Dedenne pokemon

This is another addition to the multiple pokemon characters I have created. On the whole it is pretty simple but there are a few sections (such as the hands and feet) which are a bit fiddly.

Difficulty:

Medium

You will need:

• a 2.5mm crochet hook
• dk yarn in black, cream, golden-yellow, red and a scrap of white
• a darning needle (or similar)
• toy stuffing

For the body:
With gold 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 (24sc)
Round 4: sc in the first 3sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (30sc)
Rounds 5 - 9: (5 rounds) sc in each st
Round 10: sc in the first 3 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (24sc)
Round 11: sc in the first 6 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (21sc)
Round 12: sc in the first 6 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Round 13: sc in the first 3sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (30sc)
Round 14: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st (36sc)
Rounds 15 - 19: sc in each st
Round 20: sc in the first 4 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (30sc)
Round 21: sc in the first 3 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (24sc)
Round 22: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (18sc)
Round 23: sc in the first st, sc2tog, rep to end (12sc)
Round 24: sc2tog to end (6sc)
Fasten off

For the tummy:
With cream make a magic loop with 3sc. ch1, turn
Row 1: 2sc in the first st, sc in the next st, 2sc in the last st. ch1, turn (5sc)
Row 2: 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 3 sts, 2sc in the last st. ch1, turn (7sc)
Row 3: 2sc in the first st, sc in the next 5 sts, 2sc in the last st. ch1, turn (9sc)
Rows 4 - 6: (3 rows) sc in each st. ch1, turn
Row 7: sc in the first 3 sts, sc3tog, sc in the last 3 sts
Fasten off

For the ears (make 2):
With black 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)
Rounds 3 - 5: (3 rounds) sc in each st
Round 6: sc in the first 7 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (16sc)
Round 7: sc in the first 6 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (14sc)
Round 8: sc in the first 5 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (12sc)
Round 9: sc in the first 4 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (10sc)
Round 10: sc in the first 3 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (8sc)
Round 11: sc in the first 2 sts, sc2tog, rep to end (6sc)
Fasten off

For the inside ears (make 2):
With cream make a magic loop with 3sc. ch1, turn
Row 1: 2sc in each st. ch1, turn (6sc)
Row 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st. ch1, turn (9sc)
Row 3: sc2tog, sc in the next 5sts, sc2tog. ch1, turn (7sc)
Row 4: sc2tog, sc in the next 3sts, sc2tog. ch1, turn (5sc)
Row 5: sc2tog, sc in the next st, sc2tog. ch1,turn (3sc)
Row 6: sc3tog
Fasten off

For the feet (make 2):
Use yellowy-gold throughout
For the toes (make 3 for each foot):
Make a magic loop with 4sc.
Make a slip stitch onto the first stitch of this round and fasten off.
If you want your work to look very neat, and want to make life slightly easier for you when continuing with the foot, I would recommend fastening off using the needle-join method found here instead of using a slip stitch.
The next part is where it can get pretty fiddly. I have tried to include diagrams as well to help.
Round 1: First you need to join your yarn to one of the stitches on one of the toe pieces, and then crochet in this stitch and the next 2. You then need to crochet into one of the stitches on a different one of the toe pieces, and then crochet into one of the stitches on the final toe piece you have made, followed by the next 2 sts. After you have done this you will need to crochet into the opposite stitch on the toe piece you have only crocheted into ones, and then make a slip stitch into the first stitch you crocheted on this round.

The numbers show the order that each stitch should be crocheted into.
At the end you should them make a slip stitch into 1

Rounds 2-3: sc in each st around (8sc)

Round 4: sc in the first st, sc3tog, sc in the next st, sc3tog (4sc)

Fasten off

For the hands (make 2):
These use the same pattern as the feets but stop at round 2

Sew the hands and feet to the body


For the tail:
With black ch4
Round 1: sc in the first chain and every following chain (4sc)
Rounds 2 - 24: (23 rounds) sc in each st
Fasten off

For the end of the tail (make 2):
Make a magic loop with 5sc
Round 1: (ch2, hdc in the same stitch, ch2, slip stitch in the same stitch, slip the next st) 4 times, ch2, dc in the same stitch, slip stitch in the same stitch
Fasten off

Sew these two pieces together and stuff them slightly. Then sew them onto the end of the tail, and sew the tail to the body.

For the eyes:
With black make a magic loop with 6sc, join with a slip stitch to the first st.
Fasten off

Sew the eyes on to the face then use white yarn to add detail to them.

For the cheeks (make 2):
With red make a magic loop with 6sc.
Join with a stip stitch to the first stitch.
Fasten off

Sew these onto the face

For the lower whiskers (make 2)
Chain 9
Fasten off

For the upper whiskers (make 2):
Chain 10
Fasten off

Chain 3
Fasten off

Chain 4
Fasten off

Sew the centre of the 4 chain onto the 10 chain, about 0.5cm from the edge
Then sew the 3 chain onto the 10 chain, slightly further from the edge than the 4 chain.
Sew them onto the face.



Finally use black yarn to embroider the remaining facial features on.




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