How to Crochet Hippo Amigurumi For Your Baby

Learn how to crochet hippo amigurumi with this step-by-step tutorial to gift your baby. This hippo features an adorable sweater, blushing cheeks and simple but lovely facial expressions. Overall, this doll can be crocheted easily by a beginner amigurumi maker.

Designer @beary bearnita

Supplies Needed

To get similar results for this crochet Hippo Amigurumi, have the below crochet materials and specific tools in hand:

Yarn: sport or DK lightweight yarn. (The designer used Yarnart Jeans)
Crochet hook: 2mm-2.5mm
Black embroidery thread
Safety eyes size 5mm
Fiberfill
Yarn needles

How to crochet Hippo

Crocheting this amigurumi hippo included crocheting all the parts separately and sewing them together. Follow through the below crochet pattern to learn whole procedure:

Abbreviations

Before you start following this crochet hippo pattern, check out what the abbreviations in the pattern actually mean.

MR – magic ring
sc – Single Crochet: Basic crochet stitch
Sl st – Slip Stitch For Joining
dc – Double Crochet US
hdc half double crochet
FLO-front loop only
inc – increase (2 single crochet
in 1 stitch.

Leg – 2

Rnd 1. 7sc in MR (7)
Rnd 2.7-inc (14)
Rnd 3-4. (4 rnds) 14sc (14)
make the 2nd leg in the same way.
Don’t cut the yarn, make 4 chains, join in 1st
leg. Continue to the body

Body

Rnd 1. (5sc, inc) * 6 (42)
Rnd 2. (6sc, inc) * 6 (48)
Rnd 3-11. (9 rnds) 48sc (48) change to green
Rnd 12. (10sc, dec) * 4 (44) Rnd 13-15. (3 rnds) 44sc (44)
Rnd 16. (9sc, dec) * 4 (40) Rnd 17. 40sc (40)
change to grey,

Rnd 18. (8sc, dec) * 4(36)
Rnd 19. 9sc, inc, (3sc, inc) * 4, 10sc (41)

Rnd 20. 10sc, inc, (4sc, inc) * 4, 10sc (46)

Rnd 21. 46sc (46)
Rnd 22. 17sc, inc, (5sc, inc) * 2, 16sc (49) Rnd

23-24. (2rnds) 49sc (49)
Rnd 25. 17sc, dec, (5sc, dec) * 2, 16sc (46)

Rnd 26. 46sc (46)
Rnd 27. 11sc, dec, (4sc, dec) * 4, 9sc (41)

Rnd 28. 16sc, dec, 8sc, dec, 13sc (39) insert the eyes at round 28,29. 6sc apart.

Rnd 29-32. (4rnds) 39sc (39)
Rnd 33. (11sc, dec) * 3 (36)

Rnd 34-35. (2rnds) 36sc (36)

Rnd 36. (4sc, dec) * 6 (30)

Rnd 37. (3sc, dec) * 6 (24)
Rnd 38. (2sc, dec) * 6 (18)
Rnd 39. (sc, dec) * 6 (12)
Rnd 40. 6-dec (6)
cut the yarn and weave in the end

Arm – 2

Rnd 1.5sc in MR (5) Rnd 2.5-inc (10)
Rnd 3-5. (3 rnds) 10sc (10)
change to green
Rnd 6-12. (7 rnds) 10sc (10)
slst. Cut the yarn, leave long tail for sewing