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Sweet Oddity Art

Armand the Anteater Crochet Pattern https://www.etsy.com/shop/sweetoddityart

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Pattern Details Size: 15 inches from bottom of foot to top of head with weight 4 yarn and a 3.25 mm hook

Skill Level Needed: Intermediate- suitable for novice crocheters, requires patience and precisions when assembling the anteater and basic crochet skills.

Contact Info: If you have any questions or concerns about this pattern, please do not hesitate to contact me. I will get back to you within 24 hours. [email protected]

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Materials Needed: Yarn: Worsted Weight #4, approximately 150g of main color and 50g of accent colors Color A: Blue, Color B: Light Gray, Color C: White, Color D: Dark Gray, Color E: Fuzzy Yarn, Color F: Brown Hook Size: D Hook or 3.25 mm 15 mm safety eyes(anteater), 12 mm safety eyes(ant) Scissors, sewing needle, stitch marker, fiberfill stuffing Black embroidery thread

Abbreviations: mr= magic ring- crochet single crochet stitches in to the adjustable loop BLO= back loops only ch= chain stitch F/O= Fasten off sc= single crochet stitch inc3= 3 sc into same stitch sl= slip stitch dc= double crochet stitch inc= increase- make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch dec=decrease- crochet two stitches together using the decrease method (4 sc, inc) x 6= repeat the pattern between parentheses 6 times

Notes: • • •

Do not join rounds unless stated, work in a continuous spiral Use a stitch marker to mark the beginning of each round All stitches are worked in both loops unless stated otherwise in the pattern Sweet Oddity Art 2

Head: Crocheted from front of nose to back of head Starting with Color D: 1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6 2. Increase in each st around= 12 3. (3 sc, inc) x 3= 15 4. BLO sc in each st around 5-8. sc in each st around Change to Color B: 9. sc in each st around 10. (4 sc, inc) x 3= 18 11. Dec, 7 sc, inc, 8 sc= 18 Stuff the head as you work *The decreases you make in the next few rows will indicate the top side of the head.* 12. sc in each st around 13. (2 sc, inc) x 6= 24 14. Dec, 9 sc, inc, 12 sc= 24 15. sc in each st around 16. (3 sc, inc) x 6= 30 17. Dec, 11 sc, inc, 16 sc= 30 18. sc in each st around 19. (4 sc, inc) x 6= 36 20. Dec, 12 sc, inc, 20 sc= 36 21. sc in each st around 22. (5 sc, inc) x 6= 42 23. Dec, 13 sc, inc, 24 sc= 42 24. sc in each st around 25. 6 sc, (4 sc, inc) x 6, 6 sc= 48 26. 6 sc, (5 sc, inc) x 6, 6 sc= 54 27. 6 sc, (6 sc, inc) x 6, 6 sc= 60 28-34. sc in each st around Place eyes between rows 32 and 33, leaving 24 holes between them. Make sure you judge your eye placement before attaching the backs of the eyes. If you want the sunken eye look, do not place the backs of the eyes on until row 40. TIP! You may have to adjust the eye placement depending on yarn and hook size you use. 35. (8 sc, dec) x 6= 54 36. sc in each st around 37. (7 sc, dec) x 6= 48 38. sc in each st around 39. (6 sc, dec) x 6= 42 Now for the eyes. Stuff the head well. Cut a long piece of yarn and remove the eyes. Place the needle in the hole where the first eye was and thread the needle into a hole next to the eye Sweet Oddity Art 3

hole. Go back and forth between each eye hole repeating the process from the first eye. Pull slightly on the yarn after going through each hole. Do this about 3 times on each side until you reach the look you want. Follow the pictures for help. There is also a youtube video I have for extra help on this process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XoBnTY6k70&t=55s To place the backs of the eyes you will need to remove most of the stuffing to place the washers on the eyes then re stuff it. 40. (5 sc, dec) x 6= 36 41. (4 sc, dec) x 6= 30 42. (3 sc, dec) x 6= 24 43. (2 sc, dec) x 6= 18 44. (sc, dec) x 6= 12 45. dec x 6= 6 F/O and sew the hole closed.

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Body:

Arms(Make 2):

With Color A: 1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6 2. Increase in each st around= 12 3. (sc, inc) x 6= 18 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6= 24 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6= 30 6. (4 sc, inc) x 6= 36 7. (5 sc, inc) x 6= 42 8. (6 sc, inc) x 6= 48 9. (7 sc, inc) x 6= 54 10. (8 sc, inc) x 6= 60 11-16. sc in each st around 17. 4 sc, (dec, sc) x 3, 5 sc, (dec, 2 sc) x 3, 30 sc= 54 18-19. sc in each st around 20. 4 sc, (dec, sc) x 3, 5 sc, (dec, sc) x 3, 27 sc= 48 21. sc in each st around 22. 4 sc, (dec, sc) x 3, 5 sc, dec x 3, 24 sc= 42 23-24. sc in each st around 25. (5 sc, dec) x 6= 36 Start stuffing the body 26-28. sc in each st around 29. (4 sc, dec) x 6= 30 30-31. sc in each st around 32. (3 sc, dec) x 6= 24 33. sc in each st around Change to Color C: 34. sc in each st around Change to Color B: 35. (2 sc, dec) x 6= 18 36. sc in each st around F/O and leave a long tail for sewing

Starting with Color B: 1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6 2. Increase in each st around= 12 3. (sc, inc) x 6= 18 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6= 24 5-7. Sc in each st around 8. (6 sc, dec) x 3= 21 9. Sc in each st around 10. (5 sc, dec) x 3= 18 11-12. Sc in each st around Start stuffing the arms Change to Color C: 13. Dec, 16 sc= 17 Change to Color A: 14. Sc in each st around Stop stuffing the arms 15. Dec, 15 sc= 16 16. Sc in each st around 17. Dec, 14 sc= 15 18. Sc in each st around 19. Dec, 13 sc= 14 20. Sc in each st around 21. Dec, 12 sc= 13 22. Sc in each st around 23. Dec, 11 sc= 12 24. Sc in each st around F/O and leave a long tail for sewing

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*For the tail, to make working with the fuzzy yarn a little easier, alternate between a row of fuzzy yarn and worsted weight gray yarn*

Legs(Make 2):

Tail:

Starting with Color C: 1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6 2. Increase in each st around= 12 3. (sc, inc) x 6= 18 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6= 24 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6= 30 6. (4 sc, inc) x 6= 36 Change to Color A: 7. BLO sc in each st around 8-10. sc in each st around 11. (2 sc, dec) x 4, 20 sc= 32 12. (sc, dec) x 4, 20 sc= 28 13. dec x 4, 20 sc= 24 14. (dec, 10 sc) x 2= 22 15. sc in each st around 16. (dec, 9 sc) x 2= 20 17. sc in each st around 18. (dec, 8 sc) x 2= 18 19. sc in each st around Start stuffing the legs 20. (dec, 7 sc) x 2= 16 21. sc in each st around 22. (dec, 6 sc) x 2= 14 Stop stuffing the legs 23. sc in each st around 24. (dec, 5 sc) x 2= 12 25. sc in each st around F/O and leave a long tail for sewing

Starting with Color E: 1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6 2. Increase in each st around= 12 3. (sc, inc) x 6= 18 4. (2 sc, inc) x 6= 24 5. (3 sc, inc) x 6= 30 6-7. Sc in each st around 8. (8 sc, dec) x 3= 27 9. Sc in each st around 10. (7 sc, dec) x 3= 24 Do not stuff the tail 11. Sc in each st around 12. (6 sc, dec) x 3= 21 13. Sc in each st around 14. (5 sc, dec) x 3= 18 15-17. Sc in each st around Fold the tail in half and sc the opening of the tail closed. This makes sewing the tail onto the body much easier. F/O and leave a long tail for sewing

Ears(Make 2): With Color B: 1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6 2. Increase in each st around= 12 3. (sc, inc) x 6= 18 4-6. sc in each st around 7. (sc, dec) x 6= 12

8. Sc in each st around 9. Dec x 6= 6 F/O and leave a long tail for sewing

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Hat: Starting with Color A: 1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6 2. sc in each st around 3. (sc, inc) x 3= 9 4. sc in each st around 5. (2 sc, inc) x 3= 12 6. sc in each st around 7. (3 sc, inc) x 3= 15 8. sc in each st around 9. (4 sc, inc) x 3= 18 10. sc in each st around 11. (5 sc, inc) x 3= 21 12. sc in each st around 13. (6 sc, inc) x 3= 24 14. sc in each st around 15. (7 sc, inc) x 3= 27

16. Sc in each st around 17. (8 sc, inc) x 3= 30 18. Sc in each st around 19. (9 sc, inc) x 3= 33 20. Sc in each st around 21. (10 sc, inc) x 3= 36 22. Sc in each st around 23. (11 sc, inc) x 3= 39 24. Sc in each st around 25. (5 sc, inc ) x 6= 42 26. Sc in each st around 27. (6 sc, inc) x 6= 48 28. Ch 4, Skip 4 stitches, sc in the next st, 13 sc, Ch 4, skip 4 stitches, sc in remaining stitches= 48 29. sc in each st around 30. (7 sc, inc) x 6= 54 Change to Color C: 31-32. sc in each st around F/O and leave a long tail for sewing

Ant: Working from the bottom to the head With Color F: 1. Make 6 sc into a magic ring= 6 2. sc in each st around 3. increase in each st around= 12 4. (3 sc, inc) x 3= 15 5. (4 sc, inc) x 3= 18 6. sc in each st around Stuff the ant body as you work 7. (4 sc, dec) x 3= 15 8. (3 sc, dec) x 3= 12 9. dec x 6= 6 10. sc in each st around 11. Increase in each st around= 12 12-13. sc in each st around 14. dec x 6= 6

15. Sc in each st around 16. Increase in each st around= 12 17. (sc, inc) x 6= 18 18-19. Sc in each st around Place eyes in between rounds 18 and 19, leaving 8 holes between. 20. (4 sc, dec) x 3= 15 21. (3 sc, dec) x 3= 12 22. (2 sc, dec) x 3= 9 23. (sc, dec) x 3= 6 F/O and sew the hole closed.

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Assembly Head and Body: 1. Pin the head onto the body for extra support when sewing. Make sure the bulge for the belly is facing forward. 2. Sew the head onto the body. You may need to add a little more stuffing as you sew.

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Ears: 1. Pinch the ears at the bottom. Sew about 3 stitches up the ear to give a pinched look. 2. Pin the ears onto the head approximately between rows 37 and 39. You may need to adjust for how you stuff the head. 2. Sew the ears onto the head.

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Arms: 1. Pin the arms into a forward angle on the side of the body underneath the neck. There are no certain row placements as I just try to decide based on look where the arms should go. 2. Sew them onto the body. Tip! Closing the seam by crocheting over the opening will make sewing it to the body easier. Also the arms will lay nicely flat, instead of sticking out.

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Legs: 1. Turn the body upside down with the nose facing away from you. 2. Pin the legs onto the bottom of the body. There are no special rows for this, just depends on the look you would like. I don’t place mine in between any special rows. I just judge based on how the individual doll looks. 3. Sew the legs onto the body.

Tail: 1. Pin the tail onto the back of the body. 2. Start sewing the tail on to the back of the body.

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Hat: 1. Make a pom pom out of white yarn. Sew the pom pom on the tip of the hat or you can hot glue the pom pom on the tip of the hat. 2. Place the hat onto the head. Insert the ears inside the chain spaces of the hat. 3. Make sure you have the hat where you like it and sew onto the head to keep it in place.

Embellishments: 1. Add some blush to the cheeks with actual blush or with red crayon. 2. Sew or glue 3 white buttons onto the front of the pajamas.

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Ant: 1. Add some antennaes onto the head. Attach brown yarn to the top of the head with a sl st. Ch 5, dc in the 3rd ch from the hook, sl st in the last 2 chains. Repeat for the 2nd antennae. For the Legs: In a random spot on the bottom of the body, Ch 6, dc in the 3rd chain from the hook, sl st in the last 3 chains. Repeat for 3 more legs. Try to make them evenly spaced to represent legs.

You have your finished Armand the Anteater! Thank you for your purchase! If you have any questions or concerns please email me at [email protected] or etsy convo me. I will get back to you asap. Please share your finished anteater with me as often as you want! I love seeing them! Sweet Oddity Art 14

Helpful Tips: Exact Colors and Brand of Yarn Used: 1. Light Gray: I love this yarn Light Gray 2. Dark Gray: Red Heart Charcoal 3. Blue: I love this yarn soft blue 4. Brown: Red Heart Warm Brown 5. Fuzzy yarn: Yarn Bee Snuggle Up Silver Yarn

You can use different eye and nose sizes. You might have to adjust the placements if you change the sizes. You can use different hook sizes and weights of yarn. It will just change the size of your anteater and you might need to adjust eye and nose placement. How you stuff matters! The type of stuffing you use, how you stuff, all this matters on how your anteater turns out. I prefer Polyfil stuffing but you can use other types.

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