossicones. I’ve decided I won’t be applying to compete on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader any time soon, because I …
A friend of mine recently had a baby girl, and I thought a unicorn amigurumi would make a great baby shower gift! There is something so special about giving a one-of-a-kind gift that no one else will have. There are lots of free unicorn crochet patterns out there already, but none that were quite “me”. …
Zane the Zebra is the third pattern in my series of six matching safari amigurumi animals. Check out the other two I currently have completed, Harriet the Hippo and Laurence the Lion! I will be releasing the fourth pattern, a giraffe, next Wednesday. 🙂 Be sure to subscribe if you want to be notified via …
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