Big and Little Sproutie Pattern

Sprouties Pattern

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Materials

E 3.5 hook
Cream (or base color) yarn
Pink (or stripe color) yarn

Green (or leaf color) yarn

Brown (or eye color) yarn
Yarn needle
Polyfill / Stuffing

Abbreviations

Mc – Magic circle
Sc – Single crochet
Sl st – Slip stitch
Hdc – Half double crochet

Dc – Double crochet
Inc – Increase, place two sc in one stitch
Dec – Decrease, I use invisible dec, but essentially make one sc over two stitches

Hdc dec- same as decrease but one hdc over two stitches
*---* signals a set of stitches to be repeated
(_) indicates how many stitches should be in that round

Small Sproutie Pattern

Body

Worked in a spiral

Start in base color/cream

Round 1) 6 sc in mc (6)

R2) Inc every stitch (12)

R3) *Sc, inc* x 6 (18)

R4) *Sc, sc, inc* x 6 (24)

Switch to stripe color/pink

R5) Sc around (24)

Switch back to base color/cream

R6-7) Sc around (24)

Switch to stripe color/pink

R8) Sc around (24)

Switch back to base color/cream

R9) *Sc, sc, dec* (18)

R10) *Sc, dec* (12)

Switch to stripe color/pink

R11) HDC dec every stitch (6)

Fasten off, weave the tail in and close up the body. Should be a stripey sphere.

 

Legs

Make two

Worked in a spiral

Use base color/cream

Round 1) 6 sc in mc (6)

R2) Sc around (6)

R3) Inc, sc, sc, STOP fasten off leave long tail

Sew each leg to the cream side (bottom) of the body, just a bit apart. I make the color change the back of the body and sew the legs on thusly.

Leaves

Make two

In leaf color/green

1) Chain 9

2) Sc, sc, hdc, dc, dc, hdc, sc, sc, turn, sc, sc, hdc, dc, dc, hdc, sc, sc.

If you want your plants to have long, stalk-like leaves, stop here.

3) Ch 1, sc, sc, hdc, dc inc, dc inc, hdc, sc, sc, turn, sc, sc, hdc, dc inc, dc inc, hdc, sc, sc.

Fasten off. Sew leaves to the top of the plant where we used pink/stripe color

 

 

Using brown or eye color yarn, add eyes. I just did simple line eyes over one stitch in my middle cream/base color section.

Big Sproutie

Using 3.75 F hook

Body

Worked in a spiral

Start in base color/cream

Round 1) 6 sc in mc (6)

R2) Inc every stitch (12)

R3) *Sc, inc* x 6 (18)

R4) *Sc, sc, inc* x 6 (24)

R5) *Sc, sc, sc, inc* x 6 (30)

Switch to stripe color/pink

R6-7) Sc around (30)

Switch back to base color/cream

R8-10) Sc around (30)

Switch to stripe color/pink

R11) Sc around (30)

R12) *Sc, sc, sc, dec* x 6 (24)

Switch back to base color/cream

R13) *Sc, sc, dec* (18)

R14) *Sc, dec* (12)

Switch to stripe color/pink

R15) HDC dec every stitch (6)

Fasten off, weave the tail in and close up the body. Should be a stripey sphere.

Legs

Make two

Worked in a spiral

Use base color/cream

Round 1) 6 sc in mc (6)

R2) Sc around (6)

R3) Inc, sc, inc, sc, inc, sc (9)

R4) Inc, sc, inc, sc, inc, sc, sc, sc, sc (12)

Fasten off leaving the tail of yarn.

Sew each leg to the cream side (bottom) of the body, just a bit apart. I make the color change the back of the body and sew the legs on thusly.

Leaves

Make two

In leaf color/green

1) Chain 12

2) Sc, sc, sc, hdc, dc, dc, dc, hdc, sc, sc, sc, turn, sc, sc, sc, hdc, dc, dc, dc,  hdc, sc, sc, sc.

If you want your plants to have long, stalk-like leaves, stop here.

3) Ch 1, sc, sc, sc, hdc, dc inc, dc inc, dc inc, hdc, sc, sc, sc, turn, sc, sc, sc, hdc, dc inc, dc inc, dc inc, hdc, sc, sc, sc. Sl st to the beginning.

Fasten off leaving a tail of yarn. Sew leaves to the top of the plant where we used pink/stripe color

Using brown or eye color yarn, add eyes. I just did simple line eyes over one stitch in my middle cream/base color section.

Enjoy!

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