tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34343624904160672572024-03-13T17:57:49.019-06:00[Insert Clever Name Here]Crochet, musings, whatever.Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-31690036928569341712023-04-07T20:11:00.005-06:002023-04-07T20:14:08.031-06:00<p> </p><h1 align="center" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #c55a11; font-family: Algerian; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Safari Animals Magnet Set<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="center" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Bahnschrift SemiBold",sans-serif; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #BF9000; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent4; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="color: windowtext;">(or templates for whatever you
want!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent2;">By: Cantoo Crochet (or find me on Ravelry – Malkyra)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoTitle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Algerian;">NOTES!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">The main circle/faces like the bears
and the lion are about 3 1/4 inch in size. These are worked in the round,
amigurumi style, except for the ears, eye pieces, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">You can start these all out as a
template, which was my idea originally. You can make it into whatever you want!
Snowman? Sure! Faces with hair? Whatever your heart desires! Just get creative!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">The biggest challenge for me was
really the star. That one got a little tricky. I might like to finesse that
later on – if you have suggestions, put them in the comments in Ravelry! This
is just another attempt to try to get myself inspired again. I’ve been on such
a long hiatus, and it’s kind of depressing me.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">I only typed up the ones in the
picture. Also, some of that isn’t dog hair – pay attention to your glue gun
residue, haha.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Bahnschrift SemiBold",sans-serif; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Materials<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Regular worsted weight yarn, color of your
choice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">E hook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hot glue gun. Alternatively, you might could use
fabric glue. But I didn’t use that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Googly eyes (I used 7mm mixed colors)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Magnets (I used ¾ inch “Aleene’s TACKY”
magnets. I didn’t use the adhesive. I glue-gunned.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yarn needle for finishing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Scrap yarn for other stuff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Maybe a stitch marker, if it will help<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #c55a11; font-family: "Bahnschrift SemiBold",sans-serif; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Abbreviations<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">MR – magic
ring<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">dc –
double crochet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">sc –
single crochet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">hdc – half
double crochet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">tc – triple
crochet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ch – chain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">st –
stitch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">dec –
decrease<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">inc –
increase<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">sk – skip<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">TO – tie off<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sl st –
slip stitch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">rd - round<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">MAIN HEAD PATTERN<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">MR – 6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rd 1-3 (3
rounds): 2DC in each – total 48. Ch 2, sl st to next, TO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">For lion: <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Attach
mane color to last st. (Note: from here on, don’t stitch/chain too tight. If
you need to go up a hook size, do so, cause you don’t want it to pull/pinch.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rd 4:
[Ch4, sk 3 DC, sc into next] x 12. Sl st to original color.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Lion ears – make 2<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Leaving a
long tail (maybe 4” or so?) at the front side for attaching to the head later,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ch 3 + 1
to turn,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sk 1,
turn, sc in 3, working up along the other side, sc in 3, 3sc in the 1 stitch at
the top of the original chain row, sc in 3. TO. Attach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">For the black and panda bears<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Use the
main head pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Ears – make 2<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ch 4 + 1
to turn, sc 3, 2sc in last of the chain, working up the other side, sc in 2, sc
4 in the one stitch at the top of the original row, sc in next 3, [2hdc in
next, 2sc in next] twice, 2hdc in next, sc in 2, sl st, TO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Panda eyes – make 2<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ch 4 + 1
to turn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Hdc, sc in
3, 2sc in last, working up the other side, sc in 2, sc, hdc, sl to next. TO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Weird Flower (the one that is
off to the left in the picture)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">MR 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rd 1: 3sc
in each – 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rd 2: 2sc
in each – 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now you’re
going to be working the “petals” in rows and attaching them later back to the
body.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Row 1: ch 10
+ 1 to turn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Row 2: sc,
hdc in 9, sc in main and then sc into the main body to attach it. Working back
up the chain, hdc in 9, sl st to last. Repeat a total of 5 times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">For 5 point star</span></u><span style="color: #c55a11; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #C55A11; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent2; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">MR 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rd 1: 3sc
in each – 15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rd 2: 2sc
in each – 30<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Now you’re
going to be working the “tines” in rows and attaching them later back to the
body.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Row 1: ch
8 + 1 to turn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Row 2: sl
st, sc in 2, hdc in 2, tc in 3, sk 3 of main body, sc in 4<sup>th</sup> st, sc
in next. You will repeat this a total of 5 times. However, NOTE. Before and
after the 4<sup>th</sup> tine, do an extra sc. TO. (Do not sl st.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You might
could starch spray to get this to stop curling. I did not do that, and you can
see it wants to curl just due to the yarn.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-7948584162421745072023-04-07T20:10:00.004-06:002023-04-07T20:11:07.697-06:00<p><br /></p><p>I have been trying to really get back on the crochet horse. It's been a long time. A lot of life changes, and a bit rut I've been stuck in. I hope this post finds you well... and I hope this maybe inspires you a little too. I do hope to make a Mama mouse. This is my first step. :) </p><p align="center" class="MsoTitle" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff33cc;">Little Mouse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<br />
<p class="MsoNormal">Follow me on Ravelry – Malkyra (although I have been pretty
inactive, trying to re-inspire myself)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please message me with any questions/comments. <span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Notes</span></u></b><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">I used Bernat
Baby Cloud in baby pink. This can be hard to work with if you are a novice, as
the stitches can be hard to see. You can also double-wrap yarn. If you do a single
strand of worsted, might be a bit tiny. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">I do want to try a
“mommy” version where I double the size (or maybe triple) – so stay tuned.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">I used scrap
bulky yarn for the nose and tail. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The eyes don’t need to be safety if you don’t
want. Can use yarn or buttons or whatever.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->This pattern is worked in the round using the
magic ring/amigurumi style, except for the ears which are worked in turns.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u>Materials</u></b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->J hook<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Bulky Yarn – main is Bernat Baby Cloud “Baby Pink”
with bulky scrap for rest<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->6mm safety eyes or scrap yarn/buttons<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Yarn needle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Stuffing (poly-fill fiber)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u>Abbrevations</u></b>:
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">MR – magic ring<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Sc – single crochet<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Dec – decrease <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">St – stitch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Sk – skip<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">TO – tie off<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Ch – chain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Rd - round<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Inc – increase<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Sl st – slip stitch<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>MAIN PATTERN<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">MR – 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Rd 1: increase
in each – 12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Rd 2: [inc, sc]
around – 18<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Rd 3-5 (3
rounds): sc in each – 18<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Rd 6: [sc, dec]
around – 12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Rd 7: sc in
each – 12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Rd 8: [sc, dec]
around – 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Stuff lightly.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">If you are
using safety eyes, place them on the previous round – about 3 sts apart.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Rd 9: [sc, dec]
twice, then sk and TO to close.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u>Nose</u></b><u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">I took the
secondary color, cut a length, pulled it into place with the needle, knotted,
and tucked each end back inside with the hook.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u>Ears</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">(In main color;
turning after each end – in other words, working in rows)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Ch3 + 1 to turn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Row 1: sc in 3,
+1 to turn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Row 2: sk 1<sup>st</sup>
st, sc in next two, +1 to turn<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Row 3: sk 1<sup>st</sup>
and sl st to last st, TO.<o:p></o:p></p>Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-50163048510480909082020-12-11T09:12:00.003-07:002020-12-11T09:12:42.368-07:00I'm still alliiiiiiive!<p> Sooo... that was a long hiatus. Mainly because I hit a huge roadblock and didn't feel very creative. I tried to write a rabbit doll as well as a labrador doll in a dress, but that pattern is kind of messy and I think riddled with mistakes.</p><p>But, I just wrote a new one that I based off a product picture I saw on Amazon about a Swedish-style gnome, which is always popular around these times.</p><p>Check it out in my ravelry store! https://ravel.me/sven-the-swedish-ish-gnome-2</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o27NMOybwyo/X9Oactkj0II/AAAAAAAAW3s/irH447wNez0hWsjn78y5t9mBiZE7AoRswCPcBGAsYHg/s4160/IMG_20201210_184710962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o27NMOybwyo/X9Oactkj0II/AAAAAAAAW3s/irH447wNez0hWsjn78y5t9mBiZE7AoRswCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_20201210_184710962.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-36Y_vdTJMHU/X9Oacj5kcaI/AAAAAAAAW3s/8IuGJUJmo5w4v0juvg5sJzPrQz1UJbD1QCPcBGAsYHg/s4160/IMG_20201210_184351653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-36Y_vdTJMHU/X9Oacj5kcaI/AAAAAAAAW3s/8IuGJUJmo5w4v0juvg5sJzPrQz1UJbD1QCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_20201210_184351653.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-63921728067777241922015-09-25T06:22:00.003-06:002015-09-25T06:22:53.136-06:00What is Dead... So, I finally blocked the chart I'd made for my third installment of the Game of Thrones inspired knitted panels I made. (See also: Winter is Coming, and Dark Wings, Dark Words.) It's only been over a year! Wooo! Makin' good time, makin' good time...<br />
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This chart will be available on Ravelry, once I get it up. (The other two are, as well, by the way.)<br />
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I made a couple mistakes while knitting, and one of them was a huge accident... Note to self: Do not leave strings dangling just enough where a vacuum can grab it. It pulled out some of my stitches and then broke the yarn, so trying to fix that was a little maddening. (It happened right about the 'n' in 'can'.) Sigh!!Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-35361742100301600922015-09-24T19:57:00.004-06:002015-09-24T19:57:55.720-06:00Mouse EarsSo, I got a request to make some mouse ears that can be attached to a hat or headband, or something along those lines. So I just whipped up a pair real quick. They measure about 4" across, so I think they are a good size.<br />
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Worsted weight yarn in gray (or your choice of main color) and white (or secondary of your choice). I used Red Heart Super Saver.<br />
Yarn needle<br />
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sc3tog - sc 3 together (decrease stitch)<br />
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<strong>Outer Ear (make 2)</strong></div>
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Row 7-8: sc in each - 16</div>
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Row 10-11: sc in each - 14</div>
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Row 12: sc2tog, sc in 10, sc2tog - 12</div>
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Row 13: sc2tog, sc in 3, sc2tog, sc in 3, sc2tog - 9</div>
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Row 14: sc3tog, sc in 3, sc3tog - 5</div>
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Row 15: sk first, sc in next, sk next, sl st to last.</div>
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To add a finished look, sc around the perimeter of the ear, making sure to put one stitch in every row end, and placing 2 sc at each bottom corner.</div>
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<strong>Inner Ear (make 2)</strong></div>
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<em>In white,</em></div>
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Row 1: sc 14 + 1 to turn - 15</div>
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Row 2: sc in each - 14</div>
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Row 3: 2sc, sc in 12, 2sc - 16</div>
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Row 4-5: sc in each - 16</div>
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Row 6: sc2tog, sc in 12, sc2tog - 14</div>
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Row 7-8: sc in each - 14</div>
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Row 9: sc2tog, sc in 10, sc2tog - 12</div>
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Row 10: sc in each - 12</div>
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Row 11: sc2tog, sc in 8, sc2tog - 10</div>
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Row 12: sc2tog, sc in 2, sc2tog, sc in 2, sc2tog - 7</div>
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Row 13: sc3tog, sc in 1, sc3tog - 3</div>
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Row 14: sk first, sc in next, sl st to last.</div>
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Like the <strong>Outer Ear</strong>, sc around the perimeter.</div>
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TO, leaving a long tail so you can attach it to the <strong>Outer<em>.</em></strong></div>
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Using the yarn needle, attach the ears together in each st. You can go inside the front loop of the gray so that the white doesn't show on the back. For mine, it wasn't going to be a big issue.<br />
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To attach, sew onto hat or with yarn, whip stitch it onto a headband. You can look at the Yoda Ears I made for a look at how that went.</div>
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-67524926395142228102015-01-22T13:55:00.003-07:002015-01-22T13:55:46.924-07:00Little ElephantSo, another one I concocted. It went through a successful test, and after fixing a few errors, finally got smoothed out. This one is also in .pdf form on Ravelry.com, which may make it easier for those on the go/that use tablets with pdf readers. Also, the pdf version is designed with a printer friendly approach in mind, so check it out! Look for it in a search using 'little elephant', or by my username, Malkyra. :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 skein aran weight yarn in color of your choice</span></div>
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chain from the hook” can also be used. However, I use MR because it pulls the
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The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>body
of this pattern is worked continuously in the round in the amigurumi style.
There is no joining the rounds. After making the four arms, you will work from
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 1: MR 5 – 5</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 8: sc in 6, 2sc
in next, rep around – 48</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rds 9-11 (3 rds):
sc in each – 48 </span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 12: sc in 6,
sc2tog, rep around – 42</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 13: sc in 5,
sc2tog, rep around – 36</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 14: sc in each –
36</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 15: ch 8, sk 8
stitches, sc in 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and on around – 28 + 8 ch <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Note: this is going to leave a ‘gap’ for us to work the trunk in later.
See pictures for reference. I placed a stitch marker on the first st of the
round for future reference when I go back to put on the trunk.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><br />
<br /><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-83rLwrvIvLU/VMFgwWrN5iI/AAAAAAAAEYY/FzkZeK6tuKM/s1600/IMG_20141229_183955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-83rLwrvIvLU/VMFgwWrN5iI/AAAAAAAAEYY/FzkZeK6tuKM/s1600/IMG_20141229_183955.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The head, with the opening left unworked for the trunk <br />
to be worked later.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span><br /></div>
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<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 16: sc in each,
being careful to work the chains to get right count – 36</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 17: sc in 4,
sc2tog, rep around – 30</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 18: sc, sc2tog,
rep around – 20</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you are using safety eyes, place them 14
stitches apart between rows 11 and 12, centering it on the ‘gap’ of the trunk.
See pictures for reference. Lightly stuff head.</span></i></div>
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<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 19: sc in each –
20</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 20: sc in 2,
sc2tog, rep around – 10</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in two stitches to get to the center of
the throat, and place marker. This is going to be the beginning of the next
round.</span></i></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 21-22 (2
rounds): sc in each – 10</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 23: sc, 2sc in
next, rep around - 15<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 24: sc, place
one arm’s seam over stitches and sc through both the body and the arm’s next
five stitches (see pictures), sc in 4, place next arm and do the same, sc in
the last st of the body – 15</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SHt9UkaPN2g/VMFgteO9G_I/AAAAAAAAEYQ/JcoKipgvyRc/s1600/IMG_20150103_165651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SHt9UkaPN2g/VMFgteO9G_I/AAAAAAAAEYQ/JcoKipgvyRc/s1600/IMG_20150103_165651.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sewing on the arm, working <em>both</em> the body stitches <em>and </em><br />
the arm's seam. In other words, place your hook through <em>both</em> <br />
pieces and sc like you would normally. This works the arm <br />
into the body.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 25: sc in 2,
2sc, rep around – 20</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 26: sc in each –
20</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 27: sc in 3, 2sc
in next, rep around – 25</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 28: sc in each –
25</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 29: sc in 4, 2sc
in next, rep around – 30</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 30-34 (5
rounds): sc in each – 30</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 35: sc in 2,
2sc, rep around – 40</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 36-37: sc in
each – 40</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 38: sc in 4, 2sc
in next, rep around – 48</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 39-42 (3
rounds): sc in each – 48 </span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 43: sc in 9,
place leg and sc it to the body in the next 5 sts, sc in 29, place next leg, sc
in last 5 – 48</span></div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stuff lightly and continue stuffing as you
go.</span></i></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 44: sc, 2sctog,
rep around ending with an sc in last – 32</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 45: sc2tog
around – 16</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 46: sc2tog
around – 8</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 47: sc2tog
around – 4</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 48: sk 1, sl st
to next, TO.</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
</div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Going back to finish nose:</span></b></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reattach yarn at right upper edge of gap, or
where you placed your stitch marker. (See photo for reference.)</span></i></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 1: sc 14, 2sc in
next 3 stitches, sc 3 – 23</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 2: sc in each –
23</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 3: sc in 2,
sc3tog, sc in 3, sc3tog, sc in 13 – 19</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 4-5: sc in each
– 19</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 6: [sc2tog, sc]
3 times, sc in 10 – 16</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 7-8: sc in each
– 16</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 9: [sc2tog, sc]
2 times, sc in 10 – 14</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 10-13 (4
rounds): sc in each – 14</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 14: sc in 2, sc2tog,
sc in 5, sc2tog, sc in 3 – 12</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 15-17 (3
rounds): sc in each – 12</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 18: sc in 4,
[sc2tog] 2 times, sc in 4 – 10</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Make sure to keep stuffing lightly as you
go.</span></i></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 19-21 (3
rounds): sc in each – 10</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 22: sc in 2, sc2tog
four times – 6</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 23-24: sc in
each – 6</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 25: sk 2, sl st
in 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> to close. TO. Tuck in tail.</span><br />
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tail:</span></b></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 1: Ch 8 + 1 to
turn - 9</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 2: Sc in 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
ch from the hook and in next 6, 3sc in last, turn work so that you will then be
working up the other side (think of it like an ‘oval’ shape) and sc 7 up the
other side. TO. Attach to backside where you like. For the ‘hair’, cut several
pieces of yarn and knot them onto the tip.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ears: (Make 2)</span></b></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This is worked in rows</i>. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You will chain one to turn at the end of
each row.</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Leave a long tail at the
beginning so you can sew on to the head later,</i></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 1: ch 6 + 1 to
turn – 7</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 2: sc in 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
ch from the hook and in next 5 – 6</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 3: 2sc, sc in
4, 2sc – 8</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 4: sc in each –
8</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 5: 2sc, sc in
6, 2sc – 10</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 6: sc in each –
10</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 7: 2sc, sc in
8, 2sc – 12</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 8: sc in each –
12</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 9: 2sc, sc in
10, 2sc – 14</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 10: sc in each
– 14</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 11: sl st in 3,
sc in next, hdc in 6, sc, sl st in last 3 – 14</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Without breaking
yarn, sc down the edge, across the beginning chains (I even placed 2sc in the
first and last of the chain/row 1 so that it didn’t pucker as much on the
corners), and on up the other side to give it a ‘finished’ look. See picture
for reference. I did not go back over Row 11’s stitches, merely TO’d.</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
</div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Place the ears 1
round above eyes (round 10) and about 6 columns back from the eyes. Or whatever
looks best to you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mrjzN-WKugw/VMFgeLvUdYI/AAAAAAAAEX4/iKvK4WQfBSc/s1600/IMG_20150107_192547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mrjzN-WKugw/VMFgeLvUdYI/AAAAAAAAEX4/iKvK4WQfBSc/s1600/IMG_20150107_192547.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ear with unfinished edge.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wlTsEVHYw8E/VMFgoSEHfpI/AAAAAAAAEYI/9A0BtsB4EFA/s1600/IMG_20150107_192927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wlTsEVHYw8E/VMFgoSEHfpI/AAAAAAAAEYI/9A0BtsB4EFA/s1600/IMG_20150107_192927.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ear with finished edge.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
</div>
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<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tusks: (optional)</span></b></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 1: MR 3 – 3</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 2: 2sc in each –
6</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rd 3-4: sc in each
– 6</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sl st to the first
st of the previous round and TO. Attach right up against the trunk.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Voila! Elephant is ready for play!</span></div>
<br />Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-84300708972913555482014-09-15T13:16:00.004-06:002014-09-15T13:16:43.248-06:00Labrador Girl (aka 'brog')So... I had started this project up back in early spring, and it languished in a bag, forgotten, joining the ranks of dust bunnies and such... And then I rediscovered it recently. So, I set out to finish.<br />
<br />
I started her up in some cotton that I was trying to use up. Probably not the best choice for a doll, for as I continue to make such things over the years, I get more picky about the stuffing showing through/the stitches not being tight. You can see in the pictures that she's a little 'holey'. That's ok.<br />
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The other thing about this is that she was supposed to be a yellow labrador retriever. ...She ended up looking like a rehash of Whinnie the Poo. But that's ok. She can be a bear...or dog... or both? Brog? Anyone? ...Bueller?<br />
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Anyway, hope you enjoy it, if you've come across this blog and she caught your eye. :)<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Materials needed:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">C hook (2.75mm)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DK weight yarn in three colors (yellow, blue,
and white)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Berocco Pure Pima DK was used in this project</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You
can really use whatever yarn you want, worsted with the same size hook would
make it look ‘neater’ and probably what I’d do if I made her all over again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Scrap black yarn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yarn needle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4 buttons (1/2”)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Abbreviations used:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ch – chain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hdc – half double crochet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">MR – magic ring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc – single crochet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sl st – slip stitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ssc – shallow single crochet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Instead of placing your stitch as normal, go
into the vertical bars between the stitches. This stitch can be found on
youtube, in stitch dictionaries, and also on this blog where she has
conveniently posted pictures regarding this: </span><a href="http://knotsewcute.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-do-shallow-single-crochet.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://knotsewcute.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-do-shallow-single-crochet.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rep – repeat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc2tog – decrease stitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shallow sc – a shallow version of single
crochet, as defined in “crochet stitches” book<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sk – skip a stitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TO – tie off<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This pattern is written in US terms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The body of the puppy is worked in the round;
don’t join or turn. The only things worked flat are the dress and the ears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you have any questions, feel free to contact
me! Username is Malkyra on Ravelry.com! For other free patterns, check out my
patterns, or take a gander at my blog, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cantoocrochet.blogspot.com.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 2</b>: sc, 2sc, rep around –
12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3</b>: sc in 2, 2sc, rep around – 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 4</b>: sc in 3, 2sc, rep
around – 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 5</b>: sc in 4, 2sc, rep
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 6</b>: sc in 5, 2sc, rep
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 7</b>: sc in 6, 2sc, rep
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 8-9</b>: sc in each – 32<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 10</b>: sc in 7, 2sc, rep
around – 36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 11-14 (4 rounds)</b>: sc in
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 15</b>: sc in 7, sc2tog, rep
around – 32<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 16</b>: sc in 6, sc2tog, rep
around - 28<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 17</b>: sc in 5, sc2tog, rep
around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 18</b>: sc in 4, sc2tog, rep
around – 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 19</b>: sc in 3, sc2tog, rep
around – 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 20</b>: sc in each – 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 21</b>: sc in 3, 2sc, rep
around – 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 22</b>: sc in each – 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 23</b>: sc in 4, 2sc, rep
around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 24</b>: sc in each – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 25</b>: sc in 5, 2sc, rep
around – 28<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 26</b>: sc in each – 28<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 27</b>: sc in 6, 2sc, rep
around – 32<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 28</b>: sc in each – 32<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 29</b>: sc in 7, 2sc, rep
around – 36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 30</b>: sc in each – 36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 31</b>: sc in 8, rep around –
40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 32</b>: sc in 9, rep around –
44<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 33</b>: Sc in 10, rep around
– 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Change to blue,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 34-37 (4 rounds)</b>: sc in
each – 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 38</b>: sc in 10, sc2tog, rep
around – 44<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 39</b>: sc in 9, sc2tog, rep
around – 40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 40</b>: sc in 8, sc2tog, rep
around – 36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 41</b>: sc, sc2tog, rep
around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Place a marker here to help you
visualize the rounds. You are going to make the two legs now, one leg at a
time. The legs will be 12 inches around.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 42</b>: sk 12, sc in 13<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
and on around – 12 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now just work these 12 stitches
for the leg, leaving the rest unworked. We’ll come back to it later.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 43-47 (5 rounds)</b>: sc in
each – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Change to yellow,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 48-57 (10 rounds)</b>: sc in
each – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now to shape the foot,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 58</b>: sc, sc2tog twice, sc
twice, 2sc in 4, sc in last – 14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 59</b>: sc in 2, sc2tog
twice, sc twice, sc 2sc in 4, sc in last – 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 60</b>: sc in each – 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 61</b>: sc in 2, 2sc in 4, sc
in 4, sc2tog twice, sc in 2 – 14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 62</b>: sc, 2sc in 6, sc in
3, sc2tog twice, sc in 2 – 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 63</b>: sc in each – 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 64</b>: [sc, sc2tog] six
times, sc in last two – 14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 65</b>: [sc, sc2tog] twice,
sc around – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 66</b>: sc, 2sctog, rep
around – 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 67</b>: sc2tog around – 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 68</b>: sc2tog twice – 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 69</b>: sk 1, sl st in next
to close. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">TO. Tuck in tail.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, to go back to the second
leg. Reattach in blue at the crotch stitch (the front of the doll is facing
you).<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Continue from Rd 43 to end at Rd
60.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Arms (make 2)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 1</b>: MR 4 – 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 2</b>: 2sc in each – 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 3</b>: sc, 2sc, rep around –
12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 4-23 (20 rounds)</b>: sc in
each – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pinch the top together like a
seam, and sc 6 stitches across to close it. Leave a tail to attach it to the
body. Attach the arms at Round 21 of the body. I attached mine with 3 stitches
between the arms on the front side.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nose<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 1</b>: MR 4 – 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 2</b>: 2sc in each – 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 3</b>: sc, 2sc, rep around –
12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 4</b>: sc in each – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 5</b>: sc in 7, 2sc in 4 – 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 6-7</b>: sc in each – 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Attach at rows 12-13. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This can be tricky for a beginner to get the
attachment to look ‘neat’ around the edge of the nose/as you stitch it to the
face. Planet June has some good instructions and videos on how to attach pieces
neatly. Might want to check this link out: <a href="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/joining-amigurumi/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.planetjune.com/blog/joining-amigurumi/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ears (make 2)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ch 1 + 1 to turn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">From here on out, chain 1 to turn
after each row.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Row 1</b>: 2sc<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Row 2</b>: 2sc in 2 – 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Row 3-5 (3 rows)</b>: sc in each
– 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Row 6</b>: 2sc, sc in 2, 2sc – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Row 7</b>: sc in each – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The ear is now shaped. To give it
a finished look, sc around the edge in each stitch, placing 3sc in the ‘tip’ of
the ear (the row 1 stitch).<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TO. Attach to head. I pinned the
tip of the ear down to get it to ‘flop’.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tail<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 1</b>: MR 5 – 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 2</b>: [sc, 2sc] twice, sc in
last – 7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 3-7 (5 rounds)</b>: sc in
each – 7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 8</b>: [sc in 2, 2sc] twice,
sc in last – 9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 9</b>: [sc in 3, 2sc] twice,
sc in last – 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rd 10-18 (9 rounds)</b>: sc in
each – 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TO. Attach to body.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dress<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Note: This dress uses a shallow single crochet stitch (ssc). See Notes
on first page for description.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In blue, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ch 24 + 1 to turn,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 1: sc in each – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 2: ch 3, sk 3, sc in 21 (this makes a button hole) – 21 + 3 ch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 3: [sc in 4, 2sc in next] four times, sc in 4 – 28<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 4: sc in 6, 2sc, rep around – 32<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 5: sc in 7, 2sc, rep around – 36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 6: sc in 8, 2sc, rep around – 40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 7: sc in 9, 2sc, rep around – 44<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 8: [sc in 7, 2sc] five times, sc in 4 – 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 9: sc in each – 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Switch to white,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 10-13 (4 rows): ssc in each – 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Switch to blue,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 14: ssc in 4, ssc2tog, rep around – 40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 15: ssc in each – 40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Switch to white,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 16-19 (4 rows): ssc in each – 40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Row 20: [sc, hdc] in first stitch, [hdc, sc] in next stitch. Repeat
this across. TO. Tuck in all tails.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Using black yarn, embroider on the nose and eyes. I used a 'satin stitch' for the nose, although maybe a heart shape would look more doggy. Whatever! Here's a link, in case you aren't sure what I'm talking about or haven't done this before: <a href="http://sublimestitching.com/pages/how-to-satin-stitch">http://sublimestitching.com/pages/how-to-satin-stitch</a></span></div>
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-44483415183917692952014-09-13T10:04:00.001-06:002014-09-13T10:04:18.276-06:00Witchy Hat (for pets)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Adobe Garamond Pro, serif;">Halloween is almost here! Woo!! I am going to be portraying a witchy type character at the Texas Renaissance Festival this year, and I'm pretty stoked about it. So witches have been on my mind a lot this time around!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Adobe Garamond Pro, serif;">This is something I worked up really quick yesterday night. I air popped some popcorn (Kipp's favorite) and used it as bribery so he would let me place it on his head and take a picture of him. Like the Santa hat I made, it doesn't really get used, just kind of funny (and fun) to make stuff up sometimes. Hope you enjoy. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Adobe Garamond Pro","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Black,
purple, and gold worsted weight yarn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a bit of a tail at the beginning. Ch 40 +1 to turn. Sc in 40. TO, leaving a
little tail. Using both tails, attach it to the sides of the hat. Depending on
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-50964099830597697192014-08-13T12:50:00.001-06:002014-08-13T12:52:27.057-06:00Winter is coming...The latest, in my Game of Thrones themed pillows.<br />
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It was hard to part with it, but I knew it would be better used at its new home. I had promised it before I had even really charted it, so I knew it would probably leave my house, unlike the Dark Wings, Dark Words one. ;)<br />
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The construction of it went much more smoothly than the previous one. Think I may have the hang of it now!<br />
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This, like the other pillow, is in pdf charted form through Ravelry. (My user name is Malkyra.)<br />
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This was made using cotton, aran weight yarn.<br />
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This one came out a little bigger than the raven, it's about 11.5" x 17" in size. Gauge is not critical. The back side was machine-sewed on with a square of blue-colored flannel.<br />
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Stay tuned for the next one... "What is dead can never die," with the kraken for the House Greyjoy sigil.Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-65641967793646849482014-08-02T13:23:00.002-06:002014-08-02T13:24:50.303-06:00Hamster in a Cup<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is worked in the round, except for the ears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is using US terms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Abbreviations:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">MR – magic ring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2sc – increase stitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc2tog – decrease stitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc3tog – decrease stitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">St – stitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rep – repeat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Flo – front loop only (loop farthest crom you/on outside of work)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Materials needed:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Aran weight yarns in color of your choice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Size D hook, 3.5mm<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Polyfiber fill or stuffing of your choice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Size 10mm safety eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All right, now for the pattern!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Cup</u></b>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">MR 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2sc in ea – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc, 2sc in next, rep around – 18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 2, 2sc in next, rep around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 3, 2sc in next, rep around – 30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 4, 2sc in next, rep around – 36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 5, 2sc in next, rep around – 42<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc around in flo – 42 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc around – 42 x 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sl st to first st from previous rd, FO.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Handle</i></b>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ch 4, sl st to first<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc around – 4 x 14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Hamster</u></b>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In brown,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">MR 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2sc in ea – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc, 2sc in next, rep around – 18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 2, 2sc in next, rep around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 3, 2sc in next, rep around – 30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in ea – 30 x 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 4, 2sc in next, rep around – 36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 5, 2sc in next, rep around – 42<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in ea – 42 x 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 5, sc2tog, rep around – 36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 4, sc2tog, rep around - 30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 3, sc2tog, rep around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in 2, sc2tog, rep around – 18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc, sc2tog, rep around – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc3tog to close, FO.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ch 9 + 1 to turn (continue chaining one to turn throughout)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2sc, sc in 7, 2sc in last – 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in ea – 11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2sc, sc in 9, 2sc in last – 13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in ea – 13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc2tog, sc in 3, sc 2tog, sc in 4, sc2tog – 9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc3tog, sc in 3, sc3tog – 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">FO.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Attach belly patch centered under eyes, about 4 rows down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Feet, tail (make 3):<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In pink,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ch 3, join with sl st<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sc in ea – 3 x 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sl st to first, FO.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Attach feet at angles over belly patch, about four sts apart. See photos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Attach tail low in center of back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nose circle:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">MR 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2sc in ea – 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sl st to first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nose:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">With pink, embroider nose patch, and lips onto nose circle. See
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Attach nose to hamster, centered low between eyes and over belly patch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ears:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">MR 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2sc in ea – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sl st, turn, sc in 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">TO. Attach one row above eyes, about 3sts back. You will want one ear
backwards/wrong side showing so that it perks up. Just turn it inside out to
match other ear/make it cup. </span><br />
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-22086101476909542742014-07-21T14:34:00.000-06:002014-07-21T14:36:11.608-06:00Dark Wings, Dark WordsI have lately been extremely obsessed with the Game of Thrones, both the HBO televised version (which I came across first) and then the book series (which I just finished book 5 and now join the ranks of those avidly awaiting the 6th). <br />
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So, I got this crazy series idea. Here is the first that I have finished.<br />
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I charted it up myself, including even drawing the raven, as there was no available cross stitch design that I could come across on Google that suited what I wanted as far as looks. <br />
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I made this originally to knit, however it could be tunisian crocheted as well. I just found knitting to be much easier to tackle for this.<br />
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I cast on 80 stitches, 70 for the original layout I had charged, and 10 for a border, where I would have 5 stitches on each side in a garter stitch. Probably could have done better by making it 10 stitches on either side, but I wasn't really sure what it was going to end up looking like so opted for the 5.<br />
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I then set to the sewing machine after finishing this, and poorly made up a crude pillow. It ended up measuring about 15" wide and 11" tall. Not a bad size! Laid on it for the first time yesterday. :)<br />
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I do have this chart available in PDF version through my Ravelry, so go check it out. (<em>Note: This is only in chart form--I drew it on graph paper and translated it into an Excel sheet before saving it as a pdf</em>.) Ravelry.com, user name Malkyra :)<br />
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I also have the second one charted out and am about 3/5 of the way through... "Winter is coming"... so stay tuned!Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-81183125936309188932014-04-22T12:48:00.003-06:002014-04-27T08:41:05.910-06:00Chewie<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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I was struck when I came across this yarn, that it looked like a rolled up wookie on the shelf at JoAnn's. I figured I had to try it! It works up very quickly and is super soft, it's fun to work with...and much easier than some boucle yarns I've tried!</div>
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This is a modification I did to my bear pattern, as I figured I already had the template, just needed to take off the ears, add some length to the limbs, and voila! The finished Chewie is approximately 14" tall.</div>
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sc3tog - decrease stitch</div>
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2 safety eyes, 15mm (can alternatively embroider them)</div>
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<strong>Rd 3:</strong> sc in first, 2sc in next, rep around - 27</div>
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<strong>Rd 4:</strong> *sc in first, 2sc in next*, rep what's between * 13 times, 2sc in last - 42 </div>
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<strong>Rd 1:</strong> sc in 21, leaving the other 21 stitches unworked for now.</div>
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This can probably be made several ways, using all sc, using the band as one solid color and then stitching on squares of gray, etc etc. I did some rudimentary color changes and did the gray stitches as hdc <i>into the stitch below and only when working the right side (RS). </i>That way all the yarn carry-overs don't show. There are rows of sc in red between each gray row.<br />
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I would make a video of this, except my camera takes crappy video, if anyone has seen the "squid hat" tutorial. Haha.<br />
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In maroon/red/brown:<br />
Row 1: ch 4, + 1 to turn<br />
Row 2-23 (24 rows): sc 4, ch1 to turn<br />
Row 24: sc in first, switch to gray, hdc into stitch below twice, switch to red, sc in last, turn<br />
Row 25: sc across (in red)<br />
Row 26: sc in first, switch to gray, hdc into stitch below twice, switch to red, sc in last, turn<br />
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Sc along the edge to give the bandolier a "finished" look, placing 2sc into each corner stitch to keep it square.<br />
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-51288925190341279252014-01-16T12:15:00.003-07:002014-01-17T06:48:31.627-07:00Y-O-D-A Yoda<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(This is available on Ravelry as a pdf. I posted it on here in case people came across the blog post and don't have a Ravelry account.) </span></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Sl st – slip stitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">TO – Tie off/fasten off<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">MR – Magic Ring (amigurumi method, alternative is to ch2, sc in 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
ch from the hook. I prefer MR, look it up on Youtube! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Notes:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">This pattern is written using US terms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">The skill level is intermediate. Having made
gloves or other animals that have toes may help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Yoda’s body is worked in the round. His robe,
eyelids, and ears are worked in rows, where you ch1 to turn after every row.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">The eyes aren’t attached to the green part of
his head, instead they will be attached to the whites of his eyes and then the
white part will be sewn on. It does leave a bit of backing, but the indention
it makes (if any) will give his face some shape anyway. I suppose it is up to
you how you wish to attach the safety eyes (or maybe you even want to crochet
the black part of the eyes!) so keep that in mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Please see the very last page for pictures. I
put them all on one page for printing ease.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Head and Body</span></u><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
green</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">, MR 8.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 1: 2sc in ea –
16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 2: 1 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 3: 2 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 32<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 4: 3 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 5: 4 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around - 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 6: 5 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around - 56<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 7: 6 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 64<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 8-9 (2 rds): sc
in each – 64<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 10: 6 sc,
sc2tog, rep around – 56<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 11: sc in ea –
56<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 12: 5 sc,
sc2tog, rep around – 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 13: 4 sc,
sc2tog, rep around – 40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 14-16 (3 rds):
sc in ea – 40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 17: 3 sc,
sc2tog, rep around – 32<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 18: sc in ea –
32<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 19: 2 sc,
sc2tog, rep around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 20: sc2tog
around – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Switch
to brown to now start his body,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 21-22 (2 rds):
sc in each – 12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 23: 2sc in ea
around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 24: 2 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 32<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 25: 3 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 26: 4 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 27: in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">blo</b>, sc in ea – 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 28-30 (3 rds):
sc in ea – 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 31: 6 sc,
sc2tog, rep around – 42<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 32-52 (21 rds):
sc in ea – 42<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 53: 6 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 48<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 54: 7 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 54<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sl st to first st
from previous round and TO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span> </div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Insert for skirt (will close
off the torso)</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In brown,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">MR 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 1: 2sc in ea –
12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 2: 1 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 3: 2 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 4: 3 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 30<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 5: 4 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 6: 5 sc, 2sc in
next, rep around – 42<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TO. Attach with
yarn needle between the 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and 5<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> row from the bottom
of the “skirt”. Make sure to stuff liberally!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";">Eyes</span></u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In white,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ch 3 + 1 to turn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 1: sc in 2, 3sc
in last, now <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">rotate the work so you are
now working on the other side of it (we are going to make an ovular shape), </i>sc
in next, 2sc in last – 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 2: sc in 3, 2sc
in next, sc in 3, 2sc in last – 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 3: sc in 4, 3sc
in next, sc in 4, 3sc in last. Sl st to next st. TO. Leave a tail for sewing on
to head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Attach the 15mm
eyes to the center of the white piece. Attach white part to head where the top
of it is around row 10 of the head and the bottom of it is around row 15 or 16
of the head. The white parts should be placed about 3 rows apart from each
other. Make sure you make them centered!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eyelids<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In green,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ch 10 + 1 to turn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 1: sc in 10,
turn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 2: sk 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
st, sc in 7, sk next, sc in last – 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 3-4 (2 rows):
sc in ea – 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To place, attach
eyelid to the white part of the eye where part of it is covering the white and
maybe even stretched over the black safety eye. (See pictures.) Sew on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ears<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Note:
The ears will be slightly different from each other. This is done on purpose. </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">left
ear</i></b>, in green, leaving a long tail at front so you can attach the ear
later,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ch 6 + 1 to turn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 1-2 (2 rows):
sc in ea – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 3: 2sc, sc in
3, sc2tog – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 4: sk 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>,
sc in 4, 2sc – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 5: sc in ea – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 6: 2sc, sc in
3, sc2tog – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 7: sk 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>,
sc in 2, sc2tog, 2sc – 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 8: 2sc, sc in
2, sc2tog – 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 9: sc2tog, sc
in 3 – 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 10: sc2tog
twice – 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 11-13 (3 rows):
sc in ea – 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 14: sk 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>,
sc in last – 1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Without breaking
yarn, sc around the ear, making sure you go in each row ending/beginning
around. This will give it a more finished look. TO. Ears are kind of tricky to
attach, so first stitch it on, then you may want to “pin” the upper part up by
anchoring it to the head a row or two above so you can kind of “perk” them. I
attached my ears where the top inside of the ear was around row 8 of the head,
and the bottom of the ear was around row 13 or 14.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">right
ear</i></b>, leaving a long tail at front for attaching the ear later,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ch 6 + 1 to turn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 1: sc in ea – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 2: sc2tog, sc
in 3, 2sc – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 3: 2sc, sc in
3, sk 1, sc in last – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 4: sc in ea – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 5: sc2tog, sc
in 3, 2sc – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 6: 2sc, sc2tog,
sc, sk 1, sc in last – 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 7: sc2tog, sc
in 2, 2sc – 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 8: sc in 3,
sc2tog – 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 9: sc2tog twice
– 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 10-11 (2 rows):
sc in ea – 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 12: sc, 2sc – 3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 13: sc, sc2tog –
2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 14: sk 1, sc –
1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Without breaking the
yarn, sc around. Attach similarly to the left ear as mentioned above.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Arms
and hands (make 2)<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Starting in brown,
leaving approx. 24” of yarn at front for sewing on later,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 1: ch 18, join
in round – 18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 2-16 (15
rounds): sc in ea – 18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Change to green,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 17: sc in 2,
2sc, rep around – 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 18: sc in ea –
24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 19: [sc in 5,
2sc] 3 times, sc in 3, 2sc three times – 30 (can place a stitch marker here if
needed, to show where round begins)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For first finger,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 20: sc in 5.
Count from marker back 5 stitches and place your next sc there. (This will
close off 10 stitches to make a finger.) Sc in the remaining 4 stitches up to
the marker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 21-23 (3
rounds): sc in ea – 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 24: sc in 3,
sc2tog twice – 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 25: sc in ea –
8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 26: sc2tog, sk
1, sc in next to close. TO.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For middle finger,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Reattach yarn in
the next unworked stitch (the sixth stitch from the beginning of the round). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 27: Sc in 5,
skip over to the other side and sc in the 5 going toward the first finger – 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 28-31 (4 rows):
sc in ea – 10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 32: sc in 3,
sc2tog twice – 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 33: sc in ea –
8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 34: sc2tog, sk
1, sc in next to close. TO.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For third finger,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Make like the first
finger, using up the remaining stitches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p>Skipping over to other side to</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p>make a finger. I will work the</o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p>stitches to the left of the hook</o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p>in this picture.</o:p></span></div>
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Attaching yarn for the second</div>
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finger.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Stuff, lightly
poking some with a wooden dowel into the fingers. Arms shouldn’t be
overstuffed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To close the arm,
pinch the sides together and sew up a seam. Then attach to the body at the
little line by the shoulders that were created when we stitched into the blo on
round 27 of the head/body part.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Feet
(make 2)<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Note:
The toes of each foot will be worked very similarly to the hand and its
fingers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In green, leaving a
long tail at the beginning of approximately 12-14” to attach later,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 1: ch 16, join<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 2-8 (7 rds): sc
in ea – 16<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 9: 7 sc, 2sc in
next, rep again – 18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 10: sc in ea –
18 (you may place marker now to mark the beginning of this round)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Toes:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 11: sc in 3, sk
over to last 3 before the marker, sc in ea – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 12-13 (2 rds):
sc in ea – 6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 14: sc, sc2tog
twice – 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Rd 15: sk 1, sc in
next – 4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TO.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Reattach yarn in
next stitch (the 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> stitch from the beginning of the round
originally), and do as described above. Make the third toe the same way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Stuff lightly. Don’t
want to overstuff, else the feet will bulge and he may have even more trouble
sitting up. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">To sew on feet,
pinch the tops of the feet together and sew a seam with the yarn needle. Attach
to the bottom of the “skirt insert”, where the outside corner seam of the foot
is at the outside of the insert, and the inside corner seam of the foot is at
the center of the circle. (See pics.) I then “pinned” the top of the foot down
by threading some yarn through the top and attaching it a little further up to
the skirt insert. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Segoe Print"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Robe<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Row 2: sc 5, ch 20.
Do not work next 5 stitches. (This will be the arm hole.) Instead, place next
stitch in the 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> st, and sc in next 13. Ch 20, leave next 5 st
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pull this seam
together/pinch it at the top hot dog style. This will make the top of the robe.
Without cutting yarn, I sc’d a seam along the top (you could also
cut the yarn and just sew it with a needle, whatever you want) and in the last
3 stitches, pulled them together (like a sc3tog). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Leaving a little
bit of a tail, maybe 6”, TO. Place Yoda’s arm in his sleeve, and then using the
tail of the yarn, pin the sleeve to the side of the robe so it tacks it
down/his arm doesn’t stick out straight. Knot it firmly so it is anchored
well/doesn’t come loose if you tug on the sleeve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-59321316216054901642013-12-30T07:55:00.002-07:002013-12-30T07:55:38.838-07:00What a Square<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Wanting a square of your own? This one will keep you company on a shelf or desk!</div>
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The cube measures about 2"sq.<br />
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<u><strong>Materials:</strong></u><br />
I used a C hook, I would have liked to use a D but I couldn't find mine (until afterward!)<br />
Small amount of yarn of your choice, aran or worsted weight (Red Heart Super Saver or similar)<br />
Small bit of black yarn<br />
Yarn needle<br />
Eyes or buttons or whatever you choose, these are 6mm eyes<br />
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<strong><u>Abbreviations used:</u></strong><br />
ch - chain<br />
sl st - slip stitch<br />
sc - single crochet<br />
MR - magic ring (look on Youtube)<br />
sc2tog - sc two stitches together (decrease)<br />
2sc - place 2 sc in one stitch (increase)<br />
flo - front loops only. <u>Remember</u>: the front loop is the loop that is on the <em>front </em>of the work. In other words, it is the loop farthest from your chest.<br />
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<strong><u>Notes:</u></strong><br />
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<li>This is written using US terms.</li>
<li>The square is worked where each side is one piece, and then seamed together using a sl st. If you don't want the "edge" you could probably just sew it together with a yarn needle.</li>
<li>The legs and hat are worked in the round. No joins are made, you just continue working in a circular fashion.</li>
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All right, now for the pattern!<br />
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<strong><u>Body of the Square:</u></strong><br />
<em>Make 6 of the following:</em><br />
Row 1: ch 10 + 1 to turn<br />
Row 2-11 (10 rows): sc in each - 10<br />
TO. I left long tails on a few so I wouldn't have to attach by using a different yarn, I just went right into seaming using the last square without cutting the yarn.<br />
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To seam the sides together, I used a sl st and holding the edges together, inserted my hook through both layers of the square to hold them together.<br />
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<strong><u>Legs:</u></strong><br />
Rd 1: MR 8<br />
Rd 2: sc in each - 8<br />
Rd 3: sc in 2, sc2tog twice, sc in 2 - 6<br />
Rd 4: sc in 1, sc2tog twice, sc in last - 4<br />
Rd 5-18 (14 rounds): sc in each - 4<br />
TO and attach to square in the center, just under the edge.<br />
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<strong><u>Arms:</u></strong><br />
Rd 1: MR 8<br />
Rd 2: sc in each - 8<br />
Rd 3: sc in 2, sc2tog twice, sc in 2 - 6<br />
Rd 4: sc in 1, sc2tog twice, sc in last - 4<br />
Rd 5-14 (10 rounds): sc in each - 4<br />
TO and attach to sides of the square near the halfway mark (or maybe just below).<br />
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<u><strong>Hat:</strong></u><br />
Rd 1: MR 8 <br />
Rd 2: sc in first, 2sc in next, repeat around - 12<br />
Rd 3: sc in 2, 2sc in next, repeat around - 16<br />
Rd 4-5 (2 rounds): sc in each - 16<br />
Rd 6-8 (3 rounds): sc in flo around - 16<br />
To make the brim, I tried something a little different. If you can't visualize what I'm doing, perhaps I could make a video (although my camera has a hard time focusing on something in my hands). Here's my attempt at explaining:<br />
Insert your hook into the stitch from row 7, and down through the stitch from row 6 (you are leaving row 8 unworked). YO just like you would with a regular sc stitch, and pull through, yarning over and pulling through the loops like a regular sc. This does create a "bar" of yarn but it's not visible on the outside. This will give the brim a little bit of shape. See my pic below for one visual:<br />
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The black yarn doesn't help much to see, but you can kind of get the idea (maybe???). <br />
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After you finish stitching around the hat, TO leaving a tail so you can sew it onto your square later. <br />
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<strong><u>Moustachio</u></strong>:<br />
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Row 1: ch 4+1 to turn<br />
Row 2: sc in 3, 2sc in 4th st<br />
TO. Leave a tail to attach it to square. Sew on. I kinda made mine a little angled. <br />
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Tuck your tails and voila! A square has been born. :)<br />
Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-51140930829344884712013-12-24T09:59:00.000-07:002013-12-24T09:59:45.790-07:00Santa hat! (For dogs or other things not human adults.)This hat is something I whipped up in about 1.5 hours for my dog. I thought about making one for myself, but bah humbug.<br />
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You'll need:<br />
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<li>Some boucle yarn (I used .5 roll of Plymouth Yarn "Heaven". It was on sale. I have also used Yarn Bee boucle, so whatever works I guess.)</li>
<li>Size H hook (5.0mm)</li>
<li>Size G hook (4.0mm)</li>
<li>Pom-pom maker</li>
<li>Red yarn, like Red Heart Super Saver (I had some in stash that was unlabeled, but it is aran-weight)</li>
<li>Some patience, because working with boucle can be a lil annoying!!!</li>
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You'll need to know:<br />
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<li><strong>hdc</strong> (half double crochet)</li>
<li><strong>sl st</strong> (slip stitch)</li>
<li><strong>2hdctog</strong> (2 hdc together (decrease)) <em>- See my previous blog post about invisible decreases if you are interested in doing that technique with this stitch</em></li>
<li><strong>3hdctog</strong> (3 hdc together (decrease))</li>
<li><strong>sc</strong> - single crochet</li>
<li><strong>ch</strong> - chain</li>
<li><strong>TO</strong> - tie off. Bind off. Same thing. </li>
<li>How to make a pom-pom. See Youtube videos. You can make your own pom pom maker with cardboard or use a purchased set. I have Susan Bates Easy Wrap Pom Pom makers.</li>
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Notes:<br />
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<li>This is written using US terms. </li>
<li>Sl st does not count as a stitch throughout this pattern. </li>
<li>When working with boucle, I recommend strongly counting your stitches carefully, and using stitch markers if you need to. It's easy to lose stitches. I like this Plymouth Yarn over the Yarn Bee boucle because the thread is a little shiny and somewhat easier to see. It still gets lost but not as bad in my opinion.</li>
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Forging onward!<br />
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For the fluffy band, using your H hook,<br />
<strong>Rd 1:</strong> ch 40, join with sl st. Be careful not to twist your chain. With boucle it can be harder to tell (I actually twisted mine), but maybe laying it out flat will help if you have a hard time visualizing.<br />
<strong>Rd 2-6 (5 rounds):</strong> sc in each st - 40<br />
TO. Tuck in tail.<br />
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Starting the body of the hat, switch to G hook and your red yarn,<br />
<strong>Rd 1:</strong> Join yarn using the hole of the stitch below the last round of your band and, pushing your hook up into the stitch above it, sc in each. Join with sl st to the first st of the round. - 40<br />
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This round gets a little tricky, but keep at it. The reason I didn't go into the top of the stitch is because I didn't want the red stitching to look seamed onto the top of the band. I wanted it hidden.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is why I struggled with hiding the stitches. <br />
The front should look clean, as the boucle hides the stitch work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a photo showing what I'm doing. Insert hook, then push up through stitch above. sc like normal.<br />
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<strong>Rd 2-5 (4 rounds): </strong>hdc in each - 40<br />
<strong>Rd 6:</strong> hdc in 6, 2hdctog, rep around - 35<br />
<strong>Rd 7-8 (2 rounds):</strong> hdc in each - 35<br />
<strong>Rd 9:</strong> hdc in 5, 2hdctog, rep around - 30<br />
<strong>Rd 10:</strong> hdc in each - 30<br />
<strong>Rd 11:</strong> hdc in 4, 2hdctog, rep around - 25<br />
<strong>Rd 12-16 (5 rounds):</strong> hdc in each - 25<br />
<strong>Rd 17:</strong> hdc in 3, 2hdctog, rep around - 20<br />
<strong>Rd 18:</strong> hdc in 2, 2hdctog, rep around - 15<br />
<strong>Rd 19:</strong> hdc, 2hdctog, rep around - 10<br />
<strong>Rd 20-21 (2 rounds):</strong> hdc in each - 10<br />
<strong>Rd 22:</strong> 3hdctog twice, 3hdctog, skipping one stitch between each stitch you'd normally insert your hook into to decrease. This is to aggressively pull the top closed. You can do it however you want though.<br />
Leave a 6" tail and TO.<br />
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Make your poof ball/pom pom.<br />
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Now, attach poof ball to tip of hat, securing tightly.<br />
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Using the 6" tail from the tip of the hat, fold the hat to where the fold hides the seam we made, anchoring the tip of the hat to the hat itself with the tail. <br />
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Not too bad, eh, once you get past the boucle junk!!!!<br />
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-24752851995000666912013-12-24T09:15:00.001-07:002013-12-24T09:55:01.569-07:00Invisible decreasesThere have been a couple places that I have looked trying to figure out how to make decreases not show as much on work, so that you can have a neater look to your piece. One I read said to go into the back loops only, but that means that the front loops, that are unworked, then create a bar across your work.<br />
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At some point I read something about going first into the back loop, and then, without yarning over, going into the front loop, then you yarn over, and pull the hook through all loops. This works fantastically.<br />
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Keep in mind that the <em>back loop</em> is the loop closest to your chest. It's on the <em>inside </em>of your work. The <em>front loop</em> is the loop that will face out on your completed item, and is the loop that's furthest from you. I have seen this get confused (and sometimes I confuse myself) but don't overthink it. Just remember the front loop faces the front of the work.<br />
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I have done this using different stitches, and I'm pleased with the work. It's not as smooth to transition from a regular stitch to the decrease stitch as you carefully place the hook through one loop and then the other loop, but it's fine.<br />
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Let me know if this helped you!<br />
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-14932496645212637742013-09-07T18:01:00.001-06:002013-09-07T18:27:07.831-06:00Yoda, I see.Yoda Ears<br />
by Cantoo Crochet<br />
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What you will need:<br />
A small amount of yarn<br />
(I used Red Heart Super Saver – Spring Green)<br />
A size D crochet hook (3.25mm)<br />
Yarn needle<br />
An adult (or whatever size) headband<br />
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What you need to know:<br />
SC – single crochet<br />
Sk – Skip stitch<br />
Ch – chain<br />
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The pattern:<br />
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Ch 24 + 1 to turn<br />
sc 24 across, ch 1 to turn<br />
sk 1 st, sc in next and on down row, sk next to last and sc in
last – 22<br />
rep row 3 – 20<br />
rep row 3 – 18<br />
rep row 3 – 16<br />
sc in each – 16<br />
rep row 3 – 14<br />
rep row 3 – 12<br />
sc in each – 12<br />
rep row 3 – 10<br />
rep row 3 – 8<br />
rep row 3 – 6<br />
rep row 3 – 4<br />
sc in each – 4 (repeat this row 2 more times for a total of 3
rows)<br />
rep row 3 – 2 (in other words, skip 1st st, sc in next, sk next
st, sc in last)<br />
sc in the second (last) stitch – 1<br />
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Then, you will want to sc a border around the entire thing. So
don't cut your yarn; just sc in each stitch around to make the edge a
little smoother. Then, cut your yarn, leaving enough to hide/weave
in.<br />
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Then,<br />
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Right ear: (this is as it is worn)<br />
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Count 13 stitches, and fold it in place. Starting off on the edge,
put yarn back on hook and sc the flap closed. Hold the other corner
in place and sc that together as well. Cut yarn about 20-24” long.
Place the ear to the headband, and with a yarn needle, loop around
the headband twice for each sc stitch. Pull yarn tight. If you are
making this for a kid or someone active, you may even want to use a
dab of hot glue to keep it in place (as it could, with a bit of
coercion, be pulled off).<br />
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Left ear:<br />
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Count 11 stitches, and fold it in place. Follow the instructions
above as you would for the right ear.<br />
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<br />Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-34748933574588501502013-08-27T15:06:00.001-06:002013-08-27T15:06:11.035-06:0033" x 40" blanketWant a blanket for the kiddo in the car? Want one just for the couch, that is just right for the lap?<br />
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This blanket is a little oddly sized. However, it would work as a lap blanket or at least give you a template to continue on. I stopped at this, due to the cost in yarn and I didn't want THAT large of a blanket. I wanted to be able to wash and dry it fairly easily.<br />
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This was used with 7 skeins of Lion's Brand acrylic Woodlands, which is bulky (5). It is simple, mindless, repetitive. It is worked lengthwise (rather than width-wise). I added a few different stitches on either edge just for a change up. It is hard to tell in my pictures how it looks, but if you used a solid or semi-solid rather than a striping yarn, it will show up better.<br />
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You need to know:<br />
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1. hdc - half double crochet<br />
2. sc - single crochet<br />
3. ch - chain<br />
4. seed stitch (alternate between a sc, hdc, all down the row. When you turn to do the next row, you will do the same thing: sc, hdc, all down the row).<br />
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<em>These are U.S. terms, by the way.</em><br />
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You will need:<br />
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An I hook (or whatever hook you wish, depending on whatever yarn you choose)<br />
Scissors<br />
7 skeins (or more) of yarn<br />
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I did as follows:<br />
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1. ch 120 + 1 to turn. <em>This is the length. You can chain more to make it longer than the 40" I had. You'll just need more yarn!</em><br />
2. Do 6 rows of seed stitch, chaining 1 every time to turn until you get to the last row.<br />
3. Chain 2. Do 6 rows of hdc, chaining 2 every time you turn until you get to the last row.<br />
4. Do a lot of sc rows, until your blanket measures approximately 30" - this is your <em>width</em>. You should have just about finished your 6th roll of yarn... or just started the 7th. (This will vary depending on your yarn and hook size, but in the event you took me literally and got 7 rolls of yarn, I figured I'd put this line in here.) You will chain 1 every time to turn, until you get to the rows of hdc.<br />
5. Do 1 more row of sc.<br />
6. Chain 2, do 6 rows hdc, chaining 2 every time until you get to the last row.<br />
7. ch 1, do 6 rows of seed stitch. Tie off.<br />
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You can't really see the variation in stitches with my self-striping yarn. If you use a solid, you may be able to. It is subtle in person, too. Just even moreso in a picture.
Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-73535117109757485032013-05-30T08:03:00.002-06:002013-05-30T08:03:42.704-06:00Some Tunisian crochetI decided to try out Tunisian crochet again... I had started something from Zelda, but ended up needing the yarn it was using because I ran out surprisingly on something else.<br />
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So, I took the hook out and tried this chart I found for free on Ravelry for Space Invaders. I just made 2 stitches to each block. It's about a coaster size, so I may make the others. They're kinda cushy though. Have to test it with a glass on it.<br />
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It's 24 stitches across. I used Tunisian Knit Stitch (tks) and Tunisian Purl Stitch (tps) to try to stop it from curling on the edges. It still curls. Not sure what to do about that. I try to pay attention to not crochet too tight...</div>
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tks to color change, then tks with green, then switched to tks when I went back to black</div>
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The black eyes I tks.</div>
Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-40608202263328594552013-05-30T07:59:00.002-06:002013-05-30T07:59:30.679-06:00Raul, the zombie manI made up this little zombie after I tried knitting one that I wasn't particularly pleased with. It was all worked flat--which was okay for me at first, as it was my first knitted doll--but seaming it all up was such a pain. I hate sewing!<br />
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So, I improvised a version of my own in crochet. His pattern is currently getting tested on Ravelry, although I do have it posted on there already. Should be polished up by the second week of June.<br />
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-49316709021950870832013-03-08T18:36:00.002-07:002013-03-11T15:13:06.055-06:00Hook holder and/or clutch purseThis is a little "bag" I made up using the "Wattle Stitch".<br />
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To begin with, the stitch is as follows:<br />
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1st row: skip 2ch (count as 1sc), *work [1sc, 1ch, 1dc] into next ch, skip 2ch; rep from * ending 1sc into last ch, turn.<br />
2nd row: 1ch (counts as 1sc), skip first sc and next dc, *work [1sc, 1ch, 1dc] into next ch sp, skip 1sc and 1dc; rep from * ending with [1sc, 1ch, 1dc] into last ch sp, skip next sc, 1sc into top of turning ch, turn.<br />
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Rep 2nd row.<br />
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This stitch is worked in a multiple of 3 stitches, +2. You add 1 for base chain.<br />
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With this, for my clutch I chained 33, and began with the 1st row. I completed a total of 30 rows.<br />
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NOTE: When it says "ch sp", if you are unfamiliar with this term, it does NOT mean into the chain itself. Rather, you will insert your hook into the space below it that that chain stitch made. This brings the stitch in very close into a cluster; otherwise you would have more of a gap in your stitches. Try a few rows and see how it goes.<br />
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Pay attention to how many stitches you have, after each row! I have noticed it is easy to drop it at the ends. Just watch your ends to make sure you are remaining straight. For my clutch, I had 10 of the [1sc, 1ch, 1dc] and ended with a sc, each time.<br />
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I used a G hook and an aran weight cotton (Plymouth Fantasy Naturale Multi). The button I used was 2" and to make the "tie" I just sewed in a little loop onto the top flap and made it tight enough where it secured firmly around the button.<br />
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To sew the sides together, I used a sc for 11 stitches. This will vary depending on how long/how big you want your clutch.<br />
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Let me know if you have any questions or need clarification! :)<br />
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<br />Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-48832780999223030412013-01-31T11:41:00.001-07:002013-02-01T09:10:42.334-07:00The Squid Hat - The GuildSo this one has been in the works for quite some time. I recently caught up on the internet series "The Guild" as it is now on Netflix. In season 4, Clara wears a squid hat that I found so strange and funny.<br />
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The only thing I notice now is I a) made the arms too big, and b) only did 6 instead of the anatomically correct 8 arms. However, I didn't notice this last problem until I was attaching the arms and then realized that the two longer tentacles don't actually count for the total of 8! Oops. Shows how much I paid attention to how many arms/tentacles squid have!!!</div>
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Mine's a bit bigger and has bigger arms but oh well, that's what I get for making it up and not sewing it out of fleece like hers is! <br />
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This pattern is now live and is for $4.50! <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/squid-hat---the-guild" target="_blank">Ravelry.com link</a> A lot of brainpower and time and effort went into this moreso than any of my others I've made up, and I even did a <a href="http://youtu.be/akfl8cOtOec" target="_blank">videotutorial</a> to show people how to do the suction cups/sew the arms together, which I will update/post here later. It's not the greatest quality because A) my video recorder apparently doesn't like close ups (bummer) and B) I have never really done a video before so it's kinda bleh due to that too. lol<br />
Let me know what you think. You can find the pattern (soonish) on ravelry.com, my user name there is malkyra. :)Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-23538243789407192552013-01-16T20:27:00.000-07:002013-01-17T13:04:24.731-07:00PupstersThis dog is made in the round (you won't join rounds with a slip stitch). The legs, ears, nose, tail, and spots are all sewn onto the body with a yarn needle. When finished, he sits around 9" tall when sitting up.<br />
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<b><u>Items you'll need:</u></b><br />
F hook, or size of your choice<br />
Polyfiber fill<br />
Yarn needle<br />
Two colors (or you could just use one, whichever) of yarn<br />
pair of 15mm eyes<br />
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<b><u>Terms used (U.S. terms):</u></b><br />
sc - single crochet<br />
sl st - slip stitch<br />
hdc - half double crochet<br />
dc - double crochet<br />
2sc - increase stitch<br />
2sctog - decrease stitch (I used the "invisible decrease" on this doll, you can find it on Youtube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ575_ZklWk" target="_blank">here</a> or in a phototutorial <a href="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/amigurumi-help/invisible-decrease/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
3sctog - decrease just decrease it over 3 stitches<br />
MR - magic ring (see Youtube for this method if you do not know) <strong>All MR have sc worked into them (IE: If it says MR 8, do a magic ring, and sc 8 into the ring)</strong><br />
rep - repeat around<br />
blo - back loop only (this is the loop that is farthest from you, as you hold your work while working<br />
ch - chain<br />
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Now, let's move onward!<br />
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">Main body:</u><br />
Round 1: MR 7<br />
Round 2: 2sc in each - 14<br />
Round 3: sc, 2sc in next, rep - 21<br />
Round 4: sc in 2, 2sc in next, rep - 28<br />
Round 5: sc in 3, 2sc in next, rep - 35<br />
Round 6: sc in 4, 2sc in next, rep - 42<br />
Rounds 7-17 (11 rounds): sc around - 42<br />
Round 18: sc in 4, 2sctog - 35<br />
Rounds 19-20 (2 rounds): sc around - 35<br />
Round 21: sc in 3, 2sctog - 28<br />
Round 22: sc around - 28<br />
Round 23: sc in 3, 2sc in next, rep - 35<br />
Round 24: sc in 4, 2sc in next, rep - 42<br />
Round 25: sc in 5, 2sc in next, rep - 49<br />
Rounds 26-37 (12 rounds): sc around - 49<br />
<b><i>Note: Don't forget to attach your eyes, if you are using ones with safety backings and not buttons or crocheted eyeballs. If you want an eye patch like I did, see below; I put the eye through the patch and attached the backing to the inside of the doll's head. I attached my eyes around row 12 of the head.</i></b><br />
Round 38: sc in 6, 2sc in next, rep - 56<br />
Rounds 39-43 (5 rounds): sc around - 56<br />
Round 44: in blo, sc around - 56<br />
Round 45: sc in 2, 2sctog, rep - 42<br />
Round 46: 2sctog around - 21<br />
Round 47: 2sctog - 10<br />
Round 48: 2sc 4 times, 3sctog to close, tie off.<br />
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<b><u>Eye patch:</u></b><br />
Round 1: MR 8<br />
Round 2: 2sc in each - 16<br />
Round 3: sc in 2, 2sc in next, rep around, you'll end with 1sc that is ok - 21<br />
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<b><u>Hind legs (make 2):</u></b><br />
Round 1: MR 8<br />
Round 2: 2sc in each - 16<br />
Round 3: sc, 2sc in next, rep - 24<br />
Round 4: sc in 2, 2sc in next - 32<br />
Rounds 5-9 (5 rounds): sc around - 32<br />
Round 10: sc in 2, 2sctog - 24<br />
Round 11: sc, 2sctog - 16<br />
Rounds 12-15 (14 rounds): sc around - 16 (start stuffing if you haven't been doing so)<br />
Round 16: 2sctog around - 8<br />
After stuffing a bit more, pinch the top together and sc across it to stitch it closed. Leave a tail to sew it onto body later.<br />
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<b><u>Forelegs:</u></b><br />
Round 1: MR 6<br />
Round 2: 2sc in each - 12<br />
Round 3: sc, 2sc in next, rep - 18<br />
Round 4: sc in 2, 2sc in next, rep - 24<br />
Rounds 5-9 (5 rounds): sc around - 24<br />
Round 10: sc in 2, 2sctog - 18<br />
Round 11: sc, 2sctog - 12<br />
Rounds 12-27 (16 rounds): sc around - 12 (I switched to the brown on the 11th round of this. Start stuffing as you go along.)<br />
Round 28: 2sctog around - 6<br />
After stuffing a bit more, pinch the top together and sc across it to stitch it closed. Leave a tail to sew it onto body later.<br />
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Now, for the feet, I did just a few stitches to give him some "toes". It doesn't look that great but it does kinda give them some shape rather than just a rounded look. This is just by taking a yarn needle, inserting it near the bottom of the "foot", going up 4 rows or so, and pulling it back down to the stitch you began in, pulling the yarn firm. I looped it through 3 times or something, and then moved over 4 rows (so that there are 3 rows in between) and did it again, and then moved over one more time, for a total of 3 times. I didn't break my yarn, just snuck it over along the inside of the foot. Here's a few pictures, just in case they help, I don't know.<br />
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Here I insert the needle from the bottom, and go up a few rows. I think this picture shows 3 rows. 4 would be good, but that might depend on your gauge. As you pinch it/pull the yarn tight, it won't seem like that far, so try to exaggerate it a little at first--you'll see.</div>
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Sneaking over a few rows to start another "toe".</div>
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<b><u>Ears (make two):</u></b><br />
Round 1: ch5, sc in 3, 3sc in 4th, <i>now working up the other side, because we are going to make a kind of ovular shape</i>, sc 2, 2sc in last - 10<br />
Round 2: <i>Continue working around in the ovular shape for the rest of the ear, </i>sc in 4, 2sc in next, sc in 4, 2sc in last - 12<br />
Round 3: 2sc in each - 24<br />
Round 4-9 (5 rounds) - sc around - 24<br />
Round 10: sc in 4, 2sctog, rep around - 20<br />
Rounds 11-12 (2 rounds): sc in each - 20<br />
Round 13: sc in 3, 2sctog, rep - 16<br />
Round 14-17 (4 rounds): sc around - 16<br />
Round 18: sc in 2, 2sctog, rep - 12<br />
Round 19: sc, 2sctog - 8<br />
Rounds 20-22 (3 rounds): sc in each - 8<br />
Pinch the top together and sc across it to stitch it closed. Leave a tail to sew it onto head later. I attached these around row 6 of the head.<br />
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<b><u>Tail:</u></b><br />
Round 1: MR 4<br />
Round 2: sc, 2sc in next, rep - 6<br />
Round 3: sc in each - 6<br />
Round 4: sc in 2, 2sc in 2, sc in 2 - 8<br />
Round 5: sc in 3, 2sc in 2, sc in 3 - 10<br />
Round 6: sc around - 10<br />
Switch to brown.<br />
Rounds 7-13 (7 rounds): sc in each - 10<br />
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing it on later.<br />
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<u><b>Nose:</b></u><br />
<i>Note: I didn't, for some reason, write down what I did. This is what I'm pretty sure I did:</i><br />
Round 1: ch 6, sc in 2nd chain from the hook and the next 3 stitches, 2sc in the last stitch, working up other side to make an ovular shape sc in 3, sc in last - 10<br />
Round 2: sc around - 10<br />
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing. I put the top of the nose 2 rows below where I stuck the eyes in.<br />
Then, embroider the mouth underneath.<br />
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<b><u>Butt spot</u>:</b><br />
<i>Note: Be sure not to make your sl st too tight, it can be hard to get your hook through on the next round. Make sure to take a deep breath and relax, no need to punish the yarn! :)</i><br />
Round 1: MR 4<br />
Round 2: 2sc in each - 8<br />
Round 3: 2sc in each - 16<br />
Round 4: sc, 2sc in next, rep around - 24<br />
Round 5: sl st in 3 stitches, (sc, hdc) in next stitch, (hdc, dc) in next stitch, (dc, hdc) in next, (hdc, sc) in next, sc in next, sl st in next 3, sc in 12 - 28<br />
Round 6: sc around - 28<br />
If there is a pucker in this, it is ok, you can fix it by sewing it down with a few stitches.<br />
I attached the spot to the butt first, then put the tail on it, kind of off-centered (just make sure your tail lines up with the center of his back.)<br />
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My phone's camera doesn't show it real well, but the spot really is oblong shaped and not a smooth circle. My phone's camera just doesn't like rounded edges so it tends to not depict them very well. Anyways, you can see I had a bit of a pucker, but it was minimal and easy to hide.</div>
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<br />Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-60113124987887971022012-11-02T08:30:00.001-06:002012-11-02T08:30:37.254-06:00Raccoon HatI made this raccoon hat on a request from a picture that was shown on Pinterest. I couldn't find a pattern for it so I kinda improvised.<br />
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The sizing on it ended up being a little weird. I went for a 22" hat, it was not very tight. I think if I had MR'd 8 instead of 6 and done it in multiples of that 8, I would have had a better sizing. Oh well! It turned out all right in the end anyway.<br />
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I used double-stranded Caron Simply Soft on every piece, and an I hook.<br />
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Round 1: MR 6<br />
Round 2: 2 sc in each - 12<br />
Round 3: 1sc in first, 2sc in next, rep around - 18<br />
Round 4: 1sc in two, 2sc in next, rep around - 24<br />
Round 5: 1sc in three, 2sc in next, rep around - 30<br />
Round 6: 1sc in four, 2sc in next, rep around - 36<br />
Round 7: 1sc in five, 2sc in next, rep around - 42<br />
Round 8: 1sc in six, 2sc in next, rep around - 48<br />
Round 9: 1sc in seven, 2sc in next, rep around - 54<br />
Round 10: 1sc in eight, 2sc in next, rep around - 60<br />
Round 11-25 (16 rows): sc around<br />
sl st to the first stitch of the previous round and tie off.<br />
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Outer ears (in gray):<br />
<em>Leave long tails at each end for sewing. Ch1 to turn at end of each row.</em><br />
Round 1: ch 9, sc in 8<br />
Round 2: sc in each - 8<br />
Round 3: sk 1, sc in 5, sk 1, sc in last - 6<br />
Round 4-5: sc around - 6<br />
Round 6: 2sctog, sc in 2, 2sctog<br />
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Inner ear (in black, or pink)<br />
Round 1: ch 7, sc in 6<br />
Round 2: sc in each - 6<br />
Round 3: sk 1, sc in 3, sk 1, sc in last - 4<br />
Round 4: sc around - 4<br />
Round 5: 2sctog twice - 2<br />
Tie off.<br />
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Black mask for eyes:<br />
Round 1: ch 13, hdc in 12<br />
Round 2: sk 1, hdc in 11<br />
Round 3: hdc in 10, sk 1, hdc in last<br />
Round 4: sk 1, hdc in 10<br />
Round 5: hdc in 8, sk 1, hdc in last<br />
Round 6: sk 1, hdc in 8<br />
Round 7: hdc in 6, sk 1, hdc in last<br />
Round 8: sk 1, hdc in 6<br />
Tie off, leaving long tail for sewing entire patch on.<br />
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Eyebrow:<br />
Working on the black part of the mask, from the narrow end to the bigger/fatter end<br />
sc in first 6 or so stitches, hdc in the next 2, dc in 5 or 6. I didn't take good notes but the eyebrow should be thick along the top part of the eye patch.<br />
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Eye (white part)<br />
Round 1: MR 6<br />
Round 2: 2sc in each - 12<br />
Round 3: sc in each - 12<br />
Tie off.<br />
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Eye (black part)<br />
Round 1: MR 6<br />
sl st to first stitch<br />
Tie off.<br />
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Attach the black part of the eye to the center of the white part of the eye. Then attach the white part of the eye to the black patch. I put a little bit of stuffing in there to make them buggy. Don't overstuff though!<br />
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Nose (in white):<br />
Round 1: MR 4<br />
Round 2: 2sc in each - 8<br />
Round 3: 1sc in first, 2sc in next - 12<br />
Round 4: 2sc in next two, 2sc in next, rep around - 16<br />
Round 5-7 (3 rows): sc in each - 16<br />
Tie off, leaving a long tail.<br />
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Gray stripe for nose: <br />
<em>Ch1 to turn at end of each row.</em><br />
Round 1: ch 5, sc in 4<br />
Round 2-3: sc in each - 4<br />
Round 4: sk 1, sc 1, sk 1, sc last - 2<br />
Round 5: sk 1, sc 1 - 1<br />
Round 6: sc in 1<br />
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Black tip of nose:<br />
Round 1: MR 4<br />
Round 2: sc in each - 4<br />
Tie off.<br />
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Tail:<br />
(In black) Round 1: MR 4<br />
Round 2: sc in each - 4<br />
Round 3: 2sc in each - 8<br />
Round 4: sc in each - 8<br />
Round 5: 2sc in first, sc in next, rep around - 12<br />
(In gray) Round 6: sc in each - 12<br />
Round 7: 2sc in first, sc in next 2 stitches - 16<br />
(In black) Round 8: sc in each - 16<br />
Round 9: 2sc in first, sc in next 3, rep around - 20<br />
(In gray) Round 10-11: sc in each - 20<br />
(In black) Round 12-13: sc in each - 20<br />
(In gray) Round 14: sc in each - 20<br />
Round 15: sc2tog, sc in next 3, rep around - 16<br />
(In black) Round 16-17: sc in each - 16<br />
(in gray) Round 18-19: sc in each - 16<br />
(In black) Round 20: sc in each - 16<br />
Round 21: sc2tog, sc in next 2, rep around - 12<br />
(In gray) Round 22-23: sc in each - 12<br />
Round 24: sc2tog, sc in next, rep around - 8<br />
sl st to first from previous round, tie off, leave long tail for sewing.<br />
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Stuff it firmly and attach to back bottom part of hat.<br />
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Madshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12866273299435781715noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434362490416067257.post-11027718609613772142012-09-28T08:29:00.000-06:002012-09-28T08:35:53.074-06:00Little Owl Hat (1-3 year old size, or 18-20")This hat uses the same template I made as for the unicorn hat, pretty much. The ear flaps I think I did a little different, but other than that you can use the sizing for the unicorn hat and just do the coloring, ears, and eyes like this one.<br />
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Anyway, this is the hat targeted at a 1-3 year old, or 18-20" head.<br />
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<strong>Materials</strong>:<br />
3 colors of pink (the "bill" is a different color pink actually). The colors I used were I Love this Yarn! "Old rose", "pink" and then some scrap pink I had left over. <br />
White<br />
2 sewing buttons<br />
sewing needle and some thread<br />
yarn needle<br />
Size H hook<br />
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<strong>Abbreviations</strong>:<br />
sc - single crochet<br />
hdc - half double crochet<br />
hdc2tog - half double crochet 2 together (decrease stitch)<br />
sc2tog - single crochet 2 together (decrease stitch)<br />
sl st - slip stitch<br />
ch - chain<br />
mr - magic ring<br />
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<strong>Hat</strong>:<br />
I worked this in the round, so I did not join each row. You can if you would like. I just didn't want the seam.<br />
Round 1: MR 8<br />
Round 2: 2hdc in each - 16<br />
Round 3: hdc in 1, 2hdc in next, repeat around - 24<br />
Round 4: hdc in next 2 stitches, 2hdc in next, repeat around - 32<br />
Round 5: hdc in 3, 2hdc in next, repeat around - 40<br />
Round 6: hdc in 4, 2hdc in next, repeat around - 48<br />
Round 7-8 (2 rows): hdc in 5, 2hdc in next, repeat around - 56 <strong><u>NOTE</u></strong>: <em>You should measure here, just to make sure you are getting 18-20"! :)</em><br />
Switch to white.<br />
Round 9: hdc around - 56<br />
Switch to "old rose" or darker pink.<br />
Round 10-15 (6 rows): hdc around - 56<br />
Fasten off.<br />
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<strong>Earflaps</strong>:<br />
From where you just fastened off, count 21 stitches to the right. You'll work back toward the place you fastened off now.<br />
Join in the 22nd stitch with a sl st and then,<br />
Round 1: hdc in 15, ch 2, turn. <strong><u>Note</u></strong>: <em>Your ch2 will count as your first hdc for this row!</em><br />
Round 2: hdc in 15, ch2, turn. <br />
Round 3<em>: In this row, the ch2 will not count as your first hdc. You will work the hdc2tog starting with that very first stitch/same stitch as the ch2</em>. hdc2tog, hdc in 10, hdc2tog. ch2, turn.<br />
Round 4: Starting in the same stitch as the ch2, hdc2tog, hdc in 8, hdc2tog. ch2, turn.<br />
Round 5: Continue doing it the same way as above. hdc2tog, hdc in 6, hdc2tog, ch2, turn.<br />
Round 6: hdc2tog, hdc in 4, hdc2tog, ch2, turn.<br />
Round 7: hdc2tog, hdc in 2, hdc2tog, ch2, turn.<br />
Round 8: hdc2tog twice. Fasten off.<br />
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Do the second earflap by counting 7 stitches from the left of the back of the hat where you fastened it off. This should give you a gap of 14 stitches. Sl st into the 6th stitch from the left, then do your hdc's starting in the 7th stitch. Repeat above. Instead of fastening off at the end, you can sc around starting from there over the edging of the hat to give it a finished look if you wish.<br />
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For the <strong>braids </strong><br />
Using 6 of white and 6 of lighter pink, cut them to 22" (or a little longer if you want room to knot and trim more). With this I braided it 9 times, knotted once, then trimmed bottoms. You can use however many, however long you want.<br />
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<strong>Tassled ears</strong>:<br />
Round 1: MR 6<br />
Round 2: 2sc in each - 12<br />
Round 3-5 (3 rows): sc around - 12<br />
Round 6: sc2tog, sc in next, repeat 6 times around - 6<br />
Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.<br />
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For the tassle itself, I used 2 strands of pale pink and white, 7.5" long approximately. (Or you can make it longer so it's easier to knot, and cut it afterward.) Pulling it partway through the top, double (or triple) knot the yarn on the side of the ear (so it can't be pulled out the top. I imagine a 1-3 year old holding it by the tassles, so just test it a few times. I didn't like the look of pulling it through and then knotting both sides on top, but whatever you want.). You can trim the ends now. I left 1.5" on top. I probably didn't explain that clearly, but you can email me if you have any questions.<br />
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<strong>Eyes</strong>:<br />
In pink,<br />
Round 1: MR 12 <br />
Switch to white.<br />
Round 2: 2sc in each - 24<br />
Round 3: sc around - 24<br />
Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing.<br />
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Attach your buttons with your sewing needle and thread.<br />
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<strong>Bill</strong>:<br />
In the other light pink color,<br />
Round 1: ch4, sc in 3 - 3<br />
Round 2: sc in each - 3<br />
Round 3: sk 1, sc in 2 - 2<br />
Round 4: sc in each - 2<br />
Round 5: sk 1, sc in 1. Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.<br />
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