At The Zoo

By Annie's

This adorable set of stackable zoo animals includes the pole, a hippo, a rhino, a panda, a snake and a parrot. Each design is made using worsted-weight yarn and stuffed with fiberfill. Also needed is a 12-inch plastic foam cone with a 5-inch base. This set is interchangeable with the popular Into the Jungle set. Skill Level: Intermediate

• Language: English
• Publisher: Annie's
• Release date: Dec 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781590125007

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Table of Contents

Pattern Services and Revisions

At the Zoo

Pole

Hippo

Rhino

Panda

Snake

Parrot

Stitch Guide

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At the Zoo

Designs by Cindy Cseh

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Pole: 19 inches tall

Hippo Body: 8½ inches in diameter, not including Head or Legs

Rhino Body: 8½ inches in diameter, not including Head or Legs

Panda Body: 8 inches in diameter, not including Head or Legs

Snake Body: 7½ inches in diameter, not including Head

Parrot Body: 6½ inches in diameter, not including Head or Tail

MATERIALS

•Red Heart Super Saver medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (7 oz/364 yds/198g per skein):

2 skeins #311 white

1 skein #312 black

6 oz #672 spring green

6 oz #334 buff

5 oz #313 Aran

4 oz #358 lavender

4 oz #324 bright yellow

4 oz #385 royal

3 oz #368 paddy green

2 oz #530 orchid

2 oz #390 hot red

1 oz #706 perfect pink

4 yds #254 pumpkin

•Sizes F/5/3.75mm, H/8/5mm, I/9/5.5mm and J/10/6mm crochet hooks or size needed to obtain gauge

•Tapestry needle

•Stitch marker

•Fiberfill

•12-inch plastic foam cone with 5-inch base

•3⅓-inch x 5½-inch-piece cardboard

GAUGE

Size I hook: 3 sc = 1 inch; 3 sc rnds = 1 inch

PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

Use size I hook unless otherwise stated.

Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.

Do not join rounds unless otherwise stated. Use stitch marker to mark rounds.

Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.

Snake Body is not worked like other animal bodies. It’s worked in 1 long tubular piece and then sewn to form a ring. Stuff Body as work progresses, except in indicated sections.

SPECIAL STITCH

Loop stitch (lp st): Wrap yarn from front to back over index finger. Insert hook in next st and under the strands of yarn from behind your index finger and draw yarn through the st. With yarn lp still on your index finger, yo and draw through 2 lps on hook. Remove lp from finger.