Crochet Elephant Lovey Blanket

Adorable, right?  What little tyke wouldn't want to cuddle with this 100% cotton pink elephant lovey blanket!  The pattern can easily be adapted to blue, or any color of your choosing!

Please note that you can e-mail me if you have any questions at all about the pattern!  The links to video tutorials for various stitches can be very helpful if needed!

Supplies Needed:

• *Qty. 3  Hot Pink 2.5 oz. skeins of Lily Sugar'n Cream 100% cotton 4 ply yarn
• *Black 100% cotton Lily Sugar'n Cream 100% cotton 4 ply yarn (about 1 yard)
• *Qty. 1 White 2.5 oz. skein Lily Sugar'n Cream 100% cotton 4 ply yarn
• Crochet Hook size 7 (4.5 mm)
• Cotton or Poly Stuffing for head, eyes, and arms
• Yarn Needle

*Best price I can find for the Sugar'n Cream yarn is $1.99 for a 2.5 oz skein at Michaels Craft Stores.  Even better if you print out and use their coupons each week - I print two coupons and bring my husband  (They almost always have a 40% or 50% off one regular priced item!).

Make the Head and Nose:
(I strongly suggest reading all the directions first and then watching the video tutorial if this is your first time making a ball shape).
YOU WILL BE MAKING THE NOSE FIRST:

• Round 1: Start with a magic circle with 6 single crochets. 
• Round 2: 2 sc stitches in each stitch around.
• Round 3: do 1 sc in each stitch around.
• Rounds 4-9: continue 1 sc in each stitch around - you should start to see the nose forming.  You can choose to make the nose longer or shorter by adding more or less rows here. PLACE MARKER HERE.
• Round 10: At this point you will start to make the head.  Do one single crochet in the next two stitches, then two single crochets in the third, then one sc in each of the next two, then 2 sc in the next one. Repeat pattern around until you come to the marker.
• Round 11: 3 sc, then two sc in one, 3 sc, then two sc in one (repeat around to marker)
• Rounds 12-16: Basically with each round, you will increase the the number of single crochets in each stitch by one, then do two in one stitch, then repeat the same number of sc again.  You can continue the pattern by adding rounds and increasing the sc by one each time until the bottom of the head is the size that you want. By the 16th round you should be doing 8 sc in a row, then 2 sc in one stitch and repeating that pattern all the way around  to the marker.
• Rounds 17-20: single crochet in each stitch around without increasing.
• ​Round 21 to end: Start decreasing by one for each round as follows: sc 8 stitches, then do a double decrease stitch (see video) and continue around to marker, next round do 7 sc., then a double decrease stitch and continue pattern around to marker.  You will then do a round of 6 sc 1 dd, then a round of 5 sc 1 dd, and 4 etc. Before you finish be sure to fill it with stuffing.  Lastly, using the yarn needle, thread the yarn around the remaining hole and pull tightly closed.

Make the Ears:
The ears are worked from the outside of the ear toward the head in sort of a double layer that will be sewn together at the end....look at the picture to get a better idea if you do not understand, but if you still need help check out the Crochet Elephant Ear Tutorial YOU TUBE video I made...it's not the best, as I made it quickly, but I hope it helps!

• Chain 21 (this has been updated 8/2017 due to finding this mistake - it said 20 before!)
• Round 1: sc into 19th stitch and all the way around on both the top and bottom of the chains.  Add one extra stitch at each end for a total of 42 single crochets.
• Rounds 2 -5: sc in each stitch decreasing twice on each side.  It doesn't matter where on each side you do the decrease, but it is best if they are separated by a few stitches.
• ​Bend into ear shape and use yarn to sew closed and sew onto head using a yarn needle.​

This is my first tutorial video and I know it's not great, but I tried!

Sew on Eyes:

• ​Using black yarn and the yarn needle, double the yarn and embroider eyes on using two stitches each.  

Make the Arms (optional):

• Round 1: make a magic circle and sc 6 stitches into it.
• Round 2:  do two single crochets in each stitch around (you could place a marker here if necessary)
• Rounds 3 - 10: do one single crochet in each stitch around.
• Finish with a slip knot and cut the hanging string so there is approximately 12 inches attached to the arm.
• At this point stuff the arm with stuffing.
• ​Make a second arm.
• Thread  the 12 hanging inches of yarn through the yarn needle and use it to sew each arm onto the head.  Check out this video tutorial on how to sew the arms closed and sew them on.  

Make the Blanket:
The final blanket is approximately 18" x 18".
**PATTERN UPDATED AS OF 3/19/18**

This is a basic granny square blanket with 6 corners instead of 4 and 13 rows in pink, then the edging. Watch this video tutorial (below) to make the basic 6 sided hexagon. ​You will do 12 rows in pink. The rest of the pattern continues below.

Finishing the Blanket:

• Row 13: In pink, chain 1 and do 1 sc in each stitch to the corner. Do three sc in the corner and then 1 sc in each stitch to the next corner. Repeat on all 6 sides. Connect with slip stitch.
• Row 14:  Switch to white.  Chain 3 and double crochet in every stitch around.  In the corners do 2 double crochets in each of the three single crochets from row 13.
• Row 15: Make the scallop stitch - chain 3, and double crochet 6 times into the same stitch, skip 2 and single crochet into the third stitch, then skip 2 and dc six times into the third stitch away, etc.  Repeat all the way around.  If you are not sure of the scallop stitch check out this video tutorial - just note that I do six dc instead of 5 like in the video!

Finishing:

• Sew head onto the center of the blanket.
• Finish by using yarn needle to weave in all loose ends.
• Lovey blanket can be washed and dried on delicate cycle.

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