COMPLETED: 99 GOAL:649?
Materials: light yellow, light green, pink, brown and black yarn, white and black felt, polyfil, crochet hook 'F', craft glue, cardboard, pipe cleaners
Body:
With yellow, 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Row 1: 2 sc around (12)
Row 2: sc next, 2 sc next, around (18)
Row 3-4: sc around (18)
Row 5: sc next, 2 sc next, around (27)
Row 6: sc next 2, 2 sc next, around (36)
Row 7-12: sc around (36)
Row 13: sc next 7, dec over next 2, around (32)
Row 14-26: sc around (32)
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Mouth: (keep track of what is the outside or the inside of piece with marker)
With black, 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Row 1: 2 sc around (12)
Row 2: sc next, 2 sc next, around (18)
Row 3: sc next 2, 2 sc next, around (24)
Row 4: sc next 3, 2 sc next, around (30)
Row 6-15: sc around (30)
Row 16: sc next 14, 2 sc next, around (32)
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Tongue:
With pink, 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Row 1: 2 sc, around (12)
Row 2: sc next, 2 sc next, around (18)
Row 3: 2 sc next 2, sl st next 7, 2 sc next 2, sl st next 7 (22)
Row 4: sc around (22)
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Sew the tongue on the inside of the mouth, just above row 15. The tongue is an oval shape, arrange it so the longer side is right to left, rather then front to back.
I cut a piece of cardboard the length and diameter of the body and put it inside. This is optional, if you would like a softer look for the body, you can just stuff it. Place enough stuffing inside for just the top portion. Slide the mouth inside the body matching the last rows. Add more stuffing or less depending on how you like it and then slide mouth back inside.
Lips:
Row 1:With pink, sc around last rows of mouth/body , making sure that you pick up both the black and yellow loops (32)
Row 2-10: sc around (32)
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Roll the lips towards the back end of Weepinbell on the outside. Twist a couple of pipe cleaners together and insert them inside the lips. Sew last row of lips to row 1 of lips (where you change color from yellow to pink. Put a small amount of stuffing in lips as you sew. When complete bend the lips into the 'figure 8" shape.
Leaves: (make 2)
With green, 6 sc in magic circle (6)
Row 1: 2 sc around (12)
Row 2: sc next 3,2 sc next, around (15)
Row 3: sc around (15)
Row 4: sc next 4, 2 sc next, around (18)
Row 5: sc around (18)
Row 6: sc next 4, dec over next 2, around (15)
Row 7: sc next 2, dec over next 2, around (12)
Row 8: sc next 4, dec over next 2, around (10)
Row 9: sc around (10)
Row 10: sc next 3, dec over next 2, around (8)
Row 11: 2 sc next 2, sc next, *dec over next 2* twice, sc next (8)
Row 12: sc next 3, 2 sc next, *dec over next 2* twice (6)
Row 13: dec over next 2, 2 sc next, dec over next 2, sc next (5)
Row 14: sc next, *dec over next 2* twice (3)
Row 15: dec over next 2, sc next (2)
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Flatten and sew to sides of body.
Stem:
With brown, 8 sc in magic circle (8)
Row 1-6: sc around (8)
Row 7: sc next 2, dec over next 2, around (6)
Row 8-12 sc around (6)
Row 13: sc next, dec over next 2, around (4)
Row 14-15: sc around (4)
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Place a pipe cleaner inside stem and stuff before closing up the end and sew to top of body. ( I used one pipe cleaner and folded it up until it was the right size to fit inside.)
Finish: Cut two large circles out of white felt for eyes and two smaller circles out of black felt for pupils. Glue to face. Embroider three small dots just above eyes with the green yarn.
