Phanpy - The adorable Ground-type elephant

Finally! So here's the gist: I was involved in a swap in September and for me it overran to the end of May. I finally saved enough money to post my swap items and here is one of them. Sorry it took so long! I worked for 3 months on this pattern and I finally finished it happily. So here is Phanpy!

Phanpy

Materials:

 WW yarn in light blue, orange, and a little bit of white (I used Red Heart colors)

 Size G (#6 or 4.00 mm) crochet hook

 Yarn Needle

 Polyester fiberfill (pillows work just as well!)

 Scissors

 Felt in White and Black

Notes:

  Gauge isn't that important, just so long as your stitches are tight so that the stuffing won't show or fall out.

  The (parentheses) at the end of each Rnd/Row indicate the number of stitches at the end of that Rnd/Row.

  I work in continuous rounds (aka spiral rounds), but if your prefer to join at the end of each round that's fine. I also decrease in front loops only because I've heard that it makes the decrease stitch less visible.

  If you don't know what a Magic Ring is don't panic! It's also called Magic Loop or Magic Circle. Here's an alternative: If the pattern says 6 sc in Magic Ring you can ch 2 and 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook and join stitches. I prefer working with a Magic Ring because you can pull it as tight as you want so that the stuffing won't show. Most people I have tried to teach the Magic Ring to throw their crochet hooks and yarn on the floor in a huffy, but I myself find it fairly easy depending on how many stitches are in it. If you'd like to learn how to make one I found THIS LINK very helpful. The only person I've had success with teaching is my sister. Just use whatever you feel most comfortable using.

 

  In this pattern I used the terms single crochet (sc), 2 sc in next sc (inc), and decrease over next 2 stitches (dec).
 

Body: using light blue,

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each sc around (12)

Rnd 3: sc 1, inc in each sc around (18)

Rnd 4: sc 2, inc in each sc around (24)

Rnd 5: sc 3, inc in each sc around (30)

Rnd 6: sc 4, inc in each sc around (36)

Rnd 7: sc 5, inc in each sc around (42)

Rnd 8-10: sc in each sc around (42)

Rnd 11: sc 6, inc in each sc around (48)

Rnd 12-16: sc in each sc around (48)

Rnd 17: sc 6, dec in each sc sround (42)

Rnd 18: sc 5, dec in each sc around (36)

Rnd 19: sc 4, dec in each sc around (30)

Rnd 20: sc 3, dec in each sc around (24) begin stuffing fairly firmly

Rnd 21: sc 2, dec in each sc around (18)

Rnd 22: sc 1, dec in each sc around (12)

Rnd 23: dec in each sc around (6)

 F/O

Head: using light blue,

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each sc around (12)

Rnd 3: sc 1, inc in each sc around (18)

Rnd 4: sc 2, inc in each sc around (24)

Rnd 5: sc 3, inc in each sc around (30)

Rnd 6: sc 4, inc in each sc around (36)

Rnd 7-13: sc in each sc around (36)
 F/O. Stuff and sew to body as shown in pictures.

Trunk: using light blue,

Rnd 1: Ch 5, sc in back loop of 4th chain, ch 4, sc in back loop of 3rd chain, ch 3, sc in back loop of 1st chain from top to bottom. This creates a triangle shape. (14)
Rnd 2: sc in each ch around, skipping the small ch on the first two 'points'. (12)

Rnd 3: sc in each sc around (12) turn work inside out and continue to next rnd.

Rnd 4-13: sc in each sc around (12)

Rnd 14: sc in next 3 sc, inc in each of the next 6 sc, sc in last 3 sc (18)

Rnd 15: sc in each (18)
 F/O. Stuff.

Trunk Triangle: using light blue,

Row 1: Ch 5, dec in 1st st, sc in last 2 st (3)
Row 2: dec in first st, sc in last (2)
Row 3: dec (1)
 F/O. Sew to end of trunk and sew trunk to head as shown in pictures.

Nose Ring: using orange,
Row 1: ch 4, sc across (3)
Row 2-9: sc in each sc across (3)
 F/O. Sew to top of trunk.

Legs: (make 4) using light blue,
Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each sc around (12)

Rnd 3: sc 1, inc in each sc around (18)

Rnd 4: in back loops only, sc in each sc around (18)

Rnd 5-7: in both loops again, sc in each sc around (18)

Rnd 8: sc in next 9 sc, turn leaving 9 sc unworked (9)

Rnd 9-10: sc in each of those 9 sts (9)
 F/O. Stuff.

Toes: (make 4) using white,

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)

Rnd 2: sc in next 2 sc, 3 sc in next, sc in next 2 sc, 3 sc in next (10)
 F/O. Sew to legs so that the toes point out like in the pictures, and sew legs to body.
 NOTE: Front legs will have the longer side facing to the front of the body and the back legs will have the longer side facing towards the back of the body. Therefore make sure you sew the toes on correctly. See pics.

Ears: (make 2) using light blue,

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)

Rnd 2: inc in each sc around (12)

Rnd 3: sc 1, inc in each sc around (18)

Rnd 4: sc 2, inc in each sc around (24)

Rnd 5: sc 3, inc in each sc around (30)

Rnd 6-8: sc in each sc around (30)

Rnd 9: sc 3, dec in each sc around (24)

Rnd 10: sc in each sc around (24)

Rnd 11: sc 2, dec in each sc around (18)

Rnd 12: sc in each sc around (18)

Rnd 13: sc 1, dec in each sc around (12)

Rnd 14-15: sc in each sc around (12)
 F/O. Do not stuff. Flatten.

Earrings: (make 4, 2 for each ear) using orange,
Row 1: ch 2, sc in next (1)
Row 2-3: sc in 1 sc (1)
Row 4: 2 sc (2)
Row 5: 2 sc in last sc (3)
Row 6-10: sc in each sc across (3)
 F/O. Sew to ears as shown in pictures, then sew ears to either side of head.


Tail: using light blue,

Rnd 1: 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)

Rnd 2: sc in each sc around (6)

Rnd 3: sc 1, inc in each sc around (9)

Rnd 4-7: sc in each sc around (9)
 F/O. Stuff and sew to back end of Phanpy.

Final Assembly:
 Embroider nostrils on trunk. Cut two black eyes and two white eye shines out of felt and hot glue or sew to head. Cut a brown mouth out of felt and hot glue or sew to head under trunk.

Phanpy and Pokémon are © Nintendo.

This pattern is an original pattern by Gemma Taylor (June 2013). Please don't claim this pattern as your own. If you want to share this pattern, I give you permission to link to it if you'd like, but please don't repost/reprint the pattern on your website. You can print and keep a copy for your own personal use (I like doing this myself), but you cannot sell, distribute it, or sell items made from this pattern in any way possible without permission from moi. Thank you! :D