Making a crocheted elephant is a magnificent option to give the little ones the home or the couple, since it is a tradition to give stuffed animals on Valentine's Day or birthdays and what better than a work woven by yourself, doing it is In a simple way, there are two possible alternatives to create an elephant figure that can be embodied in a regular fabric such as a quilt, a sweater or any other fabric such as a hat, for example, it is an image on the fabric, the other way is to create a 3D doll.

On this occasion, some tricks and steps are shown to make a three-dimensional doll-type crochet elephant, for this, it is important to have a pattern or template, this is the first step in all woven work, to have a guide that shows us the amount of points and measurements that must be made for the piece, for this type of dolls it is decisive since it is usually made by pieces, the entire base is the head, another feature that is considered with the pattern is the choice of material, there is a whole wide range of threads that go from the t-shirt to the most conventional that is the worsted.

FIRST STEPS TO MAKE A CROCHET ELEPHANT Right after having the template, it is necessary to have the materials, when talking about crochet you have to consider the crochet, a lot depends on the size of the doll to know the measure to use, this is another aspect that is well defined in the pattern, For an elephant, the gray color of thread is used a lot, you can use other colors to get details that give the doll a nice appearance, there are even pieces to which a garment is attached.

In the crochet elephant patterns and many others, you begin with the magic ring, it is the base of all knitting, usually it is a small circle of single crochet, for a small elephant six are used, it closes and the increases begin, If you started your ring with 6, now you have to make twelve, all fabric is governed by a multiplicity that can be in pairs or odds, it depends a lot on the garment or doll, these stitches are to start the elephant's head.

BEAUTIFUL ELEPHANTS TO GIVE AWAY AND DECORATE You must generate an increase when starting the new rows of the circle, there are point markers that allow you to have a better organization and make the necessary points, neither one more nor less, the points to do this type of work are very simple, they are uses a basic point, the head is made without a trunk, this is done independently.

Like the body, the ears and the arms, then it is stuffed and everything is joined with an invisible seam, as you can see it is quite simple, you decide the order of the pieces, all the points are made the same as the head, only change the quantity of these and the increases that are made, it is that simple to make a crocheted elephant

In this way, crocheted animals are made, there is a great diversity of them and of different sizes, their functionality is varied, it can be a decorative object or a toy, the details can add some originality to your work, try to choose resistant materials , wool is a magnificent alternative, like the varied number of threads and colors that exist, you should think about the filling, the most regular is cotton, however foams and many other elements can be used.