little monkey

This pattern is based part of the little animals collection, so it has the same head/body, legs and arms as all of my other little animals, and thus will fit into all of the clothes made for these animals (patterns can be found here)

Difficulty:

easy - medium

You will need:

• 2.5mm crochet hook
• dk yarn in dark brown, light brown and black
• craft wire roughly 0.5mm in diameter or a brown pipe-cleaner (optional)

For the head and body (starting from the base):

Make a magic loop with 6sc

Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep  to end (18sc)

Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end. ch1, turn (24sc)

Rounds 4 - 8: (5 rounds) sc in each st (24sc)

Round 9: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (18sc)

Round 10: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (12sc)

Round 11: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (8sc)

Rounds 12 - 13: (2 rounds) sc in each st (8sc)

Round 14: 2sc in each st (16sc)

Round 15: sc in each st

Round 16: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (20sc)

Round 17: sc in each st

Round 18: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)

Rounds 19 - 20: (2 rounds) sc in each st

Round 23: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (18sc)

Round 24: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (12sc)

Round 25: sc2tog to end (6sc)

Fasten off

For the arms (make 2):

Make a magic loop with 6sc

Round 1: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (9sc)

Rounds 2 - 3: (2 rounds) sc in each st (9sc)

Round 4: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (6sc)

Rounds 5 - 9: (5 rounds) sc in each st (6sc)

Fasten off

For the legs (make 2):

Make a magic loop with 6sc

Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in the first 3 sts, 2cs in the next st, rep to end (15sc)

Rounds 3 - 4: (2 rounds) sc in each st (15sc)

Round 5: sc2tog 3 times, sc in the last 9 sts (12sc)

Round 6: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (9sc)

Rounds 7 - 10: (4 rounds) sc in each st (9sc)

Fasten off

stuff the legs and sew then to the undetside of the body, then lightly stuff the hand section of the arms and sew them to the shoulders of the monkey

For the muzzle:

with light brown yarn ch3

round 1: sc in the 2nd chain st from the hook, 3sc in the next chain st, 2sc in the back I the first st you crocheted into (6sc)

Round 2: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Round 2: sc in each st (12sc)

For the eye patches (make 2):

with light brown yarn ch4

sc in the 2nd chain st from the hook, sc in the next st, 3sc in the next st, sc in the backs of the first 2 are you crocheted into. ch1, turn (5sc)

sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next 3 sts, 2sc in the last 2 sts to end (8sc)

Fasten off

sew both of the eye patches together along the flat part of the side, then sew them both to the top of the muzzle piece, as shown below.

After you've done this sew these facial features onto the face of your monkey.

For the ears (make 2):

with light brown make a magic loop with 6sc

Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)

Rounds 2-3:(2 rounds)sc in each st (12sc)

you may want to use the features on
the monkey I've made as a guide
regarding how to do the face

sew the ears to the sides of the head, and then embroider the facial features onto the monkey using black yarn.

If you want to use a pipecleaner to strengthen your tail, make the tail exactly as below, and then feed a brown pipe-cleaner in afterwards.

If you plan to use wire, however, you will need to feed the wire around in a loop as you crochet, crocheting over it to hide it, as shown below.
Adding something to strengthen your tail will enable it to hold its shape, but this isn't necessary, and I wouldn't advise to do this if you are planning to give this toy to a young child or baby

 

For the tail:

woth dark brown yarn make a magic loop with 6sc

Rounds 1 - 22: (22 rounds) sc in each st (6sc)

Fasten off

Finally sew the tail to the back of the monkey

I hope you enjoyed this pattern; please comment below if you have any requests for any patterns you'd like me to make in future and I'll try to get round to them as soon as possible. You're very welcome to sell any finished products but please don't repost this pattern or claim it as your own. Thanks :)