This is a pattern for an elephant softie. He is wearing a waistcoat and checked trousers and sports a ribbon bow around his neck.

MATERIALS:

• 1 1/2 ounces of 4-ply fingering in grey
• 1 1/2 ounces of 4-ply fingering in white
• 1 ounce of 4-ply fingering in black
• a few yards each of 4-ply fingering in red and pink
• Two steel knitting needles No. 12 (approximately modern US 2) and one pair no. 14 (approximately modern US 0) for the ears
• Two linen buttons for the eyes
• A little bow of red ribbon

Necessary, but not listed in pattern:

• stuffing
• a yarn needle
• scissors

HEIGHT: 15 1/2 inches