Beach Hippo Amigurumi Free Pattern

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.

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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.