This year's leavers gifts for my yr 11 class are going to be the hardest to make, as I'm losing my gorgeous form as well, so I've made them lickle cute monsters, as they are my horrible monsters.
The pattern is ridiculously easy, no sew apart from the very end for the keyring and extremely forgiving of errors if you use fluffy yarn.
Plus depending on the yarn and how it fluffs they have personality! This blue one looks super mad, but the red one is curious!
Use any yarn and a hook slightly smaller than recommended to avoid gaps
(As an example use a 3mm hook for DK, 4-4.5mm for thick fluffy yarn)
Start with a magic circle and sc 6 into it
2sc in each SC around (catch the end of the yarn under the stitches to avoid sewing in)
4dc bobble in next, sc 2, 4dc bobble, then start SC round and round until you have it then height you want (I normally go round 3 or 4 times for a round ball of a monster)
Add safety eyes now, just above the feet, or leave it to embroider then on later (recommended for toddlers and under)
Sc2tog 6 times. Fasten off and leave a long tail
Stuff loosely
Thread a keyring onto the tail, weave in and out of the 6 stitches, pull tight and sew it shut catching the keyring in.
Fasten off.
Done!
Plush yarn makes smooth monsters, DK yarn makes tiny smooth ones, but my favourite are the fluffy yarn, they're so cute, like jumping spiders!
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