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Thursday, September 04, 2014

Chubby Cardinal Pattern

Chubby Cardinal Pattern

by Elizabeth Mareno



This pattern is called Chubby Cardinal. I designed this, like I did Chubby Gator, for a friend who likes to give baby gifts of the new Mommy and Daddy's favorite college/sports teams. It's such a fun idea and has allowed me the ability to really explore my "chubby" side. :)




Materials: 
1 skein- Red WW yarn (Red Heart Super Saver) 
1 oz- Black WW Yarn (RHSS) 
1-2oz- Black WW Yarn- (like Wool-Ease- it’s a bit thinner than RHSS)
Scrap amt of Orange and Gold 
H hook 
Large Eye needle for assembly 
Polyester fiberfill 
Gauge: 7sc x 7rows = 2” x 2” 



Body: R1- ch2, 8sc in 2nd ch from hook (8) 
R2- 2sc in each (16) 
R3- (sc in 1sc, 2sc in next) around (24) 
R4- sc 
R5- (sc in 2sc, 2sc in next) around (32) 
R6- (sc in 3sc, 2sc in next) around (40) 
R7- sc 
R8- (sc in 4sc, 2sc in next) around (48) 
R9- (sc in 5sc, 2sc in next) around (56) 
R10- sc 
R11- (sc in 6sc, 2sc in next) around (64) 
R12- (sc in 7sc, 2sc in next) around (72) 
R13-17- sc 
R18- (sc in 7sc, inv dec over next 2sc) around (64) 
R19- (sc in 6sc, inv dec) around (56) 
R20- sc 
R21- (sc in 5sc, inv dec) around (48) 
R22- (sc in 4sc, inv dec) around (40) 
R23- sc START STUFFING 
R24- (sc in 3sc, inv dec) around (32) 
R25- (sc in 2sc, inv dec) around (24) 
R26- sc 
R27- (sc in 1sc, inv dec) around (16) Finish stuffing. 
R28- inv dec 8x (8) 
R29- inv dec 4x (4) Cut, weave ends and pull tight. 

Head: 
Repeat as for body through Row 8. 
R9-11- sc in each 
R12- (sc in 4sc, inv dec) around (40) 
R13-15 sc. Finish off. 
Leave a long end for sewing to the top of the body. Stuff. Position it on the body so that it “leans” a little forward, then whipstitch it to the body. (I left the end I “finished” at on top so that my finishing stitches that weren’t as pretty as my beginning stitches would get covered up by the head.) 

Head Cone: 
R1- ch2, 5sc in 2nd ch from hook. (5) 
R2- sc in each. Make sure that you turn the cone right side out before proceeding to Row 3. R3- (sc in 1sc, 2sc in next) 2x, sc in last (7) 
R4- (sc in 1sc, 2sc in next) 3x, sc in last (10) 
R5- sc 
R6- (sc in 1sc, 2sc in next) 5x (15) 
R7- sc 
R8- (sc in 2sc, 2sc in next) 5x (20) 
R9- (sc in 1sc, 2sc in next) 10x (30) 
R10-12- sc Finish off, leaving a long end for sewing. 

Cone Feathers: Cut about 6 or 7- 4” pieces of yarn. Attach them to the top of the cone and trim them down to look like “tufts”. Stuff lightly- finish stuffing once you have the majority of the cone sewn to the top of the head. Make sure your tufts are facing forward, and angle it as you see it in the picture. Whipstitch it to the head. 



Face: 
R1- ch2, 6sc in 2nd ch from hook (6) 
R2- 2sc (12) 
R3- (sc in 1sc, 2sc in next) around (18) 
R4- You will be “breaking” the face into thirds here. So work the next series of stitches 3 times. (sc, hdc, 2dc in 2sc, hdc, sc). (24) 
R5- (sc in 2, hdc in next, 2dc in 2, hdc in next, sc in 2) 3x (30) 
R6- (sc in 3, hdc, 3dc in 2, hdc, sc in 3) 2x- leave the remaining stitches unworked and finish off. Leave a long end for sewing. Sew to the face with the last two sections at the top (one for each eye). 


Beak: Repeat as for Head Cone through R9. Cut. Sew to face, stuff before closing off. 

Eyes: Embroider eyes on with gold yarn in small straight stitches. 


Wings: Holding a strand of red and a strand of thinner black at the same time. 
R1- ch2, 5sc in 2nd ch from hook (5) 
R2- 2sc in each (10) 
R3- (sc in 1sc, 2sc in next) (15) 
R4- (sc in 2sc, 2sc in next) (20) 
R5- sc in 1sc, hdc in next, 2dc in 6sc, hdc in next, sc in 4sc, hdc in next, 2dc in 2sc, hdc in next, sc in last 3sc. (28) 


R6- (LEFT WING) sc in 3, 2hdc in next, (dc in 1, 2dc in next) 4x, 2hdc in next, sc in 8, (ch4, sl st in 2nd ch and next 2 chs) 3x, sc in the side of the last sc, hdc in next, sc in last 4. Join.

R6- (RIGHT WING) sc in 3, 2hdc in next, (dc in 1, 2dc in next) 4x, 2hdc in next, sc in 8, hdc, sc in next, (ch4, sl st in 2nd and next 2 chs) 3x, sc in side of last sc, sc in 5sc. Join. 
Cut, leaving a long end and stitch to each side positioning the “feathers” to the middle of the backside. 

You will be crocheting the tail to the body in between the wing feathers. 


Tail: 
R1- Have the butt facing you and attach around the spaces between the sc’s on Row 14 of the body. Sc from the right wing to the left wing around Row 14. Approx 15 sc 
R2- ch1, turn, sk the 1st sc, sl st in next sc, (ch4, sl st in 2nd ch and next 2 chs, sl st in next sc on R1, ch6, sl st in 2nd ch and next 4 chs, sl st in next ch) Repeat that series of stitches across R1. 

Sl st to finish and Cut. Weave ends. All Done! 


© Bizzy Crochet and Design 2014


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