Koala Katch up

Save the Koala

The koalas seem to be taking over my life at the moment. It is our winter and the weather is dry and windy. We are in a drought with a State election announced recently. The talk is about water restrictions, petrol prices and bananas.

September is next week and this is our Spring. It is also Save the Koala Month.

I have been experimenting with different yarns.

I found some sparkly stuff that worked up well.

This is Alma and Albie, and they truly sparkle in the Aussie sunshine. Albino Koalas do exist.

They are a natural, if rare occurrence. I read on the web that one was born a fews ago in the San Diego Zoo. The poor thing died of cancer.

I remember seeing one years ago at Lone Pine in Brisbane. As if a Koala isn't cute enough, then a pure white one with a pink nose is quite amazing.

Their survival rate is very low in the bush as they do not tolerate the harsh sun.

September is Save the Koala Month. I have put the link to the Australian Koala Foundation. Drought and devastation of our bush really threatens these little guys. Koalas hurt no one, and are the cuddliest of creatures.

https://www.savethekoala.com/savethekoalamonth.html

I am at the moment absorbed in making mothers and babies,

This pair are in a pretty blue and white. I called mum Blue- gum, and the baby Speckles.

Butch has gone on a trip to the USA. He was a bit of a tough nut and I liked him a lot. The fun for me is watching the yarn take shape and the personality develop as I construct these guys. The gum nuts around the neck drive me nutty as they are quite fiddly, but I think they provide a nice finish.

This little cutie is Sweetgum. She went on a trip to New South Wales. I did rather like her feminine ways.

I always put a dab of eucalyptus oil in the gum nuts as I just love this smell. I also like the smell of the lemon scented gum. We have one in our front yard. The annoying thing is it has become too tall for me to get the leaves.

Thanks for looking, and make sure you check out the Koala Foundation site.

They have lots of info and some great photos of the real thing.

https://www.savethekoala.com/koalas.html

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Happy Gift Bags- cutesy crochet

Happy Gift Bags from cupcake downunder


I usually don't do mid week posts, but I am a bit excited about this lot. These little guys took me quite a while. As with most stuff I design, I start small and then get carried away with myself. It all started with the clown. This was a flow on from the EKKA. This year I didn't get to the EKKA because I was crook, but the boys came home with the show bags and associated junk. Made me think about what it is that makes us smile. Mostly things associated with childhood and happy times.

I just loved the EKKA as a kid. It was probably the only good thing I can remember about growing up as a kid in Brisbane.

So what is the EKKA??? Slang for the Exhibition or show. The farmers all romp in to town. We laughed at work at how the country folk, particularly the blokes all seem to wear a uniform. Chambray shirts, tweed jackets, RM Williams boots and trousers, and the Akubra hat. This is another way of telling the EKKA is on as the farm folk bring their bulls and chooks and tractors etc to the big smoke. The pubs over flow, and their is a sense of broader community around the place.

Any way the gifts bags were triggered by the sample bag idea, and a crochet version of the cheap paper ones in the stores. I also had to raid the boys sample bags to get some choccies for the photo shoot.

I wish I had of thought of these a few years back when my kids were younger.

I have now designed 12 of the things, plus worked out how to upsize if you want something a bit bigger. The look pretty cool with little gifts in them, lollies and party treats and can be reused as a pencil holder of you shove an aerosol lid or right sized box in the bottom of them. They measure 4inches/10cm long, 1 1/2 inches/4cm wide and about 4inches/10cm high. They can be made with a smell of yarn and the whole 12 weigh a whopping 180 gms or 6.5oz. The cheaper and tougher the yarn the better. And what a great use of scraps!

I am going to do a heap for Christmas and have decided they are now my standard gift wrap. If it doesn't fit in a Happy Gift Bag, then I am not giving it! My imagination was telling me they might look rather cute actually hanging off the tree. We don't do Halloween down here, but I had to do a Halloween one. The others have both specific and generic use ala house warmings, baby showers, get well soon, kids parties, thanks and so on.

The series has the following:
Happy Clown,
Happy Hearts,
Happy Home,
Happy Baby,
Happy Flower,
Happy Days,
Happy Allsorts,
Happy Halloween,
Happy Christmas,
Happy Aussie,
Happy USA and
Happy Anything!

I am up to about page 12 of the instructions and there has been a bit of work in this lot. Eight of them have special motifs. This has tested the old grey matter!

Once I have written the patterns up in Australian, I then go through the tedious task of converting it to American terms. I then worry that I may have made errors.

In my enthusiasm I thought I would try and upsize a bag. I was starting to feel better! Too cool for school! The vermillion yarn cosy me a whole dollar at one of the crazy stores here.

Sorry I have wacked fugly labels on these, but I have a worry that the trolls out there might steal my ideas and my images. This is the down side of the internet. I keep thinking of new things cos I think people might be interested and I get a real buzz out of the fact that someone has had some fun making or giving something which started as a dopey idea in my head. I was recently made aware of the risk of intellectual theft, and that while the internet provides exposure, there are threats as well. I don't want to stop sharing what I do, but I also don't wish to be exploited or stolen from.

So these ideas and images are copyright. Direct links are fine, but please don't go redistributing or flicking my images around the place.. Any way enough of the serious stuff....

I am planning to have this little lot up on my Etsy stall by the weekend. All depends on how long it takes me to check the instructions again, and then do the Australio American translations.

So you you like them, or I have I taken the crochet thing to places it should never have been?

I guess I could always join them together and make an afghan... or a poncho! Or the Americans out there could make them in cotton and turn them into dish cloths ;o) (just pulling your leg here).

Whatdayareckon????

(c) crochetroo designs from Australia 2006

Orphan Emu Chicks crocheted

Meet Emma and Ivan the Orphan Emu Chicks.

What funny things baby emu chicks are. It is EKKA time here in Brisbane and each year they have hatching Emu eggs in the bird pavillion.

They are such wierd and cute little animals. People stand there for hours watching these little guys peck their way out of the shell.

This year I missed the show because I was crook, but the family went, and my son reported back on how cute the emu chicks were.
The chicks are odd in that they have stripes when they are hatched, which disappear as they mature

One of the lovely things I have discovered in recent years is emu oil, and the wonderful hand lotions they make from this.

I have been working on these little guys for a while. I actually ended up on a pear and fruit tanget once I mastered the body shape. The challenge is working out what are the features that make an animal distinctive. The Emu is such a gangly bird, with long legs and neck and googly eyes.

They are a flightless bird which can run long distances. They are the second largest bird to the Ostrich.

I remember visiting the Emu farm at Cherburg a few years ago and seeing the eggs in the incubators. Beautiful large bluey grey eggs. The eggs are treasured by artisans who carve them.
Carving an emu egg is probably as challenging as trying to crochet an Emu! This was not an easy task.

Any hows, here are my orphan Emu Chicks Ivan, and Emma. Emma and Ivan are up for adoption by sale at my etsy stall listed in the links. One of the by products of designing stuff, is the orphans that are created.
















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Otherwise may your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down!

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Ulysses Butterfly Bookmark- free crochet pattern

Ulysses Butterfly Book Mark

Butterflies have long been associated with spiritual freedom, new beginnings and transformation.

This is my attempt at a butterfly bookmark in crochet using the Ulysses Butterfly as a model.

The Ulysses Butterfly is also known as the Blue Mountain Swallowtail, the Blue Emperor, Dunk Island Butterfly, and the Mountain Blue.

It is a spectacular bright blue and black Australian swallowtail butterfly. It lives in tropical rain forests in Australia. It is often used up north, notably Dunk Island as a local symbol. I also noticed recently that one of the charitable agencies had started marketing Ulysses brooches and badges as a fund raiser.

I have made this pattern as a thank you gift to all those who have done kind deeds for others. It is my way of saying thank you to the many gifts, and acts of kindness I have received along the way. I hope you enjoy making these. While the native Ulysses is in the Blue and black colours, the pattern does look very pretty in other combinations. I had fun experimenting with some lovely threads that the elves had sent me.

Ulysses Butterfly crochet pattern © 2006 crochetroo@hotmail.com

Do not reproduce pattern by any means. You may use it for personal use, gifts and limited charity fundraising. Do not sell the product or the pattern to make a personal profit.

Make as many as you want to give away and bring a smile to someone's face.

Like my patterns? Check out my etsy store in the links

Australian Instructions

4ply, size 10 cotton 1.75 hook. Thread two beads on to thread to use for eyes.

The body is worked in rounds

Body -start with black ordarkk colour
Round 1: Make 12ch, starting 2nd ch from hook working into each chain make 10 dc, 4dc in last stitch, turn and work 10 dc down other side of chain working into spare ch loop, 2ch, 1slst into first ch of round 1, 1ch.

Round 2 : Working along L side of body: 9dc
Head: Miss 1, into next stitch work 2htr, push bead up to hook, 1ch, 1dc, into next stitch. (This is at the point of the head.)
Antenna - *7ch, then work back along ch starting from 2nd ch from hook; 1dc next 6ch* , 1slst same st as dc, repeat from *-* then 1dc next st, push bead to hook, 1ch, 2htr next stitch, miss 1stitch, 1dc next 10 to bring you back to tail, 3ch, 1slst first st of round 2. Finish off black and weave in ends.

Wings in blue or a contrast – worked separately in rows
Join blue into the 3rd dc from the finish slst of the tail.

1. 4ch, 1dtr into same st, 2dtr next st, (1tr,1htr) next st, 1dc next st, 1htr next st, 1tr next st, 2dtr next st, 2dtr next st, TURN.

2. 3ch 1dc top of first tr, (2ch, 1dc next st) 4times, 1dc next 4st, 2ch, 1dc next st, (2ch, 1htr) next 2st, 1tr into last st which is top of 3ch start or row 2. TURN

3. 1ch, 1dc into top of last tr, (2ch, 1dc into space) 3times. 1dc next st, 1slst next 3st, 1dc, (2ch, 1dc) next sp 3 times, 2ch, then 2tr into each of last 2 loops.

4. 2ch, 1tr next 3st, (3ch, 1dc into space) 3 times, 2ch 1dc next space, 1slst finish blue off and leave end as a marker. This with be between the top and bottom wings.

5. Join Black into the bottom corner dc of the wing then work: 1ch, 1dc same space, 1dc next 2ch sp, 4ch, then work back along ch starting from 2nd ch from hook: 1htr, 2dc, 1dc into same sp of wing,

Continue along wing: 2ch, 1dc next sp, 2ch (2tr 1htr) next sp, miss one st, 1dc then into the finishing st of blue on top wing 1dc, (I then work over the end thread) (2ch, 1dc) into next sp four times, 2ch, 1tr next 3st, 1htr into wing tip and finish off.

Flip your butterfly over and repeat along the second side.

Cut 4 threads 36cm / 14in, fold in half and loops through ch loop at tail. Spray starch and block your butterfly.

Give this to someone special, or as a thank you for a kind deed.

American Instructions

4ply, size 10 cotton 1.75 hook.Thread two beads on to thread to use for eyes.
Body - worked in rounds

Body - start with black/ dark colour
Round 1: Make 12ch, starting 2nd ch from hook working into each chain make 10sc, 4sc in last stitch, turn and work 10sc down other side of chain working into spare ch loop, 2ch, 1slst into first ch of round 1, 1ch.

Round 2: Working along L side of body: 9sc
Head: Miss 1, into next stitch work 2hdc, push bead up to hook, 1ch, 1sc, into next stitch. (This is at the point of the head.)
Antenna - *7ch, then work back along ch starting from 2nd ch from hook; 1sc next 6ch* , 1slst same st as sc, repeat from *-* then 1sc next st, push bead to hook, 1ch, 2hdc next stitch, miss 1st, 1sc next 10 to bring you back to tail, 3ch, 1slst first st of round 2. Finish off black and weave in ends.

Wings in blue or contrast – worked separately in rows
Join blue into the 3rd sc from the finish slst of the tail.

1. 4ch, 1tr into same st, 2tr next st, (1dc, 1hdc) next st, 1sc next st, 1hdc next st, 1dc next st, 2tr next st, 2tr next st, TURN.

2. 3ch 1sc top of first dc, (2ch, 1sc next st) 4times, 1sc next 4st, 2ch, 1sc next st, (2ch, 1htr) next 2st, 1dc into last st which is top of 3ch start or row 2. TURN

3. 1ch, 1sc into top of last dc, (2ch, 1sc into space) 3times. 1sc next st, 1slst next 3st, 1sc, (2ch, 1sc) next sp 3 times, 2ch, then 2dc into each of last 2 loops.

4. 2ch, 1dc next 3st, (3ch, 1sc into space) 3 times, 2ch 1sc next space, 1slst finish blue off and leave end as a marker. This with be between the top and bottom wings.

5. Join Black into the bottom corner sc of the wing then work: 1ch, 1sc same space, 1sc next 2ch sp, 4ch, then work back along ch starting from 2nd ch from hook: 1hdc, 2sc, 1sc into same sp of wing,

Continue along wing: 2ch, 1sc next sp, 2ch (2tr 1hdc) next sp, miss one st, 1sc then into the finishing st of blue on top wing 1sc, (I then work over the end thread) (2ch, 1sc) into next sp four times, 2ch, 1dc next 3st, 1hdc into wing tip and finish off.

Flip your butterfly over and repeat along the second side.

Cut 4 threads 36cm / 14in, fold in half and loops through ch loop at tail. Spray starch and block your butterfly

Give this to someone special or as a thank you for a kind deed.

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Beaut Fruit Platter in crochet

Crochet Beaut Fruit

Well I have been crook. Blasted westerlies have upset my hay fever, and now I have the dreaded lurgie.

So I stayed in all weekend and finished the whole fruit platter. After Sheila, I felt I needed to work on something a bit more wholesome.

I must say I am really pleased how this lot turned out. Because each piece is complete, it is a great project with a high completion rate. That has to be good! I am going to make a heap of these and put them under the tree at Christmas.
In fact I was thinking I might actually hang them on the tree as decorations.

This all started with the Pears that a showed a few posts back.

Believe it or not the pears started out as an emu, but that is another story. I will share the emus with you, but at a later date.

So then came the apples. I had the munchies and thought an apple core would be pretty funny. It did actually turn out as I had planned. Son reckoned I should have done a worm sticking out. Maybe down the track I could do that as an apple accessory.

The Oranges were probably the most annoying. Trying to do a sphere, and make it look orangey and not just like an orange ball.

Teenage son, again interested in mucking about stuck the stickers on them which you can see in the top photo.

The lemon was a treat to work and I reckon doing this in a green it becomes a lime.


The really fun and challenging bits of fruit were the bananas. I ended up doing 2 sizes cos the first one looked like a lady finger, and my sons prefer Cavendish. So I ended up with two sizes which is good cos they look effective side by side on the platter.

These are the only bananas in our house now as they have become so ridiculously expensive since Larry.

Now it has been suggested that I need a pineapple to give the display height, but I am thinking here, a pineapple is not going to be a simple endeavor.

I am imaging tho, that I will do a Summer Fruit platter with the tropical and stone fruit we get here at Christmas.

If the wog I have got hangs around much longer, I might do this sooner than later.

Enjoy these, and if you are a troll out there, leave a message.

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The patterns are on my etsy store. Just click on the link listed under "Links" on the R side bar under my profile.

Thanks for looking!

Sheila the Aussie Troll Dolly

G'Day, I am Sheila from the Land Downunder!



This is Sheila. She is a troll dolly. I wanted to see if I could make one of these as a challenge. I watched Lord of the Rings recently which was full of ugly critters.

Sheila can wear her hair up or down. She likes basking in the sun. She is cute ugly. My son reckons she looks like something out of Priscilla Queen of the desert. I think the belly button could have been a row lower, but what the heck she is a troll! I hope you enjoy her.

Sheila the Aussie Troll Dolly © 2006 crochetroo@hotmail.com Do not reproduce pattern by any means. You may use it for personal use, gifts and limited charity fundraising. Do not sell the doll or the pattern to make a personal profit.
Like my patterns? check out my etsystore in the links
Australian Instructions

3.5mm hook. 8ply, worsted yarn, fluffy stuff for hair. 2 x 12mm eyes

Body
1. 2ch, 6dc into 2nd ch from hook, slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 2dc each stitch around slst first ch = 12
3. 1ch, (1dc next sp, 2dc next sp) around, slst first ch = 18
4. 1ch, (1dc next 2sp, 2dc next sp) around, slst first ch = 24
5. 1ch, (1dc next 3sp, 2dc next sp) around, slst first ch = 30
6. 1ch then, working into back of loops for this round only: 1dc around, slst first ch = 30
7 – 10. 1ch, then 1dc around on this 30st, join with a slst.
11. 1ch, (1dc next 4sp, 2dc next sp) around, slst first ch = 36
12. 1ch, 1dc next 17sp, 1dtr next sp, then 1dc next 18 = 36. The dtr is the navel.
13. 1ch, then 1dc around on this 36st, join with a slst.
14. 1ch, (1dc next 4sp, 2dc together) around, slst first ch = 30
15. 1ch, (1dc next 3sp, 2dc together) around, slst first ch = 24
16. 1ch, (1dc next 2sp, 2dc together) around slst first ch = 18
27. 1ch, (1dc next 1sp, 2together) around, slst first ch = 12 stuff body
18. 1ch, (1dc, 2together) around, slst and cut yarn. Add extra stuffing if needed.

Head
1. 2ch, 6dc into 2nd ch from hook, slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 2dc each stitch around slst first ch = 12
3. 1ch, (1dc next sp, 2dc next sp) around, slst first ch = 18
4. 1ch, (1dc next 2sp, 2dc next sp) around, slst first ch =24
5. 1ch, (1dc next 3sp, 2dc next sp) around, slst first ch = 30
6 – 7. 1dc around on this 30st, Start each round with 1ch, and join with a slst.
8. 1ch, 1dc next 5, 1htr next 4, 1dc next 3, 1htr next 4, 14dc, slst first ch = 30
9. 1ch, 1dc next 5, 1bphtr next 4, 1dc next 3, 1bphtr next 4, 14dc, slst first ch = 30. The bphtr should be around the htr of row 8. These are her eyebrows.
10 -14. 1dc around on this 30st, Start each round with 1ch, and join with a slst.
15. 1ch, (1dc next 3sp, 2dc together) around, slst first ch = 24
16. 1ch, (1dc next 2sp, 2dc together) slst first ch = 18 stuff.
17. 1ch, (1dc next 1sp, 2dc together) slst first ch = 12
Cut yarn leaving a length to attach head to body.
Use 12mm eyes inset 2 rows under eyebrow, leave 5dc between eyes.

Legs: make 2
1. 2ch 6dc into 2nd ch from hook, sl t into first ch
2. 1ch, 2dc each sp around slst first ch = 12
3. 1ch, (1dc next sp, 2dc next sp) around, slst first ch = 18
4. 1ch, working back loops only, (1dc next 2sp, 2dc next sp) around, slst first ch =24
5. 1ch, 1dc next 4sp (1dbtr next sp, 1dc next sp) 5 times, 1dc next 9sp = 24. These are the toes.
6. 1ch, then 1dc around on this 24st, join with a slst.
7. 1ch, 1dc next 3sp, (2dc tog) 5 times, 1dc next 6sp, 2dc tog, 1dc next 3sp, slst join = 18.
8 – 10 1dc around on this 18st, Start each round with 1ch, and join with a slst.
11. 1ch, 1dc next 3sp, 1htr next 6sp, 1dc next 9sp, slst first ch = 18
12. 1ch, 1dc next 3sp, 1bphtr next 6sp, 1dc next 9sp, slst first ch = 18 Ridges are knees
13. 1ch, 1dc around on this 18st, finish with a slst. Leave a length of yarn to attach to body.

Arms: make 2
1. 2ch, into second ch work 3dc, 1dtr, 2dc slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 2dc next sp, (1dc, 1dtr) next sp, 2dc next sp, 2dc next sp (1dtr, 1dc) next sp, 2dc next sp, slst join = 12
3. 1ch, (1dc next 3sp, 2dc next sp) 3 times, slst into first ch = 15st
4. 1ch, 1dc next 3sp, 1dtr next sp, 1dc next 5sp, 1dtr next sp, 1dc next 5sp, slst into first ch = 15st
5 – 6. 1ch, then 1dc around on this 15st, slst into first ch.
7. 1ch, (1dc next 3sp, 2dc tog) around, slst into first ch = 12st
8-11. 1ch, then 1dc around on this 12st, slst into first ch.

Attach to body approx 3 rows down from neck, with about 5 stitches between arms across chest.

Left Ear
1. 3ch join in a ring, 6dc, TURN,
2. 1dc, 2dc next 4sp, 1dc in last st = 10 TURN
3. 2ch, 1bphtr next 4sp, 1bpdc next 6 = 10 TURN
4. 1ch, 1dc next 4sp, 2dc next sp twice, 1dc next 3 sp, 3dc in last st (ear lobe). Finish off.

Right Ear
1. 3ch join in a ring, 6dc, TURN,
2. 1dc, 2dc next 4sp, 1dc in last st = 10 TURN
3. 2ch, 1fphtr next 4sp, 1fpdc next 6 = 10 TURN
4. 1ch, 1dc next 4sp, 2dc next sp twice, 1dc next 3 sp, 3dc in last st (ear lobe). Finish off.
Attach to head with the ear lobes 4 rows up from neck. Ear ridges face forwards.

Nose and face
1. 2ch, 6dc into 2nd ch from hook, slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 1dc next 2, 3dc next sp, 1dc next 2sp, 3dc next sp, slst into first ch = 10
3. 1ch, then 1dc around on this 10st, join with a slst. Stuff lightly, shape nose into “nose” shape and stitch to face at rows 3 -7 above neck, and between eyes. Use a red pencil shade lips and cheeks.

Hair
Feathers or flutter works well. Cut pieces 18 cm, fold in half and loop through spare loops on crown. Start at the top and work down to the brow.

Bikini Bra
1. 2ch, 6dc into 2nd ch from hook, slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 2dc each stitch around slst first ch = 12 finish off. Make 2 pieces like this.
Join a contrast with a slst and work 1slst, 1ch around the first bra cup; continue on the second bra cup working 1slst, 1ch. Finish off at join with a dc into first piece.
Bra back strap: Join yarn at about 5 stitches to the L/R of the join and work 25ch. Do one on each side and tie with a bow at the back.

Bikini Bottom
Front: Start with 4ch join with slst to make a loop,
1. 3ch then work 4tr into loop (5posts include start ch) TURN
2. 3ch, 1tr, 2tr next sp across = 8tr, then make 20ch for tie. Cut yarn. Join to top ch of opposite side and make another 20ch. Finish off.

Back: Work into the 4ch circle of the front.
1. 3ch then work 4tr into loop (5posts include start ch) TURN
2. 3ch, 1tr, 2tr next sp across = 8tr TURN
3. 3ch, 1tr same st, 1tr each st across
Continue to make 20ch for tie. Cut yarn. Join to top ch of opposite side and make another 20ch. Finish off. Tie bows at hips.


Sheila the Aussie Troll Doll

American Instructions

3.5mm hook. 8ply, worsted yarn, fluffy stuff for hair. 2 x 12mm eyes

Body
1. 2ch, 6sc into 2nd ch from hook, slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 2sc each stitch around slst first ch = 12
3. 1ch, (1sc next sp, 2sc next sp) around, slst first ch = 18
4. 1ch, (1sc next 2sp, 2sc next sp) around, slst first ch = 24
5. 1ch, (1sc next 3sp, 2sc next sp) around, slst first ch = 30
6. 1ch then, working into back of loops for this round only: 1sc around, slst first ch = 30
7 – 10. 1ch, then 1sc around on this 30st, join with a slst.
11. 1ch, (1sc next 4sp, 2sc next sp) around, slst first ch = 36
12. 1ch, 1sc next 17sp, 1tr next sp, then 1sc next 18 = 36. The tr is the navel.
13. 1ch, then 1sc around on this 36st, join with a slst.
14. 1ch, (1sc next 4sp, 2sc together) around, slst first ch = 30
15. 1ch, (1sc next 3sp, 2sc together) around, slst first ch = 24
16. 1ch, (1sc next 2sp, 2sc together) around slst first ch = 18
27. 1ch, (1sc next 1sp, 2together) around, slst first ch = 12 stuff body
18. 1ch, (1sc, 2together) around, slst and cut yarn. Add extra stuffing if needed.

Head
1. 2ch, 6sc into 2nd ch from hook, slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 2sc each stitch around slst first ch = 12
3. 1ch, (1sc next sp, 2sc next st) around, slst first ch = 18
4. 1ch, (1sc next 2sp, 2sc next st) around, slst first ch =24
5. 1ch, (1sc next 3sp, 2sc next st) around, slst first ch = 30
6 – 7. 1sc around on this 30st, Start each round with 1ch, and join with a slst.
8. 1ch, 1sc next 5sp, 1hdc next 4, 1sc next 3, 1hdc next 4, 14sc, slst first ch = 30
9. 1ch, 1sc next 5sp, 1bphdc next 4, 1sc next 3, 1bphdc next 4, 14sc, slst first ch = 30. The bphdc should be around the hdc of row 8. These are her eyebrows.
10 -14. 1sc around on this 30st, Start each round with 1ch, and join with a slst.
15. 1ch, (1sc next 3sp, 2sc together) around, slst first ch = 24
16. 1ch, (1sc next 2sp, 2sc together) slst first ch = 18 stuff.
17. 1ch, (1sc next 1sp, 2sc together) slst first ch = 12
Cut yarn leaving a length to attach head to body.
Use 12mm eyes inset 2 rows under eyebrow, leave 5sc between eyes.

Legs: make 2
1. 2ch, 6sc into 2nd ch from hook, slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 2sc each sp around slst first ch = 12
3. 1ch, (1sc next sp, 2sc next sp) around, slst first ch = 18
4. 1ch, working back loops only, (1sc next 2sp, 2sc next sp) around, slst first ch =24
5. 1ch, 1sc next 4sp (1tr next sp, 1sc next sp) 5 times, 1sc next 9sp = 24. These are the toes.
6. 1ch, then 1sc around on this 24st, join with a slst.
7. 1ch, 1sc next 3sp, (2sc tog) 5 times, 1sc next 6sp, 2sc tog, 1sc next 3sp, slst join = 18.
8 – 10. 1sc around on this 18st, Start each round with 1ch, and join with a slst.
11. 1ch, 1sc next 3sp, 1hdc next 6sp, 1sc next 9sp, slst first ch = 18
12. 1ch, 1sc next 3sp, 1bphdc next 6sp, 1sc next 9sp, slst first ch = 18 Ridges are knees
13. 1ch, 1sc around on this 18st, finish with a slst. Leave a length of yarn to attach to body.

Arms: make 2
1. 2ch, into second ch work 3sc, 1tr, 2sc slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 2sc next sp, (1sc, 1tr) next sp, 2sc next sp, 2sc next sp (1tr, 1sc) next sp, 2sc next sp, slst join = 12
3. 1ch, (1sc next 3sp, 2sc next sp) 3 times, slst into first ch = 15st
4. 1ch, 1sc next 3sp, 1tr next sp, 1sc next 5sp, 1tr next sp, 1sc next 5sp, slst into first ch, = 15st
5 – 6. 1ch, then 1sc around on this 15st, slst into first ch.
7. 1ch, (1sc next 3sp, 2sc tog) around, slst into first ch = 12st
8-11. 1ch, then 1sc around on this 12st, slst into first ch.

Attach to body approx 3 rows down from neck, with about 5 stitches between arms across chest.

Left Ear
1. 3ch join into a ring, 6sc, TURN,
2. 1ch 1sc, 2sc next 4sp, 1sc in last st = 10 TURN
3. 2ch, 1bphdc next 4sp, 1bpsc next 6sp = 10 TURN
4. 1ch, 1sc next 4sp, 2sc next sp twice, 1sc next 3sp, 3sc in last st (ear lobe). Finish off.

Right Ear
1. 3ch join into a ring, 6sc, TURN,
2. 1ch, 1sc, 2sc next 4sp, 1sc in last st = 10 TURN
3. 2ch, 1fphdc next 4sp, 1fpsc next 6 = 10 TURN
4. 1ch, 1sc next 4sp, 2sc next sp twice, 1sc next 3sp, 3sc in last st (ear lobe). Finish off.
Attach to head with the ear lobes 4 rows up from neck. Ear ridges face forwards.

Nose and face
1. 2ch, 6sc into 2nd ch from hook, slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 1sc next 2sp, 3sc next sp, 1sc next 2sp, 3sc next sp, slst into first ch = 10
3. 1ch, then 1sc around on this 10st, join with a slst. Stuff lightly, shape nose into “nose” shape and stitch to face at rows 3 -7 above neck, and between eyes. Use a red pencil shade lips and cheeks.

Hair : Feathers or flutter works well. Cut pieces 7 inches, fold in half and loop through spare loops on crown. Start at the top and work down to the brow.

Bikini Bra
1. 2ch, 6sc into 2nd ch from hook, slst into first ch
2. 1ch, 2sc each stitch around slst first ch = 12 finish off. Make 2 pieces like this.
Join a contrast with a slst and work 1slst, 1ch around the first bra cup; continue on the second bra cup working 1slst, 1ch. Finish off at join with a dc into first piece.
Bra back strap: Join yarn at about 5 stitches to the L/R of the join and work 25ch. Do one on each side and tie with a bow at the back.

Bikini Bottom
Front: Start with 4ch join with slst to make a loop,
1. 3ch then work 4dc into loop (5posts include start ch) TURN
2. 3ch, 1dc, 2dc next sp across = 8dc, then make 20ch for tie. Cut yarn. Join to top ch of opposite side and make another 20ch. Finish off.

Back: Work into the 4ch circle of the front.
1. 3ch then work 4dc into loop (5posts include start ch) TURN
2. 3ch, 1dc, 2dc next sp across = 8dc TURN
3. 3ch, 1dc same st, 1dc each st across
Continue to make 20ch for tie. Cut yarn. Join to top ch of opposite side and make another 20ch. Finish off. Tie bows at hips.

Sheila the Aussie Troll Doll © 2006 crochetroo@hotmail.com Do not reproduce pattern by any means. You may use it for personal use, gifts and limited charity fundraising. Do not sell the doll or the pattern to make a personal profit.

PS Thanks to the kind lady named Sheila who contacted me to tell me I had spelt the name wrong. I did wonder about that, so I have now respectfully put the i after the e.