the Bride of
Frankenstein
A pattern by Knot Trying
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Techniques & Terms
This pattern uses U.S. terms and is completed in the round.
Rounds (r) Half double crochet (hdc)
Magic ring (mr) Double crochet (dc)
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Single crochet (sc) Picot
Increase (inc) Fasten off
Invisible decrease (dec) Invisible fasten off
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Slip stitch join (sl st join) featured.
Skip stitch (sk st)
Chain (ch)
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Head & Body Neckline
Start with gray yarn. 4. Pull the needle out 6 stitches to the left. With white yarn, turn the body upside down.
R1 6 sc in magic ring (6) 5. Insert the needle one stitch to the left, and 1. Sl st join at color change between R9 and
pull it out one stitch up. R10.
R2 6 inc (12)
6. Insert the needle back into the stitch from 2. 12 sl st should take you to the dip in the
R3 [sc, inc] x 6 (18) step 4. dress.
R4 [2 sc, inc] x 6 (24) 7. Tie a knot with the two yarn tails. Don’t make 3. 2 sl st down along the color change.
R5 24 sc (24) it too tight or it will scrunch the face.
4. 6 sl st (continue following color change)
R6 [5 sc, inc] x 4 (28) Attach the eyes in the holes the two eyelash
5. 2 sl st up (following color change)
stitches meet.
R7-9 28 sc (28) 6. 12 sl st
R18 [2 sc, dec] x 9 (27)
R10 (switch to white yarn) 7. 1 sl st into the same as the sl st join.
3 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, 1 sc, R19 [sc, dec] x 9 (18)
(switch to gray) 6 sc, 8. Invisible fasten off and hide the yarn tails.
(switch to white) 1 sc, inc, 5 sc, inc, Stuff the body, making sure to keep the bottom
3 sc (32) flat.
R11 13 sc, (switch to gray) 6 sc, (switch to R20 9 dec (9)
white) 13 sc (32)
Fasten off, pull through front loops and pull tight
R12-14 32 sc (32) to close, hide tail.
R15 [7 sc, inc] x 4 (36)
R16 [sk 1 st, (in the same stitch: hdc flo, dc flo,
hdc flo), sk 1 st, sl st flo] x 9 (36)
R17 36 sc blo (36)
E Y EL ASH ES
1. With black yarn, pull a needle through the
inside of the body and out between rounds
7 and 8 aligned with the right side of the dip
in the neckline.
2. Insert one stitch to the right and pull it up
one stitch up.
3. Insert the needle back into the same hole it
first came out of.
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Ears Arms Arm wraps
Make two with gray yarn. Make two arms with gray yarn. 1. Ch 28, fasten off. Depending on your
tension, you may need more or less (the
R1 4 sc in a magic ring (4) R1 6 sc in a magic ring (6) chain should wrap around the arm just less
R2 [2sc, inc] x 2 (8) than two times).
Fasten off with a long tail. Use the tail to sew the
ears to both sides of the head spanning rounds 7 R3 8 sc (8) 2. Sew the yarn tail under the arm at the
and 8, 4 stitches from each eye. center, close to the body.
1. Ch 1
3. Wrap the chain around the arm so the end is
2. Flatten arm and insert hook into first two hanging off the front of the arm.
stitches across from each other. Sc.
Mouth 3. Continue sc remaining pairs
4. Sew through the chain and the center of the
arm to hold the chain down.
4. Fasten off with long tail 5. On your last stitch going into the arm from
With black yarn, embroider a curve between the the top of the body, insert the needle and
eyes spanning rounds 8, centered between the 5. Sew to both sides of body between rounds
pull it out the front of the arm, sew through
eyes. 10 and 11, 4 stitches from eyes
the first chain hanging from the front and tie
1. Insert the needle into the back of the body a knot with the two tails.
and pull it out between rounds 7 and 8 two 6. Cut the tails so they’re equal length hanging
stitches the left of the right eye. and dragging from the arms.
2. Insert the needle two stitches to the left, and
pull it out in the same hole in the back of the
body. Do not pull the thread too tight, leave
enough to create the smile.
3. With red yarn, insert the needle in the back
of the body and pull it out between rows 8
and 9 in the stitch between the two ends of
the smile.
4. Bring the needle and thread above the black
yarn of the smile and wrap it around the yarn
once, insert the needle into the same hole
and pull it out the back of the body in the
same hole you originally inserted.
5. Pull the red and black yarns to shape your
smile.
6. Tie knots with the yarn tails and hide in the
body.
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Sleeves Hair
R1 5 sc magic ring, ch1, turn (5) With black yarn:
R2 [1 sc, 1 inc] x 2, 1sc, ch1, turn (7) R1 6 sc in magic ring (6)
R3 7 inc (14) R2 6 inc (12)
Fasten off R3 [sc, inc] x 6 (18)
1. Start sewing one stitch to the right of the R4 [sc, 3 dc cluster] x 9 (18)
left arm between rounds 10 and 11, then R5 [8 sc, inc] x 2 (20)
across the collar between rounds 9 and 10.
R6 [sc, 3 dc cluster] x 10 (20)
2. Finish one stitch to the left of the arm
between rounds 10 and 11. R7 [4 sc, inc] x 4 (24)
R8 [sc, 3 dc cluster] x 12 (24)
1. 8 hdc
2. Ch 1, 2 sl st
3. Hdc, inc, 8 sc, inc
4. Invisible fasten off
5. Sew the hair starting one stitch left of the
left year between rows 7 and 8.
6. The front of the hairline should be between
rows 4 and 5 and the back of the hair should
be between rows 8 and 9. The hair should
tip back slightly.
With an arms length of white yarn, zig zag
up the hair between rounds 3 and 8 aligned
approximately from each eye to ear.
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