ELEPHANT knitting pattern

Hi! I love elephants 🐘 so this block had to be in our collection 😄

You can choose to knit the eyes as I did or change row 36 and skip them. If you want to do the latter (and get only the silhouette of the head on that part) knit the following row instead of the one in the written instructions:

Row 36) p4, k6, p1, k13, p1, k6, p4

Enjoy the pattern 🧶, and talk to you soon!

Ceci

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THE ENTIRE PATTERN (written and charted) IS BELOW.

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ABBREVIATIONS

CO: cast on
RS: right side
WS: wrong side
st: stitch
k: knit
p: purl

INSTRUCTIONS

– CO 43 sts with US 7 (4.5 mm) needles.

I always cast on and bind off stitches with larger needles than I use for the main work. This prevent my cast on and bind off rows from being too tight.

– With US 6 (4 mm) needles, knit 4 rows.

Slip first stitch on every row as if you were to knit it, but without knitting it (except on the first row). It will form a neat and sturdy border.

– Continue working as follows:

4 garter sts, ELEPHANT pattern over 35 sts, 4 garter sts (55 rows).

– Knit 4 rows.

– Bind off with US 7 (4.5 mm) needle. Cut yarn and weave in ends.

STITCH GLOSSARY

Garter Stitch

k all sts, all rows.

ELEPHANT dishcloth knitting pattern – Row by row

Row 1) and every following odd row (RS) k all sts

Row 2) p all sts

Row 4) p all sts

Row 6) p6, k3, p4, k3, p3, k3, p4, k3, p6

Row 8) p5, k7, p1, k4, p1, k4, p1, k7, p5

Row 10) p4, k7, p1, k3, p1, k6, p1, k8, p4

Row 12) p3, k8, p1, k3, p1, k7, p1, k8, p3

Row 14) p3, k8, p1, k4, p1, k6, p1, k8, p3

Row 16) p3, k9, p1, k4, p1, k14, p3

Row 18) p4, k3, p1, k5, p1, k4, p1, k8, p1, k3, p4

Row 20) p9, k5, p1, k4, p1, k6, p9

Row 22) p10, k5, p1, k4, p1, k4, p10

Row 24) p10, k5, p1, k5, p1, k3, p10

Row 26) p7, k3, p1, k3, p1, k6, p1, k2, p1, k3, p7

Row 28) p6, k5, p1, k11, p1, k5, p6

Row 30) p5, k5, p1, k13, p1, k5, p5

Row 32) p5, k5, p1, k13, p1, k5, p5

Row 34) p4, k6, p1, k13, p1, k6, p4

Row 36) p4, k6, p1, k3, p1, k5, p1, k3, p1, k6, p4

Row 38) p3, k7, p1, k13, p1, k7, p3

Row 40) p2, k8, p1, k13, p1, k8, p2

Row 42) p2, k9, p1, k11, p1, k9, p2

Row 44) p2, k9, p1, k11, p1, k9, p2

Row 46) p2, k10, p1, k9, p1, k10, p2

Row 48) p3, k8, p4, k5, p4, k8, p3

Row 50) p4, k5, p17, k5, p4

Row 52) p all sts

Row 54) p all sts

Row 55) k all sts

ELEPHANT knitting pattern – CHART

Read all odd rows from right to left, and all even rows from left to right.

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3 thoughts on “ELEPHANT knitting pattern – Block 14 of Beginner Blanket MKAL 2020”

artisewn says:

16 June, 2020 at 10:14 am

Thank you. Love elephants, too!

Shawn says:

26 January, 2021 at 4:08 pm

Just bought! Can you recommend some yarn, ideally washable and super soft?

Anonymous says:

20 April, 2022 at 11:07 am

I love this cotton, is super soft, washable, but the color fades. I have only found it at Hobby Lobby. Peaches and Cream is what I make dishcloths with but it is not soft.

ELEPHANT knitting pattern – Block 14 of Beginner Blanket MKAL 2020