Elephant Eyeglass Holder

Elephant Eyeglass Holder Crochet Pattern by Lisa Ferrel

What is Being Made

This is a crochet pattern for an Elephant Eyeglass Holder, a functional decorative accessory designed to hold eyeglasses. The finished piece features a three-dimensional elephant head with a hollow body cavity suitable for resting eyeglasses. The pattern includes options for creating both a standard elephant and a larger bull elephant variation, allowing crafters to choose their preferred size.

Craft and Technique Overview

This project uses crochet as the primary construction method. The elephant is worked in the round using continuous rounds without joining, which creates a seamless spiral construction. This technique is common in amigurumi-style projects where stuffed three-dimensional shapes are created. The pattern employs strategic increases and decreases to shape the head and create the characteristic rounded form of an elephant.

Crochet Stitches Used

• Single Crochet (sc) – The foundation stitch used throughout the majority of the pattern for building the body and head structure
• Chain Stitch (ch) – Used to establish the initial foundation for the first round
• Increase Stitches (2 sc in next st) – Multiple increases are worked in early rounds to expand the piece from a small center point to the full 60-stitch circumference
• Decrease Stitches (Dec) – Decreases are worked in later rounds to shape the head and create the tapered top of the elephant

Materials Required

The pattern calls for Red Heart worsted weight yarn as the primary material. The yardage requirements are 2 ounces of main color (MC) for a standard elephant, with 2.3 ounces needed for the larger bull elephant variation. Additional materials include a few yards of ivory yarn for the bull elephant and a contrasting color (CC) yarn for optional embellishments such as a bow.

Construction requires a Size G (4.0 mm) crochet hook, appropriate for working with worsted weight yarn. Additional materials include a yarn needle for weaving in ends and assembling pieces, plastic googly eyes for facial features, fiberfil stuffing to fill the elephant head and maintain its three-dimensional shape, and optionally a pipe cleaner for added structure or poseable elements.

Difficulty Level

This pattern is rated as intermediate difficulty. While the basic stitches used are fundamental, the project requires understanding of working in continuous rounds, executing increases and decreases accurately to maintain proper shaping, and stuffing techniques. Crafters should be comfortable reading pattern abbreviations and following multi-round instructions.

Pattern Structure

The head section begins with a magic ring or chain-2 foundation, starting with 6 single crochets. Rounds 2 and 3 establish increases that build the piece to 12 stitches, then continue expanding through Round 10 until reaching a full 60-stitch circumference. Rounds 11 through 22 are worked even without increases or decreases, creating the main body cavity. Rounds 23 through 28 introduce strategic decreases that shape and close the top of the head, reducing from 54 stitches down to the final closure.