Large Elephant Border
Hi guys! This is an awesome border and I love that is is a larger than usual border. You can find the video tutorial for this on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-8Ag5qtwRo
Please note that if you would like to make this border smaller you can use a smaller hook and or a lighter yarn. If you would like to make it even larger you can use a larger hook and a heavier weight yarn. This is in multiples of 10.
Materials:
*5mm hook
*Any yarn of your choice. I used Red Heart Super Saver in white
*scissors
*darning needle
Abbreviations:
sl st: slip stitch
dc: double crochet
sc: single crochet
ch: chain
hdc: half double crochet
bc: because ;-)
Pattern:
Beginning body and legs
6 sl st
in the 6th sl st ch 2, same stitch add 1 dc. this will count as 2 dc bc of chain 2.
skip 2 place 2 dc in third stitch
chain 2 and turn your work.
chain 2 counts as first dc. on the the top of next dc do 1 dc.
place 2 dc in the ch 2 space
1 dc in the top of the next 2 previous dc
tail
chain 5, skip 5 and sc into the 6th sl st. Now you will turn your work again. (if this is the first elephant in your border simply sl st back up the ch of 5)
tie in trunk of previous elephant
after you ch 5 and sc you will then sl st back up 2 times. pull out your loop then place your hook in the previous trunk at the tip and pull in your loop and sc then proceed up the chain of 5 with three more sl st.
we are now at the top of the body
sc in the fist stitch
hdc in the next
dc in the next 4 stitches
ch 2 very loosely and sc into the bottom of our last dc we just completed. you will now have a loop.
Ears
you will ignore this loop for now and work around the post of the previous dc.
sc around this post and ch 2 then place 5 dc in this same space then ch 3 and sc back into the same space. this completes the first ear.
2nd Ear
you will now be working in the loop we created. place a sc then ch 2 then add 5 dc then ch 3 and sc all into the same space. You will now have what looks to be a bow or a butterfly. you will now ch 2 very loosely and sc in between the ears at the top hole.
Head
you will now work in the ch 2 loop we just created.
sc 1 and ch 2 then work 3 dc into this space.
trunk
ch 5 sl st back down for a total of 4 sl st
working our way down to get to the bottom of the second leg
you will now ch 1. Then you will sc into the space directly behind the trunk then ch 1 then go directly behind the head sc then ch 1. then you will ch 1 and sc in the space behind the ears. You will then ch 1 and sc into the space available at the leg and then ch 1 and then finally you will sc into the bottom of the leg. You are finished with your elephant. to start on your next one you will slip stitch 6 and repeat.
