Keniled DEAIIl Rats Ty by Stephieface / Steph Conley
make your own D.o.R worked in the round, You will need the following White Yarn (worsted weight) ·Tiny Wee Bit of Black Yarn for embroidering D.o.R's eyes ·Knitting Needles (l used US Size #5 DPNs) Tapestry Needle Polyfil or your country's equivalent of Polyester Filling (we Yanks are good at naming though, aren't we?) ·Small wee bit of black fabric (about 1/4 yard or so) Black thread A sewing machine (but you can sew by hand if you really want to) Embroidery Floss - white A set of many sized crochet needles... or if having only one... read the directions for the D.o.R's tail Bamboo Skewer for shish-ka-bobs (you'll only need one but don't skewer any Ka-Bobs or Ka-anybody elses) Piece of Cardboard from a pizza box (it doesn't have to specifically be a pizza box, a calzone box will do) Piece of twine/string Silver Paint (the silver paint is essential... without it the entire pattern will faill) HEAD CO 6 sts Rearrange 6sts evenly amongst 3 DPNS to knit in the round R1: Knit R2: Knit R3: Kfb ea st R4-7: Knit R8: K4, \*k1, kfb, kfb, k1\* repeat from \* for one whole row R9: Knit R10: K2, M1, K2 \*k2, kfb2, k2\* repeat once from \* R11-13: Knit R14: K5, kfb, kfb, K6, K6, kfb, kfb R15-18: Knit R19: K5, \*K2tog\* repeat from \* all around R20: Knit R21: K2tog, K1, K2tog, K5, K5 R22: K2tog, K1, K5, K5 R23: K2, \*K2tog, K1, K2tog\* repeat from \* Stuff with Polyfill until it is firm but still squishable Break yarn, use needle to pull yarn end through the remaining stitches and knot Using the wee bit of black yarn, make a knot and thread needle with nonknotted end, poke tl the head viciously (there should be due to shaping and forehead type area of the head, poke through there). Pull yarn through, make huge french knot, and pull yarn out back by first knot another huge french knot and push needle in head- BUT NOT THROUGH THIS TIME. Inste finagle needle to rounded edge, decide where you will attach the body and poke needle out aking an anchor knot. Weave in ends. See this handy dandy diagram:
BODY CO 12 Rearrange sts evenly on the three needles to knit in round R1-10: Knit R11: \*kfb, K3\* repeat from \* for one row R12: \*K4, kfb\* repeat from \* for one row R13-15: Knit R16: \*K2, kfb, kfb, K2\* repeat from \* for one row R17-19: Knit R20: \*K2tog\* repeat from \* for one row R21: Knit R22:\*K2tog\* repeat from \* for one row Break yarn, use needle to pull yarn end through the remaining stitches and knot. Stuff body with Polyfill. Using CO yarn tail ladder stitch body to head, making sure you cover the anchor knots for th eyes. ARMS D.o.R's arms are done in I-cord CO 3sts I did 25 rows of I-cording for each arm Make2 Using yarn tail attach arms to army places on the D.o.R, weave in ends. LEGS D.o.R's legs are done in I-cord CO3sts I did more than 25 rows of I-cording and totally forgot to write the number down... its about 12 rows longer than the arms at least. Legs are longer than arms generally, so just make the legs longer. Make2 Using one of the yarn tails on each leg, attach legs to where legs should go on the D.o.R, weave in ends, BUT (this is a big but... no really it is) the other yarny end that hangs by what will be the D.o.R's feet... use it to ladder stitch the bottom inch or so in a "L" so that the D.o.R can have feet, then knot to keep in place, then weave in the ends. TAIL For D.o.R's tail I used white Embroidery Floss. I started with an H crochet needle and started making a chain, after 5 or so stitches I switched to the next smallest size, then did that again, and again, and again until the needle was wee and the tail was as long as I wanted it to be. If you have only one hook, start off chaining VERY loosely and tighten the slack as you go, until you get to a point where once you slip the stitch off the needle you wiggle the yarn and tighten the stitch you just made. Break a long floss tail (ha!) And thread through stitch and pull tight. Take CO/Starting yarn tail, thread through needle, and use to attach to body around the bum area, knot. Weave in end by weaving the floss in and out of the chain, stop about halfway and cut. Take BO/Ending floss tail and do the same but going up the tail, weave in and out all the way up the tail and weave into base and cut waste. The chain itself looked silly on its own as a tail which is why you added the extra weaving to make it appear more boney.
D.o.R's ROBES
Take black cloth and lay it on table Fold it in half , then in quarters Lay your D.o.R with the singular fold along where his spine would be, and lay his arm along where the two folds are on top of one another. Cut fabric below his arm (sleeve) until you get about 3/4 of an inch or an inch from the body Then cut in an angle, ending in line with his feet and cut across. See diagrams.
nove D.o.R and turn inside out to sew seam up middle, replace D.o.R D.o.R's SCYTHE Take skewer Cut at length you think is appropriate for a rat sized scythe Carefully split skewer down 1 and % inch Paint brownish Cut a scythe blade shaped piece from the pizza box Paint all of it silver, making sure to use paint to fill in holes along side Let everything dry When dry slide cardboard into the split of the skewer, taking care not to split it more than you have to.
Using twine or whatever you decide,tieskewer the cardboard blade. I myself made little tomahawk X's to look cool, but you do what you want. There you go, now you too can have a DEATH of Rats.
