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Happy November!
This month’s mini tier pattern is little Simba himself.
As both Mufasa and Sarabi were crocheted standing on all fours I decided to change things up a bit with Simba and crocheted him sitting down. Also, because I really liked the way Sarabi looked with an embroidered nose, I decided to do the same for Simba.
The pattern was not too complicated as it uses similar principles that I used to crochet Mufasa and Sarabi but on a slightly smaller scale. The main difficulty was maintaining the same level of detail and contouring with fewer stitches, which only became an issue when crocheting the head and facial features.
Due to the trouble with the head I opted to crochet the head and body separately so I could try various head size on to see which suited Simba best. I planned to do it as a continuous piece once I chose the right head shape and size but then it occurred to me it would be good to have options. Next month will be Nala’ crochet pattern and her body shape is like Simba’s with the only difference being the head shape and features. Therefore, I plan to keep the head separate so that between this pattern and Nala’s pattern you can interchange them and do Simba and Nala in either the sitting down or standing up pose.
So, next month’s Nala pattern will be crocheted in the standing on all fours pose.
Simba’s finished measurements are approximately 5 inches / 12.5 cm tall and 4 inches / 10 cm long (not including the tail).
MATERIALS
- DK acrylic yarn in mustard, beige, brown, dusty pink
- 2.5mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Fire retardant fibrefill
- Felt glue
- Scissors
- Brown and dark beige/light brown felt
- T-shirt paper printed eyes (OPTIONAL – you can use your preferred method such as coloured felt sheets or embroidery to create the eyes)
- Wire brush (OPTIONAL – to brush out the tip of the tail)
- 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)
- *_______* X# – repeat sequence within the asterisks the specified number of times e.g. *SC, INC* x6 (may also be seen as • SC, INC• x6)
- #in1DEC – the specified number of stitches in a decrease (invisible method) (e.g. 3in1DEC)
- 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
- 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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