Sitting Mini Crewmate Keychain Crochet Pattern (Part 2)

Good day to all lovely souls out there! If you’ve already tried the first method of this sitting crewmate, I do hope you have enjoyed crocheting it. In this post, the body, head and legs will be crocheted into one piece and. The soles of the legs will be flat instead of pointed.

Using a yarn weightage of 15 WPI (any type of yarn) and a 2mm crochet hook, you can create a sitting crewmate with a height of 4.5cm/1.8”. Using thinner yarns (about 19 WPI), you can create a tiny one with a height of 3.5cm/1.4”.

Difficulty: Advance Beginner/Intermediate

Time Taken: 45 min – 1hr

Abbreviations (US Terminology)

AMR – Adjustable Magic Ring

BLO/FLO – Back/Front Loop Only

Ch – Chain

dec – Single Crochet Decrease

inc – Single Crochet Increase

sc – Single Crochet

slst – Slip Stitch

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HEAD AND BODY

Round 1

Step 1: Ch-6

Step 2: 3-sc into the 2nd chain from the hook. 3-sc, 3-sc into the last chain (9)

Step 3: Working on the opposite side of the chain, 3-sc, slst into the first sc stitch

Round 2: (inc, 5-sc) x 2 (14)

Round 3: 14-sc

Round 4: 3-sc, inc, 6-sc, inc, 3-sc (16)

Round 5-6: 16-sc

Round 7: (inc, 7-sc) x 2 (18)

Round 8: 18-sc

Round 9: 4-sc, inc, 8-sc, inc, 4-sc (20)

Round 10: 20-sc

In Round 11, we will divide the body into two portions. Since there are 20 stitches for the body, there will be 10 stitches in both sections (front and back). 

Round 11 (BACK SECTION)

Step 1: 6-sc

Step 2: Pick up the front loop of the 7th stitch with your hook, slip stitch this loop together with the 18th stitch

Step 3: Pick up the front loop of the 8th stitch with your hook, slip stitch this loop together with the 17th stitch

Step 4: 8-sc

Round 11 (FRONT SECTION): 1-slst into the two center joint stitches made in Round 11 (Back Section), 2-sc

The head and body is completed after Round 11 but do not cut the yarn yet.

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HEAD/BODY STUFFING

Before we crochet the legs, we need to stuff the fiberfill into the body and close it up from the center part of the body via sewing. 

• Insert the needle into one of the center slip stitches, leave a tail in the middle so that you can use it to sew the other side. 

• Sew along the gap between Round 9 and 10 and adjust the stuffing (if needed) as you sew.

• Do not over stuff the body so that the sides can be flipped up after stitching.

• Leave the tails at the side of the body. We will use them to stitch up the sides during the bending of the legs.

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FIRST LEG

Excluding the 4 center stitches, each leg will have a circle of 8 stitches.

Round 1-4: 8-sc

Round 5: 8-sc (BLO) , cut and leave a tail to close off by picking the outer loops of the 8 stitches with your needle after stuffing

SECOND LEG

You can insert your hook into any of the stitches. In this pattern, I’ve inserted my hook into the first stitch from the center with the back section facing me.

Round 1: Ch-1, 1-sc into the same stitch as Chain 1, 7-sc (8)

Round 2-4: 8-sc

Round 5: 8-sc (BLO) , cut and leave a tail to close off by picking the outer loops of the 8 stitches with your needle after stuffing

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STUFFING AND POSITIONING THE LEGS

Start stuffing the legs once you have completed crocheting the 2nd leg. Make sure that the leg is able to bend at the stitched joint before closing off and tucking in Round 5 to flatten the bottom part during weaving in.

During weaving in, bring the yarn tail to the front part of the legs. Bend the leg and secure the position by stitching it to the body. Then stitch up along the sides (outer and inner part of the legs) as according to your preferences.

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FACE MASK

Using White color yarn, Ch-5

Round 1

Step 1: 1-sc into the 2nd chain from hook, 3-sc, change to Light Blue color in your last yarn over (4)

Step 2: inc into the same stitch, 2-sc, inc into the last loop, slst into the first sc stitch (6)

Round 2: (1-sc, inc) x 5, change to Black color in your last yarn over (15)

Round 3: 15-sc, slst into the first sc stitch, cut and leave a tail for attaching purpose

BACK PACK

For the back pack meant for our sitting crewmate, it is slightly different from the standing crewmate because I made it a little wider so that it can act as a support for the body.

Using the same yarn color as the body, Ch 6

Row 1: 1-sc into the 2nd chain from hook, 4-sc, Ch-1, turn (5)

Row 2-3: 5-sc, Ch-1, turn

From this point, we will crochet along the perimeter of the workpiece.

Round 1

Step 1: 1-sc into same stitch as Chain 1, 3-sc, (1-sc, Ch-1, 1-sc) into the last stitch (6)

Step 2: Rotate your workpiece until the SIDE 1 is facing up

Step 3: 3-sc, (1-sc, Ch-1, 1-sc) into the last stitch of SIDE 1 (5)

Step 4: Rotate your workpiece until the BOTTOM side is facing up, Repeat Step 3

Step 5: Rotate your workpiece until the SIDE 2 is facing up, 3-sc, (1-sc, Ch-1) into the last stitch, slst back into the first sc stitch (4)

Round 2: Ch-1, 24-sc (BLO), slst back into the first sc stitch (Note: These 24 stitches include the 4 Ch-1 back loops at the four corners)

Round 3: Ch 1, 24-slst (FLO), 1-slst back into the first Chain 1, cut and leave a tail for sewing

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ASSEMBLING

When you view your workpiece from the top, the top 2 rows are only 1 round, do not consider it as 2 rounds when you are positioning your facemask and backpack. Instead of sewing along the perimeter at the beginning, I would make a simple stitch at the four corners of the facemask and backpack in order to secure the position before stuffing (if needed).

You may make and sell items made from this pattern but please do not sell, share or reproduce the actual pattern.

Hope all you lovely souls enjoy crocheting this cute little Sitting Crewmate keychain.

Do share with us your project in the comment section or in our Facebook page should you decided to crochet one for yourself or your loved ones.

Till then,

TTFN~ Cheers!

Sitting Mini Crewmate Keychain Crochet Pattern (Part 1)

Although I never played this mobile game, two items managed to catch my attention — the Egg Hat (free pattern in my previous post – Standing Crewmate Keychain Pattern) and the sitting mini crewmates. As there are two different methods for the head/body and legs, there will be two separate posts for this cutie. In this post, the head/body and legs are two separate components and in the next post, we will crochet these two into one piece.

Using a yarn weightage of 15 WPI (any type of yarn) and a 2mm crochet hook, you can create a sitting crewmate with a height of 4.5cm/1.8”. Using thinner yarns (about 19 WPI), you can create a tiny one with a height of 3.5cm/1.4”.

Difficulty: Advance Beginner/Intermediate

Time Taken: 45 min – 1hr

Abbreviations (US Terminology)

AMR – Adjustable Magic Ring

BLO/FLO – Back/Front Loop Only

Ch – Chain

dec – Single Crochet Decrease

inc – Single Crochet Increase

sc – Single Crochet

slst – Slip Stitch

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HEAD AND BODY

Round 1

Step 1: Ch-8

Step 2: 3-sc into the 2nd chain from hook, 5-sc, 3-sc into the last chain (11)

Step 3: Working on the opposite side of the chain, 5-sc, slst into the first sc stitch

Round 2: 3-sc into the first stitch, 7-sc, 3-sc into the next stitch, 7-sc (20)

Round 3: 20-sc (FLO)

Round 4-5: 20-sc

Round 6: 5-sc, dec, 8-sc, dec, 3-sc (18)

Round 7: 18-sc

Round 8: (dec, 7-sc) x 2 (16)

Round 9-10: 16-sc

Round 11: (2-sc, dec) x 4, stuff fiberfill into the body (12)

Round 12: dec x 6 , stuff in fiberfill (if needed) before closing up (6)

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LEGS (MAKE 2)

Using the same color as the head/body, form an AMR

Round 1: 8-sc into AMR

Round 2: 8-sc

Round 3: 8-sc (BLO)

Round 4: Stuff in fiberfill, pinch the opening to align the stitches in both sides, crochet 3-sc across to close up, cut and leave a tail for sewing (3)

FACE MASK

Using White color yarn, Ch-5

Round 1

Step 1: 1-sc into the 2nd chain from hook, 3-sc, change to Light Blue color in your last yarn over (4)

Step 2: inc into the same stitch, 2-sc, inc into the last loop, slst into the first sc stitch (6)

Round 2: (1-sc, inc) x 5, change to Black color in your last yarn over (15)

Round 3: 15-sc, slst into the first sc stitch, cut and leave a tail for attaching purpose

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BACK PACK

For the back pack meant for our sitting crewmate, it is slightly different from the standing crewmate because I made it a little wider so that it can act as a support for the body.

Using the same yarn color as the body, Ch 6

Row 1: 1-sc into the 2nd chain from hook, 4-sc, Ch-1, turn (5)

Row 2-3: 5-sc, Ch-1, turn

From this point, we will crochet along the perimeter of the workpiece.

Round 1

Step 1: 1-sc into same stitch as Chain 1, 3-sc, (1-sc, Ch-1, 1-sc) into the last stitch (6)

Step 2: Rotate your workpiece until the SIDE 1 is facing up

Step 3: 3-sc, (1-sc, Ch-1, 1-sc) into the last stitch of SIDE 1 (5)

Step 4: Rotate your workpiece until the BOTTOM side is facing up, Repeat Step 3

Step 5: Rotate your workpiece until the SIDE 2 is facing up, 3-sc, (1-sc, Ch-1) into the last stitch, slst back into the first sc stitch (4)

Round 2: Ch-1, 24-sc (BLO), slst back into the first sc stitch (Note: These 24 stitches include the 4 Ch-1 back loops at the four corners)

Round 3: Ch 1, 24-slst (FLO), 1-slst back into the first Chain 1, cut and leave a tail for sewing

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ASSEMBLING

LEGS

Choose the side that you would like to be the front, and use a stitch marker as an indication. The joints of the legs should be aligned with the back section of the body when you sew them to the bottom part. This is to ensure that you can bend them to the front after sewing.

FACE MASK AND BACK PACK

When you view your workpiece from the top, the top 2 rows are only 1 round, do not consider it as 2 rounds when you are positioning your facemask and backpack. Instead of sewing along the perimeter at the beginning, I would make a simple stitch at the four corners of the facemask and backpack in order to secure the position before stuffing (if needed).

You may make and sell items made from this pattern but please do not sell, share or reproduce the actual pattern.

Hope all you lovely souls enjoy crocheting this cute little Sitting Crewmate keychain.

Do share with us your project in the comment section or in our Facebook page should you decided to crochet one for yourself or your loved ones.

Till then,

TTFN~ Cheers!

Standing Crewmate Keychain Crochet Pattern

Crewmate Keychain with Egg Hat

The height of this crewmate is about 5.5cm/2.2”. I am using 15 WPI milk cotton yarn and a 2mm crochet hook for this pattern.

Difficulty: Beginner/Basic

Time Taken: 30 min

Abbreviations (US Terminology)

AMR – Adjustable Magic Ring

BLO/FLO – Back/Front Loop Only

Ch – Chain

inc – Single Crochet Increase

sc – Single Crochet

slst – Slip Stitch

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HEAD/BODY (Yarn Thickness: 17 WPI)

Round 1

Step 1: Ch 6

Step 2: 3-sc into the 2nd chain from hook , 3-sc, 3-sc into the last loop (9)

Step 3: Working on the opposite side of the chain, 3-sc, slst into the first sc stitch

Round 2: (inc, 5-sc) x 2 (14)

Round 3: 14-sc

Round 4: 3-sc, inc, 6-sc, inc, 3-sc (16)

Round 5-7: 16-sc

Round 8: (3-sc, inc) x 4 (20)

Round 9: 20-sc

Round 10

Step 1: 5-sc

Step 2: Join the 6th and 17th stitch together with 1-slst, then join the 7th and 16th stitch with 1-slst

Step 3: 8-sc, 1-slst back into the 2 joined slip stitches made in Step 2, 3-sc (11)

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Before we crochet the legs, you can start stuffing fiberfill into the body. Excluding the 4 single crochet stitches in the middle, each leg will have a circle of 8 single crochet stitches. With that in mind, let’s continue with the legs. 

FIRST LEG

Round 1: 5-sc, 1-slst into the joined stitch, Ch-1, 3-sc (8)

Round 2: 5-sc, skip the Ch-1 stitch, 3-sc (8)

Round 3: 8-sc

Round 4: 8-sc (BLO), cut and leave a tail to close off by picking the outer loops of the 8 stitches. Stuff the leg before tightening the yarn tail .

SECOND LEG

You can insert your hook into any of the stitches, just remember to make a slip stitch and Chain 1 when you reach the center part. In this pattern, I’ve inserted my hook into the 2nd stitch from the center.

Round 1: Ch-1, 1-sc into the same stitch as Chain 1, 6-sc, 1-slst into the joined stitch, Ch-1, 1-sc (8)

Round 2: 7-sc, skip the Ch-1 stitch, 1-sc (8)

Round 3: 8-sc

Round 4: 8-sc (BLO), cut and leave a tail to close off.

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FACE MASK

Using White color yarn, Ch-5

Round 1

Step 1: 1-sc into the 2nd chain from hook, 3-sc, change to Light Blue color in your last yarn over (4)

Step 2: inc into the same stitch, 2-sc, inc into the last loop, slst into the first sc stitch (6)

Round 2: (1-sc, inc) x 5, change to Black color in your last yarn over (15)

Round 3: 15-sc, slst into the first sc stitch, cut and leave a tail for attaching purpose

BACKPACK

Using the same color as the head/body, Ch-5

Row 1: 1-sc into the 2nd chain from hook, 3-sc, Ch-1, turn (4)

Row 2-3: 4-sc, Ch-1, turn

From this point, we will crochet along the perimeter of the workpiece

Round 1

Step 1: 1-sc into the same stitch as Chain 1, 2-sc, (1-sc, Ch-1, 1-sc) into the last stitch the TOP side (5)

Step 2: Rotate your workpiece until the SIDE 1 is facing up

Step 3: 2-sc, (1-sc, Ch-1, 1-sc) into the last stitch of SIDE 1 (4)

Step 4: Rotate your workpiece until the BOTTOM side is facing up, Repeat Step 3

Step 5: Rotate your workpiece until the SIDE 2 is facing up, 2-sc, (1-sc, Ch-1) into the last stitch, slst back into the first sc stitch (3)

Round 2: Ch-1, 20-sc (BLO), slst back into the first sc stitch (Note: These 20 stitches include the 4 Ch-1 back loops at the four corners)

Round 3: Ch 1, 20-slst (FLO), 1-slst back into the first Chain 1, cut and leave a tail for sewing

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EGG HAT (DESIGN 1)

Using Orange or Yellow color, form an AMR

Round 1: 8-sc into AMR

Round 2: (FLO) 8-sc, change to White color in your last yarn over

Round 3: (BLO) 8-sc

Round 4: (2-sc, inc) x 2, 2-inc (12)

Round 5

Step 1: 1-slst, Ch-1, 1-sc into the same stitch as Chain 1, Ch-2, 2-slst (4)

Step 2: Ch-1, 1-sc into the next stitch, Ch-2, 1-slst (2)

Step 3: Ch-1, 1-sc into the same stitch as Chain 1, Ch-2, 2slst (3)

Step 4: Ch-1, 1-sc into the next stitch, Ch-1, 1-sc into the same stitch as Chain 1 (2)

Step 5: Ch-2, 2-slst, Ch-1, 1-sc into the next stitch, slst back to the first slip stitch, cut and leave a long tail for sewing (3)

EGG HAT (DESIGN 2)

Using Orange or Yellow color, form an AMR

Round 1-4: Same as Design 1

Round 5

Step 1: 1-slst, Ch-1, 1-sc into the next stitch, Ch-2, 1-slst (3)

Step 2: (Ch-1, 1-sc into the next stitch, Ch-2, 1-slst) x 4, 1-slst into the last stitch, slst back into the first slip stitch, cut and leave a long tail for sewing (9)

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ASSEMBLING

When you view your workpiece from the top, the top 2 rows are only 1 round (see photo below), do not consider it as 2 rounds when you are positioning your facemask and backpack. Instead of sewing along the perimeter at the beginning, I would make a simple stitch at the four corners of the facemask and backpack in order to secure the position before stuffing (if needed).

You may make and sell items made from this pattern but please do not sell, share or reproduce the actual pattern.

Hope all you lovely souls enjoy crocheting this cute little Crewmate keychain.

Do share with us your project in the comment section or in our Facebook page should you decided to crochet one for yourself or your loved ones.

Till then,

TTFN~ Cheers!

Never, Never…Part 3

From the previous posts, I mentioned about learning knitting and crocheting at a very young age and ‘tension’ was my nemesis…

… even till this day.

Then again,

So it got me into thinking…one of the definitions for the word ‘Problem’ is “a thing that is difficult to achieve”.

When we stopped doing something, does it mean that we have given up?

The encountering of problems might just be one of the reasons for the pause, on the other hand, we might just need to search for THAT MOMENT to start doing it again.

In the past, crocheting/knitting was just a hobby for a ten-year-old girl. With very limited resources in the past and hmm…perhaps limited talent; this little girl found no reason to continue nor did she has the patience to do so. In another words, there just wasn’t enough motivation for her to overcome the ‘problem’ that she was facing.

Since then, she and this hobby were travelling on a parallel track until the universe decided they should meet at an intersection point…many, many years later..yes…many many many years later…

Maybe my chronic illness is a blessing in disguise as it re-opened the door to the world of yarns and needles for me during those home-bound years.

I can still remember myself staring really hard at those unused balls of yarn and an almost rusty crochet needle after digging them out from one of my drawers.

“SHOULD I START CROCHETING AGAIN??”

That was my internal struggle…

And so, I finally picked up that crochet needle and started crocheting away, using my muscle memories and of course, the help of YouTube to refresh and reteach myself all those forgotten crochet stitches. I have to admit, it was still a struggle initially when the same problem hit me right at my face.

T E N S I O N S

But this time, instead of giving up, I just kept frogging as long as the yarn doesn’t give way…LOL…and I started learning from all my frogging experiences so that I could do better in my next project.

On the other hand, if you are a crocheter/knitter reading this post, you might be able to understand that the ‘tension’ problem can never be solved using only one formula since different techniques require different tensions and of course, the yarns play an important part in this as well.

Therefore, I truly believe that as long as we don’t give up, no matter how many times we need to frog (ribbit…ribbit…), our unique learning curve will be formed during all those freaking and frustrating frogging moments…LOL…

This post has been lying inside my draft section for many many months, perhaps years?

Hmm….anyway, I am happy that I am able to unclog my writing block today and finished this post.

For all the lovely and wonderful souls who have been with me from the days of “Clouds N Cups” till today, thank you very much for reading this post.

Have a wonderful day ahead, always!

Till then,

Cheers & TTFN~ 🙂

The Wisdom in Asking Questions

Woke up around 5 something in the morning and started crocheting the owl key chains for one of my custom made orders.

As I was stacking those colorful and unfilled pieces up (the fun in making colorful projects) and looking at my other owl project, this scenario came to my mind:

Have you ever encountered people asking you a very simple question and yet you just have the toughest time or feeling too awkward to give them an answer?

At times, we tend to just blurt out questions with no consideration of the person’s feelings just because we wanted AN ANSWER to satisfy our curiosity at that very moment — and I am guilty of that.

Simple and seemingly harmless questions can and will transform into daggers when they are being thrown out at the incorrect moment and hit the bull eye of one’s heart.

Therefore, besides cracking our heads in trying to give people their answers, we may need to spare a few moments in our lives to develop the wisdom in asking a good, sometimes stupid but definitely not a question that would hurt.

Did I offer peace today?

Did I bring a smile to someone’s face?

Did I say words of healing?

Did I let go of my anger and resentment?

Did I forgive? Did I love?

These are the real questions.

I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits; 

Here in this world and the life to come.

Henri Nouwen

This is just a short post inspired by my crocheting projects as I am still in the midst of getting my blogging mojo back.

If you lovely souls are interested to read more on owls and ‘asking questions’, here are the links for the posts which I’ve written in the past:

• When The Wise One Meets The Proud One

• Do You Have A Question?

 

Thank you for reading this post and have a wonderful weekend ahead!

Till then,

Cheers & TTFN~ 😀