Little Buddies Crochet Pattern: Detailed Instructions for Creating Adorable Mouse and Rabbit Keychains


Materials 1 Abbreviations 1 Final Size 1 Skill Level 1 About 1-2 Instructions 3-6 Head 3 Body 3 Arms 4 Legs - Mouse 4 Legs - Rabbit 4 Ears - Mouse 5 Ears - Rabbit 5 Tail - Mouse 5 Tail- Rabbit 6 Little Buddies' Techniques 7-9 Nose 7 Mouth 8-9 Keychain 9 Finishing 10 Assembly 10

Little Buddies

Materials

Light weight yarn in two colors of your choice 2,5 mm hook 1 pair of 6mm safety eyes Tapestry needle Stuffing Anchor stranded cotton number 23 or similar for the nose Anchor stranded cotton in black for the mouth Felt in light pink, hot pink or red Hot Glue

Abbreviations

Rnd: round, rounds st: stitch, stitches slst: slip stitch sc: Single crochet hdc: half double crochet inc 2: increase by working two stitches into the same stitch inc 3: increase by working three stitches into the same stitch inv dec 2: decrease by using the invisible decrease method

Final Size

About 7cm (2,76 inches)

Skill Level

About:

The terminology used in this pattern is the US terminology. Gauge is not important to this project just as long as your hook, yarn and individual tension result in a stitch that is tight enough that the stuffing won't come through. The parenthesis () are used when a group of stitches is to be repeated a number of times or with a group of stitches that is to be worked in one stitch on samespace. The numbers in parenthesis at the end of each round or row indicate the total number of stitches in that round or row. Most rounds are written in the following format: Round number: (work a number of stitches, increase or decrease) x n times (total number of stitches in the round/row) The information icon ( i ) indicates that the marked technique is explained in detail with pictures in the Rumi's Techniques section of the pattern or, if accompanied by the capital letters STG, in the Stitches & Techniques Guide. Caution: If you are making this project for a small child, do not make the wire armature and consider using a soft material for the eyes instead of using the safety eyes. This pattern is an original pattern by Ana Rosa of BuddyRumi. Please do not claim this pattern as your own. You may keep a copy for your own personal use and feel free to use the items made from this pattern however you wish, but remember to credit me as the pattern designer. Please do not reproduce this pattern anywhere else, if you wish to share it post a link to: http://www.buddyrumi.com/blog/2014/2/26/little-buddies-keyring-freepattern.html Don't forget to share your little buddy with us on http://www.facebook.com/BuddyRumi or send me an email to buddyrumi@gmail.com ! Visit us at our home at www.buddyrumi.com ! =D Thank you!

Head

Using the 2,5mm hook and the main color yarn. The head is worked in continuous rounds. Don't join rounds at the end. You may want to use a marker to indicate the beginning of the rounds. All stitches are worked in both loops.

- Place safety eyes between rounds 4 and 5 - Begin to stuff

- Close and weave in ends.

Body

Using the 2,5mm hook and the main color yarn. The body is worked in continuous rounds. Don't join rounds at the end. You may want to use a marker to indicate the beginning of the rounds. All stitches are worked in both loops.

- Slst and leave long tail. -Stuff

Arms

Using the 2,5mm hook and the main color yarn. The arms are worked in continuous rounds. Don't join rounds at the end. You may want to use a marker to indicate the beginning of the rounds. All stitches are worked in both loops.

- Close flat and leave long tail. On one of the arms leave a tail long enough to attach the arm to the body and secure the keychain the top of the head.

Legs - Mouse

Using the 2,5mm hook and the main color yarn. The legs are worked in continuous rounds. Don't join rounds at the end. You may want to use a marker to indicate the beginning of the rounds. All stitches are worked in both loops.

- SIst and leave long tail

Legs - Rabbit

Using the 2,5mm hook and the main and secondary color yarn. The legs are worked in continuous rounds. Don't join rounds at the end. You may want to use a marker to indicate the beginning of the rounds. All stitches are worked in both loops. Using the secondary color.

- Change yarn to the main color.

- Slst and leave long tail. www.BuddyRumi.com

Little Buddies

Ears - Mouse

Using the 2,5mm hook and the main color yarn. The ears are worked in continuous rounds. Don't join rounds at the end. You may want to use a marker to indicate the beginning of the round. All stitches are worked in both loops.

Ears - Rabbit

Using the 2,5mm hook and the main color yarn. The ears of the rabbit are worked in rows. All stitches are worked in both loops. Ch9 Row 1: slst into the 3rd back bump of the chain, 2sc, (15st) 2hdc, 1sc, inc 3, 1sc, 2hdc, 2sc, 1slst - Leave long tail and weave it down through the back to the bottom of the ear.

Tail - Mouse

Using the 2,5mm hook and the main color yarn. The tail is worked in rows. All stitches are worked in the back bump of the chain. Ch 12 Row 1: slst into the 3rd back bump of the chain, 9slst (10st) - Leave long tail

Tail - Rabbit

Using the 2,5mm hook and the secondary color yarn. The tail is worked in continuous rounds. Don't join rounds at the end. You may want to use a marker to indicate the beginning of the round. All stitches are worked in both loops.

- Slst and leave long tail.

Nose

1. Insert needle into the head, pull gently until the tail is hidden. Catch a stitch that you know is going to be under the nose and pull. 2. Catch the same stitch once more and pull thread until you have a loop. Insert needle into the loop and pull. The thread in now secure. 3. Insert needle into the top right corner of the nose and make it come out on the bottom corner. 4. Repeat step 3 inserting the needle always a little bit to the left and always making it come out on the bottom corner until you have the desired shape. 5. Secure and weave in ends. Nose is complete.

1. Mark the beginning and end of the mouth. Insert the needle into where you want to start the mouth and make it come out a little bit further. 2. Pull yarn gently until you have a small tail left. 3. Tie a double knot with the tail and the yarn. 4. Insert the needle into the first space where mouth begins and pull the yarn until the knot is hidden. 5. Insert the needle into the same space as before and make it come out a few stitches further. Pull yarn. 6. With a running stitch (dashed line) start to make the desired shape of the mouth. Make sure that the mouth ends in a point where the needle exits the head. 7. Insert needle into the 1st stitch from the bottom and repeat until the last stitch. 8. Insert the needle into the last stitch a second time. 9. Pull the yarn gently creating a loop. 10. Pull yarn, creating a knot. 11. To hide the knot insert the needle into the 1st space of the mouth and make it come out the back. Pull the yarn until the knot is no longer visible and cut the tail. 12. Mouth is completed.

Keychain

1. Thread the tail left from one of the arms into the tapestry needle. Insert the tapestry needle into the body and make it come out on the top and middle of the head. 2. Insert needle into the last ring of the chain and pull. 3. Insert needle into the top and middle of the head making it come out the bottom of the body, between the legs. 4. The chain is now secure. If you want repeat steps 1 to 3. 5. Secure end between the legs and weave in. 6. Keychain secured.

Assembly

- Attach the body to the head. - Attach ears to the head. - Attach arms and legs to the body. - Attach tail to the body. - Sew nose i (page 7). - Sew mouth i (pages 8-9). - Cut a little heart in felt and glue it to the chest area. - Attach keychain to the top of the head i (page 9).