The Groke alias Buka alias Morko
Time to face my childhood fears! The Groke from Moomins gave me at least several sleepless nights. The show aired in Polish National TV in early '90 as a bedtime cartoon. Each Groke's appearance was followed by a flood of my tears and severe panic attack. Still love Moomins tough. Gauge: is not importaint. Size: using 3mm hook resulted in Groke that's about 2,75 inches in diameter Abbreviations (in US crochet terms): sC - single crochet hdc - half-double crochet picot - slip stitch, 3ch, sl st in the same st ch - chain dec - decrease by one sc (sc2tog) Numbers in brackets () indicate the number of stitches you should have after finishing each round. DO NOTJOIN ROUNDS!
Head&Body:
Rnd1: sc 6 into a Magic Loop, (6) Rnd2: 2sc in each sc, (12) Rnd3: \*2sc in next sc, sc\* repeat 6 times (18) Rnd4-6: sc even (18) Rnd7: \* 2sc in next sc, sc2\* repeat 6 times (24) Rnd8: sc in next 6sc, \*2sc in next sc, sc 2\* 6 times (30) Rnd9: sc in next 6sc, \*sc 3, 2sc in next sc\* 6 times (36) Rnd10: sc in next 6sc, \*2sc in next sc, sc 4\* 6 times (42) Rnd11-12: sc even (42) Rnd13: sc 8, skip next 6sc (sc in 7th sc), sc evenly until you have only 8 sc left, skip 6, sc 2. (30) Rnd14: \*2sc in next sc, sc4\* 6 times (36) Rnd15-16: sc even (36) Rnd17: \*2sc in next sc, sc 5\* 6 times (42) Rnd18: sc evenly (42) Rnd19: FRONT LOOPS ONLY: \*sc, 3hdc in one sC, sc\* 14 times (70? I'm not really sure...) Rnd20: in BACK LOOPS of 18th round: sC even (42) Rnd21: \*dec, sc 5\* around (36) Rnd22: \*dec, sc 4\* around (30) Rnd23: \*dec,sc 3\* around (24) Rnd24: \*dec, sc2\* around (18) Rnd25: \*dec, sc\* around (12) Stuff you toy! Rnd26-27: \*dec\* around (6) (3) Fasten off, sew remaining hole.
Arms:
Attach yarn to the hole that was made by skipping 6 sc in Rnd13, stuff as you go:) Rnd1-3: sc even (6) Change to dark purple Rnd4: sc even Rnd5: picot 3 times, sl st in last 3 sc. Fastenoff I had to keep the arms in position by sewing them to Groke's belly after I finished work, just some slight cheating :)
Nose:
With darker yarn: Rnd1: sc 4 into a Magic Loop, (4) Rnd2: \*2sc in next sc, sc\* repeat twice, (6) Rnd3: \*2sc in next sc, sc 2\* twice (8) Rnd4: \*2sc in next sc, sc 3\* twice (10) Rnd5: \*2sc in next sc, sc 4\* twice (12) Rnd6: sc 6, \* 2sc in next sc, sc\* 3 times (15) Rnd7: sc 6, sc 9 back loops only (15) Rnd8: \*dec, sc\* 3 times, 2 dec, sc, 2 dec (10) Stuff lightly Rnd9: dec around (5) Fasten off, sew the remaining hole, leaving long time for sewing. Attach nose to the Groke, embroider eyes and teeth. Adjust arms position if required. Congratulations! You are now ready to scare you kids for life! Enjoy! @ Copyright for The Groke and Moomins belongs to Tove Jansson . I do not claim any rights to the character. @ Copyright for pattern remains with the designer. Intended for personal use only. Not for commercial use. Selling items made from this pattern is not permitted. @ Copyright M. Bandura-- Escherichia, October 2012
