Thursday, February 10, 2011

Free Pattern: Baby Unicorn!!







It's finally here! It took me quite a few tries to get this pattern going, but it's finally done. 
This pattern is made with quite a few little pieces, and the legs can get a bit fiddly, but the end result is worth it. Enjoy!
E-mail questions and requests to:
dearlittlefriends@ymail.com
Also, if you use my pattern, I'd love to see what you've made!



What You'll need:
-A small ammount of worsted weight yarn in three colors (one each for body, mane/tail, and horn/hooves)
-5.00 mm crochet hook
-Safety eyes

Abbreviations Used in This Pattern:
Sc- single crochet
Dec- decrease (2 sc together)
Inc- increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
Ch- chain
St- Stitch
Fo- Fasten off

Pattern:

Head:
With body color.
1. Ch 3, 6 sc in first ch
2. Inc around (12 st)
3-5. (3 rounds) Sc around
6. (inc, sc)x3, sc to marker (15 st)
7-8. (2 rounds) Sc around
9. (Sc 3, dec) around
10. (Sc 2, dec) around
Add safety eyes, stuff, and dec until hole closes up. Fo.

Body:
With body color,
1. Ch 3, 6 sc in first ch (6 st)
2. Inc around (12 st)
3-12. (10 rounds) Sc around
13. Dec around
Stuff, dec until hole closes up, fo, sew to head.

Legs (make 4):
With hoof color,
1. Ch 3, 4 sc in first ch
2. Sc around, switch to body color
3-5. (3 rounds) Sc around
Fo, sew to body.

Horn:
With hoof color, 
1. Ch 3, 3 sc in first ch
2-3. (2 rounds) Sc around
Fo, sew to head. 

Ears (make 2):
With body color,
1. Ch 3, turn
2. Sc across (2 st)
3. Dec (1 st)
Fo, sew to head.

Mane and Tail:
Add the mane and tail just like you would with any other amigurumi's hair. 
Cut a few pieces of yarn, fold them in half, pull them partly through a stitch, and pull the ends through the loop. Repeat this a few times until your mane or tail is as thick as you want. 

Enjoy!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Free Pattern: Narwhal Ami

So here's a narwhal pattern. Because who doesn't love narwhals? I named mine Ernest. 
It's an easy pattern, you just need to know how to increase, decrease, crochet in the round, and sew pieces together. 
You can e-mail questions to:
dearlittlefriends@ymail.com
Enjoy!


What You'll Need:
-A small ammount of worsted weight yarn for the body of the narwhal in color of your choice (this will be color A)
-an even smaller ammount of worsted weight yarn in color of your choice for horn (color B)
-A 5.00 mm crochet hook
-Safety eyes (if you are making this for a child, embroider the eyes just in case)
-Polyfill Stuffing

Abbreviations used in this Pattern:
Sc- single crochet
Inc- increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
Dec- decrease (sc 2 together)
Fo- Fasten off
Ch- Chain

Narwhal Pattern:

Back Fins (make 2):
1. Ch 3, 6sc in first ch
2. Inc around (12 st)
3-4. Sc around
Fo

Body:
Join yarn in any stitch on the first fin. 
5. Sc 11. Pick up second fin and join it to first with a sc. Sc 9, sc to join fins together again at back, place marker. This is the beginning of your row. (21 st)
6. Sc 6, (inc, sc)x4, sc to marker. (25 st)
7-9. (3 rows) Sc around
10. Sc 6, (inc, sc 2)x4, sc to marker (29 st)
11-13. (3 rows) Sc around
14. Sc 6, (inc, sc 3)x4, sc to marker (33 st)
15. Sc around
16. Sc 3, (sc 5, dec)x4, sc to marker (29 st)
17. Sc 1, (sc 5, dec)x4, sc to marker (25 st)
18. (Sc 3, dec)x5 (20 st)
19. (Sc 2, dec)x5 (15 st)
20. (Sc, dec)x5 (10 st)
Stuff, add safety eyes. Dec until hold closes up, fo. 
Stitch shut hole between fins. 

Flippers (make 2):
1. Ch 3, 6sc in first ch (6 st)
2. Inc around (12 st)
3-4. Sc around
Fo, sew to body.

Horn;
1. Ch 2, 4sc in first ch (4 st)
2-4. Sc around
Fo, sew to body.

All done! If you use my pattern, I'd love to see what you've made!