DINE IN COLLECTION
Be mine
Wine and dine your loved ones in style with a set of bright tableware, and make a lobster friend for life!
HEARTS AND FLOWERS
Keep cutlery in order with fancy colour coordinated motif holders. How could anyone resist? Make more motifs for cute table decorations if you get the chance.
FIREWORKS, BABY
Go a little extra with brightly coloured mats to make your evening sparkle and shine like Catherine wheels in the night. Hook up a fringe for the finishing touch.
PUT A RING ON IT
Don’t be shy, use this beautiful crisp cotton yarn to make the most of linens. Hook up pretty picot edged-napkins and cute crown napkin rings to make guests feel like royalty.
MINI BOUQUET
This is oh-so clever. This set of coasters not only doubles up as small place mats, but their storage pot triples up as a little decorative vase of bright flowers. We love.
SMILEY SEQUINNED LOBSTER
Remember “She’s your lobster?” from
Friends?
No? Go and watch it immediately. This little chap is designed by Victoria Kairis
■ Scheepjes Catona (100% cotton, 50g/125m), 2 balls of Powder Blue (384), 1 ball of Cyan (397)
■ A 2.75mm (US C/2) hook
■ A stitch marker
■ Toy stuffing
■ 2 safety eyes, 7mm
■ Sequins, 10mm
TENSION
Tension is not critical, but it may affect the yarn quantities required
MEASUREMENTS
Lobster measures approx 22cm (8¾in) long
ABBREVIATIONS
invdec
Insert hook in front loop of next st, insert hook in front loop of next st across, yrh and pull through both sts, yrh and pull through 2 loops on hook For a full list, see page 78
NOTES
This pattern is worked using the amigurumi method. Work stitches continuously in a spiral without closing off each round with a slip stitch. It may help to use a stitch marker in the first stitch of each round, moving it up as you work. If you are making this for a child under 36 months, do not use safety eyes; instead, embroider eyes with stranded cotton.
LOBSTER
CLAWS (MAKE 2)
INNER CLAW
Using Powder Blue, make a magic loop.
Round 1 (RS)
6dc in loop. [6 sts]
Round 2
(Dc in next st, 2dc in next st) 3 times. [9 sts]
Round 3
(Dc in next st, 2dc in next st, dc in next st) 3 times. [12 sts]
Round 4
Dc in each st around.
Round 5
(Dc in next st, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [18 sts]
Rounds 6-9
Dc in each st around.
Fasten off.
OUTER CLAW
Using Powder Blue, make a magic loop.
Rounds 1-8
As Rounds 1-8 of Inner Claw. [18 sts]
Round 9
Dc in next st, 2dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts, 2dc in next 2 sts, dc in next 4 sts, 2dc in next 2 sts, dc in next 3 sts, 2dc in next st, dc in next st. [24 sts]
Round 10
Dc in next 6 sts, (dc in next st, 2dc in next st) twice, dc in next 4 sts, (2dc in next st, dc in next st) twice, dc in next 6 sts. [28 sts]
Round 11
Dc in next 6 sts, (dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st) twice, dc in next 4 sts, (2dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts) twice, dc in next 6 sts. [32 sts]