Meet Harper the Hippo! 💜 She is soft, loves cuddles and would make a great best friend for anyone! She is made with 100% cotton yarn in light grey for the main color and purple for the second color. While this pattern is available for free here on MummaJ Crochet, a PDF version is also available (low cost and print friendly!)
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You will need:
Pins to hold everything together while stitching the parts on at the end.
*Cotton Yarn: 100% cotton, 50 g (1.76 oz) / 115m (125 yd) Etsy
Stitches / abbreviations:
Sc = Single Crochet (Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull through, now you have 2 loops on hook, yarn over, pull through both loops.)
Hdc = Half Double Crochet (Yarn over, insert into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have three loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through all three loops.)
Dc = Double Crochet (Yarn over, insert into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have three loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.)
Ss = Slip stitch (Insert hook, yarn over, pull through both stitch and loop on hook.)
Inc = Increase (2sc in same stitch)
Dec = Decrease (Insert hook into front loop of first stitch, Insert hook into front loop of second stitch, yarn over, pull through both loops, now you have 2 loops on hook, yarn over, pull through both loops.)
Blo = Back loop only
Flo = Front loop only
St = Stitch/stitches
Ch = Chain (Yarn over, pull through one loop on hook)
- * repeat the pattern in-between the asterix X amount of times
- = number of stitches at the end of the round
- Work in continuous spiral; do not join your work at the end of the rounds unless stated.
- This pattern uses US terminology.
NOTES
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Right handed video: https://youtu.be/kGd4sOwrwro
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1) This crochet pattern does not contain the crochet lessons. You should have the basic crocheting skills to be able to crochet with the help of this crochet pattern.
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Written Pattern:
Head
Ch 6
Starting from the second chain from hook sc 4, 3 sc in the last chain stitch, continue working around chain. Sc 3, 1 inc in the last stitch = 12
1 Inc, sc 3, 3 inc, sc 3, 2 inc = 18
Sc 1, 1 inc, sc 4, 1 inc, sc 1, 1 inc, sc 1, 1 inc, sc 4, 1 inc, sc 1, 1 inc = 24
Sc 2, 1 inc, sc 5, 1 inc, sc 2, 1 inc, sc 2, 1 inc, sc 5, 1 inc, sc 2, 1 inc = 30
Sc 3, 1 inc, sc 6, 1 inc, sc 3, 1 inc, sc 3, 1 inc, sc 6, 1 inc, sc 3, 1 inc = 36
Sc 4, 1 inc, sc 7, 1 inc, sc 4,1 inc, sc 4, 1 inc, sc 7, 1 inc, sc 4, 1 inc = 42
Sc around for 8 rows = 42
(make sure you finish your last row of sc on the same line as the last inc that you made, this will mean the rest of the pattern will be lined up correctly the head wont be to one side.)
BLO for this whole row sc 4, 11 inc, sc 15, 1 inc, sc 11 = 54
Sc 2, 1 inc, sc 25, 1 inc, sc 4, 1 inc, sc 5, 1 inc, sc 5, 1 inc, sc 5, 1 inc, sc 2 = 60
Sc 42, ch 8, skip 8 st, sc 10 = 60
Sc 42, sc 8 in the chain, sc 10 = 60
Sc around for 5 rows = 60
*Sc 8, 1 dec* × 6 = 54
Sc around for 1 row = 54
*Sc 7, 1 dec* x 6 = 48
Sc around for 1 row = 48
*Sc 6, 1 dec* x 6 = 42
*Sc 5, 1 dec* x 6 = 36
*Sc 4, 1 dec* x 6 = 30
*Sc 3, 1 dec* x 6 = 24
*Sc 2, 1 dec* x 6 = 18
Stuff the head.
*Sc 1, 1 dec* x 6 = 12
*1 dec* x 6 = 6
Now we need to sculpt where the eyes will go, please see video 1 at 59:34 for how this is done.
Next add eyelashes and the safety eyes (push the backings for the safety eyes through the neck moving any stuffing aside).
Body
Slip stitch to one of the side stitches on the head opening
Sc 1 in each st and 1 on each end = 18
Sc around for 2 rows = 18
*Sc 2, 1 inc* x 6 = 24
Sc around for 1 row = 24
*Sc 3, 1 inc* x 6 = 30
Sc around for 1 row = 30
*Sc 4, 1 inc* x 6 = 36
Sc around for 1 row = 36
*Sc 5, 1 inc* x 6 = 42
Sc around for 1 row = 42
*Sc 6, 1 inc* x 6 = 48
Sc around for 1 row = 48
*Sc 7, 1 inc* x 6 = 54
Sc around for 8 rows = 54
*Sc 7, 1 dec* x 6 = 48
Sc around for 1 row = 48
*Sc 6, 1 dec* x 6 = 42
*Sc 5, 1 dec* x 6 = 36
*Sc 4, 1 dec* x 6 = 30
Stuff the neck nice and firm so the head isn’t flopping around
*Sc 3, 1 dec* x 6 = 24
*Sc 2, 1 dec* x 6 = 18
Stuff the body nice and firm
*Sc 1, 1 dec* x 6 = 12
Add some more stuffing if needed.
*1 dec* x 6 = 6
Cut the yarn leaving a long enough tail to stitch it closed, thread the yarn tail though the front loops of the last 6 st and pull tight to close, hide the yarn tail inside the body and cut off any extra.
Legs (Make2)
Second color
Make a slipknot, ch 2, go back into the first ch that you made and make 6 sc = 6
*1 inc x 6* = 12
*Sc 1, 1 inc* x 6 = 18
*Sc 2, 1 inc* x 6 = 24
*Sc 3, 1 inc* x 6 = 30
*Sc 4, 1 inc* x 6 = 36
Change to main color
Sc around for 1 row in blo = 36
Sc around for 4 rows = 36
*Sc 4, 1 dec* x 6 =30
Sc around for 1 row = 30
*Sc 13, 1 dec* x 2 = 28
Sc around for 1 row = 28
*Sc 12, 1 dec* x 2 = 26
Sc around for 1 row = 26
*Sc 11, 1 dec* x 2 = 24
Sc around for 1 row = 24
*Sc 10, 1 dec* x 2 = 22
Sc around for 1 row = 22
*Sc 9, 1 dec* x 2 = 20
Sc around for 6 rows = 20
Cut the yarn long enough to stitch it onto the body.
Arms (Make 2)
Second color
Make a slipknot, ch 2, go back into the first ch that you made and make 6 sc = 6
*1 inc* x 6 = 12
*Sc 1, 1 inc* x 6 = 18
*Sc 2, 1 inc* x 6 = 24
*Sc 3, 1 inc* x 6 = 30
Change to main color
Sc around for 1 row in blo = 30
Sc around for 3 rows = 30
*Sc 3, 1 dec* x 6 = 24
Sc around for 1 row = 24
*Sc 10, 1 dec* x 2 = 22
Sc around for 1 row = 22
*Sc 9, 1 dec* x 2 = 20
Sc around for 1 row = 20
*Sc 8, 1 dec* x 2 = 18
Sc around for 17 rows = 18
Cut the yarn long enough to stitch it onto the body.
Ears
Second color (Make 2)
Make a slipknot, ch 2, go back into the first ch that you made and make 6 sc = 6
*1 inc* x 6 = 12
Cut the yarn and tie the two yarn tails together
Main color (Make 2)
Make a slipknot, ch 2, go back into the first ch that you made and make 6 sc = 6
*1 inc* x 6 = 12
Place the second color circle onto the of the main color and crochet them together in the next row.
*Sc 1 , 1 inc* x 6 = 18
*Sc 2, 1 inc* x6 = 24
Cut the yarn long enough to stitch it onto the head.
Tail
Make a slipknot, ch 2, go back into the first ch that you made and make 6 sc = 6
Sc around for 3 rows = 6
*Sc 1, 1 inc* x 3 = 9
*Sc 2, 1 inc* x 3 = 12
Sc around for 2 rows = 12
Cut the yarn long enough to stitch it onto the body.
Please watch the last video for how to stitch everything on to the body.
