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In a previous post I showed you my planner and my attempt at being a proper adult/business woman/mom. As it is the polite thing to do, we will ignore the question of « how many pens do you actually need », but I will admit that I often just forget to grab them when I sit down to plan…

Of course this meant I needed a little help for this whole « organize your life » thing, so I got to work with a bunch of left over yarn. Simple plan —> make a unicorn.

In the end, it looked nothing like a unicorn and I was very disappointed because I had no idea how to make my unicorn… So I changed it up!

One of the first patterns I published was a pajama pouch, the Pajama Monster… why not make a pen version? 

And thus, the Pen Eater was born!

Since my daughters immediatly wanted some for themselves, I figured I might as well write it up as a gift for my readers!

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Abbreviations st(sts) – stitch(stitches) ch – chain HDC – half double crochet sc – single crochet 2sc – 2 single crochet in the same stitch (+1) 2HDC – 2 half double crochet in the same stitch (+1) CC – color of choice

Material 3.25 mm crochet hook Yarn – fingering weight yarn, less than 20g total Yarn needle to weave in ends White buttons (2 for the eyes– optional) Black thread and needle (for the eyes – optional)

Gauge & instructions
Obtaining gauge isn’t critical, you can work more stitches to your starting chain if you want a larger finished item and you could add more rounds for a longer item. The idea is to use up leftover fingering weight yarn and have fun!