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Happy June!
The Mini tier pattern this month is Giggle McDimples from Toy Story.
I struggled to get the feet exactly how I wanted them, and the hair took a bit of trial and error too. I had to figure out what the best method was because I did not want it flat and wanted to recreate the same amount of volume.
For the facial features I used stiff black felt and my Silhouette cameo machine to cut them out. Due to the small fiddly nature of the facial features this was the easiest and most stress-free way for me. However, it could also be hand cut or embroidered on, how you choose to do it is entirely up to you.
Originally, I wanted to make Giggle McDimples an interactive amigurumi with a 360° rotatable head with various expressions, but I had to reign in my creativity. I must be realistic with the time that I have available so I will have to save that cool idea for another time.
With the exception to some possible tweaking of the feet, I am very happy with how Giggle turned out.
Giggle McDimples measures approximately 7 inches / 18cm tall (including the hat) and 4 inches / 10cm wide (at the widest point).
MATERIALS
- DK yarn in black, light blue, royal blue, light brown and dark brown
- 2.5mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Fire retardant Fibrefill
- Felt glue
- Scissors
- Black and yellow felt
- Pins
- Stitch marker
ABBREVIATIONS
A full list of the abbreviations that I use in my patterns:
- 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 English)
- TC – treble crochet (double treble English)
- INC – single crochet increase
- #in1 – the specified number of SC in the same stitch (i.e. 3in1)
- #DCin1 – the specified number of DC in the same stitch (i.e. 3DCin1)
- #HDCin1 – the specified number of HDC in the same stitch (i.e. 3HDCin1)
- hdcINC – half double crochet increase
- dcINC – double crochet increase
- trINC – treble crochet increase
- DEC – invisible decrease (if it is a DEC in BLO I tend to use the 2TOG decrease method)
- 2TOG – two stitches together decrease (non-invisible) method
- hdcDEC – half double crochet decrease
- dcDEC – double crochet decrease
- trDEC – treble crochet 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
- CH – chain stitches
- CC – colour change
- CH1T – chain a stitch then turn your work
- SS – slip stitch
- SSJ – slip stitch join
- ST/STS – stitch/stitches
- OFFSET – a term I use when adding or taking away additional stitches in order to line up or get the right placement
- = # ROWS – repeat the stitch sequence for the row the specified number of times e.g. 32SC (32) = 5 ROWS
- FO – fasten off
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I hope you are happy with the way that your project turned out.
Next month is the last Toy Story pattern and we will be ending it with Tinny the Drummer Boy. The next Mini tier series is The Lion King – I hope you are as excited as I am because there are so many amazing characters to do. I am especially looking forward to Rafiki!
Until the next post, HAPPY CROCHETING!
Chantelle X
