Elephant!!

I crocheted an Elephant! How cool is that?! What's even better is that this little elephant has a granny back and ears - my favourite kinda crochet!

I was reminded this week by Emma from Lemons for Lemonade about an elephant pattern I bought ages ago; Emma is also crocheting an elephant! My eldest daughter, Saffron, is elephant mad and she has been pestering me for this for ages! She doesn't know I started making it and she has gone away for the weekend so I can't wait to give it to her, she's going to be chuffed to bits!

It is the most fiddliest crochet I have ever done, especially the tops of the legs! But the pattern has been superbly written and I didn't have to adjust anything so it was easy peasy! 

The trunk took me two attempts as the first one started veering off to the left a bit! This is the first time I have had to use a stitch marker (safety pin) to mark the beginning of a row - so useful!

The pattern is by Irene Strange and can currently be found on Ravelry, although I remember buying it from her online shop before! I would definitely buy another pattern from Irene as they are very well written and she pays close attention to detail in the many photos to show you the way!

I used King Cole Bamboo Cotton DK in dark blue, turquoise and sand. Blue is Saffron's favourite colour!! The pattern say's to use 4 ply wool and a 2.5mm hook but I used DK and a 3.5mm hook and it was absolutely fine!

So here is my elephant in the making!! I am actually really proud of myself because this is my first attempt at amigurumi and it went rather well!