Green Dino with a Red Saddle
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A free crochet elf pattern for a cheerful amigurumi Christmas elf doll with pointed ears, a floppy green hat with a gold bell and one hand up in a wave. This elf doll wears a green tunic with a red zigzag collar and a black belt, red-and-white striped legs and curly-toe shoes with tiny bells, and has copper bangs and freckles. It is worked in the round in single crochet with DK yarn and a 2.5 mm hook, with safety eyes, a yarn fringe for the hair and small triangle collar points sewn on, and is about 15 cm (6 in) tall. Follow it row by row with stitch counts and turn the interactive 3D model to check every piece before it sits under the tree.
How to crochet the Christmas Elf
Advanced · 15 cm tall · about 4 h · DK yarn · 2.5 mm hook
- Crochet the 21 pieces in rounds: Body (tunic), Leg with shoe ×2, Shoe bell ×2, Tunic hem, Collar point ×8, Head, Pointed ear ×2, Hat, Bell, Arm ×2 (122 rounds in all).
- Stuff and put it together in 11 steps; each one lights up where it goes on the 3D model.
- Add the face: safety eyes by round and stitch, or embroider them for a child under 3.
Every round with its stitch count is in the Pattern tab below, and in the free printable PDF.
What you'll need
0 of 14 gathered
Gauge
1 sc ≈ 4 mm wide, 1 round ≈ 3.6 mm tall (10 cm ≈ 25 sc × 28 rounds); yarn about 1.9 mm thick. The gauge sets the size of the toy; crochet tightly so the stuffing does not show.
Worked in
Continuous spiral rounds. Don't join. Move a stitch marker up every round.
Parts
0 of 105 rounds done
- Size before assembly: about 5.6 cm at the widest, 5.4 cm long; 18 rounds.
- Change to elf green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R8).
- Change to black (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R11).
- Change to elf green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
- Size before assembly: about 2 cm at the widest, 5.7 cm long; 16 rounds.
- Change to snow white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R10).
- Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R11).
- Change to snow white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R12).
- Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R13).
- Change to snow white (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R14).
- Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R15).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff firmly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 170° around round 5<!-- the bend spreads over 3 rounds --><!-- coil 1.8 -->. The piece rolls up into a spiral (about 0.5 turns) from round 5 to its tip: after stuffing, roll it up starting from the tip (round 1) toward the side that faces up on the finished toy; the turns lie close, each wider than the last. From the tip to round 5 tack neighbouring turns together with 2–3 stitches of matching yarn every 3–4 rounds and hide the yarn inside.
- Size before assembly: about 0.7 cm at the widest, 0.9 cm long; 2 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 7.1 cm at the widest, 1.1 cm long; 4 rounds.
- Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R3).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff.
- Of these: front — 1; no. 2 — 2 (left and right); side — 2 (left and right); no. 4 — 2 (left and right); back — 1. Flat motif — triangle (worked in turned rows, one layer of fabric), about 1.1 × 2 cm; 3 rows.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (~30 cm) for sewing. Do not stuff. Weave in the starting tail, pin the motif out to shape on a soft surface and steam it lightly.
- Size before assembly: about 8.2 cm at the widest, 6.2 cm long; 26 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
- → Insert the safety eyes now (positions: see “Face”) and fix the backs. Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 2.2 cm at the widest, 2.2 cm long; 7 rounds. Multi-colour rounds are listed stitch by stitch from the round-start marker; keep the round start on the piece's centre front line (as it sits on the finished toy). The order is for right-handed crocheting (right to left on the outside); left-handed: reverse it.
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff it lightly — a thin layer, just enough to hold the walls apart: the ear about 10.8 mm thick, with thick rounded edges. Then shape it into a spoon: push the front wall toward the back wall — a concave spoon about 1.6 mm deep in front, a rounded back; about 22 mm wide. Keep the opening a curve, hollow side forward, not a straight line.<!-- (spoon 35 %) -->
- Size before assembly: about 7.8 cm at the widest, 9 cm long; 28 rounds.
- Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R26).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done. Bend ≈ 120° around round 10<!-- the bend spreads over 6 rounds -->. After stuffing, bend the piece so the inner side of the bend faces toward the toy's right on the finished toy (on the piece: in round 10, 3 st from the centre front line, toward the toy's right <!-- st 2.94 right -->). On the inner side draw rounds 8 and 11 together (3 rounds go into the fold): with the needle and matching yarn make 3–4 stitches through the loops of both rounds over about 2 st, pull to the angle and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.6 cm at the widest, 2 cm long; 6 rounds.
- → Start stuffing (firmly) and keep adding as you decrease.
- Top up the stuffing if needed. Fasten off leaving a 15 cm tail; with the needle weave it through the front loops of all 6 stitches of the last round, pull tight and hide the end inside.
- Size before assembly: about 1.4 cm at the widest, 4.2 cm long; 12 rounds.
- Change to christmas red (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R4).
- Change to elf green (pull it through on the last yarn-over of R6).
- Fasten off leaving a long tail (30–40 cm) for sewing. Stuff lightly just before sewing it on; a little less near the edge, then add a pinch when the seam is nearly done.
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