Hello :) Hope you are all staying safe and staying home. Seeing rainbows popping up in people's windows over the last few days made me think of these little weather pencil toppers, which I designed a while back for Inside Crochet magazine, so I thought I'd share them with you here.
Come rain or shine keep your pencils cosy and happy with these smiley weather pencil toppers ;)
You will need:
Small amounts of 4 ply cotton yarn in Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet and White (I used Yarn and Colors Must-Have Minis from LoveCrafts for mine)
2.5mm hook
6mm safety eyes
A small amount of toy stuffing
Black embroidery thread
Topper
Topper
Crochet in the round.
Thanks Sarah-Jane :)
Come rain or shine keep your pencils cosy and happy with these smiley weather pencil toppers ;)
You will need:
Small amounts of 4 ply cotton yarn in Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet and White (I used Yarn and Colors Must-Have Minis from LoveCrafts for mine)
2.5mm hook
6mm safety eyes
A small amount of toy stuffing
Black embroidery thread
Abbreviations: (UK terms)
ch - chain
sl st - slip stitch
dc - double crochet
dec - decrease (dc two together)
Sunshine Pencil Topper
Crochet in the round.
Topper
Using Yellow and 2.5mm hook, 2ch.
Rnd 1: 8dc in second ch from hook – 8dc.
Rnds 2 to 10: 8dc.
Fasten off and weave in ends
Sunshine face (make 2)
Using Yellow, 2ch.
Rnd 1: 6dc in second ch from hook – 6dc.
Rnd 2: 2dc in each st around – 12dc.
Rnd 3: (dc, 2dc in next st) six times – 18dc.
Rnd 4: (2dc, 2dc in next st) six times – 24dc.
Rnd 5: (3dc, 2dc in next st) six times – 30dc.
Fasten off leaving a long thread.
Sunshine points (make 7)
Using Orange, 2ch.
Rnd 1: 6dc in second ch from hook – 6dc.
Rnd 2: dc in each st around
Rnd 3: (dc, 2dc in next st) three times – 9dc.
Fasten off leaving a long thread.
To finish:
Attach safety eyes. Using black embroidery thread embroider a mouth. Place panels wrong sides together and sew together through back loops only. Stuff lightly before finishing. Sew points evenly around edge of face through front loops. leaving a space to sew sunshine face to pencil topper.
Cloud Pencil Topper
Topper
Using Blue make topper as before
Cloud (make 2)
Using White and 2.5mm hook, 15ch.
Row 1: dc in second ch from hook, dc to end, turn – 14dc.
Row 2: ch, 14dc, turn.
Row 3: ch, dec, 12dc, turn – 13dc.
Row 4: ch, dec, 8dc, 2dc in next st, miss 2sts, turn – 11dc.
Row 5: ch, 8dc, 2dc in next st, miss 2sts, turn – 10dc.
Row 6: ch, 8dc, dec, turn – 9dc.
Row 8: ch, dec, sl st in next st, 4dc, dec, turn – 6dc, 1sl st.
Row 9: ch, dec, dc, dec, miss next 2sts, turn – 3dc.
Row 10: ch, dec, dc – 2dc.
Fasten off leaving a long thread.
To finish:
Attach safety eyes. Using black embroidery thread embroider a mouth. Place panels together one on top of the other and sew together around edges. Stuff lightly before finishing. Sew cloud to pencil topper.
Rainbow Pencil Topper
Crochet in the round.
Topper
Using Violet make topper as before
Rainbow
Using Violet and 2.5mm hook, 2ch.
Rnd 1: 6dc in second ch from hook – 6dc.
Rnd 2: 2dc in each st around – 12dc
Rnd 3: using Indigo (dc, 2dc in next st) six times – 18dc.
Rnd 4: Using Blue, (2dc, 2dc in next st) six times – 24dc.
Rnd 5: Using Green, (3dc, 2dc in next st) six times – 30dc.
Rnd 6: Using Yellow, (4dc, 2dc in next st) six times – 36dc.
Rnd 7: Using Orange, (5dc, 2dc in next st) six times – 42dc.
Rnd 8: Using Red, (6dc, 2dc in next st) six times – 48dc.
Fasten off leaving a long thread.
To finish:
Attach safety eyes. Using black embroidery thread embroider a mouth. Fold circle in half and sew together around edges. Stuff lightly before finishing. Sew rainbow to pencil topper.
I'd love to see your makes, send me a photo or tag me on Instagram @flo_and_dot #floanddot
Thanks Sarah-Jane :)