Intro text
Materials Needed
- 4.0mm crochet hook
- 212 yards of white yarn
- 25 yards of red yarn
- 3 yards of orange yarn
- 1 yard or less of black yarn
- Fiberfill/stuffing
- 8mm safety eyes (optional)
- Tapestry needle
- Scissors
Terms & Stitches to Know
CH: chain
DC: double crochet
DEC: decrease
INC: increase
MC: magic circle
SC: single crochet
SK: skip
SL ST: slip stitch
ST: stitch
Gauge
15 single crochet stitches x 13 rows = 4″
Notes
- Head and nose are worked in continuous rounds unless otherwise indicated. When making the blanket, it will not lay flat past round 3.
- Chain 2s are not included in final stitch counts. Thus, the stitch count at the end of the rounds in the blanket portion are dc stitches only.
- Beginning in round 4 and then throughout the blanket, chain 3s at the beginning of the round ARE counted as a double crochet stitch.
- On the scarf, I used a double-strand technique, so you will be working with both red and white at the same time.
Head
With White, make a Magic Circle (MC).
Round 1: 6 sc in MC (6)
Round 2: inc in each stitch around (12)
Round 3: 1 sc in the next stitch. Inc in next stitch. Repeat 5 more times. (18)
Round 4: inc in the next stitch. 1 sc in each of the next 2 stitches. Repeat 5 more times. (24)
Round 5: 1 sc in each of the next 3 stitches. Inc in the next stitch. Repeat 5 more times. (30)
Round 6: inc in the next stitch. 1 sc in each of the next 4 stitches. Repeat 5 more times. (36)
Round 7: 1 sc in each of the next 5 stitches. Inc in the next stitch. Repeat 5 more times. (42)
Round 8: inc in the next stitch. 1 sc in each of the next 6 stitches. Repeat 5 more times. (48)
Rounds 9-16: 1 sc in each stitch around (48)
Round 17: 1 sc in each of the next 6 stitches. Inv dec. Repeat 5 more times. (42)
Round 18: 1 sc in each of the next 5 stitches. Inv dec. Repeat 5 more times. (36)
Round 19: 1 sc in each stitch around (36)
Add safety eyes between rows 11 and 12, 7 stitches apart. Begin stuffing.
The information about embroidering the eyebrows and mouth are given below. However, you may find it easier to embroider these on prior to closing the head. If that’s the case, pause closing the head here, and come back after embroidering the eyebrows and mouth, and attaching the nose.
Round 20: 1 sc in each of the next 4 stitches. Inv dec. Repeat 5 more times. (30)
Round 21: 1 sc in each of the next 3 stitches. Inv dec. Repeat 5 more times. (24)
Add more stuffing, if necessary.
Round 22: 1 sc in each of the next 2 stitches. Inv dec. Repeat 5 more times. (18)
Round 23: 1 sc in the next stitch. Inv dec. Repeat 5 more times. (12)
Round 24: Inv dec 3 times. Then, fasten off, leaving a tail long enough to finish closing the hole, and to sew the head to the blanket.
I prefer this method because I feel that it leaves a cleaner close. However, if you prefer to inv dec 6 times in this round to close the hole, please do!
Next, weave the tail in and out of the front loops of the stitches, until you can pull the hole tightly closed.
Mouth & Eyebrows
For embroidering the mouth (optional), you can use black thread or black yarn. You can place the mouth wherever you’d like, but for mine, it ranged over rounds 17-18. The center of the mouth is about 3 rows below the bottom of the nose.
For embroidering the eyebrows (also optional, but cute), I angled them over the eyes off to the side a bit. The lower side of the eyebrow started between rounds 10 and 11, and the top side of the eyebrow between rounds 9 and 10.
Blanket
With white, make a MC.
Round 1: 10 dc in MC. Sl st into first dc to join. (10 dc)
Round 2: Ch 2. Inc in each stitch around. Sl st into first dc to join. (20 dc)
Round 3: ch 2. dc in the same stitch. ch 2. inc in the next stitch. sk 2. * 1 dc in the next stitch. ch 2. inc in the next stitch. sk 2. * repeat 3 more times. sl st into the first dc to join. (15 dc)
Round 4: ch 3. sk first stitch. * [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in the next stitch. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into the first dc to join. Remember that the ch 3 from the beginning of the round counts as a dc. (26 dc)
Round 5: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in the next stitch. [2 dc, ch2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 2 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (36 dc)
Round 6: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in each of the next 2 stitches. [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 3 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (46 dc)
Round 7: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in each of the next 3 stitches. [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 4 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (56 dc)
Round 8: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in each of the next 4 stitches. [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (66 dc)
Round 9: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches. [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 6 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (76 dc)
Round 10: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in each of the next 6 stitches. [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 7 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (86 dc)
Round 11: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in each of the next 7 stitches [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 8 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (96 dc)
Round 12: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in each of the next 8 stitches. [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 9 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (106 dc)
Round 13: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in each of the next 9 stitches. [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 10 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (116 dc)
Round 14: ch 3. sk first stitch. * 1 dc in each of the next 10 stitches. [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in the ch 2 space. 1 dc in each of the next 11 stitches. sk 2. * repeat 4 more times. sl st into first dc to join. (126 dc)
Sl st into the next 3 stitches to even out the round, then fasten off. Weave ends.
To attach the head to the blanket, use the end tail you left on the head, and sew around right at the bottom of the head, and top of the blanket.
Scarf
To start, chain 6.
Row 1: sc in the 2nd chain from your hook, and in each remaining chain across. Ch 1. Turn. (5)
Row 2-49: In blo, sc in each stitch across. Ch 1. Turn. (5)
Row 50: In blo, sc in each stitch across. (5)
Fasten off, and weave in ends. Tie the scarf around the neck however you’d like, or you can sew it to attach, if you prefer.
Happy Crocheting!
