Freebie Friday: Yosemite Sam Crochet Pattern

Happy Freebie Friday and Good Friday my fellow Crocheters!

As much as I do love doing Freebie Fridays, I think that it is fair to say that I was being a bit over adventurous. Some of you may know from my previous posts that I wanted to start focussing more on original designs and inventory for my Etsy store and character designs were going to be put on the back burner – but not given up on completely – just lowered in priority. However, in order to keep a pattern going every week, it has resulted in character designs being a top priority. So, a way to remedy this is to get rid of weekly Freebie Fridays. But…before you panic, I am not scrapping my free designs altogether. I will still release character sets as freebie patterns, but the frequency will be reduced to every 2 months.

For example, after my Looney Tunes patterns, there will not be another freebie pattern release until around 5^th July. It will be the same as Freebie Fridays in that a pattern will be released each Friday and the number of weeks it runs for will depend on how many characters are part of the set. Then on the completion of that set, it will be another 2 months before the release of the next one. I hope this big change doesn’t disappoint any of my admirers too much but it’s all a part of the learning curve. Thank for so much for your support and understanding whilst I find my groove.

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I am so sorry for the delayed release of this pattern, but I figured better late than never. Both Freebie Friday patterns will be released today, this Yosemite Sam one that I was supposed to release last Friday and the Marvin Martian that I was planning on releasing today.

I am still not happy with Yosemite’s shoes if I am honest but hopefully that is something I will get the chance to tweak later on. This pattern requires some needle felting and while I was contemplating doing an all crocheted version I just haven’t had the opportunity. However, I can always update this post at a later date and add any improvements. Also, this pattern is the kind that looks so odd and nothing like how you intend it to look until the very end when everything can come together. So my advice to you is to not panic and stress about how it looks until you’ve finished.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS:

• MR#—MAGIC RING WITH SPECIFIED NUMBER OF SINGLE CROCHETS (E.G. MR6)
• SC—SINGLE CROCHET (DOUBLE CROCHET UK)
• INC—INCREASE
• DEC—DECREASE
• CH# —CHAIN SPECIFIED NUMBER OF STITCHES (E.G CH1 OR CH5)
• *_______* X# — REPEAT SEQUENCE WITHIN THE ASTERISKS THE SPECIFIED NUMBER OF TIMES  (E.G. *SC, INC* X6)
• 3IN1—3SC IN ONE STITCH
• 4IN1—4SC IN ONE STITCH
• BLO—BACK LOOP ONLY
• FLO—FRONT LOOP ONLY
• CC—COLOUR CHANGE
• SST—SLIP STITCH THEN TURN YOUR WORK
• ST/STS—STITCH/STITCHES
• FO—FASTEN OFF

TOOLS AND MATERIALS:

• 4ply yarn (I used Scheepjes Catona in —255 Nude, 517 Ruby, 527 Midnight, 404 English Tea and 110 Jet Black)
• 2mm crochet hook
• Yarn needle
• Fire retardant Fibrefill
• Scissors
• Stylecraft special DK – Tomato (1723)*
• Pet wire brush*
• Single felting needle
• Multi-needle felting tool
• Leather fingers (optional)
• White felt
• Black felt
• Yellow felt
• Felt glue
• Sewing pins (optional)
• Stitch marker (optional)

*I used the wire brush to brush out the acrylic yarn to create the yarn I used to needle felt the facial hair. Alternatively, you can purchase wool roving in the correct colour needed to save time and effort*

 

HEAD & BODY:

Starting with Midnight yarn

• MR6
• 6INC (12)
• *SC, INC* X6 (18)
• 18SC (18)

CC BLACK

• 18SC (18)

CC RUBY

• 18SC (18) = 3 ROWS
• *SC, DEC* X6 (12)
• 12SC (12)

CC BLACK

• FLO: *SC, INC* X6 (18)
• *2SC, INC* X6 (24)
• *3SC, INC* X6 (30)
• *4SC, INC* X6 (36)
• 36SC (36) = 4 ROWS
• *4SC, DEC* X6 (30)
• *3SC, DEC* X6 (24)
• *2SC, DEC* X6 (18)
• *SC, DEC* X6 (12)
• 6DEC (6)
• FO

ARM (MAKE TWO):

Starting with nude yarn

• MR6
• *INC, 2SC* X2 (8)
• 8SC (8)

CC RUBY

• 8SC (8)
• *DEC, 2SC* X2
• 6SC (6)
• FO

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FOOT (MAKE TWO):

Using black yarn

• MR6
• 6SC (6) = 2 ROWS
• *INC, SC* X3, CH5, from 2^nd ST, 4SC (18)
• 9SC, 4SC, 4IN1, 4SC (21)
• 9SC, 12SC BLO (21)
• 9SC, 4SC, 2DEC, 4SC (19)
• 2DEC, SC, 2DEC, 3SC, 2DEC, 3SC (13)
• DEC, SC, DEC, 2SC, 2DEC, 2SC (9)
• FO AND WHIP STITCH THE OPENING CLOSED.

EARS (MAKE TWO):

Using nude yarn

• MR6
• FO

NOSE:

Using nude yarn

• MR6
• *3IN1, 2SC* X2 (10)
• 10SC (10)
• *DEC, 3SC* X2 (8)
• FO

HAT:

Using Topaz yarn

• MR6
• 6INC (12)
• *SC, INC* X6 (18)
• *2SC, INC* X6 (24)
• *3SC, INC* X6 (30)
• *4SC, INC* X6 (36)
• 36SC (36) = 4 ROWS
• FLO: *SC, INC* X18 (54)
• *2SC, INC* X4, 3SC, *2SC, INC* X8, 3SC, *2SC, INC* X4 (70)
• *9SC, INC*X7 (77)
• *10SC, INC* X7 (84)
• *11SC, INC* X3, SST
• *12SC, INC* X3, SST
• SKIP 1^ST ST, 40SC, SST
•  SKIP FIRST 2 STS, 37SC, SST
• SKIP FIRST 2 STS, 34SC, SST
•  SKIP FIRST 2 STS, 30SC, SST
• SKIP FIRST 2 STS, 26SC, SST
•  SKIP FIRST 2 STS, 22SC, SST
• SKIP FIRST 2 STS, 18SC, SST
•  SKIP FIRST 2 STS, 14SC, SST
• SKIP FIRST 2 STS, 10SC, SST
•  SKIP FIRST 2 STS, 6SC
• SC AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE HAT
• FO

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Assembly:

I didn’t go into depth with the assembly for my Elmer Fudd pattern because you can use the finished picture to assemble him correctly.  However, due to the needle felting nature of this pattern I have included some additional guidance. Below is a picture of how Yosemite should look with all his parts attached, the image quality is not great but I forgot to take a picture before I started needle felting. I have also included time-lapse footage of me needle felting Yosemite’s facial hair which should be easy enough for those of you with some experience in needle felting to depict the steps that I took. My hand gets in the way a lot so I apologise, but this is something I am now aware of and will try hard to not do it as much in any future videos.

 

Remember that if you have any questions or suggestions I am always available to assist. You can contact me via commenting below, email, Instagram or Facebook. It would also be fantastic to see any completed amigurumi’s that you’ve made using any of my patterns so please do send me pictures, I would love to showcase them on my Instagram and Facebook with your permission.

I have decided that the next set of character patterns is going to be The Mario Bros. This set will bring back so many happy childhood memories and it still amazes me at how much my son loves them too – probably just as much as I did! The planned Release for the first set is for the beginning of July. I know that the wait seems long, but I intend to make it worth the wait.

There are so many different characters so I am thinking that I may have to do it in waves. The main characters in the first set, the sidekicks in another set and the villains in a third set. What do you think of this idea? Is this a set that you would like to see? If not, do you have any ideas of what set you would like me to do next? I am always open to ideas and inspiration.

Happy crocheting!

Chantelle X