The Giraffe Afghan Project: Patterns and customizations

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Crocheted Jungle Scene Afghan with Giraffe Toy

Features:  Giraffes, Tree w/3D leaves, butterflies, bird, clouds, sun, 3D elephant, caterpillars, snake, rocks, flowers, crocheted with worsted / aran weight yarn and eyelash yarn grass 

This is an afghan and toy that I made for my second grandson. (Clicking the pic above will take you to the page to view all pattern info, my notes and tips, and lots of close-up pics).  The original pattern (Giraffe Afghan, Pillow and Toy by Maggie Weldon), had giraffes, tree, clouds, and grass.

I designed and added the sun, caterpillars, butterflies, and elephant, which also served as my very first forays into pattern-writing!  You can click the afghan pic (above) to get the patterns and links for these, but thought I'd add them here, too.  They are all FREE:

Rays of Sunshine Applique

Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpillars

Itty-Bitty Worsted Butterflies

3D Worsted Elephant Applique

I also made rocks (one of the rocks is above with the fuzzy wuzzy caterpillars), and a snake, though I didn't write the patterns for them.

Snake on a rock

The other things I did were to add flowers, including one in the grass held in the elephant's trunk, use fluffy yarn for the clouds, chenille yarn for the tree trunk, add about twice the number of tree leaves, add a mane and tail to the giraffe appliques, and add a mane to the giraffe toy.

It was a lot of work but sooooo much fun and I was so proud of it!

Until next time!