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Happy October!
This month’s mini tier pattern is Sarabi, Simba’s mother from The Lion King.
I chose the same standing pose that I chose for Mufasa and assumed that it would be easy due to previously having done Mufasa who has a similar shape. However, I do feel I didn’t quite capture her elegance. This is likely because her legs should be daintier and as for making the face more feminine, perhaps a little more thread contouring. But aside from the lack of femininity and am happy with the overall shape and how Sarabi turned out.
Sarabi is completely crocheted with exception to her eyes which are sublimation printed. I also included something that I forgot with Mufasa – which is to crochet his belly. I will have to go back and include it but I suppose it is also a feature that can be either crocheted or cut out and glued on using felt sheets.
Sarabi’s overall measurements are 6 inches / 15cm long (not including the tail), 6 inches / 15cm tall and 2.75 inches / 7cm wide.
MATERIALS
- DK acrylic yarn in camel or tan, beige, brown, dusty pink and black.
- 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)
- 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)
- #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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