Painted bottles.

Zeitgeist

You'll find this body pattern described in Steampunk Softies. I'm not as happy with him as I thought I would be. Shouldn't have used such a spotless felt. 

Rainbow misc. creatures pattern

This pattern will show you how to make those fellows:

This is a very simple pattern, great for begginers. You will need crochet hooks of two sizes, yarn, toy stuffing, pipe cleaners, craft eyes and little buttons or beads for decoration.


I used specifically:
- cotton yarn 25m / 50g
- s. 4 crochet hook for bodies
- s. 2.5 crochet hook for extra bits
- polyester pillow stuffing (cheap and washable)
- regular safety eyes, but you can also create eyes using buttons, felt, embroidery and whatever else you can think of
- some mostly vintage buttons I found at my grandma's ;)


Work in rounds.


Body:


Rnd 1. 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Rnd 2. Increasing: 2 sc in next stitch, repeat 6 times (12)
Rnd 3. 1 sc, 2 sc in next stitch, repeat six times (18)
Rnd 4. 1 sc, 1 sc, 2 sc, as above (24)
Rnd 5. 1 sc, 1 sc, 1 sc, 2 sc (30)
Rnd 6. 1 sc in every stitch (30)
Rnd 7 - 16 (more or less, depending on how tall or chubby you want your creature to be) Working even: 1 sc in every stitch (30)
Rnd 17. Decreasing: BLO 1 sc, 1 sc, 1 sc, skip one stitch, 1 sc in next stitch (24)


This is a good time to insert the eyes (if you're using safety eyes) and stuff the body.


Rnd 18. 1 sc, 1 sc, skip one stitch, 1 sc in next stitch (18)
Rnd 19. 1 sc, skip one stitch, 1 sc in next stitch (12)
Rnd 20. 1 sc in every second stitch (6)


Leave a long tail for sewing. Remember, you're sewing a bottom of your creature, so try to keep it flat, otherwise it will wobble.


Antlers / horns / antennae / whatever ;)


For this you might wanna use smaller hook.


Rnd 1. 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Rnd 2. and till the end 6 sc in every stitch (6)

Go for as long as you want the thingy to be and leave a tail for sewing it to the body. When finished, put a little ball of stuffing in first (to prevent pipe cleaner of getting through the top), then insert pipe cleaner into the tube you've just made and bend it to the shape you imagined. 


Ears (as on the green one)


Rnd 1. 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Rnd 2. 2 sc in every stitch (12)
Rnd 3-5. 1 sc in every stitch (12)



Sew antlers to the body and you're nearly done. Use your imagination to decorate the creature :)


This is my very first pattern and it hasn't been published before, so I would be delighted if you wrote comments about any mistakes you might have noticed.