Panda Amigurumi

Sup humans,

So It's summer break and I've just been crocheting and watching anime all day! I'm so productive........nah. Anyway inspired by the panda beanie with some leftover yarn I made a cute little panda. For some reason to me it looks kinda like a mouse... Anyway, hope this finds you well XD

This pattern is available as a PDF download at Ravelry and Deviant-art

Panda Pattern:

Materials:

YARN {type:I used acrylic but any should be fine}:
White Black
Tapestry Needle
Scissors
Stitch marker {A Paper Clip is fine}

Black Beads/safety eyes Stuffing
3mm {Japan:5/0, U.K.:11} size crochet hook
Your inner crooked meowzel

HEAD: White

Magic Circle, 6sc, slp st in first sc

R1: Ch1, inc around (12 sc)

R2: [sc, inc] around (18 sc)

R3: [2 sc, inc] around (24 sc)

R4: [3 sc, inc] around (30 sc)

R5-R8: sc around (30sc)

R9: [3 sc, dec] around (24 sc)

Begin Stuffing

R10: [2 sc, dec] around (18 sc)

R11: [sc, dec] around (12 sc)

R12: dec around, slp st in first sc (6 sc)

Finish off, stitch opening closed, leave end tail for sewing on.

BODY: White

Magic Circle, 6 sc, slp st in first sc (6 sc)

R1: Ch 1, inc around (12 sc)

R2: [sc, inc] around (18 sc)

R3: [2 sc, inc] around (24 sc)

R4-R7: sc around (24 sc)

R8: [2sc, dec] around (18 sc)

Begin Stuffing

R9: [sc, dec] around (12 sc)

R10: dec around, slp st into first sc (6 sc)

Finish off, stitch opening closed. 

ARMS AND LEGS: Black (Make 4)

Magic Circle, 6 sc, slp st in first sc (6 sc)

R1: Ch 1, inc around (12 sc)

R2-R3: Sc around (12 sc)

R4: dec around, slp st in first sc (6 sc)

Finish off, leave end tail for sewing on.

EARS [make 2]: Black

Magic Circle, 6sc, slp st in first sc

R1: Ch1, inc around (12 sc)

R2: Sc around (12 sc)

R3: sc around, slp st in first sc (18 sc)

Finish off, leave end tail for sewing on.

Assembly:
Look at the picture for guidance

• Sew head to body, stacked
  
• Sew the ears across from
  each other starting at the
  end of round 1
  
• Sew on arms and limbs, 2
  coming out at the front, 2
  coming out from the sides
  
• Sew on black beads/safety
  eyes for eyes
  
• Use black yarn for mouth in
  a “v” shape 
  

Rose Bookmark

More pictures available on Ravelry

Sup humans,

A friend needed a new book mark so I went searching for a pattern, and yet I couldn't find a nice free one so I made my own.

I couldn't figure out how to make a traditional tassel so I used a similar technique to the charmander tail. It turned out quite well. XD

Rose Book Mark Pattern:

Materials:

YARN {type: fingering 4ply, cotton, as shown in the picture}:

Light green

Red

Tapestry Needle

Scissors

2.5mm {Japan:4/0, U.K.:12} size crochet hook

Stitch marker {A Paper Clip is fine}

Your inner crooked meowzel 

Petals: Red

Ch 26

Row 1: Ch 3, 4 tc into 4th chain from hook, skip 2 ch [5 tc into same ch, skip 2 ch] 7 times, in last ch, 5 tc, ch 2,turn

Row 2: 2 dc in second tc, [2dc in each tc]  2 times, ch 2, slp st in open space. [ch 2, skip 1 tc, 2 dc for the next 3 tc, ch 2, slp st in open space] 7 times, Ch 2, 2 dc for the next 3 tc, ch 2, slp st in ch.

Finish off, leave end tail for sewing all together.

Stem: light green

Leave a tail for sewing on to rose.

Ch 50

Make tassel at end

Leaf: Light green [make 2]

Ch 5

Ch 3, 3 tc in same ch

2 dc in next ch

1 hdc in next 2 ch

sc, ch, sc, ch, sc in next ch

1 hdc in next 2 ch

2 dc in next ch

3 tc in next ch, ch 3, slp st in ch

Finish off, leave end tail for sewing on to stem.

Assembly:

Roll the petal strip and sew tightly

Sew stem to the centre of the bottom of the rose

Sew leaves 2.5cm or 1 inch apart onto stem

Panda Beanie Success?

Sup humans,
So A friend asked me to make her a panda beanie, and since I have never made a beanie I went searching for a pattern. I stumbled across this one by Little Yarn Friends. In the end I modified this pattern a bit because it just wasn't working for me. I had to start this project 3 times due to some errors from me as well as the pattern.

1. I used half the ply, so of course the hat seemed too small. However I didn't want to waste my supplies so I just used 2 strands of the 4ply for take 2.

2. I used the 5.0mm hook with the 8ply acrylic yarn but still the beanie seemed too small and way too tight...

So I modified the pattern to this:

Panda Beanie:

White Yarn, 6.0mm hook.

R1: MR, Ch 2, 9 dc in MR, join to first dc, ch 2. (9)

R2: 2 dc in each dc around, join to first dc, ch 2. (18)

R3: [2 dc in first stitch, dc 1], repeat around, join, ch 2. (27)

R4: [2 dc in first stitch, dc 2], repeat around, join, ch 2. (36)

R5: [2 dc in first stitch, dc 3], repeat around, join, ch 2. (45)

R6: [2 dc in first stitch, dc 4], repeat around, join, ch 2. (54)

R7: dc around, join, ch 2. (54)

R8: [2 dc in first stitch, dc 8], repeat around, join, ch 2. (60)

R9: [2 dc in first stitch, dc 9], repeat around, join, ch 2. (66)

R10: [2 dc in first stitch, dc 10], repeat around, join, ch 2. (72)

R11-13: dc around, join, ch 2. (72)

Begin with first earflap, do not finish off.

1st Earflap:

White Yarn, 6.0mm Hook.

Row 1: Chain 1, sc in next 12, chain 1 and turn. (12)

Row 2: dec 1, sc 8, dec 1, chain 1 and turn. (10)

Row 3-4: sc across, ch 1 and turn. (10)

Row 5: dec 1, sc 6, dec 1, chain 1 and turn. (8)

Row 6: sc across, ch 1 and turn. (8)

Row 7: dec 1, sc 4, dec 1, chain 1 and turn. (6)

Row 8: sc across, ch1 and turn. (6)

Row 9: dec 1, sc 2, dec 1, chain 1 and turn. (4)

Row 10: sc across, ch 1 and turn. (4)

Row 11: dec 2, chain 1 and turn. (2)

Row 12: dec 1. (1) Finish off.

2nd Earflap:

White Yarn, 6.0mm Hook.

Leave 26 stitches between 1st and 2nd earflaps.

Row 1: Chain 1, sc in next 12, chain 1 and turn. (12)

Row 2: dec 1, sc 8, dec 1, chain 1 and turn. (10)

Row 3-4: sc across, ch 1 and turn. (10)

Row 5: dec 1, sc 6, dec 1, chain 1 and turn. (8)

Row 6: sc across, ch 1 and turn. (8)

Row 7: dec 1, sc 4, dec 1, chain 1 and turn. (6)

Row 8: sc across, ch1 and turn. (6)

Row 9: dec 1, sc 2, dec 1, chain 1 and turn. (4)

Row 10: sc across, ch 1 and turn. (4)

Row 11: dec 2, chain 1 and turn. (2)

Row 12: dec 1. (1) Finish off.

With White Yarn, sc around hat and earflaps, finish off and weave in the ends.

Braided Tails:

Cut 9 (90cm) strands of White Yarn and 9 (90cm) strands of Black Yarn, separate them into 9 strands for each sides respectively (one side with 4 strands of white yarn, 5 strands of black yarn and the other side with 5 strands of white yarn and 4 strands of black yarn). Pass through last space on earflap. You should now have 18 strands to braid with. Make a knot and braid to desired length, knot again and trim the ends.

Panda Ears: (make 2)

Black Yarn, 6.0mm hook.

R1: MR, Ch 2, 8 dc in MR, join to first dc, ch 2. (8)

R2: 2 dc in each dc around, join to first dc, ch 2. (16)

R3: [2 dc in first stitch, dc 1], repeat around, join, ch 2. (24)

R4: dc around. (24)

Finish off.

I didn't add the facial features because first of all I was short for time also, personally, I think it looks better. XD

Not allowed to put my face on the internet, so I had to make do...

Hope this helps. XD