Bag buddy Shellie - free pattern

 

Shellie

The Bag Buddy

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Materials:

·       💚 Tilda or similar
💚 Bottom/stomach: 4 g
💚 Back/top: 7 g
💚 Head: 4 g  
💚 4 legs and tail: 6 g
💚 Sc around in mounting: 3 g

·        💚Safety eyes or crocheted eyes and eyelids: scrap yarn

·        💚 Hook 3 mm for the body and 2,5 mm for eyes and eyelids

·        💚  2 markers

·         💚 3 pairs of push buttons

·         💚 Stuffing

·        💚 Tapestry needle for mounting

Suggestion: make a loop so you can attach it to your bag. 

Abbreviations in US terms:

slst – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
2in1 – 2 sc in one stitch
2tog – 2 sc together = decreasing 1 stitch
ch – chain
[1 sc, 2tog] – repeat what´s between the clamps.
rnd - round

All rounds begin with ch 1 and ends with a slip stitch. First sc is crocheted in very first stitch. This is not written in the pattern. 

Stomach – bottom
3 mm

Round 1)       6 sc (6)

Round 2)       2in1 to end of rnd (12)

Round 3)       [1 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (18)

Round 4)       [2 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (24)

Round 5)       [3 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (30)

Round 6)       [4 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (36)

Round 7)       [5 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (42)

Round 8)       [6 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (48)

Round 9)       [7 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (54)

Round 10)   [8 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (60)

Break yarn and weave in the ends.

Back - top
3 mm

Do as round 1-10, then continue with: 

Round 1)       1 sc in each stitch (60)

Round 2)       1 sc in each stitch (60)

Round 3)       1 sc in each stitch (60)

Break yarn and fasten the ends.

Head and neck

3 mm

Round 1)       6 sc (6)

Round 2)       2in1 to end of rnd (12)

Round 3)       [1 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (18)

Round 4)       [2 sc, 2in1] to end of rnd (24)

Round 5)       1 sc in each stitch (24)

Round 6)       1 sc in each stitch (24)

Round 7)       1 sc in each stitch (24)

Round 8)       1 sc in each stitch (24)

Round 9)       1 sc in each stitch (24)

Round 10)    1 sc in each stitch (24)

Round 11)   [3 sc, 2tog] to end of rnd (20)

Round 12)   [2 sc, 2tog] to end of rnd (16)

Round 13)   Round is crocheted in the back loop only: [5 sc, 2tog] (12)

Round 14)   1 sc in each stitch (12)

Round 15)   1 sc in each stitch (12)

Round 16)   1 sc in each stitch (12)

Round 17)   1 sc in each stitch (12)

Round 18)   1 sc in each stitch (12)

Round 19)   1 sc in each stitch (12)

Break yarn, make sure you have a long tail of approx  30 cm for mounting. 

Legs – make 4
3 mm

Round 1)  6 sc (6)

Round 2)  2in1 to end of rnd (12)

Round 3)  1 sc in each stitch (12)

Round 4)  1 sc in each stitch (12)

Round 5)  1 sc in each stitch (12)

Round 6)  [2 sc, 2tog] to end of rnd (9)

Round 7)  1 sc in each stitch (9)

Round 8)  1 sc in each stitch (9)

Round 9)  1 sc in each stitch (9)

Break yarn, make sure you have a long tail for mounting. 

Tail

3 mm

Round 1)  6 sc (6)

Round 2)  1 sc in each stitch (6)

Round 3)  1 sc in each stitch (6)

Round 4)  1 sc in each stitch (6)

Round 5)  1 sc in each stitch (6)

Break yarn, make sure you have a long tail for mounting.

 

Toes

Stitch with long stitches. I made four long stitches on each toe.

Mounting

Stuff the head but not the neck and fasten the safety eyes.

Stuff the feet.

Put the bottom or top on a table and lay out the legs, head and tail where you want them to be. Mark the two back legs. Between the markers is the opening.

Remove all loose parts and put top and bottom together – wrong sides together. With the top facing you, fasten yarn at first marker (where the right leg is going to be) and crochet the two pieces together all the way to next marker. Now you have an opening at the back. 

Continue to sc around the opening. Break yarn and fasten. 

Fasten the tail to the inside of the top piece.

  

 

Place the legs on bottom piece near the edge.

Fasten the neck on the top, near the edge. Sew all the way up on the shell, along both sides of the neck and at the back.

Have you chosen to crochet eyes?

Eyes – make 2

2,5 mm

Round 1)  With blue: 6 sc

Round 2)  Change to white yarn: 2in1 to end of rnd (12)

Round 3)  1 sc in each stitch (12)

Break yarn, make sure you have long enough tail to mount with. Pull the needle in and out of the stitches along the opening and pull tight to close the hole. 

Eye lids – make 2

3 mm

Ch 4, dc 6 in very first ch (7)

Break yarn, make sure you have long enough tail to mount with.

Mount eyes and eyslids
Mark where you want your eyes, fasten them with pins if you want them to stay in place. Sew on the 2^nd rnd, you just see the rounds of 1-2.

Fasten and sew the eyelids along the outer edge. Leave the part over the eye free.

Sew push buttons in the opening and Shellie is ready to carry your bags J

Thank you!

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