Go to explosm.net to see what I'm talking about. I've made a C&H character!
He doesnt have a face because I forgot until the head was sewn up and stuffd. Doesn't matter, I'll be making plenty more of these! This was just practice!
Thoughts?
**PATTERN**
Needles- size not important, just make they fit gauge; 1 set of straights, 1 set of DPN’s, same size.
Gauge- Not important, just kind of tight, so the stuffing doesn’t show
Head-
CO 6st
1. knit
2. purl
3. kfb every st (12sts)
4. purl
5. *k1, kfb* along row (18sts)
6. Purl
7. *k2,kfb* along row(24sts)
8. Purl
9. *k3,kfb* along row(30sts)
10. Purl
11. knit
12. purl
13. Knit
14. Purl
15. *K2tog, k3* along row (24sts)
16. purl
17. *K2tog, k2* along row(18sts)
18. Purl
19. *K2tog, k1* along row (24sts)
20. Purl
21. *K2tog * along row (6sts)
22. purl
Cut yarn, leaving a long tail for seaming; or, rather than ending it off here, cut down on seaming and knit 1 row in stockinette st. and go straight to the body.
Body
If you didn’t end off the head, CO 6st; if you did, ignore this.
1. knit
2. purl
3. kfb every st (12sts)
4. purl
5. *k1, kfb* along row (18sts)
6. Purl
7. *k2,kfb* along row (24sts)
8. Purl
9. Knit
10. Purl
11. Knit
12. purl
13. *K2tog, k2* along row (18sts)
14. Purl
15. Knit
16. Purl
17. Knit
18. Purl
19. Knit
20. purl
21. k2tog,k4,k2tog,k2,k2tog, k4, k2tog (14sts)
22. Purl
23. Knit
24. purl
25. K2tog, k10, k2tog (12sts)
26. Purl
27. *K2tog* along row (6sts)
28. purl
29. BO, leaving a long yarn tail
At this point, you should embroider a face, and not be an idiot like me. Stuff the thing and seam it up.
Arms and legs
Pick up 2 stitches with a DPN where the arms should go and i-cord until it is arm length
Do the same on the other side.
Pick up 2 stitches with a DPN where a leg should do and i-cord until it looks like a leg. Do the same for the other leg, unless your C&H character is a pirate, in which case you could make a stubby i-cord leg with brown yarn.
DONE!
