November Monster of the Month

November Monster of the Month

Made with worsted weight yarn and a 3.75 mm (F) hook, measures 3.5”  tall sitting, 6” at full height.

Takes about .5 oz main body color and 8 assorted 16” lengths of scrap yarn, plus small amounts of pink and black for face embroidery. I used 10 mm safety eyes.

 

Foot/Leg (make 2 in body color)

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: inc x 6 (12)

R3: BLO sc (12)

R4: (sc 4, dec) x 2 (10)

R5: (sc 3, dec) x 2 (8)

R6: (sc 2, dec) x 2 (6)

Lightly stuff foot, then fold top together and sc across (2). This is Row 1 of leg.

R2-6: ch 1, turn, sc (2)           

FO. Legs will be crocheted in, so you do not need to leave a long tail for sewing. I leave about 3” so I can tie the two yarn tails together inside the body.

Variation: for longer legs, do more repeats of row 2.

 Body:

R1: 6 sc in MR (6)

R2: inc x 6 (12)

R3: (sc, inc) x 6 (18)

R4: (sc 2, inc) x 6 (24)

Now we will add the legs. Hold the leg in front of your work and work through both the leg and the body as indicated.

R5: sc 8, sc 2 with leg, sc 4, sc 2 with leg, sc 8 (24)

R6: sc (24)

Now we add the arms. To make an arm, ch 9, sl st in 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th ch from hook (finger made),  (ch 4, sl st in 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th ch from hook) x 2, sl st in original chain back to beginning.

Variations: for longer arms, make a longer starting chain. For more fingers, repeat the (ch 4, sl st in 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th ch from hook).

R7: sc 6, Arm, sc 12, Arm, sc 6 (24)

R8-10: sc (24)

R11: (sc 2, dec) x 6 (18) Stuff body.

R12: sc (18)

Place eyes between rounds 10 & 11, with 4 stitches between. Embroider a nose between the eyes, one row lower, and a mouth two rows below nose.

R12: (sc, dec) x 6 (12) Add more stuffing if needed.

R13: dec x 6 (6)

FO, leaving a long tail to close hole.

 

Hair: Take one of your 16” strands of scrap yarn. Pull up a loop at the top of the head. Ch 8. FO and trim ends if needed.

If you continue to use your F hook, the “braids” will be stiff and stand up straight. If you prefer a more droopy braid, once you have pulled your yarn loop through, change to a larger hook (I changed to a K hook).

Variations:

·       Use longer strands of yarn for longer “braids”.

·       Use the horn from a previous monster to add horns to your monster. Monsters from February, March, April, June, August, and September have horns!

Thanks to Strawberry Bonnie for testing the pattern for me. Her monster turned out so cute!