Lebo and Loba The Lions are a pair of beautiful hand knitted African lions. They would make a lovely nursery decoration. They would make beautiful gifts for anyone from babies to adults. Lebo and Loba are both 17cm or 6.7 inches tall.

Lebo and Loba The Lions are both made using the same pattern. Lebo just has a mane.

Check out Lebo and Loba’s friends - Esie The Elephant here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/esie-the-elephant
and Jabu The Giraffe here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/jabu-the-giraffe
Buy all 3 patterns and only pay for 2!

You can sell your completed items! Just credit Candice Le Grange as the designer.

Materials needed to make Lebo And Loba: 3.25mm or 3 US or 10 UK knitting needles, 2 x 3.25mm or 3 US or 10 UK double pointed knitting needles, 70g or 2.47 oz of Sirdar Snuggly Crofter Baby Fair Isle Effect Dk in shade 0193 (35g or 1.24oz is needed for each lion), 10g or 0.35 oz of Sirdar Snuggly Double Knitting in shade 0303 (for the tails and the mane), stuffing, 2 pairs of 8mm black safety eyes, and black embroidery thread - I used Crochet Thread No 5.

Knitting methods used: Cast on using the thumb method, knit, purl, M1R - Make 1 Right - Make 1 stitch by picking up the bar in between two stitches from back to front and knitting into the front of it, M1L - Make 1 Left - Make 1 stitch by picking up the bar in between two stitches from front to back and knitting into the back of it, K2tog - Knit 2 stitches together as 1, P2tog - Purl 2 stitches together as 1, SKPO - Slip one stitch knit wise, knit one stitch, pull the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch, cast off, I-cord - knit a cord with 2 double pointed needles, sew the pieces together using mattress stitch.