Sleepy Platypus
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Notes
- I use chenille home slim & sweet snuggles lite, but you can use any type
of yarn you’d like, it will just change the size of the finished project
-Always use a stitch marker
Materials
-Main Colour- for the Perry version I used sweet snuggles lite-turquoise &
the brown version I used chenille home slim-terracotta
-Secondary Colour- for Perry Version I used chenille home slim-mustard &
for the brown version I used chenille home slim-sand
-Polyfil stuffing
-For Perry’s fedora you will need chenille home slim-java
-5.5mm crochet hook(or any size you are comfortable using)
-20mm safety eyes (or crocheted eyes, you can find lots of good patterns
on pinterest)
-Yarn needle
Terminology
-Sc: single crochet
-Inc: 2 sc in one stitch
-Dec: grab the front loop of the next 2 stitches, yarn over and pull
through 2 loops, yarn over and pull through remaining loops
-Magic ring
-Chain
-BBL- Bobble Stitch: Yarn over, insert hook into stitch and pull up a
loop. Yarn over, pull through two. (This is essentially completing the
first half of one double crochet stitch.) Repeat in the same stitch/space
until you have a total of 4 loops on your hook.
-FLO: front loop only
-BLO: back loop only
Body
*Starting with secondary colour*
Round 1. Chain 7, starting in the 2nd chain
from hook, 5sc, 3sc in the last stitch,
moving around to the opposite side of the
chain, 4sc, 2sc in the last stitch (14)
Round 2-4 (3 rounds).Sc in each stitch (14)
Round 5. *Change to main color* FLO
9sc , 4inc, sc (18)
Round 6. 9sc (sc, inc) x4, sc (22)
Round 7. 9sc, (2sc, inc) x4, sc (26)
Round 8-10.(3 rounds) Sc in each stitch (26)
Round 11. 9sc, (2sc, dec) x4, sc(22)
*Place eyes between rounds 6&7, about 8
stitches apart*
Round 12. 9sc, (sc, dec) x4, sc (18)
*Stuff head, try not to get much stuffing in the
beak*
Round 13. 11sc , 6inc, sc (24)
Round 14. 11sc, (sc, inc) x6, sc (30)
Round 15. 11sc, (2sc, inc) x6, sc (36)
Round 16-25.(10 rounds) Sc in each stitch (36)
Round 26. (4sc, dec)x6 (30)
Round 27. (3sc, dec) x6 (24)
Round 28. (2sc, dec) x6 (18)
*Stuff body*
Round 29. (1sc, dec) x6 (12)
Round 30. Dec x6 (6)
*Fasten off and sew the last 6 stitches shut*
Tail
*Using secondary colour*
Round 1. Chain 8, starting in the second chain from hook, 6sc, 3sc in
the last stitch, moving around to the opposite side of the chain, 5sc,
2sc in the last stitch (16)
Round 2-5.(4 rounds) Sc in each stitch
(16)
Round 6. 6sc, dec, 6sc, dec (14)
Round 7. 5sc, dec, 5sc, dec (12)
Round 8. Sc in each stitch around (12)
Round 9. 4sc, dec, 4sc, dec (10)
*Do not stuff*
Round 10. 2sc, fold tail in half, 5 sc
across
*Fasten off leaving a long tail*
Feet (make 4)
Click link for YT tutorial- Platypus Feet Tutorial
*Starting with secondary colour*
Round 1. Chain 8, starting in the 2nd chain from hook, sc, BBL, sc,
BBl, sc, BBL, sc, now working around the opposite side of the chain,
5sc (12)
Round 2. (sc, dec) x4 (8)
*change to main colour*
Round 3-5.(3 rounds) Sc in each stitch (8)
*Do not stuff feet*
Make 1 or 2 slip stitches so you are able to fold the leg in half and slip
stitch closed
*Fasten off leaving a long tail*
Fedora
*using java*
Round 1. 6sc in a magic ring
Round 2. Inc x6 (12)
Round 3. BLO sc in each stitch (12)
Round 4. sc in each stitch (12)
Round 5. FLO Inc x12 (24)
*fasten off and weave in ends*
Assembly
For attaching legs, place plushie on a
flat surface and see where legs should
sit. I put my legs between rounds 15-18
for the front, and 24-27 for the back.
Sew tail into the back of the plushie
Congratulations you have finished your
platypus!
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