Elephant Tissue Box Cover- Free Crochet Pattern

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Creating this Elephant Tissue Box, a free crochet pattern, was absolutely fun and I was so amazed at how fast one can crochet this tissue box. The most amazing feature is that the tissues come out and are pulled out of the trunk.

This tissue box is for anyone who loves elephants or has kids. Which kid does not like elephants?

There is one stitch pattern some of you may have never tried or already know how to do which is the I-Cord stitch. In case you have never tried it, you are in luck. It is very easy and I even added a crochet stitch tutorial, as well as a video tutorial, can be found HERE.

Luckily there is not much that is needed for this pattern, so let’s get right to it.

Did you see my Owl Tissue Box Cover , my Piggy Bank Tissue Box  and my Crayon Tissue Box Cover already?

Pin the pattern HERE

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You will need:

• Caron simply soft in the color grey heather
• 5.0mm hook
• scissors
• tapestry needle
• 2x12mm plastic eyes with closures
• tissue box that has these dimensions: 5 x 4.5 x4.5 inches

Gauge:

4 sc x 5 rows = 1 square inch

Stitches used:

• single crochet
• double crochet
• single crochet together/ decrease
• single crochet increase

Instructions:

As the tissue box is added from the bottom of the elephant by having the tissues come out in front by lying on the side instead of the top, you will need to make 3 side panels and one front panel where the face is and one back panel where the tail is.

Side panels (make 3):

Row 1: Crochet a chainless foundation chain for 17 single crochets (find a tutorial for it HERE) or crochet a chain of 18 and start from the 2nd chain and crochet 1 sc in each chain across (17 sts), turn

Row 2: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st, turn

Row 3 – 22: repeat row 2, fasten off

 

Back panel:

Row 1: Crochet a chainless foundation chain for 17 single crochets (find a tutorial for it HERE) or crochet a chain of 18 and start from the 2nd chain and crochet 1 sc in each chain across (17 sts), turn

Row 2: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st, turn

Row 3 – 17: repeat row 2, fasten off

 

Front panel:

Row 1: Crochet a chainless foundation chain for 17 single crochets (find a tutorial for it HERE) or crochet a chain of 18 and start from the 2nd chain and crochet 1 sc in each chain across (17 sts), turn

Row 2 – 3: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st, ch 1, turn

You are now working on one side of the face first and then you repeat the same on the other side.

Row 4: 7 sc (which means 1 sc in the next 7 sts), ch 1, turn

Row 5: 1 sc tog, 5 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 6: 6 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 7: 1 sc tog, 4 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 8: 5 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 9: 1 sc tog, 3 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 10: 4 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 11: 2 sc in the same st, 3 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 12: 5 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 13: 2 sc in the same st, 4 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 14: 6 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 15: 2 sc in the same st, 5 sc

Now fasten off for this side (it looks similar to an L now), and add the yarn to the outside edge of the row 4 for the side that was not worked on (looking at the picture below it would be the right side where the arrow points; you worked the left side already), repeat rows 4 to 15 on that side as well.

But after row 15 of the second side, do NOT fasten off as you’ll continue for 2 more rows.

Row 16: ch 1, 7 sc, ch 3, 7 sc, ch 1, turn

Row 17:  7 sc (1 sc in each st), 3 sc (1 sc in each ch from previous row) and 7 sc (1 sc in each st), fasten off

Adding the trunk:

Now you will add the trunk to the “hole” that was created for the front panel. Hold the panel such that the Row 1 is facing you looking at the 3 sts that were skipped in row 4. You will add the yarn to the stitch all the way to the right (of the 3 skipped sts). As you will now go in continues rows (no sl st till the end) be sure to use a stitch marker so you will know when a round starts and ends.

Going towards the left for right handed crocheters (for left handed crocheters work the below sequence backwards when crocheting towards the right):

Round 1: Crochet 32 sc all around by going into the edges of the circle aiming for each row one single crochet. This step might be tricky for some people. Try to add single crochets equally all-round to reach 32 stitches.

Round 2 – 3: 1 sc in each st all around

Round 4: *1 sc dec, 1 sc in the next 2 sts, repeat from * all around, 1 sc dec

Round 5: 1 sc in each st all around

Round 6 – 8: 10 sc, 8 dc, 6 sc

Round 9: *1 sc dec, 1 sc in the next 2 sts, repeat from * all around

Round 10: *1 sc dec, 1 sc in the next st, repeat from * all around, 1 sc dec

Round 11 – 18: 1 sc in each st all around, sl st and fasten off after round 18

Add the eyes now where you would like them making sure they are even and the same distance from the trunk.

Tail:

For the tail you will do the I-cord stitch pattern. Follow the picture and the instructions on how to do it, or watch the video which you can find HERE.

Make the cord 5 inches long and then add in the last final loop 6 yarn strings to resemble the hair of the tail. Then use 1 yarn string and wrap it around to hold the strings downwards (should be 12 hanging down now as the yarn strings are folded).

Ears:

Make 2 ears for the elephant.

Row 1: Chain 3, place 4 dc in the 3rd chain from the hook, ch 1, turn

Row 2: 3 dc in each st, ch 1, turn

Row 3: 2 dc in each st, ch 1, turn

Row 4: 2 dc in each st, fasten off

The ears will be wobbly, but that is how elephant ears look like.

Crocheting all the panels together:

First, using single crochet’s crochet all the side panels together on the LONG side. You will use single crochet to add all the sides together.

The single crochets will be shown on the outside and give the tissue boxes nice edges. Feel free to sew them instead, but I like the look of the single crochet edge more. Fasten off at the end.

Next, you will add the back panel to the side panels. Start from the right working towards the left if you are right handed or reverse this order of you are left handed. Fasten off at the end.

Now add the front panel again working from right to left for right handed crocheters and left to right for left handed crocheters. Make sure the face is the correct orientation. Do not fasten off at the end yet.

Turn the tissue box cover upside down such that you are looking inside the cover, now crochet one row of single crochet all around the bottom of the cover. Fasten off.

Add one ear to either side of the elephants face by sewing them on to the 2nd row from the edge.

Now, finally, only the tail needs to be added on the back panel. Sew it onto the back panel towards the top but centered.

Finally, weave in all the ends. And add an actual tissue box inside the cover and pull the tissues thru the trunk. You are done and ready to use it.

 

   

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