The Elephant

The little elephant is made with sport weight cotton yarn and features a minimalistic yet cute look. Except for the ears and the tail, all the pieces are worked in rounds/spirals in a single crochet stitch. Body, head, legs, belly, and trunk are worked in one piece. Tail and ears are the only pieces that require sewing. The ears are crocheted in turning rows with slip stitches worked in front loops only. This makes a thin yet dense, reversible, and beautiful fabric. I embroider eyes in my toys, but you can use safety eyes, beads, or tiny buttons if you prefer. The finished toy is about 13cm / 5.1 in long if made with sport weight yarn and 2.5mm hook. If you want a larger toy, you may try to work with a thicker yarn and a larger hook. Please, keep in mind that yarn meterage/yardage and the amount of fiberfill will increase. - 8 pages PDF file - detailed text instructions are accompanied by 58 photos of the making process - written in English using US crochet terms - you need to know basic crochet stitches and techniques (ch, slip stitch, sc, trc, identifying front and back loop of the stitch, identifying turning chain, adjustable/magic ring, work with sc around a chain, sc increase and decrease) - requires careful stitch counting, working increases and decreases and starting a new round exactly as instructed in the pattern.