Are you tired of boring pencil cups too? Then grab your crochet hooks, and soon you’ll be able to admire this wonderful pencil cup on your desk. Babsi is a cute mouse who holds her cheese pencil cup tightly in her arms. The pencil cup is made very sturdy with fabric stiffener, so you can store colored pencils, crochet hooks, etc. in it. Babsi and the pencil cup are a highlight on any desk.
Height of Babsi: 17 cm
Height of the pencil cup: 9 cm. Depending on the yarn and crochet hook size, the size of Babsi and the pencil cup may vary.
Materials needed:
* For the pencil cup: Cotton Universal: yellow, approx. 30 g, leftover Catania in dark yellow
* For Babsi: Bravo: light gray, approx. 40 g, skin tone, approx. 15 g, leftover Lisa in black and white.
* Crochet hook sizes 4 / 3.5 / 3 and 2, embroidery needle, sewing needle, stuffing, pipe cleaner (small piece), fabric stiffener (e.g. from Rayher), fabric glue (one drop), leftover felt in medium blue, hot glue gun, chip can (diameter 7.5 cm), and a piece of plastic wrap
The pattern includes 25 pages with lots of pictures.
Required skills: single crochet stitches, half double crochet, double crochet, magic ring, increasing and decreasing stitches
Click here for the pattern