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Happy May!
This month’s Mini Tier pattern is Rafiki the Mandrill Monkey from The Lion King.
As a child watching The Lion King, Rafiki was my favourite character in this movie…and I think he still is. He is the right amount of wacky and fun – what’s not to love!
Though I enjoy making everything I crochet, Rafiki being my favourite character in this set made this month’s pattern extra enjoyable. It was also an added bonus being able to incorporate some mixed media into this project. I got to bring out the fur trim (for his hair and beard) and some white craft foam (for his teeth).
Rafiki needs a wire to support his neck, but it is optional for the arms and legs. I opted to wire the legs so that he could stand him up or sit him down with his legs crossed when posing for pictures.
Rafiki’s overall measurements are approximately 9 inches / 23cm tall and 4 inches / 10cm wide (at the widest point).
MATERIALS
- DK acrylic yarn in dark grey, beige, dark red, cornflour blue and cream.
- 2.5mm crochet hook
- 2mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- Fire retardant fibrefill
- Felt glue
- Scissors
- Yellow, blue and pink (for tongue) felt
- Craft wire and pliers (NECESSARY for head support, OPTIONAL for arm/leg support)
- White fur trim (OPTIONAL – for beard and hair. Can use chosen method/material)
- Black accent pen (OPTIONAL – can use black felt)
- Wire brush (OPTIONAL – to brush out the elbows)
- Craft foam (OPTIONAL – can use white 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)
- *_______* 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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