The Freeborn, Lovelorn, Forlorn Unicorn

It's magic time!!!! May I present the one and only unicorn?

Horse-shaped animals are actually really difficult to do. For starters, you have 7 pieces that you need to sew together. Moreover, the mane and tail have to be woven into the these pieces. And last but not least, you will have to make sure that all is well-proportioned. Huh.... Let's break it down.

The body is oval-shaped and quite easy to finish in comparison. The legs are simply made of a ring of 5 crochets until they are long enough. The head is oval-shaped, as well, only much smaller. It is the neck that poses that challenge!

For the neck, you will need to start with a fairly long row of crochets and then slowly decrease until you have a form looking like this:

 

By sewing it together at opposite ends, you create a tube - the neck! If necessary, you can get the neck into form with additional strings that you pull through it and knot at either side. 

The finishing touches consits of the attachment of the mane and tail and the design of the snout. For that, you pull ca. 5-8 strings through the rear and neck and knot them together. Then, fizz out the strings by pulling a needle through them. By being "fizzy", the strings widen and thus a dissolution of the knots are prevented. The snout can simply be stitched on and the eyes glued on.

Fell the magic yet? The Freeborn, Lovelorn, Forlorn Unicorn certainly does....