Animal Heads: Giant

Giant Tiger Head Knitting Kit

Make your own Giant Tiger Head

- One of my most striking designs to date
- For the confident knitter as this project uses intermediate colour changes
- Knitted on straight needles, so there's no working in the round
- Pattern includes the information to make both the orange and white tigers
They're grrrrrrreat
- Find the Mini Tiger Head kit
 here.


ORANGE TIGER: WHAT'S IN THE KIT?

  • Knitting pattern - written in English
  • 1 x 100g balls of Orange Stylecraft Special XL Tweed - 100% acrylic 
  • 1 x 100g balls of Cream Stylecraft Special XL Tweed - 100% acrylic 
  • 1 x 100g ball of Graphite Stylecraft Special XL Tweed - 100% acrylic
  • 9mm (US 13) knitting needles (optional)
  • 2 x 24mm black toy eyes and washers
  • Large Sincerely Louise backing board
  • Plastic sewing up needle and sewing up yarn
  • 200g polyester toy stuffing
  • Sincerely Louise project bag

WHITE TIGER: WHAT'S IN THE KIT?

  • Knitting pattern - written in English
  • 2 x 100g balls of Cream Stylecraft Special XL Tweed - 100% acrylic 
  • 1 x 100g ball of Graphite Stylecraft Special XL Tweed - 100% acrylic
  • 9mm (US 13) knitting needles (optional)
  • 2 x 24mm black toy eyes and washers
  • Large Sincerely Louise backing board
  • Plastic sewing up needle and sewing up yarn
  • 200g polyester toy stuffing
  • Sincerely Louise project bag

FINISHED SIZE: 35cm x 40cm x 30cm (14in x 16inx 12in)

SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate, for the confident knitter. There’s colour changing, and a mix of carrying the yarn and intarsia is used.

STITCHES USED: Knit, Purl, increasing and decreasing (Kfb, K2tog and SKP), Intarsia colour work and carrying the yarn, mattress stitch for sewing up.

Yarn colours may vary slightly in real life to those pictured, depending on your screen display. WARNING: This is not a toy, and is not suitable for children under 13 years old.