Elephant Twins

My Swap Partner had not requested holiday elephants. I just was in a holiday mood when I decided on my theme. Therefore, I decided I needed to include at least one non-themed item. After I realized the Red Heart Baby wasn’t going to work, I searched through my Crochet World DVD to see what they had for elephant patterns. I found one in the June 2001 Crochet World Magazine called Elephant Twins.

My swap partner had requested blue and red as favorite colors so I shifted the pink dress of the original pattern to red and left the boy in his blue suit.

I followed the pattern for the girl, but switched to the Red Heart ears when making the boy. They just worked better. When I found this pattern, I had hoped it would work for as a substitute for the Red Heart Baby pattern. However, the assembly proved to be awkward and that is when I hit on the idea of using the holiday patterns for the Pilgrim and Leprechaun.

While I liked the girl's dress, I probably would not return to this pattern. I much preferred the pattern I used for the Easter elephant which also has a boy.

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Knit Amigurumi and Stuffed Toys

Crochet and Knit Amigurumi and Other Dolls

Knit and Crochet Toys

Teddy Bear Patterns and Clothes

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Easter Elephant

Once again I got distracted working on swaps and other projects and didn't get to posting. I hope to get caught up soon.

I thought I'd post the Easter projects first. First up was an Easter elephant I made for an ami swap. I participated in Crochetville's ami swap and decided on a holiday elephant theme for my partner. The challenge was finding unique ways to have holiday ami's without making them all identical.

This elephant was made using the Reginald and Regina Elephant free pattern located here. I changed the colors to give it a more holiday feel. For the Easter basket I expanded a free Barbie pattern for an Easter basket found here. There is also a free AG one found here.

This was a really great pattern. While I only made the girl doll, I found the clothing is a size that will fit the baby dolls I'm working on to donate giving me additional free patterns to use. I wish I had found this pattern first. This was one of the last elephants I made and didn't have enough time to make the companion male elephant to send. If I need another elephant in the future, I would start here first.

If you arrived here looking for free patterns you may be interested in the following blog pages:

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Knit and Crochet Food Patterns Great for Play Food

Hello Kitty

Crochet and Knit Puppets

Crochet Amigurumi Animals and Stuffed Animal Free Patterns

Knit Amigurumi and Stuffed Toys

Crochet and Knit Amigurumi and Other Dolls

Knit and Crochet Toys

Teddy Bear Patterns and Clothes

Halloween Page

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Valentines

Easter

Graduation

Patriotic

Pictures may not be used without permission.