About this pattern
A hippo amigurumi made of three stuffed pieces (body, head, legs) plus three flat triangles for ears and tail. The body starts at a magic ring and increases from 6 to 30 single crochets over its first five rounds, continues plain single crochet through rounds 6-14, then decreases at round 15; the head alternates gray and pink yarn across its first six rounds, opening in front loop only, before shaping the nose and narrowing through round 11; each of four legs works 10 stitches over 5 rounds.
This hippo amigurumi builds from three main pieces: a 15-round body worked from a magic ring, an 11-round head with gray-and-pink color blocking across its first six rounds that starts in the front loop only, and four legs of 5 rounds and 10 stitches each. Three small flat triangles — two ears and one tail — come from a 3-chain base with two single crochets and a slip stitch. The number to track is the body's increase sequence, moving from 6 to 12 to 18 to 24 to 30 single crochets across rounds 1 through 5. Colors can be customized freely; the gray-and-pink combination shown here gives the finished hippo a whimsical touch.
