SuperMouse and Ratman crochet pattern
Materials used:
Aran weight yarn in Grey, pink, red, blue yellow, brown, black 2.5mm crochet hook 9mm black safety eyes Yellow and black felt for the bat sign and glue or thread to fasten. With these materials the rodents should measures approx 15cm
Stitches used in American terminology:
MR - magic ring sc - single crochet HDC - half double crochet DC-double crochet FLO - front loops only BLO - back loops only Inc - increase by creating 2 stitches into the same stitch INVDEC - decrease by picking up front loops of next 2 stitches only.
SuperMouse
Head: Starting in pink:
1: sc 4 into MR (4) 2: INC around (8) 3: sc around (8) change to grey in the last stitch. 4: working in BLO \*inc, sc 1\* repeat (12) 5: sc around (12) 6: \*inc, sc 1\* repeat (18) 7: sc around (18) 8: \*inc, sc 2\* repeat (24) 9: sc 12, \*inc, sc1\* x6 (30) 10: sc around (30) 11: sc around (30)
12: sc around (30) 13: \*INVDEC, sc 3\* repeat (24) 14: \*INVDEC, sc 2\* repeat (18). Insert safety eyes between rounds 9 and 10 about 4 stitches apart. Stuff head firmly 18: \*INVDEC, SC 1\* (12) 19: \*INVDEC\* repeat (6) Close head with a running stitch through remaining 6 stitches and weave in end.
Ears: In pink make 2:
1: sc 6 into MR (6) 2: \*inc, sc 1\* repeat (9) 3: \*inc, sc 2\* repeat (12) 4: \*inc, sc 3\* repeat (15) 5: sc around (15) 6 \*INVDEC sc 3\* repeat (12) 7: \*INVDEC, sc 2\* repeat (9)
Fasten off. Fold flat and whip stitch closed, sew to the head.
Body: Starting in red:
1: 6 sc into MR (6) 2: INC (12) 3: \*Inc, sc 1\* repeat (18) 4: \*inc, sc 2\* repeat (24) 5: \*inc, sc 3\* repeat (30) 6: \*inc, sc 4\* repeat (36) 7: sc around (36) 8: sc around (36) change to blue in the last stitch. 9: working in BLO \*INVDEC, sc 10\* repeat (33) 10: \*INVDEC, sc 9\* repeat (30) 11: \*INVDEC, sc 8\* repeat (27) 12: sc around (27) 13: \*INVDEC, sc 7\* repeat (24) 14: sc around (24) 15: \*INVDEC, sc 6\* repeat (21) 16: sc around (21) 17: \*INVDEC, sc 5\* repeat (18) 18: sc around (18) 19: \*INVDEC, sc 4\* repeat (15) Fasten off. Stuff firmly but try not to stretch the s' body. Weave in ends.
Arms: Starting in pink make 2 1: sc 6 into MR (6) 2: sc around (6) 3: sc around (6) change to Blue in the last stitch. 4: sc around (6) cut pink yarn and knot the blue and pink end to prevent stitches from coming loose. Then tuck the ends into the paw section. 5 to 8: sc around for 4 rounds (6) Fasten off. Do not stuff the arm. Whip stitch closed and sew to side of body.
Feet:
1: SC 6 into MR (6) 2: \*inc, sc2\* repeat (8) 3: sc around (8) 4: sc around (8) Fasten off. Do not stuff the feet. Whip stitch closed and sew to the bottom of the body. Tail In pink
Chain 19, slip in the first 3 chains sc into 3 chains, HDC into 6 chains, DC into 6 chains. Fasten off. Loosely tie the 2 ends together to knot. Sew in a central position to the back of the mouse.
Superman sign. Starting In Yellow:
1: Chain 5, sc 4 turn work chain 1 (4) 2: sc 4, turn work and chain 1 (4) 3: \*INVDEC, sc 2\* turn work and chain 1 (3) 4: \*INVDEC, sc 1\* turn work and chain 1 (2) 5: INVDEC changing to red. (1) Sc around whole edge of the triangle to neaten. Fasten off and leave a long tail. With the tail embroider an S onto the sign and then sew to the front of the mouse
Cape: In red make 1: After each row turn work and chain 1:
1: chain 15, HDC 14 2: HDC 14 3: INVDEC, SC 10, INVDEC (12) 4: HDC 12 5: INVDEC, SC 8, INVDEC (10) 6: HDC 10 7: HDC 10 8: INVDEC, SC 6, INVDEC (8) Weave in all ends.
Ratman
Head: Starting in pink:
1: sc 4 into MR (4) 2: INC (8) 3: sc around (8) change to brown in the last stitch. 4: working in BLO \*inc, sc 1\* repeat (12) 5: sc around (12) 6: \*inc, sc 1\* repeat (18) 7: sc around (18) change to black in the last stitch 8: working in FLO \*inc, sc 2\* repeat (24) 9: sc 12, \*inc, sc1\* x6 (30) 10: sc around (30) 11: sc around (30) 12: sc around (30) 13: \*INVDEC, sc 3\* repeat (24) 14: \*INVDEC, sc 2\* repeat (18). Stuff head firmly 18: \*INVDEC, SC 1\* (12)
19: \*INVDEC\* repeat (6) Close head with a running stitch through remaining 6 stitches and weave in end.
Bat Ears: In black make 2:
1: sc 4 into MR (4) 2: sc around (4) 3: \*inc, sc 1\* repeat (6) 4: sc around (6) 5: \*Inc, sc 2\* repeat (8) 6: sc around (8) Sc 4. Fasten off.
Body: Starting in grey:
1: 6 sc into MR (6) 2: INC (12) 3: \*Inc, sc 1\* repeat (18) 4: \*inc, sc 2\* repeat (24) 5: \*inc, sc 3\* repeat (30) 6: \*inc, sc 4\* repeat (36) 7: sc around (36) 8: sc around (36) 9: working in BLO \*INVDEC, sc 10\* repeat (33) 10: \*INVDEC, sc 9\* repeat (30) 11: \*INVDEC, sc 8\* repeat (27) change to black in the last stitch 12: working in FLO sc around (27) 13: \*INVDEC, sc 7\* repeat (24) change to grey in last stitch 14: working in BLO sc around (24) 15: \*INVDEC, sc 6\* repeat (21) 16: sc around (21) 17: \*INVDEC, sc 5\* repeat (18) 18: sc around (18) 19: \*INVDEC, sc 4\* repeat (15) Fasten off. Stuff firmly but try not to stretch the stitches Leave a long tail and sew the head to the body. Weave in ends.
Arms: Starting in brown make 2
1: sc 6 into MR (6) 2: sc around (6) 3: sc around (6) change to grey in the last stitch. 4: sc around (6) cut pink yarn and knot the grey and brown end to prevent stitches from coming loose. Then tuck into the paw section. 5 to 8: sc 4 rounds (6) Fasten off. Do not stuff the arm. Whip stitch closed and sew to side of body.
Feet: In black make 2
1: SC 6 into MR (6) 2: \*inc, sc2\* repeat (8) 3: sc around (8) 4: sc around (8) Fasten off. Whip stitch closed and sew to the bottom of the body.
Tail In pink
Chain 19, slip in the first 3 chains sc into 3 chains, HDC into 6 chains, DC into 6 chains. Fasten off. Loosely tie the 2 ends together to knot. Sew in a central position to the back of the mouse.
Batman sign.
Using yellow and black felt, cut an oval out of the yellow felt and a simple bat sign out of black felt, glue them together before gluing to the front of the rat. Cut 3 pieces of yellow felt and glue to the belt as pockets.
Cape: In black make 1: After each row turn work and chain 1:
1: chain 15, HDC 14 2: HDC 14 3: INVDEC, SC 10, INVDEC (12) 4: HDC 12 5: INVDEC, SC 8, INVDEC (10) 6: HDC 10 7: HDC 10 8: INVDEC, sC 6, INVDEC (8) 9: HDc 8 do not turn work but continue around and sc around the whole edge to neaten (exact number of stitches is not important) When you get to the bottom of the cape (the widest edge) work the following pattern along this row: Chain 3, slip stitch back into same stitch \*sc 2, chain 4, slip back into the same stitch\* repeat between the stars and when one stitch remains, chain 3, and slip back into the same stitch, then continue to work sc around the edge. Chain 11. Fasten off and cut a long tail Wrap the chain around the neck of the mouse and use the yarn tail to secure it in place. Weave in ends and your crime fighting rodents should now be ready!
Please note this pattern is my own design and intended for personal use only. You do not have permission to sell or distribute the pattern.
