Greg the Gator has a beach blanket, a beach ball, and wears a removable bucket hat. He is knit using worsted weight yarn (14 wpi) and measures approximately 6.5”/17 cm from his feet to the top of his hat.

Techniques used in this pattern include knitting in the round, increasing and decreasing, working with multiple colors, and making bobbles.

YARN
(I use Eco Butterfly’s Pakucho Organic Cotton Worsted)
48g Color A for head, body, tail, snout
6 g Color B for belly
15 g Color C for bucket hat
11 g Color D for towel, beach ball
14 g Color E light stripes for towel, beach ball
Small amount of white for teeth

OTHER SUPPLIES
15 mm safety eyes