Make a caterpillar
Making bugs or beasties is great fun because their shapes are perfect for characterisation.
Finished size
Length: approximately 5in
You will need:
Approximately 1/2oz of DK-weight cotton yarn. · 22 beads for the body · US G-6 crochet hook A pair or l/sin safety eyes or a selection of sequins and beads · 2 beads for the mouth parts · Scraps of yarn and thread for embroidery
Work the body (make 2)
Thread 11 beads onto the yarn or use one of the beaded yarn lengths supplied. Make a slip knot in the yarn about 4in from the end.
TO MAKE A SLIP KNOT: wrap the yarn around your index finger, draw a strand of yarn through the loop to make a second loop. Insert the hook though the loop. Make a foundation or base chain 23 chain stitches long then work a turning chain of 1 chain stitch. A turning chain positions the hook level with the top of the stitches to come.
TO MAKE A CHAIN STITCH: Wrap the yarn around the hook from back to front and draw the yarn through the loop already on the hook. This creates one chain stitch. ROUND 1: Insert the hook into the 2nd chain from the hook. Work a single crochet (sc) stitch.
TO MAKEASINGLE CROCHETSTITCH:
insert the hook into the directed space or stitch, wrap the yarn around the hook from back to front and draw the yarn through the fabric; two loops on the hook.
Wrap the yarn around the hook, draw the yarn through both loops on the hook. This creates one double crochet stitch. \* 4-double-crochet-bobble (4dcbobble) into the next chain,
TOMAKEA4-DOUBLE-CROCHET
BOBBLE:\*wraptheyarnaround the hook, insert the hook into the directed space or stitch, wrap the yarn around the hook from back to front and draw the yarn through the fabric; three loops on the hook.
Wrap the yarn around the hook, draw the yarn through two loops on the hook; rep from \* into the same chain 3 more times; five loops on the hook. Wrap the yarn around the hook, draw the yarn through all the loops on the hook.
LuiseRoberts
Book designer, model maker, and writer. RAVELRYUSER NAME:LuiseRobertS cONTACT: luise.roberts@btinternet.com Make a picot as follows: chain 3 stitches, slide a bead along the yarn to the base of the hook, chain 2 stitches, slip stitch into the first chain of the picot,
TOMAKEASLIPSTITCH:inSertthe hook into the directed space or chain, wrap the yarn around the hookfrom backtofront and draw the yarn through the fabric and the loop on the hook. Double crochet into the next chain; rep from \* to the end of the foundation chain. Fasten off by cutting the yarn 4in from the last stitch and using the hook to draw the tail through the last loop, draw loop tight. Make one more body piece but do not fasten off.
Position the two body pieces so that they are side by side, with the chain edge uppermost and the starting tails are at the same end. Then, either thread a needle and whip stitch the pieces together along the chain edges or join the pieces together by inserting the hook through one chain loop from each piece and slip stitching through both chain loops.
Work the head
If working with yarn supplied, use one of the yarn lengths without beads. Make a slip knot in the yarn. about 4in from the end. Make a foundation or base chain 2 chain stitches long. Work 6sc stitches into the slip knot. [Work 2sc stitches into the next stitch, 1sc stitch into the following stitch] 9 times (15sts) To make the head bigger, work more repeats. Work 1sc stitch into each of the following 15 stitches. To make the head rounder, work more repeats. [sc2tog into the following 2sts] 9 times or until 6 stitches remain. TO woRKASC2TOG:insertthehook into the first directed space or stitch, \* wrap the yarn around the hook from back to front and draw the yarn through the fabric; two loops on the hook.\* Insert the hook into the second directed space or stitch,and repeat from \*to \*. Wrap the yarn around the hook, draw the yarn through all the loops on the hook. This creates one double crochet two stitches together, decrease. Fasten off by cutting the yarn 4in from the last stitch and using the hook to draw the tail through the last loop, draw loop tight. Secure the head to the body. Weave in ends. Embellish the caterpillar with beads and embroidery. Use the photograph below as reference or look for images of living bugs and caterpillars. Life is often stranger than fiction.
LuiseRoberts
Book designer, model maker and writer. RAVELRY USER NAME:LuiseRobertS cONTACT:luise.roberts@btinternet.com
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