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Grace – The little elephant rattle Free 23rd Feb
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So it’s time for the drumroll :) And I’m very happy to announce that I feel very
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privileged to work together with Dedri from lookatwhatimade
(http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/) on this new pattern for you. If you’re a regular
• January 2013
reader you might remember the cute little blanket
(http://www.loopsan.com/crochet/amelias-new-lovey/) I made for my friends little
• December 2012
one. Well the blanket was a huge success, not only with the mum, but also with the
little one. Grace is very much loved and had to be protected from getting “stolen” by
other kids in the baby group. So when I saw her the last time I was thinking about
how much fun it would be if she would have a little Grace rattle to go with her
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blanket. So that’s how the idea was born, it needed a little bit of tweaking and here it One Block a Week CAL: Week 6
is :) Blooming Lace
Grace – The little elephant rattle
Suitable for an advanced beginner
You’ll need:
• Grace :) Or at least her head ;) Follow Dedris pattern for Grace – Elephant
Comfort blanket, which you can find here
(http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/crafts/yarn/crochet/free-crochet-
(http://www.loopsan.com/crochet/one-
patterns/grace-crochet-elephant-comfort-blanket/)until you reach row 24. Skip
block-week-cal-week-6-
row 25, and DON’T fasten off at this point! we’ll be working from there
blooming-lace/)
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• DK yarn in a contrast colour (I went for the same colour combo I used for the A Valentine's Lego Man
blanket (http://www.loopsan.com/crochet/amelias-new-lovey/) but feel free to
experiment here)
• 4mm crochet hook
• Rattle insert or jingle bells and a tiny bit of cotton fabric
• tapestry needle
(http://www.loopsan.com/crochet/valentins-
lego-man/)
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Abbreviations
ch= chain
sc= single crochet (US term); double crochet (dc, UK term)
sl st = slip stitch
st= stitch(es) (http://www.loopsan.com/crochet/one-

block-week-cal-week-5-
In my patterns UK terms are always given in brackets.
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Lets get started: Tada
First of all as I didn’t have a rattle insert I made my own with the stuff I had on hand.
It does work but to be honest for the next rattle I would go with a proper rattle insert.
It will make things much easier, especially when you keep in mind that the rattle will
get washed often.
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Sew your jingle bells onto your fabric. make sure that they’re a bit apart. As we’re
going to hide this rattle insert in the head it doesn’t matter how good or bad it looks
like it just needs to be SECURELY attached to a piece of COTTON fabric. Even though (http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/)
it is very very unlikely that this insert will come out of the rattle you ALWAYS want to
make sure that there is no change for the little one to swallow one of the jingle bells!
I used four jingle bells for my insert but that’s really up to you. Feel free to
experiment around, it also depends on the actual size of your jingle bells.
Now fold your piece of fabric in half and sew it together. Make sure that there is still a
little bit of “play” between the two layers of fabric, otherwise your bells won’t jingle
anymore.
Take your Grace head and slightly stuff it.
Insert your rattle insert into your head. In the case of the selfmade version make sure
that you don’t stuff it too densely into the head, otherwise you’ll end up with a rattle
which actually doesn’t rattle at all.
Now it’s finally time to get some crochet going on here:
Rattle pattern
Row 1: starting from were you stopped with the Grace head pattern, sc (dc) in the
next 3 st, ch 1 and turn
Row 2-8: sc (dc) in the next 6 st, ch 1 and turn
Row 9: fold the piece you just made over and “sew” it on the other side with 6 sl st.
That’s how your piece will look like after round 9. From now on we’ll be working in
rounds again.
Round 1: 5 sc (dc) in front loops only, 9 sc (dc) evenly spread over the piece of fabric
you just created, draw up your last loop a little bit but don’t fasten off at this point.
Round 2: sl st your contrast colour into the next st
14 sc (dc) around, draw up your last loop again. As you can see in the picture you’ve
got now two “working” loops.
Row 3: Insert your hook into your grey working loop and 14 sc (dc).
continue with changing the colour like this, you’ll see that you’re creating a spiral
tube. Stuff your tube along the way.
continue until you reached your desired rattle diameter. I made 27 rounds of
contrasting colour but that’s totally up to you and also depends on the yarn you’re
using and your tension. Fasten off your contrasting colour.
The last bit is the only really tricky bit of the whole rattle and you’ll notice that it is
easier to attach if your diameter is slightly bigger rather than smaller as otherwise
there is too much tension on the seam.
make 9 sl st across the back and 5 sl st through the front loops only to turn your ring
into a doughnut.
As you can see in the picture you can slightly see the seam. It’s not dramatic in my
opinion but if you’ve got an idea how to seamlessly connect the tubes, I would be
very happy if you would tell me :)
To make Grace a little bit more girly I attached, like I did with the blanket before, a
little bow on her head.
ch 9
Row 1: sc (dc) in second st from the hook, sc (dc) in every st, turn (8 st)
Row 2-3: ch 1, sc (dc) in every st (8 st)
I hope you enjoyed the pattern and would love to see how your rattle turned out so
please feel free to post a picture to my Facebook wall
(http://www.facebook.com/loopsan) or link the project to your Ravelry account
(http://www.ravelry.com/designers/loopsan-by-san). And don’t forget to follow me on
bloglovin (http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/11377237) to stay updated on what’s
happening here.
Happy Crocheting
Disclaimer: This pattern is not for resale so please do not sell it to other people. If you do use it and enjoy
it, I’d be grateful for a link back to my blog and the pattern, but please don’t copy and paste it to your
website or copy my pictures. You’re allowed to sell finished items created with the pattern, but please do
give me and Dedri Uys from lookatwhatImade credit as the designers (link back to our blogs when selling
online). Thank you!
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1. dedri (http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/) says:
23 February, 2014 at 5:03 pm (http://www.loopsan.com/crochet/grace-little-

elephant-rattle-free-pattern/#comment-191)
Gorgeous, San. Thank you so much for posting the pattern. Such pretty photos!
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Rupert the rhino

One Block a Week CAL: Week 5

sc= single crochet (US term); double crochet (dc, UK term)

st= stitch(es) (http://www.loopsan.com/crochet/one-

Crochet For Kidneys Blanket

Take your Grace head and slightly stuff it.

Now it’s finally time to get some crochet going on here:

Row 2-8: sc (dc) in the next 6 st, ch 1 and turn

Round 2: sl st your contrast colour into the next st

Row 2-3: ch 1, sc (dc) in every st (8 st)

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