Sizes 0-9 months, it is adjustable on waist and can fit most any baby.
You will need:
- Hook size H
- Yarn worsted weight (one ball of almost any worsted weight yarn will do, this pattern does not take too much yarn)
- Tapestry needle
- (Yarn and hook size can be altered to make size bigger or smaller.)
Dc- double crochet
Trc- triple crochetSs- slip stitch
Ch 55
Pattern:
Row 1: sc 1 in second ch from hook, sc 1 in every st across, ch 1 and turn (54 st)
Row 2: trc across, ch 1 turn (54 st)
These Triple crochet are the button holes which makes these easily adjustable for different size babies.
Row 3: sc 1 in every st across, fasten off(count in 16 stitches from the right on last row worked and attach yarn with a ss in the same st)
Row 4: ch 3 dc 1 in next 24 across, ch 1 turn (24 st)
Row 5: sc 1 in every st across, ch 3 turn (24 st)
Row 6-9: repeat rows 4-5 twice
Row 10: dc2tog, dc 1 in next 20, dc2tog, ch 1 turn (22 st)
Row 11: sc2tog, sc 1 in next 18, sc2tog, ch 3 turn (20 st)
Row 12: dc2tog, dc 1 in next 16, dc2tog, ch 1 turn (18 st)
Row 13: sc2tog, sc 1 in next 14, sc2tog, ch 3 turn (16 st)
Row 14: dc2tog, dc 1 in next 12, dc2tog, ch1 turn (14 st)
Row 15: sc 1 in every st across, ch 3 turn (14 st)
Row 16: Dc 1 in every st across, ch 1 turn (14 st)
Row 17-20: repeat row 15-16
Row 21: sc 1 in every st across ch 3 turn (14 st)
Row 22: dc 2 in first st, dc 1 in every st across ch 1, turn (15 st)
Row 23: sc 2 in first st, sc 1 in every st across ch 3 turn (16 st)
Row 24: dc 1 in every st across, ch 1, turn (16 st)
Row 25: sc 1 in every st across, ch 3 turn (16 st)
Row 26: dc 1 in every st across, ch 1 turn (16 st) Fasten off weave in ends
Switch to contrasting color, ch 1 and finish with sc all the way. Fasten off and weave in ends
Tip: use 2 st on the turns of each corner
Attach button on side of work where you are seeing the right side of the lining color. Fasten off, and weave in ends.
Add a large yarn pom pom for the tail. You can do this by using the cardboard method which I show in my Thing 1 and Thing 2 Hats tutorial, or you can wrap the yarn around your hand as seen HERE.