Need a charming little companion? Or a herd of charming companions? Meet Clancy the Clydesdale and his friends. Constructed with simple shaping, and yes, a bit of easy seaming, Clancy and friends are a quick, adorable knit.

BONUS: Pattern includes instructions on how to make a leather halter custom fit to Clancy and his friends!

Pattern has been professionally tech edited and test knit to reduce the potential for error.

CONSTRUCTION

Horses are knit in two pieces and seamed together using mattress stitch.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Knit stitches
• Purl stitches
• Slipped stitches
• Increase and decrease stitches - KFB, K2TOG, SSK, CDD
• Simple seaming using mattress stitch

INSTRUCTIONS

The pattern is fully charted, but also includes complete written directions so the ability to read a chart is not necessary to work this pattern.

YARN NOTES

An aran weight yarn with good stitch definition and little to no halo is recommended.

ADDITIONAL NOTIONS

US G (4.25 mm) crochet hook
Tapestry/blunt yarn needle
1 20 oz (567 g) bag polyester fiber fill (will stuff several horses)
2 10mm safety eyes per horse - hand press lock (brown or use your preferred color - Percy has blue!)
3”/7.6 cm x 8”/20.3 piece cardboard
3”/7.6 cm x 4”/10.2 cm piece cardboard

Materials (for 1 halter):
1 - 5mm Doll Shoe Slide Buckle
5 - 8mm Silver Jump Rings
21”/53.3 cm - 3/16”/.5 cm Deerskin Lace Leather Cording
Leathercraft Cement/Glue

NOTES

Although horse is not difficult to make, PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU START. Doing so will make your project sail along much more smoothly.

Source for eyes: GurumiSupply on Etsy
Source for buckles: Amazon
Jewelry findings, leather, and leather cement were purchased at Michael’s