This elephant is the second toy to be inspired by a skein of locally farm raised and milled wool and mohair blend from Avalon Springs Farm. This oh so soft and fluffy yarn with the gentlest of halos just begged to be a cute little elephant in a sweater.

Yarn is available here:

https://avalonspringsfarm.com/

Eldon is worked from the bottom up in the round and his sweater is worked top down.

Materials
Yarn - For Eldon - Sir Kay from Avalon Springs, DK weight, 250 yds/229 m. Eldon used about 70 yds/64 m.

For Eldon’s sweater - Pendragon Whelps from Avalon Springs Farm, fingering weight, 100 yds/91 m. Sweater used about 40 yds/37 m.

For pocket mouse - 2 yds/2 m fingering weight yarn

Needles - US size 2 (2.75 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge below. You’ll need two sets of double pointed needles (ten total) and a circular needle in the same size for the sweater.

Elephant Gauge - 6 sts by 8 rows over 1” lightly stuffed. Make sure your fabric is tight enough so the stuffing doesn’t show through when stuffed at this gauge. I recommend at least two to three sizes smaller than the recommended needle size for your yarn.

Sweater Gauge - 7 sts by 10 rows over 1”/2.5 cm lightly blocked.
Finished size - approximately 7.25”/18 cm tall

Miscellaneous- 4 locking stitch markers; darning needle for weaving in ends; about 1/4 ounce of wool stuffing (or stuffing of your choice); a scrap of fingering weight yarn or embroidery floss in pink for the nose and black for the eyes; two 6”/15 cm scraps of fingering weight yarn to hold stitches for the trunk and pockets.