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About 12 inches tall and 7 inches wide, this adorable little monster will help keep any bed in order and free of nightmares!

*** This is an older pattern now made available for free, but you can get the paid PDF pattern through Ravelry ***

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Abbreviations

ch – chain
sc – single crochet
2sc – two single crochet in the same stitch (+1)
HDC – half double crochet
2HDC – two half double crochet in the same stitch (+1)
2HDC-tog – crochet 2 half double crochet together (-1)

Material

4.5mm & 6 mm crochet hook
Scrap yarn of any color(worsted weight or bulky works best)
Black and white yarn (scrap amount, for eyes)
Yarn needle
White felt for teeth

Gauge & instructions
Gauge isn’t important. All parts are worked in a continuous round meaning that you don’t have to join at the beginning of each round so be careful to count your stitches as you go or to use a marker. This pattern is ideal to use up scrap yarn of various lengths. However, the result will be much more appealing if you use all color in a similar weight. The number of rounds, as well as final measurements, indicated here are for worsted weight yarns, if you use lighter yarn the monster will be smaller (unless you add in more increase rounds). Color changes aren’t indicated in the pattern; improvise according the colors/amount of yarn available to you!

Instructions

** The monster is worked bottom up.

Body (6mm hook)
Round 1) Work 6 HDC in magic ring.
Round 2) 2HDC around (12)
Round 3) *2HDC, HDC* around (18)
Round 4) *2HDC, HDC in the next 2 sts* around (24)
Round 5) *2HDC, HDC in the next 3 sts* around (30)
Round 6) *2HDC, HDC in the next 4 sts* around (36)
Round 7-15) HDC around (36)

You will now work in rows to create the mouth opening. Use a marker to identify the beginning of the row.

Row 16) HDC x 8, ch 2 and turn
Row 17-18) HDC x 24, ch 2 and turn
Row 19) HDC x 16 (should correspond to beginning of round)

You will now resume working in rounds.

Round 20) HDC to mouth opening, ch 12, HDC to beginning of round (36)
Round 21-22) HDC around (36)
Round 23) *2HDC-tog, HDC in the next 4 sts* around (30)
Round 24) *2HDC-tog, HDC in the next 3 sts* around (24)
Round 25) *2HDC-tog, HDC in the next 2 sts* around (18)
Round 26) *2HDC-tog, HDC* around (12)
Round 27) 2HDC-tog around until the opening is closed. Finish off, weave in ends.

Big eye (4.5mm hook)

Round 1)
With white yarn, work 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

Round 2)
2sc around (12)

Round 3)
*2sc, sc* around (18)
Finish off leaving long tail for sewing.

Small eye (4.5mm hook)

Round 1)
With white yarn, work 6 sc in a magic ring (6)

Round 2)
2sc around (12)
Finish off leaving long tail for sewing.

Pupils (4.5mm hook – make 2)

Round 1)
With black yarn (or color of choice), work 4 sc in magic ring (4)
Finish off and weave in ends.
Sew the pupils to the eyes and then sew the eyes on either side of the monster’s head.

Hair

Cut 8 inch strands of yarn in each color you have used to make up your monster.
Weave the strands at the center of the monster’s head and knot securely.

Teeth (optional)

Using white felt, cut teeth that are about 1-1.5 inch tall and sew them to your monster’s mouth.