Hello everyone :)
It has been a while since I put up a free pattern and I had a request posted on my Red nose day monster post about possibly making the pattern available so one could be made to be raffled off to support comic relief. (Red Nose Day is a day organised by the charity comic relief which support all different kinds of charitable projects around the world and in the UK, and yes, for those that don't know, you can wear a red nose on that day to show support! :P Comic relief challenge people do do fun stuff to raise money for the charity too).
I had made the pattern up as part my idea to be sponsored to knit something in order to help the charity, but I thought the idea of raffling a monster off was a great idea too! I scrabbled around and found the bit of paper I jotted the pattern on and I bring it to you here today so you get creative and help out the cause too if you want too- Red nose day is coming up on the 15th of March! :-)
Please do let me know any other ideas of how you could use the pattern and send me pictures of your monsters too if you make any to iitki@hotmail.co.uk :)
Here is a reminder picture of my little monster:
And here is how to make your own:
You will
need:
3.75 mm
needles
Red DK yarn
Several
handfuls of toy stuffing
Googly eyes
and glue to stick them on (or your choice of eyes)
A darning
needle
Scissors
A crochet
hook (for pulling through and attaching the hair)
A large pom
pom for the nose (you can buy one or make your own)
White felt
for the tooth decoration (or whatever decoration you want)
Pattern:
Body (make
two):
*Cast on 10
sts
K 1 row
P1, Pfb, P
to last 2 sts, Pfb, P1
Stst 8 rows*
Leave these
sts on the needle and repeat from *to* for next foot
K 1 row
(across both feet to join them)
**P1, Pfb, P
to last 2 sts, Pfb, P1
K 1 row**
Repeat from
** to **
P1, Pfb, P
to last 2 sts, Pfb, P1
K1, Kfb, K
to last 2 sts, Kfb, K1
P1, Pfb, P
to last 2 sts, Pfb, P1
Stst 18 rows
K2tog, K to
last 2 sts, K2tog
P 1 row
***K2tog, K
to last 2 sts, K2tog
P 1 row***
Repeat from
*** to *** 4 more times
“”K2tog, K
to last 2 sts, K2tog
P2tog, P to
last 2 sts, P2tog””
Repeat from
“” to “” two more times (leaving 10 sts on the needle)
Cast off in
K but K2tog at each end as cast off
Making up:
Sew the two
body pieces right side together leaving an opening at the top, turn right side
out, stuff and sew up the opening by overstitching. Add all the face decoration
e.g. glue on the googly eyes and small triangles of white felt for teeth and
sew on the big pom-pom nose. Then cut many lengths of yarn double the length
you want for the hair of your monster, fold in half and use the crochet hook to
pull through the top of your monsters head and
tuck the ends through the loop you pull trough and pull to fasten the
hair on. Repeat till your monster has lovely thick flowing hair! :P
Then you are
all done, and you can have fun and help out with your new monster friend!
I hope you like the pattern, if you have any questions or issues (seen as I got the pattern from my scribbledy notes, don't hesitate to comment below and I will reply :-)
See you all soon, byeeeeeeeeee XXX
P.S. I am using standard UK knitting abbreviations :)
