{"id":1174,"date":"2022-07-04T19:57:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T19:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2022-07-04T19:57:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T19:57:17","slug":"sleepy-elephant-security-blanket-pattern-by-ham-and-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/?p=1174","title":{"rendered":"Sleepy Elephant Security Blanket &#8211; Pattern by Ham and Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happy July 4th! Today I&#8217;m sharing a fun, easy crochet project called a &#8220;lovey&#8221; or security blanket. These make great baby shower gifts and work up quickly granny square-style. Find the pattern at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/sleepy-elephant-security-blanket\">Ham and Eggs&#8217; Ravelry<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s my finished version: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20160602_175249.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2445\" height=\"1692\" src=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20160602_175249.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1175\"\/><\/a><figcaption>I used acrylic yarn, but you could use 100% cotton for the softest yarn for baby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20160602_175306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1684\" height=\"1424\" src=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20160602_175306.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1176\"\/><\/a><figcaption>I opted to sew on the eyes rather than use buttons or snap eyes, since this is for a baby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20160602_175608.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2460\" height=\"1836\" src=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20160602_175608.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1177\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Use a rattle for the snout if you like!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20160602_175524.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1836\" height=\"2580\" src=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20160602_175524.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1178\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Find this pattern and many others at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/designers\/ham-and-eggs\">Ham and Eggs&#8217; Ravelry<\/a> designer page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy July 4th! Today I&#8217;m sharing a fun, easy crochet project called a &#8220;lovey&#8221; or security blanket. These make great baby shower gifts and work up quickly granny square-style. Find the pattern at Ham and Eggs&#8217; Ravelry. Here&#8217;s my finished&#8230;<span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/?p=1174\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending"},"categories":[7,8,179],"tags":[3,145,252,142,26,5,253,251,143,255,124,256,254],"wppr_data":{"cwp_meta_box_check":"No"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1180,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions\/1180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/humbleworm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}