Thursday, June 25, 2009

It's amazing what you can find under a rock...

And I present to you.... *drum roll* Patrick Starr! I got him whipped up pretty quickly, and the pattern should be easy to follow, but if you find any mistakes or have any problems, please let me know :)

Materials:
1 skein Red Heart Light Raspberry
1 skein Red Heart Lime Green
small amount of white
small amount of lavender (light purple) ** see note at end of list
embroidery floss
small black safety eyes
H hook
E hook
yarn needle
fiberfill

** I didn't have any thin lavender yarn, so I used Lily's Sugar 'N' Cream in Hot Purple. The yarn wasn't thin enough to make small flowers, and since Lily's is made of 4 strands of cotton, I split the yarn in half, leaving 2 strands per side and using those for the flowers with the E hook.

Head/Body
with Pink, ch 2, work 6 sc into 1st ch
row 1-2: sc in each sc around (6)
row 3: 2sc in each sc around (12)
row 4-5: sc in each sc around (12)
row 6: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next sc* around (18)
row 7-10: sc in each sc around (18)
row 11: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next 2 sc* around (24)
row 12-14: sc in each sc around (24)
row 15: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next 3 sc* around (30)
row 16: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next 4 sc* around (36)
row 17: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next 5 sc* around (42)
row 18-23: sc in each sc around (42)
change to Green
row 24-29: sc in each sc around (42)
Stuff head/body

***place a marker in your last stitch, count 21 stitches, insert your hook thru the 21st stitch and make a sl st, as shown***

start working on one of the legs in rounds:
row 1: sc in next 47 stitches
change to pink
row 2-3: sc in each sc around (21)
row 4: *sc2tog, sc in next 2 sc* around (18)
row 5: sc in each sc around (18)
row 6: *sc2tog, sc in next sc* around (12)
Stuff leg
row 7: sc in each sc around (12)
row 8: sc2tog around (6)
FO leaving tail
Sew closed

with Green, begin working at the stitch marker to form the other leg as seen here
then repeat the same instructions as the first leg

Arms (make 2)
with Pink, ch 2, work 6 sc into 1st ch
row 1-2: sc in each sc around (6)
row 3: *2sc in each sc* around (12)
row 4-5: sc in each sc around (12)
row 6: *2sc in 1st sc, sc in next sc* around (18)
row 7-12: sc in each sc around (18)

Eyes (make 2)
with White, ch 2, work 6 sc into 1st ch
row 1: 2sc in each sc around (12) FO

Flowers (make as many as you want)
with Purple, ch 2, work 5 sc into 1st ch
-sl st to connect the ring
-in same stitch, work [sc, 3 dc, sc, sl st]
- sl st in next stitch
repeat until you have 5 petals and FO

Remember that if you use safety eyes, put them on BEFORE stuffing the head/body! It'll make life a whole lot easier!

Attatch flowers, eyes, and arms and stitch on a face.

And now you have your very own Patrick! Tomorrow I'll go to the Post Office and ship him to Florida to be with SpongeBob and Sidney! :)

4 comments:

naida said...

soooo cute!!! I luv Patrick.
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Yarnjeannie said...

This is so cute - you are quite talented!

Late Night Hooker said...

Thanks ya'll! I just took him up to my aunt's house a few days ago, and she loved him!

www.amigurumiobsession.blogspot.com said...

Hi!
I´ve put your free pattern in my blog:

www.amigurumifreepatterns.blogspot.com

Thanks for the pattern! ñ_ñ