{"id":19030,"date":"2018-07-05T08:43:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T12:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=19030"},"modified":"2019-09-18T09:11:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:11:31","slug":"donkey-crochet-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/donkey-crochet-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkey crochet pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I have a new animal design for you that&#8217;s particularly close to my heart: a <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=14&#038;products_id=339\">Donkey<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=14&#038;products_id=339\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/donkey1.jpg\" alt=\"Donkey crochet pattern by PlanetJune\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/images\/planetjune_donkey_crochet.jpg\"data-pin-description=\"Crochet an adorably realistic amigurumi-style donkey with this pattern. From his big eyes and long ears to his tasseled tail, how can you resist?\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve loved donkeys for as long as I can remember &#8211; how can you resist those big soulful eyes and that sweet, gentle character?<\/p>\n<h2>Donkey Fun Facts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Donkeys are members of the horse family, Equidae, together with horses, zebras and wild asses.<\/li>\n<li>Donkeys were domesticated many thousands of years ago and helped to moved the stones that formed the ancient pyramids of Egypt.<\/li>\n<li>Today, donkeys are found all over the world and the majority still work as pack animals, helping people to transport heavy loads.<\/li>\n<li>Donkeys can be crossbred with horses (to make a mule) or with zebras (to make a zonkey)!<\/li>\n<li>As well as being sturdy and dependable workers, donkeys are also friendly and intelligent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=14&#038;products_id=339\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/donkey4.jpg\" alt=\"Donkey crochet pattern by PlanetJune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About the Design<\/h2>\n<p>I was planning to make my donkey as an expansion pack for my <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=14&#038;products_id=299\">Horse pattern<\/a>, but once I started making it and comparing real-life horses and donkeys, I found that every single piece was a different shape and size. Donkeys have such a different body type and build, plus completely different ears, mane and tail &#8211; there wasn&#8217;t anything of the horse pattern left by the time I&#8217;d finished!<\/p>\n<p>Just compare the sweet, stocky donkey with the tall, elegant horse:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/donkey_horse.jpg\" alt=\"Donkey and Horse crochet patterns by PlanetJune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Definitely related, but definitely different. Donkeys may not have the glamour of horses, but I think they&#8217;re totally adorable. I hope I&#8217;ve captured that big-eyed, long-eared, sturdy donkey essence in my design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=14&#038;products_id=339\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/donkey3.jpg\" alt=\"Donkey crochet pattern by PlanetJune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Buy Now &amp; Launch Discount<\/h2>\n<p>If you love donkeys too, you can <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=14&#038;products_id=339\">pick up my Donkey crochet pattern from my shop<\/a> right now. Or, if you&#8217;re not ready to make it just yet, add it to your Ravelry queue or favourites so you don&#8217;t forget about it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/badges\/redirect?p=donkey-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.ravelry.com\/badges\/projects?p=donkey-20&amp;t=.svg\" style=\"border: none;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And for <strong>one week only<\/strong>, you can take an extra 50c off the price: add the Donkey pattern to your shopping cart, and enter the discount code <strong>EEYORE<\/strong> at checkout! (Offer ends Wednesday 11 July, 2018.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=14&#038;products_id=339\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/donkey2.jpg\" alt=\"Donkey crochet pattern by PlanetJune\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ll love my pattern &#8211; don&#8217;t you agree that donkeys are just adorable?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I have a new animal design for you that&#8217;s particularly close to my heart: a Donkey! I&#8217;ve loved donkeys for as long as I can remember &#8211; how can you resist those big soulful eyes and that sweet, gentle character? Donkey Fun Facts Donkeys are members of the horse family, Equidae, together with horses, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet","category-patterns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}