OKay, so this one took me FOREVER to finish. three weeks and two days. the pattern is entirely mine. i was literally sitting there with a pen and paper and my yarn and hook and doing a row, staring at the thing critically for a bit, ripping out the row and redoing it...
This is my first failed attempt. His head was too long and his leg too small...
here he is! HOMER!
He wants a DONUT!
HE GOT IT!
He wants a buzz cola too! (my boyfriend went up to dallas over the weekend and several seven-elevens around the US converted to a Kwik-E Mart for the month as a movie promo and he brought me back that buzz cola!)
Here's Homer, his donut and his cola...
So that's it for me! i hope ya'll likes it. =(^_^)=
I'll put up the pattern for him too whenever i get around to typing it up so yall can give him a try too if you crochet...
i'm gonna be crossposting him to whatthecraft.com and to the craftgrrl community on livejournal...
~jules
All yarn is worsted weight. I honestly used what I had in my stash and didnt bother matching brands or types of yarn. This was a stash busting project for me.
Color A Yellow (I used Sunflower in caron perfect match)
Color B White (I used a Perfect match or red heart, I lost the paper)
Color C Blue (I used Blue Heather in lion brand Wool ease)
Color D Black (I used black in caron simply soft)
Color E Tan (I used Lace in caron perfect match)
Hook Size F/5 or 3.75mm
Stuffing
Two plastic safety eyes
Stitch markers
Row Counter if you need it
----MAKE SURE YOU MARK THE BEGINNING OF EVERY ROW! THIS IS IMPORTANT!----
Part One Head and body
-Color A- Chain 4 and join in a ring
-sc 6 into ring
-sc 2 into each st. (12)
-sc, sc 2 into next st. * around (18)
-sc 2, sc 2 into next st * around (24)
-Take COLOR D and put in two hairs at the top
-Return to crocheting!
-sc around
-sc 3, sc 2 into next st * around (30)
-sc for next 10 rows
-sc 3, sc 2 tog * around (24)
-sc around
-sc 2, sc 2 tog* around (18)
-sc for next 2 rows
-Stuff firmly
-Change to Color B
-sc around
-sc 2, sc 2 into next st * around (24)
-sc 3, sc 2 into next st * around (30)
-sc 4, sc 2 into next st * around (36)
-sc 5, sc 2 into next st * around (42)
-sc for next 8 rows
-sc 6, sc 2 into next st * around (48)
-sc 7, sc 2 into next st * around (54)
-sc 8, sc 2 into next st * around (60)
-sc 9, sc 2 into next st * around (66)
-sc 10, sc 2 into next st * around (72)
-sc for next two rows
-Change to Color C
-sc for 3 rows
-sc 10, sc 2 tog * around (66)
-sc 9, sc 2 tog * around (60)
-sc 8, sc 2 tog * around (54)
-sc 7, sc 2 tog * around (48)
-sc 6, sc 2 tog * around (42)
-sc 5, sc 2 tog * around (36)
-sc 4, sc 2 tog * around (30)
-sc 3, sc 2 tog * around (24)
-sc 2, sc 2 tog * around (18)
-sc 1, sc 2 tog * around (12)
-sc 2 tog * around (6)
-stuff firmly
-sc around
-slst 1
-finish off and fasten, weaving end into stuffed body.
-Part Two LEGS (make two)
-Color D
-chain 3 and join into ring
-sc 5 into ring
-sc 2 into each st (10)
-sc 2 into each st (20)
-sc, sc 2 into next st * around (30)
-sc around for next 5 rows
-sc, sc 2 tog * around (20)
-sc around
-Change to Color C
-sc around for next 12 rows
-stuff
-fasten and leave long tail for sewing.
-whipstitch opening together so it is flat
-fasten and leave remainder of tail for sewing
-Part Three ARMS (make two)
-Color A
-Chain 4 and join into ring
-sc 4 into ring
-sc 2 into each st (
-sc, sc 2 into next st * around (12)
-sc 2, sc 2 into next st * around (16)
-sc for next 8 rows
-Change to Color B
-sc for next 5 rows
-stuff
-fasten and leave long tail for sewing
-whipstitch opening together so it is flat
-fasten and leave remainder of tail for sewing
-Part Four Mouth
-Color E
-chain 4 and join into ring
-sc 6 into ring
-sc 2 into each st (12)
-sc, sc 2 into next st * around (18)
-sc 2, sc 2 into next st * around (24)
-sc around
-slst and fasten leaving a long tail for sewing
-Part Five Nose
-Color A
-chain 3 and join into ring
-sc 4 into ring
-sc, sc 2 into next st * around (6)
-sc 2, sc 2 into next st (
-sc 3, sc 2 into next st (10)
-sc around
-slst and fasten, leaving long tail for sewing
-Part Six EYES (make two)
-Color B
-chain 3 and join into ring
-sc 5 into ring
-sc 2 into each st (10)
-sc, sc 2 into next st * around (15)
-sc 2, sc 2 into next st * around (20)
-slst and fasten, leaving long tail for sewing
-attach two safety eyes
Now you just have to assemble your Homer and sew all the pieces together and you have a Homer!
Lemme know if there are any mistakes anywhere. This is my first time writing a pattern. Hell, this is my first time to even crochet something without a pattern! lol
OKAY, ALL OF THE SMILEY FACES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE EIGHTS WITH A CLOSED PARENTHESES AND I CANT GET IT TO STOP!!! lol
