Once in a while a project
opportunity comes up that is just too exciting to refuse! Last
summer, while I was heavily pregnant, Kate from Knit
Now contacted me asking if I would be interested in designing an
Elmer the Elephant
cushion cover. I have loved Elmer the Elephant for years: I used to
read the books to my sister when she was younger, and I adored Elmer
the Elephant's brightly coloured patchwork illustrations. The project
wasn't ideally timed, but it really was something I really wanted to
be involved with, so I said yes.
I love how the cushion
cover turned out: the brightly coloured patches look fantastic in the
shades of Patons
Extrafine Merino DK* that the pattern is designed for. Of course
this is a project that uses a lot of colours in very small amounts,
so you could always go stash-diving and use up lots of little
leftovers if you don't fancy buying a whole ball of each colour.
The cushion cover is
knitted as a strip that is seamed at the end and fastened with
buttons (I used a rainbow selection of buttons to tie-in with the
colours in Elmer the Elephant). Elmer the Elephant is knitted into
the strip using the intarsia technique. I'd encourage you to use
intarsia for the project, but if you really don't enjoy intarsia, you
could use duplicate stitch onto a plain background instead. The
outline is adding at the end using very simple embroidery.
If you want to knit your
own Elmer the Elephant cushion, the pattern can be found in issue 98
of Knit Now, which is available in UK shops now. The pattern is
within the main magazine, so is available even in international and
digital copies. If you can't find a copy locally, why not order
a print copy online, or order a
digital edition?
Want to add the pattern to
your Ravelry queue? The Ravelry
pattern page can be found here.
Happy knitting!
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