Wednesday 28 February 2018

A CUTE PUPPY-EARED HEADBAND

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A CUTE PUPPY-EARED HEADBAND

I had made a cute little puppy dog stuff toy / amigurumi sometime back.  With the recent set of cute stuff toys with matching headbands, I was asked to make a headband for that puppy dog as well. 

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Materials used : Today I’ve used some of our lovely Indian Vardhaman millennium acrylic yarn with a 3.5 mm crochet hook  ; embroidery needle
This yarn is not specific for this project.
You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.

For Indians : You could use Anchor , Red ros ; Red rose metallic or   unbranded knitting cotton as well as Oswal acrylic yarns

Skill level : Intermediate to Advanced.  Basic sewing skills needed. 

Stitches used :
Starting slip knot : Here’s how you start with a slip knot.  https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw

Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : This is a neat new way to start your work without a slip knot.  https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs

What is a slip stitch : Here is a neat video tutorial at https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw

What is a chain stitch ? Here is an easy video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY

Foundation half double crochet (fhdc) : This is an easy way to start a row of hdc without the starting chain row.
Here is an easy video tutorial https://youtu.be/SEG2UCRfypA

Half Double Crochet : Hdc :  yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk) ;
yo, draw through all 3 lps.  One hdc made. 
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/sDiELJdB2Dg

Chainless start for Half Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 start, and this is what I do to start my row of hdc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/lWXpl1KdbZ8  

Here is a sizing chart for general head sizing :

Whipstitch to join : Here’s a quick tutorial on how to join using the whipstitch at https://youtu.be/wZ-9LNzftMA

Invisible join : Here’s a quick tutorial on how to join using the embroidery needle and whipstitch to get an invisible join at https://youtu.be/a6XZQ6VzJFM

Single crochet to join : Here’s a quick tutorial on how to join using the single crochet at https://youtu.be/6FXoW_47_dI

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Pattern information

For my headband, I used the ears from the puppy dog amigurumi.  
Once done, I attached the monkey ears onto my headband.  
Just to get everything looking cute, neat and in one colour, I first wrapped my (metal) headband with the white yarn.  
You can either just wrap it (round and round without stitching – use a little glue every few inches to see that it sticks down well – and of course ensure you glue the ends down well)
OR you could work an sc around the headband with the yarn.
This will also help hold the little ears well.

Cute ain’t it?

If you decide you want to make the headband base, check out what I’ve done here https://shyamanivas.blogspot.com/2017/12/adorable-monkey-amigurumi-matching.html

Of course, a bit of satin ribbon will work well too.

Choices..decisions.. andlotsa creativity.  Go for it and enjoy 

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Here are some of my older stuff toy creations.  Have fun with these patterns too