Sickly Squitel Chapsticek Cozy
Pattern by Cherene Reyes
Who wouldn't want a sickly squirrel to treasure your Chapstick?! This cozy is for a standard Chapstick size, but I'm sure you can modify the pattern for similar shaped things like lipstick, lip gloss, chopsticks, Whoknows?!?! This piece is crocheted and worked in rounds, in which you would use a stitch marker to mark where your last (or first) stitch was and continue the round. For this pattern, all you need to learn how to do is a chain, single crochet, and preferably how to do the magic ring.
Materials
Stitch markers (paperclips or thin hoop earrings are a good substitute!) SizeF $(3.75\;\mathsf{m m})$ crochet hook needle Polyester fiberfill Yarn needle Green medium-worsted weight yarn Note: There is no gauge forthis pattern (you want to keep the space between the stitches as tight as possible.
Abbreviations
Crochet terms have been abbreviated so that the pattern is simpler to read. ch: chain FO: fasten off inc: increase - which means to single crochet twice into the same stitch sCc: single crochet st: stitch - this can help you count where you are in your round repeat the directions within the brackets as many number of times as the pattern indicates
Body
1: Ch 2, sc 4 into second ch from hook. Optional: create a magic ring with 4 sc. 2: Inc in every st around. (8 sts) 3: [sc 1, inc], rep 4 times. (12sts) $^{4+}$ Sc around until about two-thirds length of Chapstick. This is about 10-11 rounds. FO.
Head
1: Ch 2, sc 4 into second ch from hook. Optional: create a magic ring with 4 sc. 2: Inc in every st around. (8 sts) 3: [sc 1, inc], rep 4 times. (12sts) $^{4+}$ Sc around until the head of your sickly squirrel meets with your sickly squirrel's body for full coverage of your Chapstick! This is about 3-4 rounds. FO.
Ears (make 2)
Ch 2, 4 sc in second ch from hook. Optional: create a magic ring with 4 sc. FO and leavetailfor sewing. Sew these onto the head of your sickly squirrel.
Tail
Ch 25, sc 23 starting from the second ch from hook. On 24th ch, sc 2, then turn and sc down the other side of the chain. FO and leave tail for sewing. Sew the tailto the bottom of your sickly squirrel's body. The tail will naturally curl, but you may choose to sew the curl in place, if you prefer.
Eyes
Use some white yarn or thread and makelitle x'sfor eyes on the head of your sickly squirrel.
Copyright nformation
This pattern is available for personal use only. Please do not sellor distribute this pattern as your own. You may make and sellyour finished pieces, but please give credit to me as the pattern designer. Any problems or questions with this design? Feel like telling me how cool I am or what I might be missing in this pattern (or i life)? Feel free to contact me at cherene@gmail.com. Thanks for choosing my pattern!!!
