Happy First of the Month!
This month kicks off the beginning of my Toy Story series and boy am I excited. (Well, to be honest, I am always excited to start a new project!). I am happy with the way that my alien turned out and I hope to keep with the likeness when I make the other characters also.
The only thing missing from my alien is the logo on his shirt. I plan to complete this when I have done some more characters, then I can print all the little details that I need onto t-shirt transfer paper. I am being super stingy with the transfer paper because it can be pricey so I don’t want to be wasteful!
For my alien, the arms didn’t require sewing on because I worked the attachment into the pattern. The only thing that I sewed on was the ears. The eyes and eyelids I used my felt glue to attach. I have been doing this recently when I have fiddly bits to sew on because it saves time (and anytime that you do have to crochet is valuable when you have 10-week old twins at home!). Also, I have found that the craft glue that I use (Beacon 3-in-1 advanced craft glue) is very secure and does the job to my satisfaction.
Lastly, with the exception to my Disney Princess patterns, I usually make my character using DK yarn and a 3mm or 2.5mm hook. and when I record the tutorial I make it with 4ply cotton. However, this time around I decided to make the first ones with 4ply cotton yarn and a 2mm hook – which is what the materials will state that you use. You can however use whichever yarn and hook size that you prefer.
Materials
- 4ply cotton yarn in dark blue, light blue, lime green, white and purple
(I used Scheepjes Catona: 384 powder blue, 201 electric blue, 245 green yellow, 282 ultra violet and 105 Bridal White) - 2mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Fire retardant Fibrefill
- Black felt
- Felt glue
- Scissors
- Pins (optional)
- Stitch marker (optional)
Abbreviations
- MR# – magic ring with the specified number of single crochets
- SC – single crochet (double crochet English)
- HDC – half double crochet (half treble English)
- DC – double crochet (treble crochet English)
- INC – single crochet increase
- #in1 – the specified number of SC in the same stitch (i.e. 3in1)
- DEC – invisible decrease
- *_______* X# – repeat sequence within the asterisks the specified number of times e.g. *SC, INC* x6)
- FLO – front loop only
- BLO – back loop only
- CC – colour change
- CH – chain stitches
- CH1T – chain a stitch then turn your work
- SS – slip stitch
- ST/STS – stitch/stitches
- FO – fasten off
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Stay tuned for next months patterns which will be Hamm from Toy Story and Ursula from The Little Mermaid.
Until the next post, happy crocheting!
Chantelle X
