This chap is a quick and tiny make. He is totally one piece.
You will need:
· Yarn needle
· Soft toy filling
· 3mm crochet hook
· 5mm safety eyes
· DK Yarn - Approx. 30m
Stitches and abbreviations used:
(US crochet terms are used)
· MC - Magic circle/ring (sc unless otherwise specified)
· Ch - Chain
· SC - Single crochet
· DC – Double crochet
· TR – Treble crochet
· Inc - Increase stitch (2 single crochets into one stitch)
· Dec - Decrease stitch (single crochet 2 stitches together)
· BLO – Back Loop Only
· FLO – Front Loop Only
· PC – Pop Corn Stitch – (5dc pc stitches are used in this pattern for the feet)
· ST - Stitch
· SLST - Slip stitch
· R – Round or Row
· FO - Finish Off
Other things to note....
· This is worked in continuous rounds. It is helpful to use a stitch marker to keep track.
· The number in ( ) at the end of each round indicates the total stitch count for that round.
· * * indicates repeated series of stitches.
· Use invisible decreases for a neater finished product.
· Stitches in [ ] are worked into one stitch.
· Remember to stuff the product little and often as you work.
Head and Body – Starting in Brown | |
1. | MC (4) |
2. | *INC *x4 (8) |
3. | 2sc, *inc*x4, 2sc (12) |
4. | 3sc, *inc*x6, 3sc (18) |
5. | SC (18) |
6. | 5sc, *inc*x3, 2sc, *inc*x3, 5sc (24) |
7. | 5sc, *inc, 1sc*x3, 5sc, *inc, 1sc*x3, 2sc (30) |
8. | 5sc, *inc, 1sc*x3, 11sc, *inc, 1sc*x3, 2sc (36) |
9. | 5sc, *dec, 1sc*x3, 11sc, *dec, 1sc*x3, 2sc (30) |
10. | 11sc, [FLO – 1hdc, 1dc, 1tr], ch1, [FLO – 1tr, 1dc, 1hdc], 6sc, [FLO – 1hdc, 1dc, 1tr], ch1, [FLO – 1tr, 1dc, 1hdc], 9sc (30) – only counting the BLO left from the ears not the stitches into the FLO |
11. | 4sc, dec, 1sc, dec, 2sc, 1sc into the BLO left from the ears of the previous round of the next 2st, 6sc, 1sc into the BLO left from the ears of the previous round of the next 2st, 2sc, dec, 1sc, dec, 2sc (26) |
12. | Change to White – sc (26) |
13. | 3sc, PC, 21sc, PC (26) |
14. | Sc (26) - Place safety eyes approx. R6, 6st apart. In line with the ears. |
15. | 6sc, *inc, 1sc*x2, 11sc, *inc, 1sc*x2, 1sc (30) |
16-17. | Sc (30) – 2 rounds |
18. | Change to Brown – 7sc, *inc, 1sc*x3, 10sc, *inc, 1sc*x3, 1sc (36) |
19-23. | Sc (36) – 5 rounds |
24. | 2sc, PC, 3sc, PC, 29sc (36) |
25. | Sc (36) |
26. | *2sc, dec, 2sc*x6 (30) |
27. | *3sc, dec*x6 (24) – Start stuffing the piece and continue until closing. |
28. | *1sc, dec, 1sc*x6 (18) |
29. | *1sc, dec*x6 (12) |
30. | *dec*x6 (6) |
FO – Close hole | |
Use a strand of pink yarn to embroider on a nose between R1-3. | |
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