Amigurumi rhino free crochet pattern

With this free crochet pattern you can add a cute rhino to your amigurumi safari animal collection. The amigurumi rhino is a great gift for kids in all ages. Your finished toy size depends on your tension and materials you use. When crocheting from the recommended yarn, the rhino turns out to be 24 cm (9.5″).

Designed and photos by @sami.s.yshami
Translated by Amiguroom Toys

Materials:

• Yarn: YarnArt Jeans (55% cotton, 45% acrylic; 50 g/160 m)
• Hook size: 2.0 mm
• 10 mm safety eyes
• Black embroidery thread
• Stitch marker
• Tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Fiberfill

Abbreviations:
R = row
mc = magic circle
ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
inc = increase (2 sc in the next stitch)
dec = decrease (single crochet 2 stitches together)
(12) = number of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
(…)*6 = repeat whatever is between the brackets the number of times stated
F.o. = finish off

Free amigurumi rhino pattern

Legs (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: BLO 30 sc
R 7-8: 30 sc (2 rows)
R 9: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 10: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 11: 6 sc, 3 dec, 6 sc (15)
R 12-18: 15 sc (7 rows)
Stuff with fiberfill till R 14.
Crochet additional 3 sc.
Fold top of leg flat and 7 sc through both sides across.
F.o.

Embroider 3 hooves on the leg using a white yarn.

Arms (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: BLO 24 sc
R 6-7: 24 sc (2 rows)
R 8: (10 sc, dec)*2 (22)
R 9: (9 sc, dec)*2 (20)
R 10: (8 sc, dec)*2 (18)
R 11: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
R 12-18: 12 sc (7 rows)
Stuff with fiberfill till R 13.
Fold top of arm flat and 5-6 sc through both sides across.
F.o.

Embroider 3 hooves on the arm using a white yarn.

Body
Stuff as you go.
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
R 8: (6 sc, inc)*6 (48)
R 9: (7 sc, inc)*6 (54)
R 10: (8 sc, inc)*6 (60)
R 11: (9 sc, inc)*6 (66)
R 12: 66 sc
Attach the legs in the next row:
R 13: 7 sc together with sc of the 1st leg, 26 sc, 7 sc together with sc of the 2nd leg, 26 sc (66)
R 14-15: 66 sc (2 rows)
R 16: (20 sc, dec)*3 (63)
R 17: 63 sc
R 18: (19 sc, dec)*3 (60)
R 19: 60 sc
R 20: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
R 21: 54 sc
R 22: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
R 23: 48 sc
R 24: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
R 25: 42 sc
R 26: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 27: 36 sc
R 28: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 29: 30 sc
Attach the arms in the next row:
R 30: 2 sc, 5 sc together with sc of the 1st arm, 10 sc, 5 sc together with sc of the 2nd arm, 8 sc (30)
R 31: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24), sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Head
Stuff as you go.
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
R 6: (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
R 7: (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
R 8-12: 42 sc (5 rows)
R 13: (1 sc, inc)*6, 30 sc (48)
Insert safety eyes between R 12 and R 13 at the distance of 16-17 st from each other.
R 14: 48 sc
R 15: (2 sc, inc)*6, 30 sc (54)
R 16: 54 sc
R 17: (3 sc, inc)*6, 30 sc (60)
R 18-24: 60 sc (7 rows)
R 25: (8 sc, dec)*6 (54)
R 26: (7 sc, dec)*6 (48)
R 27: (6 sc, dec)*6 (42)
R 28: (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
R 29: (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
R 30: (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
R 31: (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)
R 32: (1 sc, dec)*6 (12)
R 33: (dec)*6 (6)
F.o.

Make eye tightening (optional). Embroider eye whites using a white yarn.
Embroider eyebrows using a black thread.

Ears (make 2)
R 1: 6 sc in mc (6)
R 2: (inc)*6 (12)
R 3: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18)
R 4: (2 sc, inc)*6 (24)
R 5: (3 sc, inc)*6 (30), sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Fold the top of the ear in half and sew it to the head at the level of R 24-26.

Horn
With white yarn:
R 1: 4 sc in mc (4)
R 2: (1 sc, inc)*2 (6)
R 3: 6 sc
R 4: 3 inc, 3 sc (9)
R 5: 9 sc
R 6: 2 sc, 3 inc, 4 sc (12)
R 7: 12 sc
R 8: (1 sc, inc)*6 (18), sl st
Stuff with fiberfill.
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Tail
Make 10 ch.
R 1: From the 2nd ch from hook: 9 sl st
F.o. and leave a long tail for sewing.

Sew the tail to the back of the body between R 14 and R 15.