A dear friend of mine, Rachel, asked me a week or so back to design her a knitting pattern for an elephant. She is obsessed with them, so as she does so much for me, I decided to take the challenge on. I got her to send me some Google images of elephant toys she liked, so I could get an idea of what she wanted, and then set to work.
As I am swamped right now, I decided to write her one blind – by that I mean I designed it on paper, wrote a rough pattern, and pre-warned her she might need to tweak little bits that I had written up badly or in error. I used other designs I had previously created to steal body parts and came up with a Frankenstein-like creation. Luckily, it turned out well.
Rachel took on the challenge of then knitting up my pattern, pen in hand to alter as she went, and the result is so cute, we just had to share.
Rachel, of course, tweaked the odd detail to perfect Nella, and we are so happy to share our collaboration pattern with you for free. It deserves the love of fellow Ellie lovers.
I sell my designs on Etsy but this one was such a joint effort I feel it deserves to be shared with the world. I will be working on the mini version soon, but enjoy this one in the meantime.
Printable download here
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So adorable! Thank you for your generosity
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It’s my pleasure xx
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That is so cute 😍🐘
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Thank you so much x
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hi I absolutely love Nellaphant.thanks for the pattern. I started knitting her today but either I’m not reading head/ bodywork pattern correct or there’s a mistake.
row k5 (inc1,ki) to last 5st, k5 (40st).
p1 row 40st I get these 2 rows
but the row says
repeats 2 rows once more ( 55st)
not sure where I’ve got it wrong
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Hey it’s been so long since that pattern was made that I am nto sure. I had no one else raise issue but have bene posting finished makes so could be how you are followin
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Is this pattern still available for free somewhere? I love it so much and would love to have a go at making her.
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I don;t think so as I removed most from people misusing them and selling them on other sites x
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