tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82486128005781549462024-03-13T17:21:57.000+00:00misadventures of alicedollies and hamsters and castles, oh my!Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04497607205355129297noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248612800578154946.post-84456235498229019172014-07-24T19:15:00.001+01:002014-08-22T18:43:50.341+01:00Squidlet Amigurumi Pattern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When I first made squidlets years ago on <a href="http://my-plastic-fantasy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/squidlets.html">my old blog</a>, a few people asked me for a pattern, and um, here it is! Two years later... oops. Anyway, I had a super rough pattern saved on my laptop, which I ran through and tidied up for public consumption (my pattern notation conventions are unusual, at best) and added another squidlet to my collection in the process!</div>
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Any size yarn and hook is fine, but I generally use DK weight yarn and a 4mm hook. You'll also want some animal eyes and stuffing.</div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HPIBRprOeAE/U9E-RpCSXXI/AAAAAAAACQE/Q1rHbFuaG5E/s1600/squidling+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HPIBRprOeAE/U9E-RpCSXXI/AAAAAAAACQE/Q1rHbFuaG5E/s1600/squidling+copy.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div>
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Disclaimer: I'm terrible at writing patterns, so if any of this doesn't make sense, please let me know! This is all US crochet abbreviations/stitches. (UK ones make no sense to me at all. Not intuitive!)<br />
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This whole pattern is working in the round, so you'll need a stitch marker or something similar (I just use a piece of yarn) unless you want to do a lot of very tedious counting.<br />
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Start with a magic loop (a slip knot will work fine, but magic loop is much neater and well worth learning, so get thyself to youtube, my hooky friends!) then chain 2<br />
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Row 1: 5 sc into magic loop<br />
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Row 2 : 2 sc into each sc (10 stitches in total)<br />
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Row 3: *2sc into sc, 1 x sc* repeat (15 stitches)<br />
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Row 4: *2sc into sc, 2 x sc* repeat (20 stitches)<br />
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Row 5: *2sc into sc, 3 x sc* repeat (25 stitches)<br />
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Rows 6-9 : sc (25 stitches) <br />
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Row 10: *3 x sc, sc2tog* repeat (20 stitches)<br />
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Row 11: *2 x sc, sc2tog* repeat (15 stitches)<br />
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Row 12: (This row is worked only into the back loop of the stitch) *5dc in sc, sc* repeat for 7 shells, then sl st.<br />
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(Now is the time to pop the eyes in. I like to place them 2 or 3 rows up from the 'tentacles' and 5 or 6 stitches apart. You can also hide the loose end of yarn from where you started in the body of the squidlet by pulling it through.)<br />
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Row 13: (into the other half of the stitch on the bottom of the squidlet) *2 x sc, sc2tog* repeat<br />
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(This is a good point at which to stuff the squidlet.)<br />
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Row 14: *sc, sc2tog* repeat<br />
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Row 15: *sc2tog* repeat<br />
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Row 16: close the small hole that remains with a sl st through the opposite side of the opening, finish off, and weave in the loose end.<br />
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Ta-da! Your squidlet is ready to adventure! Please do make <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nuwandalice/6928616910/in/set-72157620965473343">as many as you want</a> and take them adventuring (squidlets love to adventure) but please don't sell your squidlets, pass them off as your own, etc etc. :)<br />
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By varying the yarn weight you can also make a GIANT SQUIDLET, which is extra cuddly. This one below was made using Rowan Big Wool.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Go forth with your squidlet friends!</span></div>
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alice</div>
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xox</div>
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