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Stringy Clown
Pattern by lananacrochet, shared here with credit. See the original →

Abbreviations
- sc = single crochet
- mr = magic circle/ring
- inc = increase
- dc = double crochet
- st = stitch
- dec = decrease
- slst = slip stitch
- ch = chain
Special Stitches
- 5dc cluster = (yarn over, pull up a loop through st, pull through two loops) x5, yarn over, pull through all six loops
Head
- R1- 6sc in mr
- R2- 6 inc [12]
- R3- (sc, inc) x6 [18]
- R4- (sc, inc, sc) x6 [24]
- R5-R6 - 24 sc
- R6
- R7- 2sc, change to pink, 5dc cluster, change to white, 21sc [24]
- R8-R9- 24 sc
- R9
- R10- (sc, dec, sc) x6 [18]
- R11- (sc, dec) x6 [12]
- stuff
- R12- 6 dec [6]
Limbs
- R1- slst, 19ch, dc on the 3rd ch from hook, change to pink, use the 19ch like a mr to make 74dc, change to white, cut the pink
- R2- slst, 35ch, dc on the 3rd ch from the hook, change to blue using the 35ch like a mr, making 150 dc, change back to white
- R3- slst, 35ch, dc on the 3rd ch from the hook, change to yellow, use the 35 ch like a magic ring to make 150dc, change to white
- R4- slst, 19ch, dc on the 3rd ch from the hook, use 19ch like a mr to make 74dc in white
- can slst in every dc with a different color for the white limb
Ruffles
- R1- slst, 13ch, from the 2nd ch 12sc,
- R2- change to pink, 3ch, turn, 4dc in the same st, 5dc in each st for thr next 3 st, change color (yellow), 5dc in the next 4 st, change color (blue), 5dc in the next 4 sts
- Sew the first and last sts of R1 together
- R3- slst around the ruffles with white
Hat x2
Change color order for each hat - 3 rows in a color
- R1- 4sc in mr
- R2- 4inc [8]
- R3- 8sc
- R4- 4dec [4]
- R5- change to white (sc, inc)x2 [6]
- R6- (sc, inc) x3 [9]
- R7- 9sc [9]
- R8- change to pink, (2sc, inc) x3 [12]
- R9-R10- 12 sc
- R10
- R11- change to yellow, (3sc, inc) x3 [15]
- R12-R14 - 15 sc
- R13
- R14 - change to blue
- R15- (4sc, inc)x3 [18]
- Long tail sew off- invisible finish
- R16- connect pink yarn to one hat, ch, sc onto the second hat, 18sc, sc on the first ch, 18 sc, slst to the first st of the row
- Long tail finish off
- Sew onto head
Eyes
Make an X 2st wide and 2 rows high for each eye using different colors for each eye
Use brown to sew a line through the centre of the eye
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