Bunny Food!
Quick to make - fun to felt! Make a bunch of these little felted carrots to embellish your market bag or decorate your tabletop. This is a "guideline” more than a pattern. Play rwith the decreases and create each one with its oven little personality. Finished Size: approx. 7" long after felting Yarn: worsted or bulky weight felting wool Hook: H or I
Abbreviations:
ch - chain sc - single crochet sl st - stitch sc2tog - single crochet 2 together (decrease) Note: Green carrot top is made in rows and then the remainder is stitched in the round after first row of orange is worked.
Chain 7 with green, leaving a yarn tail of several inches to sew top closed after stuffing. Row 1: 2 sc in second ch from hook (pm in first of these two) and in each ch across (work under one loop of chain) - 12 sc. Keep forward facing and rotate to work row 2 on the opposite side of your starting chain. Row 2: Ch 1, sl st in the first base ch (right under the last 2 sc made on row 1), chain 8, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and in the next six chains, skip one ch on base, slip stitch in next ch (first little green carrot top made), ch 11, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch back down to the base row (10 sl st), skip one ch on base row, sl st in next ch on base row, chain 9, sl st back down to base row, sl st in last ch on base row, end off leaving a yarn tail of several inches to close after stuffing. Row 3: With right side still facing, attach orange yarn in marked stitch, sc across (12 sc). Your work should now look like the photo at right (a little carrot jellyfish!). Begin working in the round: keep right side facing and fold work together, sc in top of first sc of row 3 (first orange row) and begin working in the round. Sc in each stitch until the orange rows measure about one and a half inches. Decrease to 10 stitches: sc2tog, sc in next 6 stitches, sc2tog, continue on these 10 stitches for several more rounds - until the orange rows measure about three inches. Decrease to 7 stitches: sc2tog, sc in next 2 stitches, sc2tog, sc in next 2 st, sc2tog, continue on these 7 stitches for several more rounds -- until the orange rows measure about four inches. Decrease to the tip: [sc2tog, sc 1] until you are down to 2 stitches. Put hook through top of both stitches and make a sc (to close end), ch 3, end off leaving a two inch yarn tail. Stuff the carrot: Stuff the carrot loosely with several lengths of orange yarn. Sew the top together with green yarn tails and stuff the remainder of these tails into the top. Felt the carrot: The sample shown was felted in a front load washer on a long, hot cycle, in the company of a few pairs of jeans. You may need to run it through more than one cycle to felt it to the desired size. Shape while damp. Put a little "character” into your carrot by tugging a crook into it. Because it is stuffed with wet wool and not fiberfill, it will hold that shape nicely and have a firmer feel to it - like solid felt.
2014 Janet Brani, OneLoopShy Designs
This is a free pattern and may be shared. Please credit any use of this pattern to Janet Brani / OneLoopShy Designs. Send any feedback, questions or errata to oneloopshy@gmail.com. It is always a pleasure to correspond with other crocheters!
