Crochet Patterns
I'm just gathering my patterns from Craftster forum.
Strawberry (US terms)
Strawberry, worked in DK weight yarn (slightly thinner than worsted weight) both parts using an F/5 (3.75mm) hook.
green husk part
ch3, sl st into first ch to form loop
rnd 1. ch1, 7 sc into loop
Each parenthesis section is per base stitch.(sc, ch 5, sc in same st), (sc, ch3, sc ), in next stitch(sc, ch5, sc),
in next stitch (sc, ch3,sc), in next stitch(sc, ch5,sc), in next stitch(sc ch3, sc), in next stitch(sc, ch5,sc),
in next stitch(sc, ch3, sc).
Fasten off.
Strawberry body, in red.
ch3, sl st into first ch to form, loop
rnd 1: (mark rounds, rounds done as spirals) ch1, 8 sc into loop
rnd 2: [sc, 2sc] 4 times total
rnd3: [sc, 2sc, 2sc] 4 times total
rnds 4 & 5: sc rnd
Attach green part to top of strawberry at this stage.
rnd 6: (4sc, skp st) 3 times, 5sc
Add some toy stuffing
rnd 7: (3sc, skp st) 3 times, 5sc
rnd 8: sc rnd
rnd 9: (3sc, skp st) 3 times, 2sc
Add more stuffing.
rnd 10: (2sc, skp st) 3 times, 2sc
rnd 11: (sc, skp st) 4 times, sc
fasten off
Feel free to sew on a few random yellow seeds with some yarn.
Turnip (US terms)
Turnip, example worked in purple worsted weight yarn, cream and green DK yarns.
Warning, I've not completely bothered to describe the yarn colour switching in the pattern. It's somewhat random in any case and that's what helps the effect, I feel.
Hook: F/5 (3.75mm)
with purple: ch 3, sl st into ch-1 to form loop
rnd 1: ch1, s7 sc
rnd 2: 2sc in each st round
rnd 3: 1sc, 2sc in stitch rnd
rnd 4: 2 sc, 2sc in stitch rnd, ending with 2sc in last st
rnd 5: 1 sc, 2scin stich
rnd 6: sc rnd
rnd 7: sc rnd
rnd 8: 5 sc, inc, rnd, 1sc in last stitch
rnd 9: sc rnd
rnd 10: Start changing colour to white/cream radually from this point: 5sc, decrease
rnd 11: sc rnd
rnd 12: sc rnd
fasten off purple completely by this point
rnd 13: sc rnd
rnd 14: sc rnd
rnd 15: 4sc, decrease
rnd 16: 1sc, decrease
rnd 17: 1sc, decrease
rnd 18: sc rnd
rnd 19: sc rnd
rnd 20: 1sc, decrease
fasten off and leave a tail to mimic the root tail.
with green, ch3, sl st in ch-1
rnd 1: ch1, sc, ch5, sc, ch7, sc, ch5, sc, ch7, sc
fasten off
Radish (US terms)
red, green and cream DK weight yarn.
hook: F/5 (3.75mm)
greens (make three)
ch 12, sc in second ch from hook. make 6 more sc for a total of 7 sc. (sl st ch3 sl st) in next st, sc in next stitch, (sl st, ch5, sl st) in next st, (sl st, ch 7, sl st) in last ch. do not turn
working into the opposite side of the chains, (sl st, ch 5 slt st), sc in next stitch, (slt st, ch 3, slt st), in next stitch, sc across to end, fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing later.
with red...
ch3, sl st in ch-1 to form loop
rnd 1: ch1, 8 sc
rnd 2: 2sc in each st around
rnd 2: sc rnd
rnd 3: 2sc, increase, round. end with 1sc
rnd 4: sc rnd
rnd 5: sc rnd
rnd 6: 2sc decrease rnd, end with 1sc in last st
attach white/cream yarn. sc rnd
sew greens onto nearcompleted radish and put some stuffing in your radish
rnd 7: 1sc, decrease rnd, fasten off red.
rnd 8: sc round
rnd 9: 1sc, decrease rnd
rnd 10: 1 sc in first stitch then fasten off, leaving long tail to mimic root.
Hackalicious Beard Pattern
This is a crochet pattern - not knitting! Can't make it on the knitting machine either. It makes use of the somewhat obscure stitch - the loop stitch. I've just realised since watching this that my loop stitches are messy and miss out some looping. It still works, it's just a bit looser than shown.
Pattern uses UK terms (if you're USian, treble=double, and double=single) Feel free to modify to fit. Please don't go selling this pattern - I'd like it to be free for everyone! Using black Aran-weight wool/yarn and a 6.50mm hook. Pick a nice soft feeling wool. I've used a soft acrylic (bonus: easy washing - handy for beards.)
ch 37
row 1: In 2nd ch from hook, treble stitch across
row 2: ch1(=turning stitch), turn, loop stitch across
row 3: ch1, dc in same stitch and across
row 4: ch1, loop stitch
row 5: ch1, 12 dc, 3 sl st, ch2 (counts as treble), 2 trebles, 3sl st, 14 dc.
row 6: ch1, turn, 13 loop stitches, 1 dc then ch 8, skip 9 stitches, dc in next stitch, 13 loop stitches
row 7: ch1, turn, 14 dc, dc in each loop of chain, 13 dc
DO NOT FINISH OFF YET!! Need to make ear loops!
Ear Loops: ch 8 (may need to adjust this length to suit beardwearer),
attach with slip stitch to first chain at bottom of work, ch1, dc along chain,
slip stitch into last dc in main beard, bind off
Attach yarn to other end of the top row, ch8, attach to bottom end of row,
ch 1, dc along chain, slip stitch back at beginning stitch and bind off.
Each beard takes about 17g of wool... but that was using my sloppy loop stitches. If you do the loop stitches properly, it'll possibly take up a little bit more material so figure on 20g of wool per beard