Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Stuffed Animal CAL - Week Two

We will be working on the arms, legs and ears

Feel free to use this pattern and link to this page for a crochet along for your group. Please note all copyright info.

It’s a cat, it’s a dog, bear or rabbit. Oh My!
Updated Sept 2006
By Fiberstar – Samantha M. Stopple
Copyright 2006 - For your personal use or charity work only please do not make to sell for your profit unless you contact me first. Thanks

Notes:
DO NOT join rounds unless otherwise noted. Use a scrap of yarn or stitch marker to mark the beginning of each round.

Leave a 10” tail for all body parts. You will use this when you sew the animal together.

You don’t need to weave in your beginning ends just stuff them into the body parts.

A great place to find tips to make animals is here

Fill with stuffing so it’s full enough that you get a fairly firm shape but not too full that you are over stretching the fabric.

Arms and Legs (make 2):

R1: Magic ring, ch1, 6sc in ring, pull ring closed (6sc)

Note: Mark the beginning of each round before you start this will help you know the beginning/end of each new round

R2: 2sc in each sc around (12sc)
R3: (1sc in 5sc, 2c nxt sc) twice (14sc)
R4-6: sc in each sc around (14sc)
R7: (1 sc in 5sc, 1 sc dec) twice (12 sc)

R8-16: 1 sc in each sc around, slip st in the next stitch (12sc)

Fasten off leaving a 10” tail

Fill with stuffing

Legs (make 2):

Note: Mark the beginning of each round before you start this will help you know the beginning/end of each new round

Repeat Arm pattern R1-R7
R8-16: sc in each sc around

Fasten off leaving a 10” tail

Fill with stuffing

Ears (make 2):
Note: ears are not filled with stuffing

Cat Ears:
R1: Magic ring, ch1, 6sc in ring (6sc)

Note: Mark the beginning of each round before you start this will help you know the beginning/end of each new round

R2: (2sc in the nxt sc, 1 sc in nxt) 3 times (9sc)
R3: 2sc in the first sc, sc in the nxt 3sc, 2 sc in nxt sc, sc in the nxt 4sc (11sc)
R4: 2sc in the nxt sc, sc in the nxt 4sc, 2 sc in the nxt sc, sc in the nxt 5sc (13sc)
R5: 2sc in the nxt sc, sc in the nxt 5sc, 2 sc in the nxt sc, sc in the nxt 6 sc (15sc)
R6: sc around, slip st in the nxt st (15sc)

Fasten off and leave a 10” tail.

Rabbit Ears:
R1-4: repeat as for cat ears
R5-10: sc in sc around

Stop here if you are making upright rabbit ears

R11-15: sc around if you would like floppy/folded ears, slip st in the next st.

Fasten off and leave a 10” tail

Bear/Dog Ears:
R1: Magic ring, ch1, 6sc in ring, pull ring closed (6sc)
R2: 2sc in each sc around (12sc)
R3: (1sc in the nxt 5sc, 2c in the nxt sc) twice (14sc)
R4: (1sc in the nxt 6sc, 2 sc in the nxt sc) twice (16sc)
R5-6: sc around (16sc), slip st in the nxt st

Fasten off and leave a 10” tail

Muzzle (make one) (optional because you can use felt)
A muzzle helps give the look of a dog or bear
You can add a little stuffing under it as well.

R1: Magic ring, ch1, 5sc in ring, pull ring closed (5sc)
R2: 2sc in each sc around, (10 sc)
R3: (2sc in nxt sc, 1sc) repeat 5 times (15 sc) slip st in the nxt st

Fasten off and leave a 10” tail

If you use a felt muzzle make a circle of felt with a diameter of 1-1/2 Inches now or when you are ready to embroider the face.

Set aside for Week Three

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