I’d thought I’d never be ready. Ellie put on her crankiest pants especially for these pictures.

E is for Elephant

Available on Ravelry and Etsy. Early adopters, always always pick Ravelry so you can get updates easily.

India is home to almost 60% of the remaining Asian Elephant population. In Northern India, large numbers of elephant babies are stolen from their wild families by poachers, trained and held as captive workers. Asian Elephants are endangered, their survival in India is critical to their survival as a species.

Which is why $4 from the purchase of each “E is for Elephant” pattern will go to Wildlife SOS. This organization specifically targets captive ‘working’ elephants in urban areas to help the wounded, malnourished and dehydrated. Wildlife SOS offers medical services to all injured elephants, teaches humane handling and is working to remove the neediest elephants to an elephant sanctuary. It takes many thousands of dollars to rescue a single elephant, but every little bit helps. For more information, please visit WildlifeSOS.org

The elephant pattern has been sent to the test knitters. If you like to live dangerously (and you make both ears correctly the first time), you can make her with two skeins of Sprout.

My leftovers. I fly close to the wire.

I ordered the yarn for my next pattern this morning (hint: I got purple). I hope I move a little faster on this one. The Elephant in the pattern will be available in the shop sometime this weekend.