1. Body
The feet and body are knitted in one piece, including the dots. If you find this difficult you can skip the dots and embroider them afterwards with a duplicate stitch. Here for use the scheme below.
Instructions by
hardicraft
Ziggy Giraffe
Pattern for knitting Ziggy Giraffe by Hardicraft. Ziggy is approximately 23 cm tall and is made with 2,5 mm knitting needles.
Tools
Materials
- Yellow blended yarn
- 50 Gram(s)
- Brown blended yarn
- 25 Gram(s)
- Stuffing material
- 35 Gram(s)
- Safety eyes 10 mm
- 2 Piece(s)
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2. Legs
Start with the feet.
Cast on 11 sts with brown.
1 – 4. St st, start with a purl row
5. p2tog, p7, p2tog (= 9 sts)
Continue with yellow.
6 – 9. St st
Break yarn. Leave the work at the back of the needle.
Cast on 11 sts with brown on the same needle and knit the same leg one more time.
Don’t break the yarn, continue with yellow.
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3. Casting on stitches with one thread
Wrap the yarn around your index finger and thumb. Pass the needle under the front thread. Then pass the needle from top to bottom under the back thread. Let the threads slide through your fingers. You have now cast on one stitch.
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4. Continue knitting the body
10. k9, cast on 10 sts, k9 over the 2nd leg (= 28 sts)
11. p28
12. k4 with yellow, k3 with brown, k21 with yellow
Twist the yarns with every color change to avoid holes in your work.
13. p4 with yellow, p3 with brown, p13 with yellow, p5 with brown, p3 with yellow
14. k2 with yellow, k7 with brown, k11 with yellow, k5 with brown, k3 with yellow
15. p2 with yellow, p7 with brown, p10 with yellow, p7 with brown, p2 with yellow
16 – 18. St st, the yellow sts with yellow, the brown sts with brown
19. p2 with yellow, p7 with brown, p11 with yellow, p5 with brown, p3 with yellow
20. k4 with yellow, k3 with brown, k13 with yellow, k5 with brown, k3 with yellow
21. p4 with yellow, p3 with brown, p21 with yellow
22. k13 with yellow, k3 with brown, k12 with yellow
23. p11 with yellow, p5 with brown, p12 with yellow
24. k11 with yellow, k7 with brown, k10 with yellow
25 -27. St st, the yellow sts with yellow, the brown sts with brown
28. k2tog with yellow, k9 with yellow, k7 with brown, k8 with yellow, k2tog with yellow (= 26 sts)
29. p10 with yellow, p5 with brown, p11 with yellow
30. k12 with yellow, k3 with brown, k11 with yellow
31. p26 with yellow
32. k4 with yellow, k3 with brown, k19 with yellow
33. p18 with yellow, p5 with brown, p3 with yellow
34. k2 with yellow, k7 with brown, k9 with yellow, k3 with brown, k5 with yellow
35. p4 with yellow, p5 with brown, p8 with yellow, p7 with brown, p2 with yellow
36. k2 with yellow, k7 with brown, k7 with yellow, k7 with brown, k3 with yellow
37 and 38. St st, the yellow sts with yellow, the brown sts with brown
39. p2tog with yellow, p1 with yellow, p7 with brown, p8 with yellow, p5 with brown, p1 with yellow, p2tog with yellow (= 24 sts)
40. k3 with yellow, k3 with brown, k9 with yellow, k7 with brown, k2 with yellow
41. p3 with yellow, p5 with brown, p16 with yellow
42. k17 with yellow, k3 with brown, k4 with yellow
43. p24 with yellow
44. k2tog with yellow, k20 with yellow, k2tog with yellow (= 22 sts)
45. p10 with yellow, p3 with brown, p9 with yellow
46. k8 with yellow, k5 with brown, k9 with yellow
47. p8 with yellow, p7 with brown, p7 with yellow
48. k2tog with yellow, k5 with yellow, k7 with brown, k6 with yellow, k2tog with yellow (= 20 sts)
49. p7 with yellow, p7 with brown, p6 with yellow
50. k2tog with yellow, k4 with yellow, k7 with brown, k5 with yellow, k2tog with yellow (= 18 sts)
51. p6 with yellow, p7 with brown, p5 with yellow
52. k2tog with yellow, k4 with yellow, k5 with brown, k5 with yellow, k2tog with yellow (= 16 sts)
53. p7 with yellow, p3 with brown, p6 with yellow
Break yarn.
54. Cast on 9 sts with yellow onto the empty needle, continue knitting over the 16 sts of the body with yellow, cast on 9 sts with yellow (= 34 sts)
55. p34
56. kfb, k32, kfb (= 36 sts)
57. pfb, p34, pfb (= 38 sts)
58 – 60. St st
61. p2tog, p34, p2tog (= 36 sts)
62. k2tog, k32, k2tog (= 34 sts)
Bind off 12 sts purlwise, p10, bind off 12 sts purlwise (= 10 sts)
Attach the yellow yarn into the 1st st.
63 – 69. St st
Bind off all sts.
Make another part like this.
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5. Tail
Cast on 10 sts with yellow.
1. p10
Bind off.
Cut 2 strands of brown yarn of approx. 5 cm. Pull the strands through one of the sts at the end of the tail and tie them. Cut off the strands at approx. 1,5 cm from the tail.
Sew the tail onto the back of the body at row 21.
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6. Join Body
Put both parts of the body on top of each other with the right sides up and sew them together with a mattress stitch.
Leave the sts at the top free for the neck opening.
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7. Head
Cast on 16 sts with yellow.
1. p16
2. 8 x [k1, kfb] (= 24 sts)
3. p24
4. 8 x [k1, kfb, k1] (= 32 sts)
5. p32
6. 8 x [k2, kfb, k1] (= 40 sts)
7 – 25. St st
26. 8 x [k2, k2tog, k1] (= 32 sts)
27 – 29. St st
Continue with brown.
30 – 39. St st
40. 8 x [k1, k2tog, k1] (= 24 sts)
41. p24
42. 8 x [k1, k2tog] (= 16 sts)
43. p16
44. 8 x [k2tog] (= 8 sts)
Break yarn and draw tightly through sts.
Join seam with a mattress stitch. Attach the safety eyes at row 26, leave 8 sts between them.
Stuff the head.
Work a gathering thread through every stitch along base edge and draw up tightly.
Sew the head onto the body.
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8. Ears
Cast on 18 sts with yellow.
1. p18
2. k7, k2tog, k7, k2tog (= 16 sts)
3. p16
4. k6, k2tog, k6, k2tog (= 14 sts)
5. p14
6. k5, k2tog, k5 k2tog (= 12 sts)
7. p12
8. k4, k2tog, k4, k2tog (= 10 sts)
9. p10
10. k3, k2tog, k3 (= 8 sts)
Break yarn and draw tightly through sts.
Join seam at the side and bottom.
Make another ear and sew the ears onto the head at row 10 and row 11, leave 9 sts between them.
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9. Horns
Cast on 6 sts with brown.
1 – 5. St st, start with a purl row.
6. 6 x [kfb] (= 12 sts)
7 – 9. St st
10. 6 x [k2tog] (= 6 sts)
Break yarn and draw tightly through sts. Join seam.
Make another horn. Stuff the horns and sew them onto the head between the ears.