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Skill level: Intermediate

Animal granny Square Collection: Chicken - Puppy - Tiger - Koala - Bunny - Chick - Ox - Mouse - Monkey - Turkey - Piggy - Kitty - Duckling - Frog - Dragon

Hi everyone! It’s an every year contribution I’ve been doing, to come up with a granny square that has the face of the current year’s Chinese zodiac animal. So far I’ve made the chicken, the dog, the rat, and now the ox. And I’ve also enjoyed making other animal granny squares, such as the cat and the frog, and have a few in the making (a rabbit and other animals) that I’m going to post in the future.
The only hard part for me when designing these granny squares is to show as many face traits as possible, while keeping the square easy to make. I think I’ve nailed it this time. So enjoy making this cute ox as a granny square unit for a baby blanket perhaps, plus, you can totally change the colors to make it look like a cow.
Stay safe and healthy, and happy (belated) Chinese new year!

Materials:

• Yarn: any cotton yarn, one skein of the following colors: dark brown, light brown, yellow, and a yard (meter) of black and white. Suggestion: D.M.C Happy Cotton, 0.7 oz. (20 g), 47 yards (43 m).
• Crochet hook, size US D 11 (3 mm).