Jingo the Giraffe sits a proud 15 inches high. Colourful , cheerful , Soft and squishy, he will be a favourite with children of all ages. Made using a combination of fleece yarn and small amounts of colourful DK yarn on 3 and 4mm needles

Chenille sticks bound with fibrefill and yarn, safely enable the neck to stay upright or bend into different positions.

The pattern is clearly written and contains many photos’ to help you along the way. I would class this pattern suitable for a confident beginner to intermediate knitter and above.

Gauge (this is an approximate guide, as it will depend on what tension you knit to)
DK = 7st per inch/11 rows per inch
Fleece = 6st per inch/ 10 rows per inch

Materials needed

2 x 50g balls Rico Baby Teddy Aran in the colour of your choice – I used shade 017 (you can use another fleece yarn as long as it is Aran weigh and will knit up to approximately the gauge given above)
Scrap of matching DK for sewing up fleece yarn pieces. (optional)
No more than 25grms of DK/8ply/11 wpi, in colours of your choice. (6 colours used in all)
Scrap of black yarn for mouth, eyebrows and blanket stitch around ears.
6 chenille sticks - minimum length 10 inches long.
1 pair straight 3mm needles
1 pair straight 4mm needles (used for scarf only)
Pair of 10 or 12mm plastic safety toy eyes (I used plain black)
Fiberfil
Spare small straight knitting needle (optional)
Spare double pointed needle (optional)
Yarn sewing needle.

Abbreviations used
k = knit
p = purl
k2tog/p2tog = knit/purl the next
two stitches together (decreases 1
st)
Ss = stockinet stitch (knit one row,
purl one row)
Gs = Garter stitch (every row knit)
st/sts = stitch/stitches
inc1 = (increase) by knitting into
front and back of same stitch.

PLEASE NOTE: if you use any other
method of increasing, your stitch
count will NOT work out.