Bookworm – child's assistant for reading

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Materials

– alize miss 50 гр/280 m

– crochet hook 1,25 mm

– needle for sewing, scissors, fiberfill, glue, wire 0,8 mm approx 7,87″ (20 cm), black wire 0,8 mm approx 3,93″ (10 cm)

– for eyes - white felt, 2 small half-beads

Abbreviations:

sc – single crochet

inc – increase –inc

dec – decrease, two single crochets together

hdc – half double crochet

BODY:

1 Ball (1 pc.)

1. Crochet 6 sc in a ring

2. 6 inc = 12 sc

3, 4. = 12

To add a little fiberfill.

5. 6 dec  = 6

Bind off. To cut off a thread.

2 Ball (1 pc.)

1. Crochet 6 sc in a ring

2. 6 inc  = 12 sc

3. (1inc , 1 sc) х 6 = 18

4, 5, 6. = 18

7. (1 dec , 1 sc) х 6 = 12

To add a little fiberfill.

8. 6 dec  = 6

Bind off. To cut off a thread.

3 Ball (2 pc.)

1. Crochet 6 sc in a ring

2. 6 inc  = 12 sc

3. (1inc , 1 sc) х 6 = 18

4. (1inc , 2 sc) х 6 = 24

5, 6, 7, 8. = 24

9. (1 dec , 2 sc) х 6 = 18

To add a little fiberfill.

10. (1 dec , 1 sc) х 6 = 12

11. 6 dec  = 6

Bind off. To cut off a thread.

4 Ball (3 pc.)

1. Crochet 6 sc in a ring

2. 6 inc  = 12 sc

3. (1inc , 1 sc) х 6 = 18

4. (1inc , 2 sc) х 6 = 24

5. (1inc , 3 sc) х 6 = 30

6, 7, 8, 9, 10. = 30

11. (1 dec , 3 sc) х 6 = 24

12 (1 dec , 2 sc) х 6 = 18

To add a little fiberfill.

13. (1 dec , 1 sc) х 6 = 12

14. 6 dec  = 6

Bind off. To cut off a thread.

5 Ball (1 pc.)

1. Crochet 6 sc in a ring

2. 6 inc  = 12 sc

3. (1inc , 1 sc) х 6 = 18

4. (1inc , 2 sc) х 6 = 24

5. (1inc , 3 sc) х 6 = 30

6. (1inc , 4 sc) х 6 = 36

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. = 36

14. (1 dec , 4 sc) х 6 = 30

15. (1 dec , 3 sc) х 6 = 24

16 (1 dec , 2 sc) х 6 = 18

To add a little fiberfill.

17. (1 dec , 1 sc) х 6 = 12

18. 6 dec  = 6

Bind off. To cut off a thread.

HEAD:

1. Crochet 6 sc in a ring

2. 6 inc  = 12 sc

3. (1inc , 1 sc) х 6 = 18

4. (1inc , 2 sc) х 6 = 24

5. (1inc , 3 sc) х 6 = 30

6. (1inc , 4 sc) х 6 = 36

7. (1inc , 5 sc) х 6 = 42

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. = 42

16. 10 sc, 6 inc , 5 sc, 6 inc , 15 sc = 54

17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. = 54

23. 10 sc, 6 dec , 5 sc, 6 dec , 15 sc = 42

24. (1 dec , 5 sc) х 6 = 36

25. (1 dec , 4 sc) х 6 = 30

26. (1 dec , 3 sc) х 6 = 24

27 (1 dec , 2 sc) х 6 = 18

To add a little fiberfill.

28. (1 dec , 1 sc) х 6 = 12

29. 6 dec  = 6

Bind off. To cut off a thread. To leave the small end of thread for further operation.

Nose:

1. Crochet 6 sc in a ring

2. 6 inc  = 12 sc

3. (1inc , 1 sc) х 6 = 18

4, 5, 6. = 18

7. (1 dec , 1 sc) х 6 = 12

To add a little fiberfill.

8. 6 dec  = 6

Bind off. To cut off a thread.

Mouth:

Ch 8. From the 2rd ch from the hook, crochet 2 sc, 3 hdc, 2 sc 

Bind off. To cut off a thread. To leave the small end of thread for further operation.

ARMS:

1. Crochet 6 sc in a ring

2. 6 inc  = 12 sc

3. (1inc , 1 sc) х 6 = 18

4. (1inc , 2 sc) х 6 = 24

5, 6, 7, 8,9. = 24

10. (1 dec , 2 sc) х 6 = 18

11. (1 dec , 1 sc) х 6 = 12

12 – 40 = 12

Bind off. To cut off a thread. To leave the small end of thread for further operation.

ASSEMBLE:

Now we work with the sewing needle and thread.

For the eyes: go down to 15 rows from the place where you started to knit your head. Between the cheeks of the 5-loop mark two future eyes with a stitch width of 3 loops. Tighten tightly and make a knot. Please follow the photos.

Apply your nose. Sewing.

Apply mouth. Sewing.

We collect balls in the body.  Create the arc shape. Tightly pressing the balls together. Please follow the photos. The order of the assembly of the balls is indicated in the photo.

Now you are sewing head.

One ball of the body passes through the wire for hands.

We make a noose for the palm, fix it with an adhesive plaster.

To add a little fiberfill. Sewing.

Cut out small circles of white felt.

Glue the eyes.

From the black wire twist the glasses. Sewing.

Your new assistant is ready. Present it to your child. Let him discover the world of books fun!