Sweet Nothings Crochet: ADORABLE CROCHET ELEPHANT AMIGURUMI & MATCHING HEADBAND

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ADORABLE CROCHET ELEPHANT AMIGURUMI & MATCHING HEADBAND

This adorable crochet elephant with a matching headband is a project I loved working on.

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Materials used : Today I’ve used some of our lovely Indian unbranded 4-ply knitting cotton with a 3 mm crochet hook ; a little embroidery thread ; embroidery needle ; sewing needle ; fabric glue to seal ends ; crochet stitch markers ; poly-fill stuffing ; stocking net ; headband ; safety eyes ; beads n more ; satin ribbon

For Indians : You could use Anchor , Red rose , 4-ply knitting cotton , or unbranded knitting cotton or White Rose or bamboo knitting cotton , Milk cotton ; Silk yarns as well as Vardhaman acrylic yarns ; Baby soft acrylic yarn , Ganga Spectrum as well

General yarn info : The yarn used today is not specific to this pattern.

You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.

International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used in this thickness, I’d suggest Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn and Alize bamboo yarn , Lily Sugar n' Cream cotton yarn, Caron Simply Soft , Bernat Softee chunky.

Skill level : Intermediate. Basic sewing skills needed.

Stitches used :

How to hold your yarn in crochet : https://youtu.be/FwOlCbGdbqY

Starting slip knot : https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw

Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs

What is a chain stitch ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY

What is a slip stitch : https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw

Magic circle : https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro

Single Crochet : Sc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (2 lps on hk); yo, draw through both lps. One sc made. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/ghACqBpA-3k

First stitch for Single Crochet : This is how I like to start my row of sc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/6pVYRfsf4_M

Here is a sizing chart for general head sizing :

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Whipstitch to join : https://youtu.be/wZ-9LNzftMA

Invisible join : https://youtu.be/a6XZQ6VzJFM

Single crochet to join : https://youtu.be/6FXoW_47_dI

Instruction information

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For this darling roly-poly elephant, I have been inspired by these two patterns at https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/little-elephant-4 and Humphrey the Elephant at http://www.littlemuggles.com/publications/

I decided to add a large red bow around the neck to make it a 'boy' elephant and the cute white bow around the ear to make it a 'girl elephant'.

In case you do not want to crochet the bow, you could use a satin ribbon.

My client loved it.. Let's see your ideas :)

For my headband, I used the elephant applique pattern from RepeatCrafterme at http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2014/10/e-is-for-elephant-crochet-elephant.html

I made two (mirror-image) little motifs and then stuffed it slightly before attaching it to the headband.

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Wednesday 13 December 2017

ADORABLE CROCHET ELEPHANT AMIGURUMI & MATCHING HEADBAND