COMFORT MONSTER

These creatures can’t wait to meet their new best friends! Little ones will love snuggling with these adorable floppy beasties. We particularly love their big toothy smiles and squishy horns!

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03 Comfort Monster

Recommended yarn: Cotton, merino, alpaca etc. 150-200 g depending on yarn. Remnants of cotton yarn, black, white and any colour for pocket.

Other supplies: Wadding Granules Canvas fabric, 10 cm

Crochet hooks: Sizes 5 and 3½ mm. Stitch markers

Tension: 13 dc and 14 rows tightly crocheted with hook size 5 mm = 10 x 10 cm. The cuddly monster is worked from the bottom up and in one piece. Start every rnd with 1 ch. This ch does not count as a stitch. To end each rnd: 1 sl st into the first st.

Legs Foundation row: Using crochet hook size 5mm, make 4 ch.

Rnd 1: 1 ch, work 3 dc into 4th ch in foundation row, work 1 dc into 3rd and 2nd ch, work 3 dc into the 1st ch. Continue, working on the other side of the ch in foundation row, work 1 dc into 2nd and 3rd ch, end rd. Ssm to mark start of rnd.

Rnd 2: 1 ch, 2 dc into 1st dc, 1 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 2 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 1 dc, 2 dc into next dc, end rnd. (14 sts)

Rnd 3: 1 ch, 2 dc into 1st dc, 1 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 1 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 2 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 1 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 1 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 2 dc, end rnd

. Rnd 4: 2 dc, 2 dc into 3rd dc, 2 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 6 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 2 dc, 2 dc into next dc, 4 dc, end rnd. (24 sts)

Rnds 5 – 8: 24 dc. Rnd 9: Work 4th and 5th st tog, work 6th and 7th tog, work other sts dc. (22 sts)

Rnd 10: Work 5th and 6th st tog, work 7th and 8th tog, work other sts dc. (20 sts)