Beach Hippo Free Amigurumi Pattern

Hello dear Amigurumi enthusiasts! Today I would like to share with you a free Amigurumi Animal pattern and construction instructions. Amigurumi has become a popular hobby in the world of craftsmanship, and in this article I will present you a great Amigurumi Animal design. Trust your imagination while doing amigurumi. And dare to create your own unique designs. Welcome to the Amigurumi world, enjoy fun handicraft projects.

Knitted hippo amigurumi with a lifebuoy from Anna Bortsova . The toy is crocheted 1.5 mm from Fibranatura Cotton True Sport cotton yarn. For the peephole, use black beads or plastic peepholes on a secure mount. The size of the finished hippo with these materials is about 12 cm.

Legend:
ka – amigurumi ring
vp – air loop
sbn – single crochet column
ol – increase
ub – decrease
ss – connecting column

Crochet pattern of a hippopotamus

Legs – body – head (fit in one piece)

Legs (2 parts)
1: 6 PRS per ka (6)
2:PR* 6 times (12)
5: (1 PRS, PR) * 6 times (18)
4-7: No changes 4 rows (18)
Fasten and cut the thread.

Similarly, we knit the second leg, but we do not cut the thread, but we do 1 VP, then we knit:
8: 18 sbn on the 1st leg, 1 sbn in the VP, 18 sbn on the 2nd leg, 1 sbn in the VP (38)

Body
9: (8 sbn, pr) * 4, 2 sbn (42)
10: (6 sbn, pr) * 6 times (48)
11: No change (48)
12: (7 sbn, pr) * 6 times ( 54)
13-14: No change 2 rows (54)
15: (8 SBN, D) * 6 times (60)
16-18: No change 3 rows (60)
19: (8 SBN, UB) * 6 times ( 54)
20: No change (54)
21: (7 SBN, UB) * 6 times (48)
22: No change (48)
23: (6 SBN, UB) * 6 times (42)
24: (5 SBN, UB) * 6 times (36)
25: No change (36)
26: (4 SBN, UB) * 6 times (30)
27: No change (30)
28: (3 SBN, UB) * 6 times (24)
29: UB * 12 times (12)

Head
30: pr * 12 times (24)
31: (3 prs, pr) * 6 times (30)
32: (4 prs, pr) * 6 times (36)
33: (5 prs, pr) * 6 times ( 42)
34: (6 sbn, pr) * 6 times (48)
35: (7 sbn, pr) * 6 times (54)
36: (8 sbn, pr) * 6 times (60)
37: (9 sbn, pr) * 6 times (66)
38-42: No change 5 rows (66)
43: (9 SBN, UB) * 6 times (60)
44: (8 SBN, UB) * 6 times (54)
45: ( 7 SBN, UB) * 6 times (48)
46: (6 SBN, UB) * 6 times (42)
47: No change (42)
48: (5 SBN, UB) * 6 times (36)
49: (4 SBN, UB) * 6 times (30)
50: (3 SBN, UB) * 6 times (24)
51: (2 SBN, UB) * 6 times (18)
52: (1 SBN, UB) * 6 times ( 12)
53: UB * 6 times (6)
Pens(2 parts)
1: 6 PRS per ka (6)
2: PR * 6 times (12)
3: (1 PRS, PR) * 6 times (18)
4-5: No change 2 rows (18)
6: UB * 2 times, 14 SBN (16)
7: UB * 2 times, 12 SBN (14)
8-14: No change 7 rows (14)
15: UB * 7 times (7)

Insert the joints (if you are moving hands) and tighten the hole.
Or fold in half and knit 7 sc (if the pens are sewn), in this case we do not knit the 15th row.

Ears (2 parts)
1: 6 sc in ka (6)
2: pr * 6 times (12)
ss, fasten and cut the thread, leave the tip for sewing.

Tail
Dial a chain of 10 VP.
Starting from the 2nd loop from the hook, in each knit 2 sc.
Cut the thread, leave the tip for sewing.

Muzzle
Collect a chain of 6 VP. We knit on both sides of the chain, forming an oval.
1: pr in the 2nd loop from the hook, 3 sbn, 3 sbn in the last loop, on the other side of the chain: 3 sbn, pr
2: pr, 2 sbn, pr * 3 times, 3 sbn, pr * 2 times
3: pr, 4 sbn, pr, 2 sbn, pr, 5 sbn, pr
4: pr * 2 times, 8 sbn, pr * 2 times, 9 sbn
5: pr, 2 sbn, pr, 9 sbn, pr, 2 sbn, pr
6-8: Put the marker, knit unchanged 3 rows.
9: UB, 5 SBN, UB, 4 SBN, UB, 3 SBN, UB, 3 SBN, UB, ss
Trim and leave the tip for sewing.

We
close a life ring 12 VP in a circle and knit in a circle without changes to the desired length.
Then we fix the thread, leave the tip for sewing.
We sew the beginning and the end with a needle.

The author knitted the circle so that it did not fall from the waist, so she sewed the edges, putting the circle on a hippo.

Hat
1: 6 sbn in ka (6)
2: pr * 6 times (12)
3: (1 sbn, pr) * 6 times (18)
4. (2 sbn, pr) * 6 times (24)
5. ( 3 sbn, pr) * 6 times (30)
6. (4 sbn, pr) * 6 times (36)
7. (5 sbn, pr) * 6 times (42)
8-13. Unchanged 6 rows (42)
14. pr in each loop
15. (1 sbn, pr) – in a circle
16-17. No change 2 rows
To make the hat fields wider, you can knit a few more row without changes.