hippo Archives - ReveDreams.com https://www.revedreams.com/product-tag/hippo/ teaching, design, and exploration Fri, 21 Aug 2015 01:53:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 37896602 Snouty Hippo https://www.revedreams.com/shop/snouty-hippo/ https://www.revedreams.com/shop/snouty-hippo/#respond Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:37:20 +0000 http://www.revedreams.com/?post_type=product&p=5256 These hippos are pretty nosy, and if you let them in your house you may have to keep explaining what you're doing. Pattern is for hippos about 6" long; the head and body is all one piece, while the legs and tail are added on with separate lengths of yarn.

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]]> Each hippo requires less than three-quarters of an ounce (21 g) of worsted weight yarn, an F/5 hook (3.75mm), a small amount of fiberfill (up to a quarter ounce (7g)), and a pair of safety eyes (6mm and 9mm shown). You’ll stitch four legs, then make the head and body in one go, sew on the legs and braid a tail after running yarn through the appropriate spot. The ears and nostrils are made as part of the head.

Stitches and techniques assumed: slip knot, chain, single crochet and its decrease, sewing up openings, magic ring, sewing pieces together.

See the blog for more on these nosy hippos’ adventures.

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]]> https://www.revedreams.com/shop/snouty-hippo/feed/ 0 5256 Thumbnail animals https://www.revedreams.com/shop/thumbnail-animals/ https://www.revedreams.com/shop/thumbnail-animals/#respond Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:36:23 +0000 http://www.revedreams.com/?post_type=product&p=2523 Patterns for pig and hippo heads for the same body mean you can populate your tiny river or tiny barnyard, or both. Each animal is about 3" long.

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]]> This pattern is crocheted in a spiral with one length of yarn, including tail and ears. The bobble-stitch-footed body is the same for both. Each animal requires less than 1/4 oz (7 g) worsted weight yarn and an F/5 hook (3.75mm), a few glass or stone beads or pebbles for balance, and a small quantity of fiberfill.

The animals pictured with moss, rocks, and plants in the background are made with six-stranded embroidery floss and a size 4 steel hook (4mm). They are only about 2 inches long, and one skein of floss (8 m/8.7 yd) makes one animal, with plenty left over. If I did it again I would add a chain to each of the hippo’s ears to make them more prominent.

Stitches and techniques assumed: slip knot, chain, slip stitch, single crochet and decrease, skipping stitches, stitching in front loop or back loop only, half double crochet, double crochet, sewing up openings.

Each leg is a 4-dc bobble stitch, which is explained in the pattern.

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