Giraffe crochet beanie

The giraffe crochet beanie is part of the giraffe costume, but it can be used on it's own as the kids really love it.

Supplies:

Yarn weight: Worsted / 10 ply (9 wpi), brown and yellow Hook size: 5.0 mm (G) wool needle elastic string fabric colors sponge

Abbreviations:

ch - chain sl st- slip stitch SC - Single Crochet DC – double crochet HDC – half double crochet FPS – front post stitch inc – increase (2 stitches in next one) dec – decrease (work next 2 stitches together) To download the giraffe costume go to the Giraffe crochet costume article.

Giraffe beanie

Giro 1: using brown yarn, magic ring, 6 SC in ring (6) Giro 2: 2 SC in every SC precedente (12) Giro 3: change color, 1 SC in every SC, work in back loops only, sl st on top of first SC (12) Giro 4: INC DC in every SC around, sl st on top of first DC (24) Giro 5: ch 2, (1 DC, INC) around, sl st on top of first DC (36) Giro 6: ch 2, (2DC, INC) around, sl st on top of first DC (48) Giro 7: ch 2, (2DC, INC) around, sl st on top of first DC (48) Giro 8: ch 2, (3DC, INC) around, sl st on top of first DC (60) Giri 9-15: ch 2, 60 DC, sl st on top of first DC (60) Giro 16: ch1, change color, SC around. Chiudere il lavoro, cut the yarn and sew.

Horns (make 2) Work in continuous rounds

Giro 1: using brown yarn, magic ring, 6 SC in ring (6) Giro 2: 2 SC in every SC (12) Giro 3: (1 SC, INC) around (18) Giri 4-5: 18 SC (18) Giro 6: (1 SC, DEC) around (12) Giro 7: change color to yellow, SC around (12) Giri 8-13: SC around (12) sl st on top of first SC, cut the yarn and sew.

Ears (make 2)

Back side Giro 1: start with yellow. magic ring, ch 2, 12 DC in magic ring, sl st on top of first DC (tot 12) Giro 2: ch 2, 2 DC around, sl st on top of first DC (24) Giro 3: ch 2, DC around leaving last 4 stitches unworked, sl st and cut the yarn (20) Front sides Giro 1: start with brown yarn, magic ring, ch 2, 12 DC in magic ring, sl st on top of first DC (tot 12) Giro 2: ch 2, 2 DC around, sl st on top of first DC, sl st and cut the yarn (24)

Assembly

Sew together ears front sides and back sides. Pinch the bottom side, where are the 4 stitches unworked and sew the sides together. Sew horns a stitch below the central one and ears a stitch below horns.

Brown dots

Protect your table with a plastic cloth and shape your sponge with a knife or the scissors. Drop a bit of cloth color in a plastic dish and mix it with a bit of water. Put the sponge in the color and push it around the costume to shape as many dots as you like.