WELCOME BACK TO PART TWO OF THE MILO THE MONSTER CAL!
The wait is over, posted below is the final part of this sweet little Monster CAL! So let's get started, grab your Furls hook, yarn and get ready to complete your own mini Milo the Monster! In this part of the CAL we will be creating the collar, arms, legs and heart!
If you're just joining us now no worries, you can see part one of this CAL here!
THE PATTERN
Abbreviations
ch-chain
sc-single crochet
inc-increase
dec-decrease
Arm (make 2)
Rnd1: Starting at the tip of your monsters hand with A - Medium Grey Yarn sc x 6 in a magic ring , or ch x 2 and sc x 6 in the second chain from your hook (6)
Rnd2: [Inc, sc x 2] x 2 (8)
Rnd3: Sc x 8 (8)
Rnd4: Now you will create the thumb, do a puff stitch (or also known as a popcorn stitch) x 1, sc x 7 (8)
Rnd5-6: Sc x 8 (8)
Rnd7: Dec, sc x 6 (7)
Rnd8-13: Sc x 7(7)
Rnd 14: Change to B - Emerald Yarn and sc x 7 (7)
Rnd15-17: Sc x 7, fasten off at the end of Rnd17 (7)
Leg (make 2)
Rnd1: Starting at the bottom of your foot with A - Medium Grey Yarn sc x 6 in a magic ring , or ch x 2 and sc x 6 in the second chain from your hook (6)
Rnd2: Inc x 6 (12)
Rnd3: [Sc, inc] x 6 (18)
Rnd4: [Sc x 2, inc]x 6 (24)
Rnd5: Please do this entire round in the back loops, [sc x 4, dec] x 4 (20)
Rnd6: Sc x 20 (20)
Rnd7: [Sc x 3, dec] x 4 (16)
Rnd8: Sc x 16 (16)
Rnd9: Sc, [sc x 3, dec] x 3 (13)
Rnd10: Sc x 13 (13)
Rnd11: Sc, [sc x 4, dec] x 2 (11)
Rnd12: Sc x 11 (11)
Rnd13: sc, [sc x 3, dec] x 2 (9)
Rnd14-22: Sc x 9 (9)
Rnd23: Dec, sc x 7 (8)
Rnd24: Dec, sc x 6 (7)
Rnd25: Sc x 7, fasten off (7)
Collar
Row1: With B - Emerald Yarn ch x 16 (16)
Row2: Turn, ch, sc x 15, fasten off (15)
Heart
Rnd1: Starting at the bottom of your heart with E - Cardinal Yarn sc x 6 in a magic ring , or ch x 2 and sc x 6 in the second chain from your hook (6)
Rnd2-4: Sc x 6 (6)
Rnd5: [Sc, inc) x 3 (9)
Rnd6: Sc, [sc, inc] x 4 (13)
Rnd7: Sc, [sc, inc] x 6 (19)
Rnd8: Sc x 19 (19)
Rnd9: You will now be creating the top two halves of the heart, Skip 9 stitches, sc x 10 (10)
Rnd10-11: Sc x 10 (10)
Rnd12: You will now start decreasing and finishing the first top of the heart, stuff your heart as you are working, dec x 5 (5)
Rnd13: Dec x 2, slip stitch in last stitch, fasten off and weave in ends (3)
Second Top Half Of The Heart
Rnd1: Insert your hook into the first stitch to the left of the completed first top half of your heart and sc, sc x 7, inc (10)
Rnd2-3: Sc x 10, stuff the whole heart, from this point on you will be crocheting the heart closed (10)
Rnd4: Dec x 5 (5)
Rnd5: Dec x 2, slip stitch in last stitch, fasten off and weave in ends (3)
Assembly
If you would like to add wire into the arms and legs of your monster, now is the time to pull the wire out! I used a 14GA, and I picked mine up at Canadian Tire.
You will cut a piece of wire long enough to go through both arms and the body with a little room on either end. Now to find out exactly how much that is I normally lay the body and arms out and them measure it out and cut it.
Now work the piece of wire through the body, and use your pliers and bend each end. By bending the ends that will help prevent the wire from poking through.
Now you can put the arms over the wire and sew them in place. and you will do the same thing for the legs, if you would like them to be poseable.
Place the collar around the neck and sew the two ends together.
Weave in all of your ends and trim them. And that's it, you now have your very own sweet little monster!
I hope you all enjoyed this CAL! I really enjoyed creating this little guy!! Make sure to tag your photos of your monsters that you share with #furlscrochet, I would love to see them all! And if you haven't already come on over to the Fun With Furls Facebook Group to share photos of your monster and to connect with other crocheters, you can find the group here! Again, thank you to everyone for taking part in this CAL!! Should you have any questions about this pattern also please feel free to email me at amidorablecrochet@gmail.com. Happy crocheting!
Jackie :)
