I designed this mammoth for my mum 🙂
This pattern is written in American crochet notation. It uses a 4 mm and a 2.5 mm hook, 8 ply and 4 ply brown wool and 4 ply white wool.
The finished mammoth is 18 cm long.
Head
Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)
Round 2: increase in every stitch (12 stitches)
Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)
Round 4: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (24 stitches)
Round 5: sc in the first three stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (30 stitches)
Rounds 6 – 8: sc in each stitch (30 stitches) (3 rounds)
Round 9: sc in the first three stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (24 stitches)
Round 10: sc in the first two stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (18 stitches)
Round 11: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (12 stitches)
Stuff the head
Body
Round 12: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)
Round 13: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (24 stitches)
Round 14: sc in the first three stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (30 stitches)
Round 15: sc in the first four stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (36 stitches)
Round 16: sc in the first five stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (42 stitches)
Rounds 17 – 21: sc in each stitch (42 stitches) (5 rounds)
Round 22: sc in the first five stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (36 stitches)
Round 23: sc in the first four stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (30 stitches)
Round 24: sc in the first three stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (24 stitches)
Round 25: sc in the first two stitches, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (18 stitches)
Round 26: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (12 stitches)
Stuff the body
Round 27: decrease until the hole closes.
Fasten off, weave in end.
Legs
Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)
Round 2: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (9 stitches)
Rounds 3 – 8: sc in each stitch (9 stitches) (6 rounds)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Trunk
Round 1: 6 sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)
Rounds 2 – 9: sc in each stitch (6 stitches) (8 rounds)
We’ll now briefly switch to rows
Row 10: sc 4, turn (4 stitches)
Row 11: sc 4 (4 stitches)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Stuff the trunk.
After you sew the trunk onto the head you can make the trunk curve up by tying some wool at the bottom, weaving it in and out of the top of the trunk, pulling it tight and then tying the wool to the head.
Ears
Round 1: 3 sc in a magic ring, turn (3 stitches)
Round 2: increase in each stitch, turn (6 stitches)
Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (9 stitches)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Tail
Round 1: 4 sc in a magic ring (4 stitches)
Rounds 2 – 4: sc in each stitch (4 stitches) (3 rounds)
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Tusks
With 2.5 mm hook and 4 ply white wool
Round 1: 4sc in magic ring (4 stitches)
Then sc around until the tusk is 5 cm long.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
After you sew each tusk onto the head you can make the tusk curve up by tying some wool at the bottom, weaving it in and out of the top of the tusk, pulling it tight and then tying the wool to the head.
Assembly
Sew the legs and tail onto the body. Sew the ears, trunk, tusks and googly eyes onto the head. Make the trunk and tusks curve up using the method described above.
The fur
With a 4 mm hook and 4 ply wool, attach wool on the top of the body, chain 15, slip stitch back along the chain, slip stitch 3 along the body – repeat in a circular pattern starting at the top of the back and spiralling down the body. When you have gone around the back a few times and the head is getting in the way of your spiral then turn and do the hairs in rows instead of rounds. Also, at that point you should shorten the hairs to 10 chains – at least that was the plan. I had to go back and do some extra hairs to cover up some bald patches. I hope you are all better mammoth hair stylists than me.
Do the same on the head except ch 6 and slip stitch 2 between hairs. You’re just trying to give her a funny haircut.
You’ll need to weave in the ends to keep the fur tidy. Also, your mammoth will be having a very bad hair day until you block (straighten) her fur. You need to pin her fur down with stainless steel needles, wet it and wait for it to dry.
