Quirky Elephant Siblings by Mauskito

Quirky Elephant Siblings

Crochet
January 2025
Sport (12 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
2.5 mm
219 - 328 yards (200 - 300 m)
girl elephant, boy elephant
US
English German
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Description
The siblings Toot and Tootelle Elephant are the big plus in the nursery! They love to be your child’s best friends - their big ears are also great for listening - and of course they keep the little and big whispered secrets very well to themselves.

Skills Required / What You’ll Receive

  • Chain (ch)
  • Turning chain (tch)
  • Single crochet (sc)
  • slip stitch ( sl st)
  • Increase/double crochet (inc)
  • Decrease/join stitches (dec)
  • everything between { } is repeated as often as stated (e.g. x3)
  • Change of direction (CD!)
  • Back loop only (BLO) / Front loop only (FLO)
  • Work is mainly carried out in spiral rounds

Size Information
In Sport or Light Worsted yarn (50g/125m) the elephants will be approx. 12“/30 cm, in Super Bulky (100g/120m) chenille approx. 24“/60 cm tall.

Materials List

For small cotton version:

  • Crochet hook size 2.5
  • Yarn with 50g/125m (e.g. Sport or Light Worsted)
  • Filling cotton
  • 2 amigurumi eyes with a diameter of 5 mm.

For lange chenille version:

  • Crochet hook size 5
  • Chenille yarn with 100g/120m (Super Bulky)
  • Filling cotton
  • 2 amigurumi eyes with a diameter of 18 mm.

Colors of yarn required:

  • For boy : Brown, blue, red, gray, pink, a bit of white for the eyes and a little scrap of black for the mouthand the X on the trunk

  • For girl: White (more than 1 skein), gray (more than 1 skein), pink, apricot, light green and a little scrap of black for the mouth and the X on the trunk